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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
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Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

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[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

am i expected to

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

gigachad

freeze-gamers in shambles

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

It's ok not to know. I think it's extremely odd to think most people would know.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

He's kind of a household name in videogames so it's unusual not to know.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

I mean if you don't play many videogames it's not unusual.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure but that's like 50-60% of western populations and 36% of global so. Not sure about america specifically but I know the european figure off the top of my head and it's 51%, my gut assumption would be the US is higher?

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

It's very high everywhere, though my understanding is a lot of people game on their phones, like more than 50%, and it's been a while since there was a mobile MGS game.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I do play video games but not particularly those video games. I long forgotten the name of Hideo Kojima which i play like one game 25 years ago and i didn't even liked it.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I'm just kind of surprised. He's such a huge cultural influence for a lot of people. His Metal Gear Solid games are very well regarded both for their gameplay, but also for their commentary on modern politics, especially the MIC, that ping-pongs from utterly bizarre and surreal and frighteningly prophetic.

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