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minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down7·11 months ago Even if America succeeds in mobilising the entire world, our military operations will not stop … no matter the sacrifices it costs us,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a senior Houthi official, said… Some of you will die but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
minus-squarePsychodelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoI mean, I think they’d call that an honorable death in some circles. Don’t they see the US as basically the Empire?
minus-squareJonna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoGeorge Lucas certainly did. The Vietnam War was part of the inspiration for Star Wars.
minus-squareDead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoI see the level of political discourse in this sub has risen to the level of :checks notes: Star Wars references.
Some of you will die but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
I mean, I think they’d call that an honorable death in some circles.
Don’t they see the US as basically the Empire?
George Lucas certainly did. The Vietnam War was part of the inspiration for Star Wars.
I see the level of political discourse in this sub has risen to the level of :checks notes: Star Wars references.