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Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Ah, yes, the military that famously can't even keep strategically important Straits open down on Earth will be able to win wars around the Moon.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Worse, they're just quoting an appointed stooge without pointing out the bias.

    Speaking at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump said he had met Caine in Iraq in December 2018.[26] According to Trump, Caine told him, "I love you, sir. I think you're great, sir. I'll kill for you, sir."[14] Allegedly, he claimed that ISIS could be defeated in a week.[14] Trump also said that Caine was wearing a MAGA hat at the time, a detail denied by Caine.[27]

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I really don't think the Mooninites will see it coming, so war should be over in a week or two. I'm willing to back a nuclear bombardment of the Moon, if it will ensure that I can still watch football this weekend.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Thinking about it, America can win a war on the Moon:

    Specifically, America can win a war against the Moon by default when no Mooninites turn up to fight against them.

    Then again, under the current leadership the American military would still have casualties in a war against the Moon were no Mooninites show up to fight them, purelly because of their own incompetence: I mean, if they can't even keep a ship properly supplied a few thousands of kilometers away from America in an environment which isn't even inherently that dangerous, they'll probably do much worse when the soldiers are 385,000 km away from America in a highly hostile environment.

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