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mysharona1987 · 3 months

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US literally is a teaching guide for war crimes.

#free palestine #politics #news #palestine #west bank #democrats #republicans #trees #botany #nature #native americans #military #woc #poc #women of color #colonialism #colonization #usa

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biglisbonnews · 9 months

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Rogue killer whale attacks: How the US Navy responds With the arrival of summer, rumored orca attacks on vessels navigating the Strait of Gibraltar generated concern, prompting questions regarding how the U.S. Navy responds to increased whale attacks. According to Military Times, while reports of these majestic marine mammals causing damage and even sinking boats have led to rising concerns, the U.S. Navy’s standpoint … Read more https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/07/rogue-killer-whale-attacks-how-the-us-navy-responds/

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hussyknee · 9 months

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Another thread by Senator Ben Ray Luján here.

A book on the subject (haven't read it myself):

One of the sources in another one of Alisa's furiously impassioned twitter threads have been debunked, so I didn't include that. But she claims that her own family was caught in the fallout zone when her mother was a baby, which eventually led to her and large numbers of her community developing cancer. It's human for that kind of grief to be caught up in inaccuracies. People are already being ghastly and racist to Hispanos and Indigenous people criticizing the hype for the movie. They're not attacking Oppenheimer for being Jewish, they're criticising the erasure of the human cost of these bombs and the continued valorisation of the U.S military's actions in World War II as some kind of moral saviourism.

While Oppenheimer himself believed that the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were morally justified (they had planned to drop them on Germany except they surrendered before they could), he also felt had blood on his hands and regretted his role as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb". He spent the rest of his career vehemently opposing further development of thermonuclear weapons and the hydrogen bomb accurately predicting the concept of mutually assured destruction. This eventually made him a victim of Senator McCarthy's Red Scare and his clearance was revoked. I haven't seen the movie (Christopher Nolan is the kind of casual white racist I avoid on principle) but people who have seen it say that it doesn't glorify nuclear weapons and depicts the man himself with the complex moral nuance that seems to be accurately reflective of his real life.

The backlash to Indigenous and Hispanos people's criticisms and to people pointing out that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were genocides is also frustrating because...both world wars were a clash of genocidal empires. The reason they were world wars is because the countries colonized by Japan, China, the European powers and the US were all dragged into it, whether they wanted to or not. Jews were one of the many colonized peoples that suffered in that time, who were left to die by everyone until they could be used to frame the Allied powers as moral saviours, establishing a revisionist nostalgia for heroism that powers the US military industrial complex to this day.

As early as May 1942, and again in June, the BBC reported the mass murder of Polish Jews by the Nazis. Although both US President, Franklin Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, warned the Germans that they would be held to account after the war, privately they agreed to prioritise and to turn their attention and efforts to winning the war. Therefore, all pleas to the Allies to destroy the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ignored. The Allies argued that not only would such an operation shift the focus away from winning the war, but it could provoke even worse treatment of the Jews. In June 1944 the Americans had aerial photographs of the Auschwitz complex. The Allies bombed a nearby factory in August, but the gas chambers, crematoria and train tracks used to transport Jewish civilians to their deaths were not targeted.

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Uncritical consumption of World War II media is the reinforcement of imperialist propaganda, more so when one group of colonized people is used to silence other colonized peoples. Pitting white Jewry against BIPOC is to do the work of white supremacy for imperialist colonizers, and victimizes Jews of colour twice over.

Edit: friends, there's been some doubt cast on the veracity of Alisa's claims. The human cost to the Hispanos population caught downwind of the nuclear tests is very real, as was land seizure without adequate compensation. However, there's no record I can yet find about Los Alamos killing livestock and Hispanos being forced to work for Los Alamos without PPE. There is a separate issue about human testing in the development of said PPE that's not covered here. I'm turning off reblogs until I can find out more. Meanwhile, here's another more legitimate article you can boost instead:

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mypastnow · 1 month

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#blk&wht photography #vintage photography #vintage military #American soldiers Admiralty Islands off New Guinea (1944)#Admiralty Islands #new guinea #1944

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chussy · 2 months

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if your country is a part of NATO then joining your country's military is fucking psychotic imo. like you could just get sent to die whenever and wherever the americans want you to die in the name of profit. genuinely insane to put yourself in that situation

#some time ago a croatian soldier died in Afghanistan(?) on American orders and when I saw those news I was so confused like #what tje fuck was he doing there. I couldn't even comprehend that there's croatian soldiers in Afghanistan i literally thought the dude went #there on his own unrelated to the military #then realized we're in NATO and USA wars are now apparently our wars #i don't really care about the cro soldier it's just an insane situation

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on-partiality · 4 months

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🎉🎊Happy new year! 🎊🎉

or if you like the Revolutionary War....

