• ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ
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    128 days ago

    Right pocket left pocket.

    If you need a tank, and you get one for free, you can spend your tank money on something else.

      • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ
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        -128 days ago

        Imagine pretending you don’t understand that modern wars funded by the US are shell games in which typically nobody, except for defense contractors and politicians, benefit.

        Did we really help the good people of Iraq? I bet their answer is a resounding No.

        How about Afghanistan? I bet our CIA made a pretty penny off captured opium fields, but the Taliban is again in charge, nothing changed except hidden bank account balances.

    • @[email protected]
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      128 days ago

      If you need a tank, and have no money for a tank, you don’t magically get “tank money” when someone gives you a free tank…