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minus-squarecrystalmerchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 days agoIf this is the headline then you can be damn sure the Pentagon is already planning to put those boots on the ground, they just need a few friendly articles first
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoIt’s a trial balloon at best, or yes softening the inevitable. This also sounds exactly like how we ramped up troops in Vietnam.
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoA friend works for the Department of Defense in Japan and told me a couple of weeks ago that a lot of military folks were already being shipped out.
If this is the headline then you can be damn sure the Pentagon is already planning to put those boots on the ground, they just need a few friendly articles first
It’s a trial balloon at best, or yes softening the inevitable.
This also sounds exactly like how we ramped up troops in Vietnam.
A friend works for the Department of Defense in Japan and told me a couple of weeks ago that a lot of military folks were already being shipped out.