Another strike has been carried out on a boat that President Donald Trump claims is an imminent threat to the United States. On Truth Social, Trump announced, "This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent dr...
    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      98·
      4 months ago

      The US is a product of European colonialism and white centrism. It would be nice, for those of us whose ancestors were already here prior to 1492 and I am sure for those whose ancestors were forced here in the interim, if people would stop trying to pretend that everyone here has culpability in the current state of affairs. Native Americans have literally only had the right to vote since the 70s.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    Entire seasons of television have had plots based on the U.S. government doing this once, either secretly or by accident, and how they strive to make amends and reparations to avoid international conflict, and it all happens behind closed doors because everyone is terrified of the certainty of scandal should word ever get out. And now here we are.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      When have war crimes ever come back to bite a US President? Getting away with it is a long tradition.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      No shit its a tiny fucking boat. Of course if they did that. Then we all know it was boat of fisherman and not drig dealers.

      • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        A glorious waste of a missile and millions of dollars - let alone the lives lost. They do love wasting money and the violence/evil is the point

  • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    4 months ago

    And fuck every shit stain rag news site that prints “kinetic strike” without quotations.