• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    So this is the moment then when the 2A Magats will take their guns and go for justice, right?

    Right?

  • Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire

    https://archive.org/details/blowback00chal

    Now available in paperback, Chalmers Johnson’s take-no-prisoners account of the consequences of American global policies, hailed as “brilliant and iconoclastic” (Los Angeles Times)The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA, refers to the uninted consequences of American policies. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overexted empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms

    https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0805062394

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    It would be the stupidest thing they could possibly do. The war has like a 20% approval rate. If they attacked on American soil the cowboys would flood the enlistment offices.

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      On one hand this is unrealistic because it directly implicates Trump for starting this conflict and people are going to blame him and the administration for any kind of terrorism on US soil.

      On the other hand, these are not very bright people, they are literally stupider than almost anyone typing on this website. They are only invulnerable because of money and connection.

      Either way it’s not necessary, Trump’s base doesn’t know shit about shit, they’re glued to their TV’s listening to FOX and if the president said Iran conspired with Antifa and the Transes and blew up the entire statue of liberty and Mount Rushmore, the base would believe it and never question it even if you kidnapped them, dragged them to the sites and threw them off.

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    There is a lot of talk on foreign news sites that way more U.S soldiers have been killed. All U.S bases in Iran were bombed. Yet only 6 U.S people killed?

    That’s not how that works.

    Mexico and India news says reports were around 500-600 U.S troops.

    Gop hiding it so it’s not so obvious to us how much they fucked up so that Congress won’t be as pressured to stop them. If the American people knew it was 500 casualties already from poor strategy, there would be more outrage.

    Considering that the current administration lies about literally everything, I’ll trust foreign news more.

    https://youtu.be/FFRXNGyrNVI

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      Naaah. That’s fanciful tabloidism.

      Bases are large. They have hardened bunkers. Iranian missiles and drones are crude. Anyone non-essential would have been evacuated before this all started.

      Hundreds - even dozens would be impossible to keep quiet.

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        Israel hid a lot of atrocities for decades.

        The u.s government basically controls all major news because a single family now owns it all.

        You all realize they do lie about everything. ?

        Why would you trust ,“6”. ?

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          Because these hundreds of dead soldiers were hatched in a military facility and never had family, friends, neighbours or bank managers. Or you’re saying thousands of people will just not notice?

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      duno 500 seams high.

      Iranian missiles/drones are not very precise, and they take a while to get there, usualy enough warning time to run from a exposted position to the next bunker.

      US bases are huge, just cuz something impacts somewhere on it dosent mean a human is nearby.

      I kinda doubt they could even hide 500 dead, even if they tryed.

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          few hundred…no just no.

          For every kia u have multipe wounded, and i dont see spikes in wounded transports to military hospitals in europe (usual extraction route for usa wounded in the middle east). If there where 500 dead it would mean 2k wounded and thay would mean constant helicopter medivac flights from airports to hospitals in europe…feel free to check historical data of flight radar (public info) on that.

          Let me know if u come up with some facts that actually have data speaking for em.

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            It’s been a few days. It’s not always easy to reach service members.

            How would they know?

            It will take another week or two before we start learning the real numbers.

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                It’s only been a week. Don’t get me wrong, time’s going to run out when the can keep it quiet, but we’re not there yet.

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    Some people say they want a terror attack, to get emergency declarations and steal the midterms. I just hope this is not true. A lot of innocent people would die for few remain in power. I don’t know what to believe anymore.

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      Fascists are in power. That’s enough to believe in while you go look for historical examples of fascists being peacefully voted out of office. That ought to keep you busy until oh, his fourth term.

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    Iran will attack US soil or the gov will do it themselves as justification to cancel the mid-terms