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return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

$2 Billion Per Day Spent by US on Iran War Could Have Saved 87 Million Lives, Says UN Humanitarian Chief

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$2 Billion Per Day Spent by US on Iran War Could Have Saved 87 Million Lives, Says UN Humanitarian Chief | Common Dreams
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The head of the UN's humanitarian agency said his plan to provide food, water, medicine, and shelter to tens of millions of those facing war and poverty could have been funded "in less than a fortnight of this reckless war."
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  • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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    They’re trying to kill brown people not save them!

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      A system’s purpose is what it does.

      This system appears to be functioning exactly as intended.

    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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      Can’t be an immigrant if you don’t exist.

  • JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz
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    But where’s the profit in that? /s

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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      Why the /s?

  • Deacon@lemmy.world
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    Yeah but could we have the DOW flirting with 49,000?

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      The dow doesn’t put out. 49k should wait for a better index

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    … what made him think the US government cares about the lives of people facing war and poverty? The official position of the US Government these days is basically that anyone not rich enough to bribe officials might as well not exist.

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    More war means less working class lives to pay wages to, which in turn means they can take even more from us!!

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    You still haven’t figured it out. They don’t want to save anyone. Depopulation of undesirables is an intended side effect of war in addition to draining social programs and education to fund wars and weapons.

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    I how Trump swallows something wrong, which they cannot get out with the Heimlich, and that he’s slowly dying, being shit scared, lying on the floor. The final piece: he’ll piss and shit himself, and it’d be public for the entire world to see.

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      he also has a very awkward stance due to wearing lifts and a girdle.

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