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1. micromacrofoot · 1789772087 · focus · HN ↗

   now we get to wonder why

   we're no strangers to troops dying due to ongoing conflict pretty much everywhere

   so why are they seemingly hiding a small number like this?

   1. Avicebron · 1789772502 · focus · HN ↗

      Because they are flailing? Fuel prices will decide the midterms. There are pockets of die hards but after asking plenty of trump voters, they aren't happy. As long as the democrats in the US keep the identity shit to a minimum and make gains on actual issues likr housing and healthcare they can't lose.

      1. dylan604 · 1789773027 · focus · HN ↗

         > they can't lose.

         Thanks for the laugh. The Dems have a habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

         1. frmersdog · 1789774018 · focus · HN ↗

            You think those "losses" aren't (to a degree) calculated? They are going to try their damnedest to win enough seats to do what they want, without winning so many that they'd have to do what they must.

            1. Avicebron · 1789775339 · focus · HN ↗

               The greatest career move a politician can make is to take an issue that lots of people are suffering from and make sure it is never solved but people still think they are the one who can solve it. This is Bernie's whole career (among others).

               1. user68858788 · 1789776682 · focus · HN ↗

                  Bernie is one of the few politicians that have a voting record which aligns with their rhetoric, going back decades.

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