NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoUS deploys second aircraft carrier as Israeli ground invasion of Gaza nearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13
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minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down8·edit-21 year agoWhy does the U.S. military think they need to get involved in every conflict in the world?
minus-squareAttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down5·1 year ago$$$$$$ How are the defense contractors, and politicians going to get PAID if we aren’t constantly at war somewhere.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoYou don’t maintain the trillion dollar funding of a war machine by avoiding conflict now do you? That would be silly…
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down3·1 year agoIsrael is a US client state - and it’s obvious to the US that Israel is not as capable of dealing with the situation as they had hoped.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·1 year agoThat tends to happen when you displace a bunch of people from where they live and say this is mine now.
minus-squareSHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause it’s presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors
Why does the U.S. military think they need to get involved in every conflict in the world?
$$$$$$
How are the defense contractors, and politicians going to get PAID if we aren’t constantly at war somewhere.
You don’t maintain the trillion dollar funding of a war machine by avoiding conflict now do you? That would be silly…
Israel is a US client state - and it’s obvious to the US that Israel is not as capable of dealing with the situation as they had hoped.
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That tends to happen when you displace a bunch of people from where they live and say this is mine now.
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Because it’s presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)
It’s not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors