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‘The food is tasteless and there’s not nearly enough and they’re hungry all the time’

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-soldiers-food-shortages-mail-b2959960.html


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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

The USs primary advantage was our CRAZY logistics network and skills. Now that that's gone I wonder how much longer it is still the vultures really start to pounce

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Best militairy in the world!

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Combined with the most moral army in the work. classic cocktail.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

First we had American antivaxers bringing back measles, now their military is bringing back scurvy.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago

Okay I went to a private school at one point (yes parents were more well off) the kid that had military rations to share had way better food than we were given. Though we were well fed just not by preference. This was on outdoor stuff not in school stuff we had a kitchen and all there though we did the work (good idea really for teaching).

Any military not feeding their people must be led by one of the dumbest motherfuckers in existence....let's teach people how to be an armed force and not feed them.....sounds like a rich idiot or drunk morning show type.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Did the US military take the food from the ICE Concentration Camps? I wonder how much each one of those shitty meals cost the US taxpayers. $50 bucks a pop?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's because they didn't plan for shit, and there's no supplies because they didn't expect to be there this long because Trump thought war is easy and quick, because he's a fucking idiot.

[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 11 hours ago

And re-supplying them or rotating them out would be an admission that the war will go on longer and isn't already over.
So they go hungry.

[–] mech@feddit.org 83 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Just saying, the US Navy used to be able to deliver ice cream to troops fighting in the Pacific, and care packages to jungles in South East Asia. Now sailors go hungry ON the ships, with nothing but uncontested waters between them and the US, and surrounded by allied countries.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm genuinely shocked at how weak and incompetent the US Military has looked throughout this entire operation. Iraq and Afghanistan were shit shows, but the US was always able to handle the essentials of logistics and so on. The machine worked, it was just clumsy and hard to steer.

Somewhere in the gap between Afghanistan and Iran, that machine has been left without even basic maintenance.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago

So from one unjust war that they lost to the other war they lost, they lost another one? Maybe more baby-seeking missiles?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

And yet we give the military more money than ever.

[–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 30 points 1 day ago

Pissed of allied countrys.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

Awwwwwwwww. Good. Go home, G.I.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

"More?!? Did Private Twist just ask for more???"

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Stop fighting for a pedophile and go home, there's plenty of food there.

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but the food isn't free. And good luck finding a job, any job basically, in this recession. Can't blame people choosing the military when the alternative could mean homelessness.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago

"Starve at home or fight the wars of the ruling class abroad." Yay, another page from Russia's playbook implemented in the United Emirates of Ameristan!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You do realize that's not actually an option right? Like, you can't just quit the military. You can request your release, but they're not gonna grant it until your ship gets cycled off of the operation and returns to a friendly port, and that's assuming they grant it at all. They absolutely do not have to, and during an active military operation they're extremely unlikely to.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 60 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The most "lethal" fighting force in history folks. No pesky details like rules of engagement or logistics.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Its honestly kind of hilarious to see the military directed by morons who are obsessed with “lethality” and culture war nonsense, meanwhile they lack even a rudimentary understanding of how the military functions.

Anyone who understands how a military works could tell you that logistics is not just half the battle, its basically the entire battle. During WWII, 8/10 servicemen worked in logistics. The Nazis were defeated via logistical advantages. American military dominance was created and sustained through the buildup of interconnected bases which enabled them to quickly and efficiently move people, equipment, and supplies around the world. Without that system working effectively there is no such thing as the “lethality” that these dumbasses goon over. Apparently, they believe it comes from thin air

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Lots bases in the middle east are abandoned now with lots of the hosting countries taking over them and all the supplies we left behind. I read an article I think yesterday about syria taking over a bunch of bases. And Iran by itself ruined a bunch of ours across the area recently

So they're cut off, basically? I feel for the soldiers, but I hope their discontent starts fomenting something

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[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Scarce and shitty food is one thing, but if you fuck up the mail (and these days the internet), you're gonna have a really bad time.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Failing to feed your troops is one of the fastest ways possible to tank morale. Mail from home comes every few weeks. You eat three times a day.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Word from home and communication with people you love, especially in the era of instantaneous global communication, is a powerful thing. Not that food isn't a motivator too, but you expect some missed meals and low quality as the ops tempo increases. Miss a meal and you're pissed until you get to eat again. Jack up a guy getting video of his kid's last ballgame and he'll stay pissed even after he gets it.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Buddy, I'm just going by what actual soldiers tell me.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

And I didn't contradict that.

Just pointed out that, and this is coming from the same source, it's not the only thing that keeps morale up and that folks who have deployed before know that food service in a war zone can be spotty even with modern logistics.

EDIT: People are focused on food in this thread, but there's a reason why mail service is mentioned in the headline with it.

Sorry if it offends, but communication with home (mail, internet, etc.) plays a big role in morale as well. A lot of soldiers like getting mail and hearing from their families, girlfriends, etc. It relieves a lot of anxiety to know that your loved ones are doing well. Don't know what else to say.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can’t help but wonder how many of those troops voted for Trump considering the military still leans quite right, it has to be many. My heart goes out to the rest who chose to be there due to circumstances of their lives giving them no better options.

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good. We should ship the fuck out of the middle east.

Abandon israel entirely and distance ourselves from Saudi Arabia. We can still maintain a close relationship to Jordan and lend international legitimacy to Rojava.

That's my geopolitical wish list for the US.

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don’t think Rojava state exists anymore, resolution there was merger with Sharaa govt. which finalized recently.

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We SUPPORT the Troops!

-The people NOT Feeding the Troops!

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm confused and not American. I read the article. Why are they not sending food to their own troops? Where's the logic in that? Is there a foreign force intercepting the "airspace" ? Why would "civil authorities" order this space to be shut down? Fuel shortages? I feel like there has to be a very obvious reason and it's flying over me completely

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 19 hours ago

I'm confused and not American.

I need this on a t shirt. Feels like it'd sell a lot, since the rest of the world can fucking relate.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

I am an American, I also read it so I can answer you.

The military is feeding the troops, just very poorly and quite frankly this should be a huge scandal. People are also sending food via care packages to their family members but military zip codes across the region were “closed indefinitely” so there’s no where to deliver to. The air spaces are closed because the region is at war. In the paragraph directly after the part about airspace:

“Interruptions and delays in mail service have been a part of every American conflict since the Revolutionary War,” he told the outlet. “Communications and supply networks that work well during peacetime are invariably disrupted during wartime."

It’s a supply lines during wartime thing

If we can’t even feed our troops or keep the most basic function of our government open as opposed to just disrupted, the US is founded on our post office practically! it’s a very bad sign for us being able to keep supply lines open for a war.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

this drives me nuts with the republicans constantly trying to kill the usps and libraries. its not just historically big for the us but historically big for civilization in general.

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