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[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm not saying this isn't a sign of something, but Surf and Turf nights are fairly common at overseas bases. Sometimes once a week.

EDIT: Pie is pretty much nightly anywhere with real kitchen.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

And well it is 18 hours after your comment now, which came a day after this was posted, and this OP shows a tweet which is… how old? Another day?

Are we at war and I missed the news?

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

In light of everything else that's going on it's a distinct possibility.

But I commented because the tweet and title of this post seemed to imply that good food for troops can only mean war. That's simply not the case. There are a number of reasons you'd want to improve morale with a (comparatively) nice meal. War is only one of them.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah I’m just backing up your point now that some time has passed. This does indeed appear not to have amounted to anything yet.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Only Congress can declare war, anything else is just a "police action". That used to actually mean something...in the 1800s. It lost its meaning with good ol' Teddy Roosevelt.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Yes it’s a distinction without a difference. You might even say not worth mentioning.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Iran declared war on the US, Israel and Europe. It hasn't been reciprocated yet.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

They said they are “in a war” with those countries, but it sounded like more of a description of fact than a proclamation.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I get there might be some subtlety of difference there, and language matters. But war, war never changes.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

There’s a bit more than a nuance between “ I declare war on you!” and “You are making war on me!”

[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Found the Zoomie...

We were lucky to not be thrown an omelette mre off the back of a deuce and a half.