Drums of War

smulder · November 11, 2018, 11:47pm

I watch everything in black and white. Originally I didn’t want to feel envious of those imaginary people in the box living more colorful lives than mine. Now color video just looks weird. People like what they’re used to.

Wanderfound · November 13, 2018, 12:34am

anon48584343 · November 13, 2018, 9:07pm

Nothing to see here…

“The traffic misdirection, known as a border gateway protocol (BGP) hijacking, lasted for around an hour and a half on Monday evening, ending at around 10.30pm GMT.”

"ThousandEyes executive Alex Henthorn-Iwane said it was the worst incident affecting Google traffic that his firm had ever seen. He also speculated that the hijacking may have been the result of “a war-game experiment”.

“The incident was particularly suspicious because internet traffic was being sent to the Chinese government’s internet provider, China Telecom, which has previously been accused of improperly routing traffic through China.”

anon61221983 · November 15, 2018, 5:09am

broadchurch-sad|nullxnull

Wanderfound · November 15, 2018, 11:11am

Bunbain · November 15, 2018, 1:12pm

So this is how we get “WAR IS PEACE.”

Wanderfound · November 17, 2018, 2:17am

Wanderfound · November 17, 2018, 10:33am

Wanderfound · November 17, 2018, 10:38am

Wanderfound · November 20, 2018, 2:00am

Brown University’s Costs of War Project this month released a new estimate of the total death toll from the U.S. wars in three countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The numbers, while conservatively estimated, are staggering. Brown’s researchers estimate that at least 480,000 people have been directly killed by violence over the course of these conflicts, more than 244,000 of them civilians. In addition to those killed by direct acts violence, the number of indirect deaths — those resulting from disease, displacement, and the loss of critical infrastructure — is believed to be several times higher, running into the millions.

The report, which uses data spanning from October 2001 to October 2018, compiles previous analysis from nongovernmental organizations, U.S. and foreign government data, and media reports. In a statement, the report authors said the figures still just “scratches the surface of the human consequences of 17 years of war.” Due to challenges in data collection, their total estimate is an undercount, they added. The study also focuses on only the three countries where the United States launched its so-called war on terror. If the conflicts in Libya, Yemen, Somalia, or Syria — where the U.S. has conducted major military operations in recent years — had been included, the death toll would likely be significantly higher.

Wanderfound · November 20, 2018, 12:20pm

Wanderfound · November 21, 2018, 7:33am

Wanderfound · November 24, 2018, 4:37am

Thread:

FGD135 · November 25, 2018, 1:47pm

ficuswhisperer · November 26, 2018, 9:44pm

Wanderfound · November 26, 2018, 9:53pm

Special forces and war crimes.

ficuswhisperer · November 26, 2018, 11:50pm

It now looks like the Secretary of Defense can be overruled by the Chief of Staff – someone who’s not only not in the chain of command, but isn’t even a confirmed position.

Wanderfound · November 28, 2018, 10:53am

Syria, Libya, Yemen.

Wanderfound · November 28, 2018, 10:33pm

smulder · November 30, 2018, 6:10am

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