Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhy do people consider Al Jazeera as a trusted source?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people consider Al Jazeera as a trusted source?Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
I noticed a good amount of people talking about Al Jazeera in the BBC paywall thread and that make me ask, why!?
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoIt kind of makes sense in the US, because the US is CONSTANTLY at war with someone / something, so unless people volunteer, there’s a good chance the draft would be back and a bunch of people would be forced to go.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days ago“Thank you for your service. Better you than me amirite. 👈👈😎”
minus-squaredbtng@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI can say both of those things with genuine respect. I thought I was going to get drafted into Desert Storm. I don’t like sand.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI agree. Almost as coarse and rough and irritating as getting blown up by an IED.
It kind of makes sense in the US, because the US is CONSTANTLY at war with someone / something, so unless people volunteer, there’s a good chance the draft would be back and a bunch of people would be forced to go.
“Thank you for your service. Better you than me amirite. 👈👈😎”
I can say both of those things with genuine respect. I thought I was going to get drafted into Desert Storm. I don’t like sand.
I agree. Almost as coarse and rough and irritating as getting blown up by an IED.