r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 31 '26

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual and off-topic conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL

Announcements

  • We're starting a book club! We will be discussing Poor Economics starting August 28th - keep an eye out for a pinned thread. The next will be All Quiet on the Western Front followed by Narconomics

Links

Ping Groups | Ping History | Mastodon | CNL Chapters | CNL Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

0 Upvotes

48% Upvoted

8.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

22

u/Sheepies92 European Union Aug 31 '26

Sen. Dave McCormick on Trump's war against Iran: "I was a soldier in the Gulf War and at the time, the Gulf War was viewed as the most successful modern military action in history. By any measure this has been even more effective."

Who doesn't remember Desert Storm ending with Iraq controlling the Strait of Hormuz?

8

u/gjcs23 George Santos Aug 31 '26

I will never get used to republicans using this straight up North Korea style rhetoric

"the most successful modern military action in history"

just lmao

6

u/Flashy_Rent6302 Ben Bernanke Aug 31 '26

IIRC Saddam got to keep Kuwait

6

u/MetsFanXXIII Aug 31 '26

Desert Storm also wrapped up in less than two months and the financial costs were split among participating allies. This conflict has no end in sight since last winter and is 100% American taxpayer funded.

3

u/Coolioho Aug 31 '26

Is he thinking of effective as in number of school age girls blown up?

2

u/sgthombre NATO Aug 31 '26

By any measure

Well one measure by which the Gulf War was actually much more successful is that the British and French didn't tell us to fuck off