Post #1559190
2026-04-23 04:34 UTC
Replies (14)
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@claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social 2026-04-23 05:00
@jschwa1 This very much has a strong flavor of "The House That Jack Built".
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@2S4F@c.im 2026-04-23 05:50
@jschwa1 excellent
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@MostlyTato@mstdn.social 2026-04-23 07:09
@jschwa1 And all 100 per cent accurate.
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@muzzle@theforkiverse.com 2026-04-23 07:39
@jschwa1 This joke dates back to at least the Iraq war. It's possibly even older.
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@riggbeck@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 07:41
@jschwa1 Canada and Mexico could certainly help with the last paragraph.
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@ariescape@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 08:01
@jschwa1 not only them, but were it any other nation doing this they'd promptly be crucified by the majority of the world around them. but this is the USA we're talking about, we have to remember how powerful the ones in charge of them are (and ignore where that power came from). revolting.
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@HumainVirtuel@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 09:07
@jschwa1 instead of USA though , should be at least for part of USA's mentions, "Trump's USA" or "Trump's government" .. i know it sorts of break the joke but I believe one goal of all of this is for the world to despise the USA as if the whole country as always been that way. (Which as been a favorite Russia, et al. , propaganda theme for many years)
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@openrisk@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 10:28
@jschwa1 except its not simply "a sad state of affairs", it is potentially a lethal one. This level of inanity may eventually hit a complacent world that believes somehow choices, actions (and inactions) don't have consequences: its all a reality TV show, and there will always be a "deus ex machina" to sort things out. It is empirically true that the modern world does have enormous capacity to absorb malgovernance. But this only primes us for much larger pain when we reach the limits.
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@Vai@mastodon.world 2026-04-23 11:26
@jschwa1 That's about right.
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@piglet@mastodon.scot 2026-04-23 11:43
@jschwa1 The United States would invade the United States to capture it's oil reserves.
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@geoffl@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-23 12:52
@jschwa1 Why are so many people reposting the quote not saying who it came from? It was Mohamad safa, Lebanese Diplomat and PVA Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
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@MargaretSefton@writing.exchange 2026-04-23 14:52
@jschwa1 We are in hell.
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@EricLawton@kolektiva.social 2026-04-23 16:28
@jschwa1 "The first casualty of war is truth". Except that Trump killed truth long before this particular war. @blogdiva
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@nachtet@norden.social 2026-04-23 16:32
@jschwa1 and yet.. completely missing the plight of the Iranian resistance, the tens of thousands dead during protests and since the war, the ongoing slaughter, terror, abuse and torture of hospital staff, civilians and protestors of the regime (and the US history with said regime and the one before it), the net blackout, the increase of terrorists inside Iran and neighbouring states and the complete mess surrounding Netanyahu. I really can't hear the "Hormuz-Oil" simplifications anymore.