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The last time dire news about the state of morale and food on board a US Navy ship was paraded around it turned out to be pure fiction. That famous pic of the g
by EA-3167 2mo ago
The last time dire news about the state of morale and food on board a US Navy ship was paraded around it turned out to be pure fiction. That famous pic of the gray "insole" and pile of ground something with carrots was from years before this conflict and in a totally different context.
There's a war on, and right now it's mostly a war of propaganda.
- gruez 2mo ago>The last time dire news about the state of morale and food on board a US Navy ship was paraded around it turned out to be pure fiction source?
- EA-3167 2mo agohttps://www.snopes.com/news/2026/04/20/us-navy-ships-food/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/04/20/us-navy-ships-food/ https://www.ibtimes.com/us-navy-releases-photos-that-refute-sailors-small-poor-mealsuss-lincoln-tripoli-serve-full-3801440 https://www.ibtimes.com/us-navy-releases-photos-that-refute-... The bit about it being taken earlier came from an episode of What's Going on With Shipping with Dr. Mercagliano, and frankly I'm not up to finding it. Setting that specific claim aside nothing ever came of this, and although I despise the current admin I'm disinclined to think that the Navy was lying when they showed what was really being served days later. It comes down to whether or not you buy anonymous pics from a twitter "OSINT" account or not though.
- plugger 2mo agoFood maybe, but morale on the Ford was reportedly quite low and there has been some conjecture that the fire that has knocked it out of service was not accidental.
- EA-3167 2mo agoWhen I consider how highly to value conjecture, I can think about the Mitch McConnell saga and recognize that conjecture is just another word for WAG.