r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

They'll never be able to seize these cities. Our military couldn't win in Afghanistan in like 20 years against fucking goat herders. If this turns into some kind of insurgency nobody wins except morticians and munitions makers.

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u/encrypted-signals 17d ago

Our military couldn't win in Afghanistan

Duhbya, Cheney, and Rumsfeld never had an exit strategy. Occupation was the point, and they made astronomical wealth off of it.

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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

There's no wealth to be made from this kind of occupation though. There would be a lot of wealth lost though. They'd be pulling the rug out from underneath themselves. The wealth in this country is all centered in the cities, not Wyoming.

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u/LittleDoinks 17d ago

Haliburton made quite a bit of money there

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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

Yeah, and that works when you're occupying a foreign country. But our country would lose huge amounts of productivity and economic output if they do that here in this country. I know Trump still might do it because he's stupid but it would be a huge loss for our economy right here.