"In America, when you win war, you give the loser $300 billion dollar, its crazy I know!"

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1201180/in-america-when-you-win-war-you-give-the-loser-300-billion-dollar-its-crazy-i-know

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No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 80d

Yup about $860 for about every person in the US, apart from the actual cost of war, that tallies to date $86 billions.

So tired of winning.

raman_klogius@ani.social · 28 pts · 80d (1 reply)

We went past pyrrhic victory and made a new type of victory: trumpic victory.

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 80d

See also: unequivocally staggering loss, especially an embarrassing one

horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 80d

In Soviet America, war wins you.

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 9 pts · 80d (2 replies)

And the NY Post had a headline today about how Trump 'devastated' Iran.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Right next to the pic of last week's dead homosexual.

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 79d

Missed that. It was on the table at my library. Saw the headline and walked away.

itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 80d (1 reply)

USA, I am declaring War on you! ....... I SURRENDER! Now Pay!

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 79d

Classic movie comedy.

"The Mouse That Roared"

Peter Sellers plays multiple roles. The smallest country in the world decides to declare war on the USA in order to get paid. Their bowmen land in New York on the day of the biggest shelter drill in Cold War history.

https://youtu.be/p7L7WLFBYR4

kalahlora@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 80d

300 billion minutes is equal to 570 thousand years. According to Google, I didn't do the math myself

humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 80d (2 replies)

GCC are the ones doing the investment. The US only loses the war when they stop investing their oil revenues in US. US protection of them has proved to be a liability, Democracy is a mere talking point every where in the world. Only CIA control matters. GCC stays safe from democratic ideals through CIA subservience. GCC needs guarantees that US won't bomb their projects, or run colour revolutions in their countries. As it has always been, GCC needs protection from US/Israel, and only non-US aligned weapon systems are their solution.

GCC bailing out the US to get peace with Iran, and investment opportunities, means a stronger Iran can help protect them. The reason there is peace is purely GCC pushback against US. But the point where the US has lost the war, is only the point where they lose GCC devotion.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 80d (1 reply)

what does the gnu compiler collection have to do with this?

humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 79d

Gulf Cooperation Council is essentially west side of Persian Gulf. It is very oil rich region, includes 2-3 very rich, countries with city infrastructure better developed than any US city. Dubai is epitomy of this with global financial/transport/tourism center, tallest sky scraper in world. War has caused a 30%-50% property value drop. Iran has been striking energy and US bases in these countries.

US wealth is far more dependent on GCC investment than Israel control. This war has ended, because GCC were threatening US. Terms includes not rebuilding destroyed US bases, and leaving the ones they still occupy.