lemmy.onlylans.io
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前

If the USA saw what the USA is doing in the USA...

lemmy.ml

message-square
93
fedilink
454

If the USA saw what the USA is doing in the USA...

lemmy.ml

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前
message-square
93
fedilink
  • RustyWizard@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    2 年前

    Isn’t that sort of an absurd claim? The USA, the largest crude oil producer, steals paltry amounts of oil from Syria, one oil tanker at a time? Same for wheat. The U.S. exports 50% of its wheat, but loots Syrian wheat?

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 年前

      It all has to do with the economics of import/export. Somehow in some stupid way, if American oil fetches a higher price than Syrian oil with shipping factored, US companies will absolutely export our crude while importing foreign crude because it makes sense on a spreadsheet.

      • RustyWizard@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        2 年前

        The United States military is stealing 60 trucks worth of oil because it’ll save money? The US produces 13 million barrels of crude a day, but it’s worth their time to steal 60 tanker trucks worth?

        • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 年前

          Yes

          • RustyWizard@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            2 年前

            You don’t think it’s a bit silly to suggest that 60 tanker trucks is going to be worth time? What’s that even worth, have you checked?

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              ·
              2 年前

              The stated goal is harming people of Syria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFsFOS5Odno&t=903s

              • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                2 年前

                Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

                https://www.piped.video/watch?v=MFsFOS5Odno&t=903s

                Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

                I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

            • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              7
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 年前

              I don’t know why you’re fixated on “60 tanker trucks.”

              According to witnesses, the looting caravan consisted of 69 tankers loaded with oil and another 45 with wheat stolen from the silos in the city.

              Do you believe that this one eyewitness report represents the entirety of what the US has done in Syria over the past decade?

              • RustyWizard@programming.dev
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                2 年前

                Removed by mod

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 年前

      Seems rather excessive, doesn’t it? The genocide we’re currently supporting also seems a bit much.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooMCvGlbbc4&t=20s

      • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 年前

        Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

        https://www.piped.video/watch?v=ooMCvGlbbc4&t=20s

        Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

        I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

      • RustyWizard@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        2 年前

        Are you suggesting the US is stealing oil for the sake of being cruel? This is some sort of strategic effort at the highest levels to take 60 tanker trucks of oil?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          2 年前

          This is literally what a US official openly explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFsFOS5Odno&t=903s

          • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 年前

            Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

            https://www.piped.video/watch?v=MFsFOS5Odno&t=903s

            Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

            I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

          • RustyWizard@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            2 年前

            Removed by mod

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 年前

              No, this is a US official saying that they’re plundering Syria in order to make people there suffer. Do you have comprehension problems that prevent you from understanding what’s being said in the clip?

        • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 年前

          You understand who runs this empire, right? It isn’t Antony Blinken or Lloyd Austin porky-happy

          • Smedley Butler: War Is a Racket
          • Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
          • American Exception: Empire and the Deep State
          • Immanuel Wallerstein » World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction
          • RustyWizard@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            2 年前

            Okay, so it’s not for cruelty but for commerce? 60 trucks worth of oil? C’mon.

            • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 年前

              60 trucks 60 trucks 60 trucks is convincing to one user, anyway 🙄

              • RustyWizard@programming.dev
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                2 年前

                Removed by mod

    • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 年前

      Tell you have no idea how supply/demand works for imperialism without explicitly telling me that ;)

      • RustyWizard@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 年前

        Removed by mod

Memes@lemmy.ml

memes@lemmy.ml

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 864 users / day
  • 3.14K users / week
  • 7.61K users / month
  • 16.2K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 55.1K subscribers
  • 15.3K Posts
  • 308K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
  • Cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
  • BE: 0.19.8
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org