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shish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia: Commission

www.aljazeera.com

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US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia: Commission

www.aljazeera.com

shish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Congressional review of US’s strategic posture says security environment has worsened and US needs to respond.
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  • oDDmON@lemmy.world
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    Well. That was depressing.

    Add a dash of climate change with a twist of wildfire and call it an apocalypse.

    • pensivepangolin@lemmy.world
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      No no no this will be fineeeee it’ll all be fineeeeeee cries in world war final edition

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    This is literally how the US budgets its defense spending. How many of x do we need to fight China and Russia at the same time at their front door.

    Edit: I should probably say equipment reserves (planes and shit) because there’s a lot of dark money shit in there.

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      “Dark money” I think is a hopeful euphemism for waste, graft, overcharging, etc.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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        When the DoD fails every audit, it’s that shit.

      • atetulo@lemm.ee
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        Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I recall reading something like “only 39%” of the Pentagon’s defense budget can be accounted for.

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    So, enough for a war with China.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      Plus like 10 guys with pointy sticks.

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    deleted by creator

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      Someone should start building vaults. Stock up on bottlecaps and Rad-X.

      Fiction is getting way too realistic for reality.

    • it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works
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      Australia was like "WTF, mate? "

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mlBanned
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      Fascist removing the liberal mask off, slowly

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    US needs more ways to justify their obscene military spending in lieu of things that actually benefit American citizens

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    US tries to go without a war challenge: impossible.

    https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/595752-the-us-has-been-at-war-225-out-of-243-years-since-1776

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    Alternatively, US could stop playing world police and start fixing its many domestic problems.

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      They aren’t even playing world police.

      Playing world police would be doing things like helping Venezuelans.

      I guarantee you, every modern instance you can think of where America is “playing world police” is actually a calculated effort to maintain its global interests. Or at least, the global interests of its ruling class.

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        well yeah, US is an extractive empire that’s subjugating the rest of the planet for the benefit of its oligarchs

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    Lol, America spends enough to take on just about the whole world

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      Not with those 10000% markups they don’t.

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    So the RAND Corp 2025 plans for China are coming close, aren’t they? It is cute that USA thinks they will even manage to survive if China coupled with some Russian aid.

    US military is shit, as seen in their many false flag expeditions over decades, and are more about being flashy in TV and news media owned by themselves. US throws money stolen from other countries, and most of their actual weapon output is ineffective.

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    Anyone trying to invade the US has to understand that besides the military and law enforcement, there are 330 million people with 400 million guns.

    Good luck!

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      American chumps would be like easy mode bots for actual enemy soldiers, getting a K/D ratio of over 100.

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      You know America is the belligerent party here right? Neither China nor Russia want to invade America.

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