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Iran Faces US Wrath, But 5,000 Sailors On USS Ford Face 650 Failing Toilets (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The USS Gerald R. Ford has been at sea since June last year. The Republican leader's decision to extend its deployment for a second time has snowballed into a growing list of problems, such as blocked toilets and sewage troubles.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A sailor on board told the Journal that the crew members are angry and upset and wish to leave the Navy as soon as the deployment ends.

A competent president takes this into account and doesn’t run their people into the ground needlessly.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

It's weird because USA has 11 aircraft carriers, easily enough to rotate their usage.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

"An army marches on its stomach", meaning the troops need a steady supply of food.

I think that also means "An army marches on its butthole", because the waste gotta go somewhere.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 27 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Thankfully, the ship is surrounded by emergency toilet

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago

As is the US isn’t figuratively shitting on the world, now they’re doing it literally.

[–] join@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 hours ago

some iranian: why do I hear entrance of the gladiator playing from the persian gulf?

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Support the troops (with thoughts and prayers).

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 4 points 11 hours ago

These would be more useful.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Gleefully send them off to a pointless war and then tell them we can't afford to take care of them. The Republican way.

[+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -20 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Man, I wish it were one-sided.

If Joe Biden had his way we'd still be in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya. (The 7 countries where Obama was making war at the end of his presidency all at the same time.)

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Whataboutism is awesome.

'in' is doing some very different lifting from case to case. America is 'in' the local airport, and they haven't invaded yet. Our own troops will be 'in' Haiti or their own back yards, but there for support as a unified force and not just to go armed.

'Making war' is going a lot of heavy lifting here too.

I worry you're making points out of very little, but I don't need to debate that.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The Biden administration, in a move that infuriated trumpies, withdrew US forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yes, following through on a withdrawal negotiated by the Donald Administration.

But it probably did infuriate Donald supporters, just like how Dems supported the genocide in Gaza until the presidency changed hands and it was no longer convenient. Partisans have no real political convictions. It's all a matter of convenience or just repeating whatever their algorithm tells them to think on a given day.

[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Time to open up the poop deck

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

But at least bidets work...they work, right?

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Don't have to fix the ship if it gets sunk

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 14 hours ago

Very happy for them.