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 Just... wow...

https://m.primal.net/LFsS.jpg 

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 WTF is going on in Kuwait? 
 Nothing in Kuwait itself - it’s a deployment and ally agreement/partnership between the US and Kuwait that’s been ongoing since 2012 or so (Operation Spartan Shield). It basically operates as a US command base that supports access and operations around the Middle East. Covers training etc while also maintaining a presence and acting as a deterrent in a region that is increasingly becoming unstable with all the recent events that have been happening. 
 Ah. So Kuwait is simply the staging country for mid east deployment.

Makes sense. 
 Pretty much. Met loads of US personnel when I lived there. Highlights the power of the petrodollar too, and the skewed priorities of world governments as domestic disasters take the backseat. 
 Meanwhile, barely an hour to the east...

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 Where is that!? 
 Appalachian Mountains town, presumably near Asheville 
 Daaaaaamn 
 Lake Lure 
 What happened?! 
 Hurricane Helene 
 Here's some bad news for you and all Americans to accept. Your government has no plan to save the economy or the American citizens, it's been corrupted by special interest groups banks and specific European and Israeli families. The only plan is to go to war with any other country that's actually fixing problems for their citizens.  
 Dude, we know. It’s been painfully evident for anyone that got into bitcoin. 
 Bitcoin doesn’t fix this. At least in the timeframe we need it to. This parasitic excuse for government needs to be taken out back behind the woodshed asap.  
 Such devastation, how heartbreaking 💔 
 🥲 
 heavy 
 Do you hate the state yet fren? https://youtu.be/ACoymMYx8E0
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 i feel so much pain just seeing this. I hope you and fam ok out there. 
 Jesus 
 It’s not like Tennessee borders the exact area of NC with the most damage…. Right? 
 Kuwait is a town in a flooded area right ? RIGHT ? 
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