• seathru@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The article title makes it sound like they found them in a couch cushion. TL;DR The Greeks offered to sell the US 5k rounds to pass on to Ukraine.

    • Chup@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      Also the article is dated Dec 1st, quoting a Greek source article dated Nov 28th. Nearly 2 weeks old reporting.

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      8 months ago

      Honestly, given how the US military loses stuff all the time, I’m surprised that wasn’t the case.

      • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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        8 months ago

        Well, the US Army lost nuclear bombs before, so artillery shells being randomly found in a warehouse someday wouldn’t be surprising.

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      8 months ago

      Interesting, one would think Greeks are likely to suddenly need ammunition too, with that stain to the east of them.

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        8 months ago

        Bruh. They both bicker but when earthquakes happen, they help each other. I find the loudest “Greek nationalists” tend to be Americans and Russian Medieval Total War gamers LARPing at being the Eastern Romans

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          8 months ago

          Well, I have varying experiences. I don’t think many people with Pontic ancestry would agree with you.

          It’s also easier to be friendly to Turks when your military is not that shitty, which naturally reduces the likeliness of war.

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            8 months ago

            Both Greece and Turkey are still democracies (despite the latter being very flawed) and both are part of NATO. Erdoğan is also smarter than Putin who loves to play both the West and its rivals. .