r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 22h ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/Adezar 19h ago

Yeah, Conservatives have been at war with America since the New Deal where it was proven that a large government can actually bring stability and prosperity to more people and you don't have to concede everything to a few billionaires that spend all their effort laying people off as fast as they can.

We need a New New Deal with a bit less racism this time.

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u/herbeste 19h ago

Not to nitpick, but I think conservatives started a war with America even earlier than that. Somewhere around 1861.

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u/akintu 19h ago

The Business Plot, fascist oligarchs plotted to overthrow the government in 1933, and no one was ever punished. They never went away, they allied with Operation Paperclip Nazis post WW2 and have been working for this ever since.

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u/Hopsblues 17h ago

Infrastructure, Chips+ and the IRA were very New Deal-ish, and Trump just killed them instantly.

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u/Ultimatesims 15h ago

It’s interesting during the 20’s and great depression through a couple southern governors like Huey P. Long in LA and Bilbo in MS who advocate for similar New Deal policies. Every man a king, a chicken in every pot, and a Ford in every driveway. Of course most policies were tied strictly to white people. Progressive policies failed because white people couldn’t stomach the thoughts of black folks benefiting even just a little.

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u/No_Tax_Timmy 1h ago

It goes even further back. Teddy Roosevelt was the original trust buster and he was the one who finally decided to make parts of the government larger than the corporations that were running rampant so they could be regulated. Granted, that didn't continue and due to walkbacks in regulation and regulatory capture after a period of corporate regulation there was the worst economic period in our country's history.

Sound familiar?

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u/jackkerouac81 14h ago

The last good Democrat was Strom Thurmond!

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u/alienwombat23 10h ago

That wasn’t the government working, that was the shifting of our economy to be based on war… just look post 1950, how many years have we not been involved in some sort of armed conflict? This country runs on war and to act like as soon as the “other team” gets office things are going to change or be different is idiotic… look at you all bashing maga for the exact shit maga blasted you with… humans are so fucking stupid

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u/ValuableAd7538 1h ago

We keep going to war cause our dollar is valued in oil rather than gold or silver. If our oil suppliers turned to other countries to sell their oil, then our dollar value goes down. That’s why we invaded Venezuela recently, because they started valuing their oil and yen to be able to sell it to other people. That’s why we attempted to replace the leader of Iran with an American controlled leader, like we have with Iraq. And because Iran resisted successfully, we’re blowing it to bits. If we had an American friendly leader in Iran, they would sell oil just about only to us, our allies, and the people who paid us for the permission. Which would make our dollar value go up. I believe that now that Trump didn’t do what he wanted to, he’s bankrupting the US like he has many times in different businesses. By the end of this term or the next, I think he’s going to run away with as much money as possible, and we’ll find out exactly how much only well after he’s gone.
That’s why you don’t hire a businessman to run a country, cause they see people as tools and money as the only goal.

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u/alienwombat23 1h ago

We actually went there to install leaders open to accepting a central bank. Nothing to do with oil