Comment on Israel Withdrew Gaza Evacuation Order After Leaked Memo Shows US Urged Restraint

• Carrolade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Power projection, maintaining our reputation and a threat. We send aircraft carriers all over the place, there will always be one or two near any ally threatened with attack. It’s why we buy them.

  It’s really just Hezbollah at this point. Hamas barely has a couple brigades left, if that. Houthis are too far away to do much asides shoot at ships in the Red Sea. Not sure where the other fronts are. You think Egypt is going to invade or something? Jordan? Syria? Iran going to march through two countries to get there?

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  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Power projection, maintaining our reputation and a threat.

    I don’t even know what this means. Just make up words like " we have to look strong" and hope people buy the propaganda I guess.

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    • Carrolade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, “we have to look strong” basically sums it all up, yeah. To quote a famous American saying, “Walk softly and carry a big stick”. We’ve been doing it for centuries, google Commodore Matthew Perry for an old example. Another good example would be Reagan reactivating our old Iowa class battleships just because they looked so dangerous, even though they were basically obsolete in the era of aircraft.

      Making a threat can be very useful, it’s not hard to understand. Same reason a dog growls or a cat hisses.

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      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Posturing like israels Bitch doesn’t give off strength vibes to me. Especially when Ukraine actually needs those weapons against Russia.

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