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Danmel

(4,913 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2018, 04:45 PM Dec 2018

Drop the ball or drop the bomb? US strategic command tweet

https://mobile.twitter.com/US_Stratcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

WTF?

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Drop the ball or drop the bomb? US strategic command tweet (Original Post) Danmel Dec 2018 OP

Yeah, I saw that. demmiblue Dec 2018 #1

Not funny riversedge Dec 2018 #2

OMG - that's so many shades of F'ed up..... alittlelark Dec 2018 #3

Bomb porn? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #4

I was in the military (SAC) 30 some years ago. former9thward Dec 2018 #5

They took it down! mantis49 Dec 2018 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author jberryhill Dec 2018 #7

. jberryhill Dec 2018 #8

Thanks - either they came to their senses and deleted it - Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #9

New Year 2019: US military apologises for bomb tweet muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 #10

demmiblue

(36,841 posts)

1. Yeah, I saw that.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 04:47 PM

Dec 2018

Link to tweet

WTF, indeed!

riversedge

(70,187 posts)

2. Not funny

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 04:55 PM

Dec 2018

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)

3. OMG - that's so many shades of F'ed up.....

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 04:58 PM

Dec 2018

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)

4. Bomb porn?

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 05:37 PM

Dec 2018

Wow. That's a sign of how far the Trump infection has spread. I can't imagine that would have happened under Obama.

former9thward

(31,981 posts)

5. I was in the military (SAC) 30 some years ago.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:20 PM

Dec 2018

All of our divisions and units had emblems, uniform patches and slogans depicting death and destruction. Nothing new here. The military is not the Peace Corp. It is trained to kill people and break things.

mantis49

(813 posts)

6. They took it down!

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:20 PM

Dec 2018

I was reading comments and was going to add my 2 cents and got a message that it was deleted or unavailable to me to reply to. Refreshed the page and it's gone.

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jberryhill This message was self-deleted by its author.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

8. .

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:51 PM

Dec 2018

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)

9. Thanks - either they came to their senses and deleted it -

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 07:05 PM

Dec 2018

or it was reported and censored.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)

10. New Year 2019: US military apologises for bomb tweet

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:21 AM

Jan 2019

Strategic Command later deleted the tweet, saying it was "in poor taste", and replaced it with an apology.
...
Former head of the US Office of Government Ethics, Walter M Shaub Jr, tweeted: "What kind of maniacs are running this country?"

Joe Cirincione, author of 'Nuclear Nightmares, Securing the World before it is too late', said: "At first, I did not believe this could be real. But it is. It is an industry ad doubling as a sick, bragging joke by our Strategic Command. Disgraceful."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46727991

Link to tweet

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