We Talk Friday
(WTF)
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I am sure that those old enough, will understand what the title is referencing.
But another week, another lot of shit that comes out of the US government's various orifices, with two major ones in the last day alone.
The government released an image of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a lawyer protesting "ICE" in Minnesota. Apparently, they wouldn't let her turn herself in, but instead demanded to arrest her at the hotel she was staying at. Not only that she was protesting at a church, and is now supposedly charged under the "Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act", a law written to protect abortion clinics.
The irony.
But that isn't the disgusting part, this is:
That's right. The White House has digitally altered an arrest picture using AI to make it look as if Levy is sobbing and distraught. This is the US government doing this. And perhaps what is even more disturbing, is that when called out on it, they called it a meme. So not only are they peddling in petty propaganda, they don't know what the fuck a meme is.
This one should make every soldier disgusted.
"They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan. And they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines".
_Donald Trump
For the record, over one third of all coalition soldier deaths in Afghanistan was non-American- More if you count those that were killed out of country in accidents travelling to or from. These aren't "a little off the frontline" deaths, these are mostly combat deaths in hostile action. And then of course, there are the many thousands more who were wounded.
And now Trump has made it clear what he actually thinks of the armed forces. He will rewrite history to suit himself, which means that he would do the same for Us soldiers also, if it suited his agenda.
Remember, he dodged going to Vietnam.
Five times.
That makes his statements on soldiers who did their duty, pretty fucking disgusting.
The Us government as it stands keeps proving time and time again, that it is a joke, that can't be trusted to honour a contract, as it can't even be trusted to abide by its own laws. It also can't be trusted to provide information, because time and time again it is wrong, misleading or clearly disinformation meant to pervert the narrative. Which perhaps makes sense in context to Trump being friends with a paedo, and the statements about pussy grabbing.
Is this what supporters think will Make America Great Again?
Taraz
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