Nemeski@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoTrump Hints U.S. Could Go to War With Allies Someday in Wild Pressernewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down16
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minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoHas the USA, historically, gone to war against former allies? Specifically, sovereign states we would sell arms to. So there’s really only one reason to say something like this…
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoAlmost half the war on terror is fighting regions we used to provide weapons to.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAny we sold jets, or even tanks, to? I doubt we care about nerfing an M15 rifle by 10%.
minus-squarenomy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoWe sold weapons to Iraq to use against Iran (who we also sold arms to).
Has the USA, historically, gone to war against former allies? Specifically, sovereign states we would sell arms to.
So there’s really only one reason to say something like this…
Almost half the war on terror is fighting regions we used to provide weapons to.
Any we sold jets, or even tanks, to? I doubt we care about nerfing an M15 rifle by 10%.
We sold weapons to Iraq to use against Iran (who we also sold arms to).