Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake appears to have resolved any doubts about what she wants to do with the Voice of America.

Lake seeks for it to look and sound a lot like the far-right One America News Network: on Tuesday night she announced that she had struck a deal to serve up the pro-Trump outlet’s news reports for Voice of America’s foreign audiences, at no taxpayer cost.

    • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      Copy, paste. Who is left?

      1. United Kingdom (brexit, haha)

      • Iraq War (2003–2009): Participated in the U.S.-led invasion; airstrikes caused civilian casualties.
      • Afghanistan (2001–2021): Conducted airstrikes as part of NATO; civilian deaths documented.
      • Libya (2011): NATO bombing campaign against Gaddafi’s forces; civilian deaths reported (e.g. Tripoli and Majer bombings).
      • Syria (from 2015): RAF airstrikes against ISIS; some operations resulted in unintended civilian deaths.

      2. France

      • Afghanistan (2001–2012): Part of NATO; airstrikes caused civilian deaths.
      • Libya (2011): One of the most active in NATO bombings.
      • Iraq and Syria (from 2014): Participated in coalition against ISIS; civilian deaths reported.

      3. Italy

      • Libya (2011): Participated in NATO airstrikes.
      • Iraq and Syria (support roles): Less direct but provided logistical and drone support with potential indirect effects on civilian areas.

      4. Netherlands

      • Iraq and Syria (2014–2018): Conducted airstrikes as part of anti-ISIS coalition. In 2015, a Dutch airstrike on Hawija (Iraq) killed around 70 civilians.

      5. Denmark

      • Iraq and Syria (from 2014): Participated in anti-ISIS airstrikes.
      • Afghanistan: Part of NATO operations with ground and air support.

      6. Norway

      • Libya (2011): Dropped nearly 600 bombs; at least one operation reportedly killed civilians.

      7. Belgium

      • Syria and Iraq (from 2014): Carried out airstrikes in the coalition against ISIS.

      8. Spain

      • Iraq War (2003–2004): Participated initially, mostly in ground operations; limited air role.
        • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
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          13 hours ago

          Considering the entire EU is doing jack shit I’d say most of them are zionists, butt cavern. Germany is still providing weapons. Which magical EU country do you live in that has managed to stay squeaky clean all these years? Or… are you just a hypocrite like everyone else?

            • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
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              13 hours ago

              Well, considering all my options either supported it or were dead silent on it, I chose the one least likely to make it worse and most likely to cave to protests. Sadly, they did not win and now we have Trump, who will make the entire world worse and almost certainly guarantee Gaza will be leveled, as well as Ukraine. I’m sure there will be more countries on that list soon. Greenland? Panama? Who the hell knows. This place is a shit show.