▲ 480 ▼ Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied (newrepublic.com) submitted 4 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 child) It was also to tell neighbours that hosting a US base put them at risk, rather than be a security benefit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago Those neighbors, at least Kuwait, the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, were right alongside the Israelis in lobbying Trump to start the war. Then they thought they could stand idly by and cash in on the carnage while other people did the killing and dying. And they've also had a long history of murdering their indigenous Shi'a populations, and funding or waging wars to kill them elsewhere, such as in Yemen. So this sounds like chickens coming home to roost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago Those neighbors, at least Kuwait, the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, were right alongside the Israelis in lobbying Trump to start the war. Then they thought they could stand idly by and cash in on the carnage while other people did the killing and dying. And they've also had a long history of murdering their indigenous Shi'a populations, and funding or waging wars to kill them elsewhere, such as in Yemen. So this sounds like chickens coming home to roost. permalink fedilink source parent