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This is what happens when your military is lead by whiskey leaks and the fat man.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 90 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So how is this supposed to bring prices down again?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 70 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don't know, but how's the DOW? 

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Down another 500 as of today.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does that mean we can start caring about raping children again?

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Ouch. Lol. Another case of friendly fire. A self inflicted wound.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Then this country is moving in the wrong direction. Smh. Because of the Dow. /s

[–] Bonifratz@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dunno about that, but the DoW is alive and well, fulfilling its purpose.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny how the "peace President" needed a Department of War and a whole lot of war.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How much does a fighter jet cost? A thousand dollars?

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

About the same as a banana

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I knew grocery prices were bad but this is getting ridiculous.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

F-15 or bananas the choice is yours.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I'm sorry, we have no bannanas today.

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Well, you see. If Trump gets enough US soldiers killed, or as he called them, suckers and losers, there will be less demand for products and prices will go down. Checkmate, economists!

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 1 month ago

You know, like the F-15s.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I did the calculation and not factoring any fuel, ammo or maintenance, or the missiles that shit them down, each of these planes was worth about 7,500 years of healthcare for a single person

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

About $300 million dollars shot down.

“Oops.”

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why would the people at the top of this circus care about a measley $300M when they can just tax the poor and cut essential social services in order to expand the military budget an extra $500B?

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about the cost to train the LLM that identified the jets as targets?

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

missiles that shit them down

What a terrible way to go for those planes, though. :(

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[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Missile striking aircraft: My tax dollars in action

Aircraft being struck by missile: Also my tax dollars in action

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Aircraft downed by friendly fire: My tax dollars out of action

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"""Friendly fire incident"""

[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Let me guess, Claude said to shoot them down.

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think that was a friendly plane

You're absolutely right, that was indeed a friendly American f-15 plane we shot down. Would you like me to make a note not to shoot friendly planes in the future? ⚡ 💪

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

With these knuckleheads running things, you can expect a lot more friendly fire incidents. Don't worry, though, they're all Biden's fault. Or Obama's. Or Bill Clinton's. Or Hillary's.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 1 month ago

Worst kind of friendly fire. The unfriendly one.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Holy fucking shit, the "never shot down in combat" streak of the F-15 is over?

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not that impressive considering it came into service after Vietnam which is the last time the US faced an enemy with a real air force and effective air defenses. Not to mention the fact that the cheaper more numerous F16 has been the real work horse (and cannon fodder) of the USAF since then.

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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Oh good I’m sure this will help lower the price of groceries and gas.

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But hey, on the plus side, that means US tax dollars will have to be spent replacing these planes and that will increase GDP!

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am all aboard the Keynesian train, government spending stimulates the economy for sure. Could we maybe try spending the money on roads, bridges, education, healthcare, or even just a stupidly huge purposeless gigantic monument instead of engaging in fucking omnicide

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

lol no way bro. There's nothing more productive that an overengineered overpriced overpowered tool of destruction!

slaps roof of f-15 this baby here can fit so much omnicide in it.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

Great allies there.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah right and those two jets just fell off the USS Harry Truman last year, accidents happen! 🤷‍♂️

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I'd say "call in the clowns" but we already did that.

Disgrace of a nation.

Well, in bad lighting, they can look like Venezuelan fishing boats, so ...

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Proper IFF and allied coordination is too woke for Petey.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Donald Trump's fault. All of this is his fault.

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With some friendly fire, that's a funny term, like civil war. 

-- Sage Francis

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[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Kuwait right now

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

US military is striving for Russia-level military (in)competency.

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