• Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    We still got wrecked, as the goals of the mission were not accomplished.

    Of course we slaughtered them, it was called the “turkey shoot” for a reason. They never had a prayer.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      the goals of the mission were not accomplished

      Of course we slaughtered them

      And we got stupid rich doing it. Which was the mission.

      • Akasazh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I think the ‘we’ is a bit overstated.

        A couple of already rich people got a lot richer

        • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          No, we spent TRILLIONS and achieved little besides killing the dumb hump we put there in the first place (and about 500k civilians).

          Exxon made a tidy profit, though.