• andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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    9 months ago

    Man I’m really not a fan of this post covid remilitarization. I’d really like it if my kids aren’t drafted into a war with China, Russia, and Iran for the future of a rapidly less habitable planet.

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      9 months ago

      It’s OK. In about 40 years, the Vulcans will come and save us. Bad news: it’s gonna get a whole lot worse first. 

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      9 months ago

      that looks like a very strategic spot to have an air base

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Field_(Tinian)

      wikipedia just says we didn’t need it anymore

      Immediately after the war, the locals on the island did not have to farm for the first two years after the airfield was abandoned because the withdrawing American military forces left entire stocks of almost everything ranging from food, brand-new military uniforms and even ice-cream makers (these were simply left behind in North Field’s many warehouses). Any of the locals who wanted to get a vehicle could just do so by heading to the airfield and drive it until it could not be repaired.

      that’s wild