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The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Even top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

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[–] verdi@feddit.org 37 points 1 week ago

Can anyone added accidentally to the signal group brief us on what happened in the meeting please.

[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This seems like exactly the type of gathering you want to avoid in a world where hypersonic missiles probably* exist.

* bring on the pedantry over what actually defines a hypersonic missile

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like the kind of gathering where you may want to bring a gun and sit near the emergency exit.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Ok everyone, we're here for a very important reason. Trump is pouty over his UN incident and we need to throw him a proper dictator worship party. I'm going to need all of you in DC pronto so we can really give those boots a good kissing. It's for The Good Of the Country™©®."

Sorry boss, best I can do is a warship party.

-Navy equivalent of brigadier general or above

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 30 points 1 week ago

I mean you don't really call in people from abroad to say "hey, war time" you call in people to tell them they're no longer needed and the others who are also called in get told about the "awesome" restructuring that's going on.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Trump is declaring war on the UN because of the escalator, starting the stupidest war since Caligula declared war on the sea.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im calling it. Fight antifa which is anyone the administration says it is or anyone posting or demostrating against facism. I carry signs against facism regularly. no kings anyone?

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[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well we had the horst wessel shooting time for night of the long knives?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 week ago

More like the way Hitler had all the generals summoned in 1935 to take an oath to him personally instead of to the Weimar Republic.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope they all brought knives ala the Roman Senate...

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (7 children)

They are preparing the Military on the fight on Antifa.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they're all getting a suprise ice cream party.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Well since we’re all here howabout a quick game of Frag the Drunk Nazi.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

We're resegregating the military.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

well the pizza index was high last night. that market's just opening so keep an eye

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is 100% wishful thinking, but perhaps they're taking Russia seriously.

Fuck, I couldn't even muster the cope to think this might be true.

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[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

In construction we refer to this as a pizza party… pink slips to follow shortly. Hope you’ve been paying into that unemployment boys.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

I am sure they will share it on signal again. If not it will get leaked real fast. These numpties could not keep a secret if their lives depended on it.

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There’s a government shutdown looming, who’s to say it doesn’t have something to do with that? Y’know, since their paychecks come from the government.

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[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

If the drunk loser wants a war he can go himself, maybe he can finally get some qualifying experience and get shot a few times by the Taliban

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