Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 days agoDOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop paywww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·edit-27 days agoNot our troops any longer. They some anonymous billionaire’s troops, now.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoAlways have been, it’s just more official for a little bit. Maybe it was Haliburton again.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 days agoThat’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·edit-27 days agoIt does not fucking matter. This is not how the US military works, and if you don’t see a problem with this, then you’re part of the problem.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoI didn’t say I didn’t have a problem with it. I said that it was a move designed to elicit defeatism not to actually fund anything.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·7 days agoTo me it’s not about the amount though.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoMe either. Which is why I pointed out that it’s designed to make you think that we have already lost. I’m really not sure what your problem is.
Not our troops any longer.
They some anonymous billionaire’s troops, now.
Always have been, it’s just more official for a little bit. Maybe it was Haliburton again.
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That’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
It does not fucking matter. This is not how the US military works, and if you don’t see a problem with this, then you’re part of the problem.
I didn’t say I didn’t have a problem with it. I said that it was a move designed to elicit defeatism not to actually fund anything.
To me it’s not about the amount though.
Me either. Which is why I pointed out that it’s designed to make you think that we have already lost. I’m really not sure what your problem is.
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