• optissima@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      We are operating on promises made during the election here, only fair to assume in another time Trumps “no wars” campaign promises would be presumed true.

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        21 days ago

        If only trump didn’t have a well document pattern of lying about literally everything. If only trump didn’t have a previously disastrous run as president. If only trump hadn’t spent his previous presidency firing all the “somewhat sane” people in his cabinet. If only trump and all his allies hadn’t been touting a plan for turning the US into a dictatorship. If only if only if only if only.

        In a thread full of some of the dumbest takes I have seen justifying inaction allowing Hitler 2.0 to become the president of the US, your comment stands out dumber than all the rest. Congratulations.

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          21 days ago

          And Kamala and the Democrats also have a track record of lying about literally everything as well. I know he lies about everything, I am operating on the average voters brain power. Your needless combativeness stands out dumber than all the rest. Congratulations.

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      21 days ago

      She claimed that the US would have the most lethal force in the world. The only way you get and maintain that lethality is continual practice. You have to continuously fight wars if you want to stay the most lethal military in the world. This is one of the biggest reasons the US is so militaristic. People aren’t in the military for all that long. 4-8 years is typical. If you don’t fight wars all the time, you quickly lose your advantage. There’s no way to have the most lethal military without using it regularly.

      So, if Kamala wasn’t talking about attacking Iran, who was she talking about? Who else was she intending to bomb in order to maintain US military lethality?

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        21 days ago

        I’ve heard this line before.

        How far do you think she would have gotten if she said “we need like a C- tier fighting force?”

        Literally every president in my lifetime, and basically since we had a standing army, has talked about how strong our military should be.

        Considering that almost none of them (with one very notable exception) started a war with Iran, equating a strong military with a desire to attack Iran seems far-fetched.