For anyone that wants to know more, here's a very quick summary I typed up of the Burning of Norfolk

The Burning of Norfolk happened on January the 1st 1776. Out of nowhere, British Navy ships turned up in the harbours of the city of Norfolk, Virginia and began throwing containers filled with explosives and shooting cannons and guns. The town's people had all fled and Norfolk was only occupied by patriot forces from the less loyalist parts of Virginia and North Carolina. The patriots began looting the houses of loyalists while Howe's guards bombarded the town. This whole event went from about 3:00-4:00pm to late evening by the way. The British decided to stop the bombardment after only a day but the flames were still burning and the British commander wrote in his report the next day "the whole town will I doubt not be consum'd in a day or two.". Suprisingly, the patriots did far more damage than the British (at least in the initial burning, some time later the British decided to continue the destruction and they destroyed 416 more buildings), the British only completely destroyed 19 buildings but the patriots destroyed 863. It wasn't until the next year that the public found out that the patriots were involved in the burning.

so yeah

#new year #amrev #american revolution #american revolutionary war #american history #history #revolutionary war #military history #revwar #on this day #on this date #this day in history #burning of norfolk

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todaysdocument · 11 months

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Men of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry), some of whom had been awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for their courage under fire, on June 11, 1918.

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs

File Unit: Colored Troops

Image description: A line of Black soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder in a grassy field. They are wearing World War I U.S. Army uniforms and narrow metal helmets.

Transcription:

SUBJECT: 165-WW-127-4 NUMBER EU

165 WW-127 4

Inter. Film Ser. Photographer

Rec'd June 11, 1916 Taken

DESCRIPTION:

NEGRO TROOPS IN FRANCE.

Picture shows a part of the 15th Regt. Inf. N.Y.N.G organized by Col. Haywood, which has been under fire. Two of the men Privates Johnson and Roberts, displayed exceptional courage while under fire and routed a German Raiding party for which the negroes were decorated with the French Croix de Guerre. it will be noticed that the men have taken to the French trench helmet instead of the flatter and broader British style.

#archivesgov #June 11 #1918 #1910s #World War I #WWI #military #U.S. Army #Black history #African American history #Harlem Hellfighters #369th Infantry #15th New York National Guard #Henry Johnson #Henry “Black Death” Johnson #Needham Roberts #who lied about his age to enlist and was seventeen at this time

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thebaffledcaptain · 9 months

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Doodled another fifer from my beloved 22nd regiment—not a direct study this time, but heavily inspired by a (very tired) picture of myself at camp…

#one of those things where it’s not a self portrait but also is it?#we all look the same in uniform anyway #just felt like drawing more little soldier boys (when do I not)#actually quite happy with this though considering i tried the completely new technique of no reference no basic shapes no nothing #amrev #american revolution #revolutionary war #revwar #redcoat #historical art #british military #18th century #the captain draws #historical reenactment #god save the cheshire regiment #history #redcoatposting #awi

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disease · 11 months

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“PATERNAL FIGURE” (FORT DIX) GABRIEL JOHNSEN // 2023 [collage, on printed paper | 9 x 12″]

a portrait of my father unbeknownst to me at the time of artistic conception. the material was sourced from his ‘Basic Training’ hardcover manual, received upon graduation in 1969 at Fort Dix (New Jersey).

#GABRIEL JOHNSEN #artists on tumblr #collage #conceptual #contemporary art #military #war #typography #black and white #monochrome #60s #vietnam war #fort dix #new jersey #american #art #u #g

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workersolidarity · 4 months

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[ 📹 Footage from some of the results from drone and missile strikes launched today against the Yemeni Armed Forces by the United States Armed Forces.]

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💥UNITED STATES LAUNCHES COMBINED DRONE AND MISSILE STRIKES ON YEMENI TARGETS💥

The United States Department of Defense announced a series of combined drone and missile strikes on what it called "Iranian-backed Houthi" military targets in Yemen.

The U.S. announced the strikes in a press release Thursday evening, stating that, "in light of the illegal, dangerous and destabilizing Iranian-backed Houthi attacks against U.S. and international vessels and commercial vessels from many countries lawfully transiting the Red Sea, today the militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen."

The U.S. Defense Department said the strikes were intended to "disrupt and degrade" the Yemeni Armed Forces' capabilities to "endanger mariners and threaten global trade" in one of the world's most critical waterways.

The strikes are also intended to "send a message" to the Ansarallah movement-led Yemeni Armed Forces; that the U.S. intends to exact a price for Yemen's solidarity with Palestinians under bombardment and siege in the Gaza Strip.

The U.S. added that the Yemeni Armed Forces would incur further attacks if they do not "end their illegal attacks" in the Red Sea.

"Today's strikes targeted sites associated with the Houthis' unmanned aeril vehicle, ballistic and cruise missile, and coastal radar and air surveillance capabilities," the Defense Department statement says.

"The United States maintains its right to self-defense and, if necessary, as will take follow-on actions to protect U.S. Forces."

