• xenomor@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I don’t want to see people die, but the US needs to suffer a wound like this.

    • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      People like are terminally online. Your hatred for the US won’t go the way you like it. If a country gets tries to attack this ship, then they’re getting glasses, like actually. The US literally flattened Japan and nuked them twice because they attacked a naval port and partially damaged it. If some country tried to destroy the Ford Carrier, they’re going to face a worse fate.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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        2 days ago

        The last time they needed desperately to bring the public support for a war around bcs the ppl were very much against a war (with financial/imperial goals).

        Ohhh … yeah, I see, poor ship.

      • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyz
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        1 day ago

        You got downvoted, but with the current administration? A WMD response might be chosen. So it might lead to nuclear war… and a chain effect.

        Then, suddenly…

        “I don’t want to set the world on fire~” 🥲

        • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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          20 hours ago

          It actually doesn’t matter which administration it is. American policy has been extremely consistent since the founding of the country that if US is ever attacked, the response has to be so ferocious that it guarantees that such an attack will never come again from that country.

          When the Mexican American war happened, the US won decisively and annexed half of Mexico. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they literally burnt the country to the ground and nuked it twice for good measure. When Germany did something similar in WWI and WWII, they got bombed into the stone ages. When Al Qaeda did 9/11, the US bombed like a quarter of the globe to make sure this group is incapacitated.

          Why wouldn’t the US have a similar response here? The Ford carrier is the peak of American naval power, which is the basis for American hard power. A country attacking this ship is directly attacking the US military and threatening to undermine American power, and that’s not something that’s going to slide. If something like this happens, we might see an official declaration of war from congress, and whichever country attacked the ship is going to be made an example of.

            • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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              6 hours ago

              Idk where this idea came from that he has any legal basis in postponing elections.

              Even if Congress gave authorization to declare war, and Trump enacted martial law, the worst he could do is use law enforcement to intimidate voters. Which he’s already attempting to do.

        • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          Keep in mind Trump was playing with the idea of nuking a fucking hurricane. Doesn’t seem so far fetched.