Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoHegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idahowww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1324arrow-down1videoHegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idahowww.cbsnews.comCorkyskog@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up196·2 months agoThat 747 is getting amazing ROI
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up65arrow-down1·2 months agoSeriously. What a relatively small price to pay for the stupid amount of political capital it’s gotten them.
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agoHell, if anything it saves them on not having to maintain a 747
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoEspecially with the 747 being officially out of manufacturing in 2023. Parts prices and specialized technician costs are just going to go up more and more every year.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoWhy in the world are you guys assuming that’s the only bribe they’ve gotten?
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYou right, I said that
minus-squaremistermodal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI think there may be a little bit more to the relationship between the USA and its protectorates than bribery, if you’ve got the time to listen.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoIf a 747 gets me Idaho, what do I need to upgrade to a Dakota? What about Texas?
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 months agoTry letting a tree fall on you. Make sure you sue the ever living shit out of whoever owns that tree. Oh, and then make sure that once you have the power to do so, you pass a law that prevents anyone else from suing the way you did. (Greg Abbot did this, he’s the governor of Texas)
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoTrust me, as someone who lived in both Dakotas, Idaho is definitely the upgrade.
That 747 is getting amazing ROI
Seriously. What a relatively small price to pay for the stupid amount of political capital it’s gotten them.
Hell, if anything it saves them on not having to maintain a 747
Especially with the 747 being officially out of manufacturing in 2023. Parts prices and specialized technician costs are just going to go up more and more every year.
Why in the world are you guys assuming that’s the only bribe they’ve gotten?
You right, I said that
?
I think there may be a little bit more to the relationship between the USA and its protectorates than bribery, if you’ve got the time to listen.
If a 747 gets me Idaho, what do I need to upgrade to a Dakota? What about Texas?
Try letting a tree fall on you. Make sure you sue the ever living shit out of whoever owns that tree.
Oh, and then make sure that once you have the power to do so, you pass a law that prevents anyone else from suing the way you did.
(Greg Abbot did this, he’s the governor of Texas)
Trust me, as someone who lived in both Dakotas, Idaho is definitely the upgrade.