this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
60 points (91.7% liked)

World News

31906 readers
421 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

What could go wrong?

top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What if they’re “mistakenly” attacked by Israel?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is a real possibility.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

In light of recent events, it’s a probability.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

This is the plan.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

It's infinitely more likely thats what happens

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

A spokesperson revealed today, the USS Maine could return fire, if fired upon by Spain

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Why not make a rule for if they get attacked by unicorns while they're at it. There are IDF posts on both sides of the pier.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That seems like a pretty standard UoF continuum for that kind of mission.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Not in Bosnia in the 90s. US troops would take accurate inbound fire, have a clear visual on the shooter, and we’re not cleared to engage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does Gaza even want that "aid pier"?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Gaza wants aid. Famine is setting in. But this is mostly theatre.

Road crossings could deliver a lot more aid a lot faster. The US plan for this pier is to gradually ramp up to 150 truckloads a day. For reference Gaza needed 200 truckloads a day in peacetime. That was back when people could still work, before all the housing and infrastructure got destroyed.

The aid pier has Israeli positions on both sides of the port meaning it can be subject to the same IDF chokeholds as the road crossings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

What if they are attacked by Israel?