Since November 19th, the Yemeni Armed Forces have launched upwards of two dozen drone and missile strikes targeting Israeli vessels and commercial vessels headed to or from the ports of occupied Palestine.

In response, on December 19th, the United States announced a coation taskforce with several Western countries, as well as Bahrain, to counter the Yemeni attacks on Israeli and other commercial vessels heading to occupied territory through the Red Sea.

"Today, a coalition of countries committed to upholding the rules-based international order demonstrated our shared commitment to defending U.S. and international vessels and commercial vessels exercising navigational rights and freedoms from illegal and unjustifiable attacks," the DoD said in the press release.

It should be noted that the "rules-based International order" that the United States endlessly uses to justify military actions against State and non-State actors alike, is in direct contravention of International Law, the only framework agreed to by the entirety of the "International community" the United States references.

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klassicknight · 2 years

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valerievanscoyk50 · 3 years

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I can’t tell if I’m at peace, or just don’t give a fuck anymore.

#usa military #usa model #fashion #canadian #beauty #usa news #americans #germany news #sexy content

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thetimelordbatgirl · 1 month

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Ngl, while I do get where RTD is coming from that the Disney deal could save Doctor Who from dying if the BBC does essentially die since the tory government are basically killing anything they can, BBC included- I really don't like the idea that the solution is just to give Doctor Who to Disney, given we all know what Disney is like with everything they own and would not hesitate to milk Doctor Who like they do with Marvel, let alone just adding to Disney's monopoly on everything we watch.

#doctor who #im not saying i'll jump ship as soon as i see it becoming marvellised #but as soon as i see 100 spin offs coming out of it #i wont be there for them #and like the fact that the air times are already americanized #but rtd is fine handing over a show that has had its 60+ years of life in the UK to an american company like disney.....#and like yeah i get it higher budgets are fun and all #but also ngl upon rewatching older new who and the SJA #dw was just more fun and such when it had a shitty budget #imma just be honest there #invasion of the bane is a comfort special for me #shitty cgi and all #the same going to alot of old new who #tho i guess this might explain shit like doctor who now just being fully pro-military and shit #we know how disney allows the military to dictate marvel nowadays after all...

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carbone14 · 9 months

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USS New Mexico (BB-40) au chantier naval de Puget Sound – Bremerton – Washington – 1920's

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helfrieda · 6 months

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“Another red heart taken by the American dream.”

#ethel cain #american teenager #new orleans #nola #southern gothic #america #church #military #helicopter #aviation #gloomy #overcast #digital photography #photography #iphone #iphone 12 mini #french quarter

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yngai · 7 months

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we are winning at levels never before thought possible it seems, after making the wrong choice of becoming an ada wong fan & having to subsist off the crumbs of characterization given to me in in-game files, supplemental material & scant lines of dialog it seems capcom is truly going to give me everything i have ever wanted :

probably giving ada the best DLC in the franchise, a meaningful relationship with a character that isn't leon that seems to take precedent in her story over her few chance encounters with leon in RE4R ( i have a feeling her & luis' history gives their dynamic far more meaning than his little rollercoaster ride with leon ), cool sci-fi contacts replacing the glasses she never really used in the original, integrating her grapple hook in her combat when it was sadly only ever used for traversal, actual content specifically designed for her campaign & not just reused arenas from the main game ( some of these are from the original carried over to ada but i think her performing the coolest thing leon does in the original, dodging the lasers, is sick ), finally positioning wesker as an antagonist in ada's story directly rather than him hanging over her like a school headmaster trying to play mindgames .

it's honestly so personally rewarding to see capcom go to such lengths for a character they have otherwise neglected, even in a game like re6 where she carries the emotional core of the story ( in specific her developing relationship with carla as she learns she is more than just some lab-made doppelganger, which was sadly undercooked - like most of the game, despite the explosions )

#* file // : OOC — ( 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐄 . )#sorry i couldn't join the hype the trailer dropped while i was at work but as always #winning. winning. winning. i am ALWAYS winning #please have her smoke luis' last cigarette or just share a smoke with him as they formulate their plan #though another element i will retain from the original is her relationship with krauser + his involvement with wesker #like it's more fitting for leon to be his killer but i need krauser to fail so hard at retrieving the sample wesker sends ada in #& also the revelation that the village/castle/cult itself is a mask for a military operation run by a scientist using the plaga's control #for world domination #saddler being a zealot just doesn't quite make as much sense once you reach the island & see their military/laboratory equipment #these aren't the designs of a man who is 100% getting high off his own supply #i'll hold off on wesker's characterization since we have very little to go off of but i do always prefer richard waugh's performance #over all others #there is definitely a nice mustache twirling bond villain-type angle that does fit better in the OG's self-aware american action movie #that wouldn't be out of place here since it's rather true to the character #i don't mind his new voice but it's definitely a little more flat #also i miss his gay little turtleneck #i'm happy ada has hers but where is his

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