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There is a huge difference, but that doesn't mean this project is Ok. Supporting war is supporting war. The budget and size of the US military are so far beyond
by memory_grep 8y ago
There is a huge difference, but that doesn't mean this project is Ok. Supporting war is supporting war. The budget and size of the US military are so far beyond what is needed for practical defense. If we want our military's actions to be humane, we should drastically cut their budget and stop sending soldiers to kill people in other countries.
- pnw_hazor 8y agoRussia, China, and Iran are right there with ya. They can't wait for good-ole USA to bring home the troops and close up the shop so they can get their world-wars and genocide game going again.
- dang 8y agoPlease keep national and political flamewar off HN. It's not what this site is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- igivanov 8y agoI can't believe I am reading this tripe on hackernews.
- gbear605 8y agoRussia and China don’t care about US military spending when they’re considering genocide. For example, see the Uyghur muslim population in China, which is being genocided right now.
- discordance 8y agoGot any data points to back up that claim of genocide? Xinjiang is definitely under siege, with millions of people being placed in internment camps [1]. China's actions to date may be seen as a precursor to genocide, but that has not occurred yet. 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/...million-uighurs.../2aa871d6-2e35-11e9-813a-0ab2f.. https://www.washingtonpost.com/...million-uighurs.../2aa871d....
- stale2002 8y agoI really don't care what Russia or china thinks. The only thing I care about is that we stop wasting trillions of dollars for the purpose of killing brown people.