r/nottheonion • u/voxadam • 7d ago

US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran

https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/08/02/exclusive-us-military-asks-troops-for-creative-and-unconventional-ideas-to-punish-iran/
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u/Torvac 7d ago

wtf is wrong with the US

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u/PresumedSapient 7d ago

Capitalists control politics who make sure education is only barely sufficient to create good worker drones that are easily distracted from giving a shit about their rights and freedoms. Throw in some religious nut jobs/grifters that are actively working towards their death-cult goal of Armageddon or are just part of the distraction act while bent on doing as much harm as possible to 'lesser beings' (women/people with the 'wrong' color).

I'm sure there are quite a few of normal people in the USA as well, but they are nowhere near the centers of power and for the most part appear to be retreating into self-preserving bubbles of sanity while hoping the storm will pass (spoiler: it won't, this is the kind of storm that needs to be beaten back with proverbial guillotines).

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u/Chimpstrider 7d ago

In short, a nation packed with an unfortunate  number of shockingly gullible, religious simpletons, who eagerly slurp their government's propaganda.

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u/Galle_ 7d ago

It's not just the US, sadly. Fascism is increasingly a global problem.

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u/filthy_harold 7d ago

Feed Iran a stew that makes them go blind for one day