Brett Wilkins Jun 16, 2025

Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war.

Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israelcalled an “unprecedented mass deployment” to Europe.

  • @Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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    1974 days ago

    God I hate Republicans.

    Trump is absolute garbage on every single scale and stat, but it’s the republican voters who got us here. Fuck every republican voter.

    • @brachiosaurus@mander.xyz
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      53 days ago

      What got us here is the same two parties cycling in power for a century. If you believe war is red fault alone and that voting blue will change anything, you are part of the problem.

    • @selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      It’s really Democrats and independents who got you there. Unconvinced ones, though. Republicans did what they do, just enough Democrats and independents stayed at home.

    • @kingofras@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Hate is not going to get you anywhere.

      Yes some of them voted for him but a bunch of them didn’t.

      Stop being defeatist… inform yourself… look at the numbers. Look at the evidence. Get active.

      If you’ve wondered why everything looks like a coup since he got in, perhaps it is because it is one.

      https://lemmy.world/post/31401705

      https://youtu.be/AaKFx5rxdmA

      https://smartelections.us/

      https://electiontruthalliance.org/

      Edit: the upvote/downvote ratio on a comment like this shows how rapidly Lemmy is turning into Reddit. Nobody cares about the data, if you remotely sound like defending the GOP down the chute you go.

      It’s your loss America. I’ll sleep fine as long as we don’t have electronic voting systems here.

      • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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        414 days ago

        It’s not that we don’t agree with you, it’s that your kinda acting like a dick. Change your tone and you might get a better reception.

        • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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          184 days ago

          And leading with “hate is not going to get you anywhere” and following it with more blame instead of action.

          Find your local mutual aid group. Volunteer. Protest. Get involved.

          • Victor
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            04 days ago

            following it with more blame instead of action.

            I don’t see blame anywhere?

        • Victor
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          [you’re] kinda acting like a dick

          I really don’t see it. I see only advice trying to help them get a healthier point of view. 🤷‍♂️

          Change your tone and you might get a better reception.

          This has literally the same vibe.

          • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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            Edit: didn’t realize the response was a different user.

            I’m not trying to convince anyone of something. I’m just telling why you’re they are being downvoted, and it’s not because of the content of your their post. I’d post differently if I were trying to make a sincere point.

            • Victor
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              3 days ago

              I’m not the one who made the “dick” comment…

              I’m not trying to convince anyone of something.

              You’re saying they should change their tone. 🤷‍♂️ Meh. Whatever you say.

              • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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                13 days ago

                Apologies, I didn’t realize that you weren’t the person that I originally responded to.

                I’m not trying to convince them. I don’t give a fuck if they change their tone. I was only telling them why the post wasn’t well received.

                • Victor
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                  23 days ago

                  Right, fair enough I guess. I just can’t see where exactly the dickishness lies. I don’t see a “tone” anywhere.

                  • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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                    13 days ago

                    As a whole it sounds like a, “you’re wrong, educate yourself, there’s only one way out of this”. I did intentionally say “kinda like a dick”, because it wasn’t super harsh, just enough off putting.

                    The edits were the icing that put everyone else off.

      • @InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Edit: the upvote/downvote ratio on a comment like this shows how rapidly Lemmy is turning into Reddit. Nobody cares about the data, if you remotely sound like defending the GOP down the chute you go.

        Many people just aren’t serious enough to take actions that are material beneficial. We want leftist ideas, but no one wants to form a party or vote for one.