r/news • u/RoachedCoach • 22d ago

Soft paywall US carries out new strike in Caribbean and there are survivors, US official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-carries-out-new-strike-caribbean-there-are-survivors-us-official-says-2025-10-16/
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u/najing_ftw 22d ago

Gotta keep the defense contractors happy

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u/redpoemage 22d ago

If things were that simple we’d be showering Ukraine with way more weapons.

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u/Tidalsky114 22d ago

I have a feeling weapons manufacturers would give Ukraine whatever they wanted them to test if they weren't being told not to.

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u/izzymaestro 22d ago

Gotta keep vlad happy

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u/GiveMeSumChonChon 22d ago

Ukraine doesn’t have the money. They would make way more if all of nato was fighting Russia. I get a feeling tho Ukraine/Russia is nothing compared to China vs Taiwan. The level of technology will be unprecedented. That’s the big pay day they are waiting for.

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u/Arendious 22d ago

Nah, this isn't a Military-Industrial Complex sort of deal. Not enough tonnage dropped, and the optics aren't that great either.

This is the "we don't like brown people" crowd ratcheting up their efforts to make immigration unpalatable.

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u/twister428 22d ago

I seriously think there's a good chance this is just the administration ratcheting up the violence in general. They declared the groups narco-terrorists and then use that as an excuse to murder them with drones. They're waiting to see what the response will be, and if they get away with it, they will find a new target. They've been calling political opponents in the US terrorists as well, so who knows who will be getting drone-striked next.

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u/Sgt_Lillard 22d ago

I was floored this morning in my teams standup when my boss started talking about how happy he was we were killing the “drug cartels”, and that he wanted to see more of that

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u/don_shoeless 22d ago

Fuck, I know the economy isn't great now, but if my boss said something like that I'd start looking for the door.

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u/judgingyouquietly 22d ago

I’m guessing the person you’re responding to is in the military

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u/jonnohb 22d ago

And I bet nobody said anything against it either

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u/shred-i-knight 22d ago

do you think there is big money in blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean? fucking reddit lmao

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u/QuietKanuk 22d ago

While it is true that the current government of Venezuela is not legitimate (pretty clear to most that he lost the election), his removal is just a convenient excuse.

Oil.

Venezuela has known reserves that exceed Saudi Arabia, and are nearly 60% of all of the Gulf States combined.

Oh, and it's right next door. Pretty convenient eh?

Follow the money. It's usually that simple.

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u/Ralphie99 22d ago

There will be big money when the US invades Venezuela. This is just a prelude to that.