• NewDark [he/him]
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    4 days ago

    How was this calculated? Did it count our proxies? While I'm sure the number is high, that seems a little large and I want to look into it.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      4 days ago

      It says on average. But it doesn't say whether its per bombs in a single day or averaged over every day and it doesn't say if its 40 years or what. Because it's a kinda low effort dumb meme. Good way to frame things but needs to cite a source or something.

      • Chronicon [they/them]
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        3 days ago

        https://progressive.org/latest/usa-bombs-drop-benjamin-davies-220112/ it's a 20 year average, including both bombs and missile strikes, and may include coalition partner bombings when they are acting under US command

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      3 days ago

      https://progressive.org/latest/usa-bombs-drop-benjamin-davies-220112/ I suspect this is the source (or another source quoting #s from the same 2022 pentagon report)

      it's a 20 year average

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      3 days ago

      it seems a bit large but just operation iraqi freedom accounts for like 1.5 years at 46/day so its not implausible lol. Once you start including proxies it almost could be lowballing it