Musk was reportedly motivated to foil the attack out of concern that a strike on Crimea would constitute a “mini-Pearl Harbor” and lead to Russia retaliating with nuclear weapons

So glad the blue-checks get to dictate our foreign policy now.

What was all that DoD money for? A suggestion box?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not like Russia invading Ukraine was a mini pearl harbor, nooooooo not that.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TBF Russia invading Ukraine has turned out to be like Pearl Harbor (the Ben Affleck movie).

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Michael Bay making a movie that he thought would gain him prestige but it ended up it was way longer than it should've been and no one liked it.

Yup that analogy checks out.

[–] Kahlenar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Euronam