Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoDOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop paywww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down10
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minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoThat’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·edit-21 day agoIt does not fucking matter. This is not how the US military works, and if you don’t see a problem with this, then you’re part of the problem.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoI didn’t say I didn’t have a problem with it. I said that it was a move designed to elicit defeatism not to actually fund anything.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 day agoTo me it’s not about the amount though.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoMe either. Which is why I pointed out that it’s designed to make you think that we have already lost. I’m really not sure what your problem is.
That’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
It does not fucking matter. This is not how the US military works, and if you don’t see a problem with this, then you’re part of the problem.
I didn’t say I didn’t have a problem with it. I said that it was a move designed to elicit defeatism not to actually fund anything.
To me it’s not about the amount though.
Me either. Which is why I pointed out that it’s designed to make you think that we have already lost. I’m really not sure what your problem is.