Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.
Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.
Ok what is the plan then? How do you think we should do to solve this? How many people do you think will die doing your plan? How should we fight the military as they will use them to try and stop any plans you make? Or is it that you think that we have to make our own plans?
well you guys just had an election and chose this.
Step one would have been not doing that. But since you can’t change that, find someone to primary your local Dem and get more fuckers like Bernie in power.
You should recognize by now that among US users on the fediverse, there are basically zero (0) Trump supporters. You’re haranguing the people who are some of the strongest opposition to Trump. What are you trying to accomplish here
No, I do understand that.
I’m just at the end of my wits on some of this “nothing can be done” doomism or hand wringing we see from all angles all the time now.
“well all the parties suck” goes around and around and around nobody pushes to change anything.
Saying the parties suck doesn’t fix them. They know they suck but they suck in a way that a few abusive assholes benefit from, so they’ll never change. They suck on purpose becayse they think their bread is buttered by the rich.
I’ve just had enough.
I’ve stopped pretending I need to accept things and started doing things regardless of if they sound hard.
I can’t run for office, I don’t have the skills or interests. But I have some money and donate to politicians who support things I like, I joined a party to try to influence their policies (I hate that I had to do that), I write my MP and make it clear where my donations stand in respect to policy. They only give a fuck about money.
I don’t know, it’s shit, but it’s fucking something.
Americans must have some equivalent they can do at the local level at least.
In canada we have the same problem. We keep voting for the same terrible two parties.
We fucking do. We literally fucking do these things. I wrote to the DNC just last week that they’re never seeing another dime from me until they start throwing their full-throated support behind progressive candidates. I’m very active in local politics. None of this changes who is president or who is in charge of the US Legislature right now
Only at certain times. There was just a primary election (some locales had a special election too) yesterday, and there’s another one in November, but neither of them included the president on the ballot.
May and November. That’s it. That’s all we’ve got, most of us; aside from protest.
Not if you’re in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida…
I mean…
Its not like the laws of physics stopped working… and some such…
Stop expecting us to figure it out for you. The protests and May day were a good start, but you need to remember your union history too.
Yep just like everyone else no plan just bitch and moan. This crap has been in the works since Bush Sr. We dont have a plan since we help yet when us USA citizens do ask for help in planning we get “do it yourself” well I for one am tired of it either you can help or you can SHUT THE FUCK UP.
I made suggestions to you in regards to planning (aka. the protests and May day strike) and for you to investigate your own history in regards to how the unions stood up to the corporations. What else can I do as a non-citizen of your country?
I get it, it’s a fucking shit show there, but what do you realistically want me to do? If I were a US citizen, I would do something to help. How about you use the fury of the last four words you directed at me towards those who are actually tyrannizing the world instead of someone who is actually sympathetic to your cause?
I vote, I protest, I talk to those I can talk to. Nothing changes. I am just a disabled person with limited resources. What else can be done? I don’t have money or the ability to make much changes. Yet non-Americans seem to expect us to rise up against this. Hell my state isn’t even the gerrymandering war. I vote for democrats in local elections that can help. We have trouble getting unions as most people I know live paycheck to paycheck and do not have enough savings to do a strike. The twenty year plan of the republicans that has eroded the education system has worked. People are either not smart enough to not vote against their own self interest, they feel disillusioned and don’t vote, or vote as much as they can. I wish there was more people who voted in local elections but time off of work isn’t something a lot can do. America has been running towards a cliff since Citizens United, which gave companies the ability to bribe our officials. I worry that this county will fall before I die. It feels hopeless some days. edit: So when I see people say just go vote it really feels like someone telling a clinical depressed person to just not be sad.
I know you’re doing what you can. Just keep on lighting the fire under those around you who are differently abled than yourself. Especially those friends of yours who can go out and vote but didn’t. They are the ones who will also act. Your health may not allow certain things, but you’re doing more than many.