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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump Campaign Promise: "Never start a new war"

Trump first year: Steals a Venezuelan oil tanker, blows up surrendering cillians, bombs a city, and kidnaps their dictator.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Second year: Iran.

I wonder what war he will start in year 3? He's still threatening to annex Greenland and I know we have been preparing for attacks and are still ready to fight for Greenland, but we will see.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget about Cuba, my money's on an invasion of Cuba next year.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 5 points 1 week ago

Probably more likely than Greenland tbh. We can only hope he’s become too demented to even remember that Cuba exist by 2027.

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 23 points 1 week ago

IRAN WAR more like IRAN HOME 🤣🤣

THE STRUGGLE ISRAEL. 😂😂🤣

no, but seriously, release the Epstein files.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, he called himself a 'warfighter' not a 'warwinner'...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Warfighter" is still THE most cringetastic newspeak of the entire Trump kakistocracy! And that's fucking SAYING something! 🤦🏻

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just wait until Whiskey Pete ups the stakes and calls them “crusaders.”

[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

That's actually happened already, a couple months ago they tried a whole holy war spin.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can we get a list or wars US has lost?

[–] DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've basically lost every single one since WWII, but I don't think it has ever been as apparent and comprehensive as this one. This one was just a very very embarrassing affair for the world's biggest superpower. Spectacularly so I'd say.

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With the notable exception of the 90s gulf war. I suspect (with no real evidence or support), that the gulf war did a lot to set the stage politically for the US in the Middle East. Before that, the American people mostly remembered Vietnam and the pointless spending and loss of life from that embarrassing defeat. With the gulf war being such a massive win, I bet the American people gained a new view of the US military as invincible and viewed the Middle East as a pushover. 10 years later, we're in 2 forever wars.

I think you could make an argument we "lost" in Iraq, and certainly Afghanistan.

I guess they won in Grenada and maybe with Noriega

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As non American: what was the name before?

[–] Denvil@piefed.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Department of War until 1947, then Department of Defense until recently made Department of War again

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would bet money that the next non-progressive Democrat will rename it back to the Department of Defense so they could make a big show about how they're supporting Israel's "defense".

If the name flips another time it might become a tradition.

[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's still the Department of Defense. Only congress can change that and they didn't. This was always a distraction for the media to latch onto instead of reporting on all the crimes happening right under their nose. Like "Gulf of America" that everyone promptly forgot about.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

That's both a relief and really annoying. God I hope we get something better next term, if there's still a democracy by then.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Well, he is a fucking loser

Like his ~~owner~~ boss

[–] subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Modeling themselves after the Italian fascists.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The original ones led by Mussolini, or the current ones led by Mussolini fangirl Meloni?

Both?

[–] subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh the originals, and I hope they come to the same conclusion.

Gonna need to reinforce that gas station roof first, though 🤔

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"I FIGHT IRAN!!"

You missed a space there, buddy.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

So like every fascist ever?

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tell me again about how the Americans have the greatest military in the world...

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Having the greatest military in the world doesn't help when you don't know what your war objectives are. Unfortunately for the Americans, you go to war with the president you've got.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago