qurl Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago theres discourse on twitter right now whether these were Houthis or just a tribal gathering regardless, there's two things to note here: this is the first admission by the US government (in Trump's original, homicidal tweet) that the Houthis have been successful at "sinking US ships", and the cost of this strike on a foreign nation we are not officially at war with ranges from hundreds of millions to potentially a billion dollars to execute. your tax dollars at work.
Princess Aurora Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago His cult base said he would bring peace, right?
MatiRod Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago Part of me is disgusted such wanton death and carnage is made into a public display of power and propaganda. But part of me thinks it's a good thing. This is what power looks like. This is what it can do. People need to see it with their own eyes. Those same weapons that can kill and maim in an instant with the press of a button an ocean away could be pointed against you or I one watching this from our cozy homes one day. Images like this show us why governments need to be held accountable and democracy has to be protected, because the power enabled by modern technology and militaries is truly terrifying.
qurl Posted 10 hours ago Author Posted 10 hours ago 17 minutes ago, MatiRod said: Part of me is disgusted such wanton death and carnage is made into a public display of power and propaganda. But part of me thinks it's a good thing. This is what power looks like. This is what it can do. People need to see it with their own eyes. Those same weapons that can kill and maim in an instant with the press of a button an ocean away could be pointed against you or I one watching this from our cozy homes one day. Images like this show us why governments need to be held accountable and democracy has to be protected, because the power enabled by modern technology and militaries is truly terrifying. there's elements of truth to this but that also is an indictment of how dumb everyone is.. we're the country that dropped nukes on Japan not even 100 years ago. the world shouldn't need reminders of what we're capable of, or what modern war looks like. and if it's not us (which even in an indirect way, it almost always is) you can be inundated with images of children with their skulls hollowed out in Gaza from bombs, or people being hacked to death with machetes in the Congo. the problem isn't people looking away or that they're unaware, it's that they see this so often that they become numb to it and resign themselves to the fact that we can't live in a world without these atrocities. i don't know that there's any recovering from that but i try to remain optimistic. 3
NewStanner Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago There's something truly f*cked up and evil about him being able to just go on Twitter and post murdering people as if it's just another normal tweet 4
BGKC Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago It's one thing to carry this act out, but to gloat about it on social with real time footage. This **** is only the beginning.
Taylena Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, NewStanner said: There's something truly f*cked up and evil about him being able to just go on Twitter and post murdering people as if it's just another normal tweet The very idea that they can deploy a drone to any corner of the globe, targeting a nation unable to defend itself and their citizens, and kill any group of people like that - who might not even be terrorist - is terrifying on its own. No oversight, no consequences. 1
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