Hey, German here. What the f*** are Americans doing at the other side of the Atlantic? Some of you already know this monstrosity. I did’nt. This is a Ford F650 Truck and when I stepped out of my Youtube Bubble I realized, it was marketed as the “biggest, baddest Truck on the road” for the everyday American. Are you guys serious?! Is the end goal really to drive a Monster Truck to McDs to get a McFlurry? Americas bloodiest wars have been fought in the middle east to secure oil, bombing nations to rubble. And all, for this bullshit? The excess, waste and decadence is mind boggling to me and people on Reddit seriously justifying this by “you know dude I’m 6,4ft. I don’t fit in any other vehicle” makes me go up the wall.

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      41·
      11 months ago

      Eh, I’d say that’s really roundabout, as the First Gulf War started because Saddam wanted to seize Kuwait’s oil, and the US regarded Saddam gaining a massive influx of resources at the expense of the conquest of another country as undesirable, especially given the triumphalism of the early 90s. So in that sense, you could say it was to secure oil, but that’s a bit roundabout, and the First Gulf War wasn’t particularly bloody.

      • BerührtGras@feddit.deOPEnglish
        28·
        11 months ago

        When you go to war to secure oil, you fight… for oil. Maybe not bloody, but invading another country to keep oil prices low so stuff like this can exist…

        • PugJesus@kbin.social
          7·
          11 months ago

          Maybe not bloody, but invading another country to keep oil prices low so stuff like this can exist…

          But… we didn’t invade Iraq in the First Gulf War. That was the whole point of the First Gulf War. We stopped our advance in a matter of hours after pushing over the border because the whole point was to defend Kuwait at Kuwait’s request, and with the approval of the international community, including our traditional rivals.