Destination: " War " , should be there in the evening Hours...

  • TheGamingLuddite [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Just checked /r/worldnews and it appears that redditors acknowledge one side of this conflict is provoking this war to distract from political and economic problems that will lead to its collapse in the near future. Oh btw that side is China

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If they actually do shoot her down, I'm going to be so mad that the end of the world is about Nancy Pelosi

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Legitimately on edge about this stupid stunt, the hubris of our undead leadership knows no bounds

  • StewartCopelandsDad [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    well, China has a no-first-strike policy. If we have nuclear war it will be from stupid American politicians rampaging like the boar demon from Mononoke.

    • Cheesewizzard [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If I were China, I’d see Pelosi coming to Taiwan (part of China) with her protection fleet of aircraft as a border breach, therefore not quite a first strike.

  • Flaps [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Fuck that fossil, what the fuck is she even doing this for?

    • frankfurt_schoolgirl [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Good question actually. The US is barely handling the Ukraine war, why on earth would they escalate tensions with an even stronger country. Seems incredibly reckless.

      For a party that's supposed to be the reasonable stewards of capitalism, the Democrats do not seem to have their shit together at all.

      • 20000bannedposters [love/loves]
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        2 years ago

        I mean how many times have you watched some viral video about an elder white person raging out and trying to attack some one.

        The brain at that age doesn't have many controls left

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          2 years ago

          I mean how many times have you watched some viral video about an elder white person raging out and trying to attack some one.

          :whywhywhywhywhy: comes to mind

    • poopoobanana [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      My wife said you just have to imagine the country like Regina from Mean Girls and then it all makes sense.

  • Fartster [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Fuck this. There is no excuse for this bullshit. The dems must be pretty confident in their base rabid hatred for China to pull this kind of stunt. Every move the US makes seems like a desperate attempt to maintain power, using the threat of mutual nuclear annihilation as a hail mary. The fact they have become comfortable routinely playing chicken with all of humanity should be horrifying to everyone, yet liberals will celebrate this.

    The only explanation I can think of besides that they are entirely selfish psychopaths and narcissists at the end of their lives is that they also know there is only like 10 years left before climate change kills off most of humanity anyway, so they really just don't give a shit.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I double and triple checked whether I was on any lists of likely nuke targets and then checked nearby targets for damage radius. I'm probably ok but it'll be a bit hairy and I don't know how safe from radiation I might be afterwards depending on wind directions.

          Totally serious. Not that it'll do me any good knowing this.. Maybe I'll be a bit calmer about it. Absolutely no idea what I'd do in the aftermath, getting anywhere would be a nightmare of navigating potential targets and radiation. Maybe try and run to ireland but getting there would be very hard.

            • SupFBI [comrade/them]
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              2 years ago

              Isn't this if you assume that all missiles/rockets make it to target and detonate?

          • Fartster [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            There is nowhere in the US that would be safe from fallout. Bases on the west coast, nuke silos all over the middle, major cities in the northeast.

            Probably best bet would be to head as far north or south as you can depending where you're starting

            • spectre [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Fallout if usually a major issue for just 48 hours iirc, although we don't know how that would change in the case of a multiple-strike event

              But yeah if you can get underground and stay there for a bit you should be mostly ok

              • Fartster [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                Just pissing and shitting in a 10x8' crawlspace for 5 days while my skin melts off

            • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              Would Alaska or Hawai'i be safer? Then again, might as well just flee to Canada if you have access to Alaska.

              • Fartster [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                No way, AK has nuke silos, plus a ton of interceptors and long range missiles. HI has "defensive" missiles and likely nuke subs and massive military presence, like the largest reserve fleet. HI would be fucked, again, in a conflict with the east.

      • TeethOrCoat [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        She's actually visiting several Asian countries and the island is a possible stop. Neither the white house nor her office has confirmed that she's actually visiting Taiwan. She could just end up doing a tour of Japan, Singapore, etc and then fuck off back home.

        • PublicUniversalFraud [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          She could just end up doing a tour of Japan, Singapore, etc and then fuck off back home.

          exactly this happens, but then US media does a victory lap anyway and accuses China of blinking first

          • TeethOrCoat [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            TBH, I've stopped giving a shit about US media. They can blast their crap around in their echo chambers for the millionth time if they so choose, I'm satisfied so long as this episode concludes without a military incident.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's gotta be the second, right? Like surely Taiwan at least is smart enough not to pull this stunt.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I dunno, these are US airforce planes so they be doing whatever they want. I wouldn't be surprised if some semiconductor baron that wanted to meet her in person was on one. Zero certainties though.

    • DornerFangirl [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      looking at the other tracker it seems to be landed in Honolulu for a bit?

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        2 years ago

        And there's no way those 60-year-old blue checks will pass the fitness requirements

        • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Maybe if they made everyone in the military watch MSNBC they would care, but showing them that slop would only make them angry at this point.

          It's so funny to me that the military plays Fox News in their mess halls, regardless of who is president. Obama and Biden just letting the soldiers they command get fed right-wing propaganda while they eat their burgers.

          • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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            2 years ago

            The military is constantly watching propaganda that tells them their commander in chief is a traitor lol

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      the right will get in gear for the war they've been clamoring for with China. and the libs will get in gear because it's over a dem.

    • Civility [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Uncritical support to comrade Taylor Swift in her heroic struggle to protect the People's Republic of China from yankee imperialist warmongers.

  • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    should be there in the evening Hours…

    No matter where you go this is true... somewhere.

    I'm guessing you mean like 6 hrs from now?