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  • eldavi@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlImperial soldiers be like
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    2 days ago

    it’s worse that that: a sizeable percentage of the troops know that they’re killing innocent people, but doing it anyways because of orders.

    some try to make up for it after committing those monstrous acts, but i doubt that’s possible since their voices are just as muted as any leftist.





  • Majd said that if Iran decided to start targeting oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf or completely shut off access to the Strait of Hormuz, the economic consequences would be significant. “A financial hit on America and Western Europe is something that nobody wants for a long period of time, certainly not Trump,” he said. “So there’s going to be an advantage for Trump to have [an off ramp]. But if he really believes that Iran is then going to come in and say, ‘Enough, we give up, whatever you want, we’ll do,’ that’s very unlikely.”

    that’s the only leverage they seem to have and it sounds like the us empire has already neutralized it.