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The US has lost mutiple KC-125 tankers and an E3 as well, although those were destroyed ont he ground rather than shot down. building all of this military infr
by anigbrowl 7mo ago
The US has lost mutiple KC-125 tankers and an E3 as well, although those were destroyed ont he ground rather than shot down.
building all of this military infrastructure at the expense of living conditions for its people
Just yesterday, Trump was talking about another $1.5 trillion for defense in the coming fiscal year, and saying the US can't afford things like daycare, medicare etc.
Iran's military budget as a % of GDP has historically been inthe low single digits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Iran
- bijowo1676 7mo ago[flagged]
- riffraff 7mo agoDid you completely miss the disaster of DOGE in the first year of this administration?
- Goronmon 7mo agoUS welfare system seems to contain a lot of fraud, waste, abuse and grift across the board, so this will be a good chance to cleanse the system of fraud. Taking money from social programs and piling into the military which contains "a lot of fraud, waste, abuse and grift across the board", certainly is a choice. Sort of the opposite of a smart choice, but definitely a choice for sure.
- bijowo1676 7mo ago[flagged]
- FpUser 7mo ago>" taking money from fraud waste and abuse" Congrats. Finally somebody who wants to dismantle US government.
- AnimalMuppet 7mo agoUh huh. Do you have any confidence that this administration will do a competent job of that inspection? I don't. I mean, they could surprise me...
- ericmay 7mo ago> The US has lost mutiple KC-125 tankers and an E3 as well, although those were destroyed ont he ground rather than shot down. Which makes them irrelevant here in this discussion but sure yea. Russia (those sneaky guys who invaded Ukraine and are being supplied by Iran) provide targeting information to Iran, Iran has missiles, we can't shoot them all down, and here we are. It's unfortunate but that's what happens in a war. Frankly, these are very good lessons learned by the United States and they're going to come in handy if we end up in another war. > Just yesterday, Trump was talking about another $1.5 trillion for defense in the coming fiscal year, and saying the US can't afford things like daycare, medicare etc. We can easily afford both, but we choose not to because our political system is full of morons and corruption, but instead of Iran being more like the US and being dysfunctional in this regard, it should be more like Norway (excluding population differences) and pump and sell the oil and do so for the benefit of their citizens instead of this authoritarian rah rah death to America and death to Israel nonsense. > Iran's military budget as a % of GDP has historically been inthe low single digits: Figures provided here are inaccurate and don't account for spending on proxy groups, for example.
- ElProlactin 7mo ago> Frankly, these are very good lessons learned by the United States and they're going to come in handy if we end up in another war. This is an interesting take given that the US seems to have ignored many of the most important lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. As for "end up in another war", the language you chose is very revealing. You don't just "end up in...war". Wars don't start themselves. Someone starts them and in the case of the US, it's almost always the US.