▲ 499 ▼ US strikes water desalination plant in Iran (www.turkiyetoday.com) submitted 8 months ago by Rogue_General@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel's water comes from desalination plants, and now we've given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (3 children) This really is our generation's Viet Nam, isn't it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 child) I think we re-enter the middle east in some capacity every 5-10 years since like desert storm. Its not new. People are just sick of it. It could be weapons, it could be troops. We never really take our hand off the wheel over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago It's military keynesianism and the US economy has been running off of it since world war 2. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago that was real fighting with troops, even if with disproportionate means. there is zero possibility of boots on the ground here. This is the standard US tactic of cowardly bombing from a distance they use since then to avoid another US casualties trauma. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 child) I think we re-enter the middle east in some capacity every 5-10 years since like desert storm. Its not new. People are just sick of it. It could be weapons, it could be troops. We never really take our hand off the wheel over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago It's military keynesianism and the US economy has been running off of it since world war 2. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago It's military keynesianism and the US economy has been running off of it since world war 2. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago that was real fighting with troops, even if with disproportionate means. there is zero possibility of boots on the ground here. This is the standard US tactic of cowardly bombing from a distance they use since then to avoid another US casualties trauma. permalink fedilink source parent