Pentagon refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran conflict ‘because it isn’t a war’

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Kayday@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Then why is the department of war involved?

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 2d

Exactly. Trump called it "small potatoes," so I'm thinking Department of Agriculture is in charge. At least it's out of Hegseth's hands. He's an idiot by MAGA standards.

liquorice@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d (3 replies)

We wasted so much money on this stupid shit

obvs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d (1 reply)

-and his war.

liquorice@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2d

Same with Ukraine. Just dumb

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2d

Better than Healthcare though, right?

Ignot@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Oh, it's a special military operation!

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

More like special moron operation.

Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2d (1 reply)

But...they do call it a war...

By that definition so many wars would have been wars. Like ww2

Seppo@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2d

Nothing is a war anymore. War has too many regulations and stigma.

subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Yes stab the people fighting your wars in the back. That will not backfire at all.

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

Well that guy isn't fighting anymore

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2d

It was just an Excursion! You don't expect to get paid for an Excursion, do you?