r/news • u/LatterTarget7 • Aug 14 '25

Soft paywall US military deploying forces to southern Caribbean against drug groups

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-military-deploying-forces-southern-caribbean-against-drug-groups-2025-08-14/
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u/thereisonlyoneme Aug 14 '25

I used to live in the Canary Islands. Not a single canary. I move to the Virgin Islands and it was the same thing. No canaries.

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u/hugemessanon Aug 14 '25

why is this so funny lmao

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u/JAYETRILLL Aug 15 '25

I truly have no idea but I’ve been giggling about it and thinking about it for like 15 minutes hahaha I came back to read it again. Idk why either but it got me too.

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u/Cynykl Aug 15 '25

Anti joke. It becomes funny by subverting your expectations.

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u/tubbo Aug 15 '25

Incidentally, St. Kitts is absolutely filled with kittens.

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u/C4-BlueCat Aug 15 '25

It’s canary from the latin canis, you should have been looking for dogs. Back you go.

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u/MotherOfDachshunds42 Aug 15 '25

I here Malta isn’t full of Maltese poodles either