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News & Current Events May 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM

A 600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast

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A 600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast
AP News
A 600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast
Over 600 military personnel from multiple countries are searching for two U.S. soldiers who went missing in Morocco during U.S.-African military exercises.
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KimJongFunk May 6, 2026 +345
Should be noted that although the soldiers were in Morocco for the training mission, they were believed to have gone on a recreational hike and officials claim one of the [soldiers fell into the ocean and the other dove in to save him](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-us-soldiers-morocco-one-tried-to-save-another-officials-say/) :(
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t53ix35 May 6, 2026 +211
The ocean doesn’t care if you can swim. It just takes longer to die that way.
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TobysGrundlee May 6, 2026 +123
My teenage son is a high level competitive swimmer and I remind him of this all the time. All your training and strength doesn't mean a god damn thing in the ocean.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -110
They were not in the ocean when they went missing..... read the article... it is a lot more sus
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tepkel May 7, 2026 +66
From the article: >They are believed to have been on a recreational hike and may have fallen into the ocean.
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ShadowNick May 7, 2026 +37
"read the article" 🤓
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squatchsax May 7, 2026 +17
Such confidence... yet wrong.
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Im_better_than__u May 6, 2026 +159
Money is no object... unless it's for healthcare or housing.
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Playful_Rip_1280 May 6, 2026 +39
More than enough money for that, just terrible execution, policies and regulations.
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Any-Captain-7937 May 6, 2026 -68
Bot ass comment
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[deleted] May 6, 2026 +5
[removed]
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Any-Captain-7937 May 6, 2026 -13
No but it's hardly relevant to the article...
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Im_better_than__u May 6, 2026 -13
Could very well be something a bot might say.
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Dustonred May 6, 2026 -28
It seems like all huge portion of America tax payer money always ends up in the middle east for some reasons.. Edit: I know Morocco isn't in the middle east, they weren't going to Morocco, just passing off it's coast you smart asses.
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baseketball May 6, 2026 +28
Morocco is in western Africa
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DrunkenDegenerate May 6, 2026 +25
North Africa. Directly on the mediterranean sea
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Dustonred May 6, 2026
Which they were on for reason that have nothing to do with the middle east.. Anyway yes I do know that Morocco isn't in the middle east, I never said I was American.
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Specialist-Affect-19 May 6, 2026 +22
The money definitely isn't going towards education
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Dustonred May 6, 2026 +1
On that we can all agree. Healthcare either if you look at your average American..
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Honest-Boysenberry96 May 6, 2026 +16
North-Africa buddy.
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imnotslavic May 6, 2026 +2
Northwest Africa buddy
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Honest-Boysenberry96 May 6, 2026 +9
Oh yeah if you want to be geographically precise: Western part of the Northern-African region. Geopolitically though, no one has ever referred to Morocco as being part of Northwestern-Africa but just North-Africa. I could tell you that because I’m Moroccan myself.
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zsmitty May 8, 2026 +3
I've been to Morroco, it is northern coast of Africa. Check a map if you doubt it.
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Jollygreen182 May 6, 2026 -5
Defense industry lobbying
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 -67
The US spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world…
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Yardsale420 May 6, 2026 +73
The high spending is driven largely by higher prices for medical services, drugs, and administrative costs, rather than higher usage. For instance, MRI scans can cost 420% more in the U.S. than in Australia.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 -60
None of which changes the fact that any notion that the US refuse to spend money on healthcare (like OP is suggesting) is 100% false.
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flpa1060 May 6, 2026 +53
They refuse to spend it on actual healthcare. Giving it to unnecessary middlemen who then deny coverage is something we love to do.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 -41
No one is arguing that the US healthcare system is efficient. Just that the notion they are willing to spend is 100% untrue. Not sure what point you think you’re arguing against?
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Flugelnull May 6, 2026 +15
It seems very clear to me that they're saying that the spending, which is the highest per capita, goes to support inflated service and supply costs due to the insurance system. There is a lack of political will/action to eliminate or reduce middle-man costs that keeps those per-capita costs very high, and a refusal to implement single-payer options that would reduce healthcare costs for the state/people. If your point is "but the government does spend money on healthcare ergo you are wrong" then sure, but that misses the entire context of the comment that the government doesn't seem to be helping people directly. So you're technically correct, but I'm not sure what point you're making by choosing a literal interpretation of a comment expressing a common/general POV?
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OakLegs May 6, 2026 +16
The more relevant argument is that the US refuses to change its healthcare system so that it could spend much LESS for the same level of coverage
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 -4
Right. Unfortunately that’s not the argument OP made here. I corrected the comment because the insinuation is that the US should just throw more money at HC is both dangerous and untrue.
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sasha_the_impaler May 6, 2026 +3
If the money was consolidated within the government instead of dozens of private insurance companies, it would mean more bargaining power. It's the same logic as why unions are beneficial and lead to better pay. Who do you think would get a better deal? 10 people who say "either you pay us all more or we all quit at the same time" or 10 people who go behind each other's backs to negotiate their own deal? The latter group has no bargaining power individually.
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_KodeX May 6, 2026 +2
There's no way you're that dumb right? Just because you're spending the most on healthcare doesn't mean anything when that money is basically being scammed away. Interesting that you have more spending on it yet significantly worse healthcare than other wealthy nations. The US is so so backwards in so many ways for how much great stuff comes outta there.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026
The US spends a shitload on Healthcare. Yes or no? At what point, in any of my comments, am I arguing that the money is spent efficiently? Do you have any other straw men you want to try to argue against?
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kyussorder May 8, 2026 +1
You are being deliberately obtuse.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 +1
And somehow not enough....
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 +2
It’s almost like the amount being spent isn’t the problem…
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 +1
Just to be clear education has never been properly funded..
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sasha_the_impaler May 6, 2026 +1
Individual Americans spend a ton of money on their private health insurance claims. The government does not invest into healthcare to anywhere near the same extent as nationalized systems. It's like pointing to government housing, and then pointing to private rentals, and saying "See, people in private rentals spend more for their apartment than people on Section 8 housing!" Yeah, no shit dude...
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ohst8buxcp7 May 6, 2026 +3
US PUBLIC spending on Healthcare is the 4th highest in the world….
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 +2
Given we are the wealthiest by a lot...that says a lot
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sasha_the_impaler May 6, 2026 +8
Yeah because it's privatized and inflated. Nationalize the healthcare system, cut out the insurance company bullshit entirely, and suddenly a lot less money gets wasted on administrative bullshit.
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Marston_vc May 6, 2026 +3
And yet measurable health outcomes are worse than most other modern nations. You’d figure spending twice as much money per capita would give you twice the results…. But instead we get LESS.
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sylbug May 6, 2026 +10
And gets all round worse results. It’s almost as if making healthcare a capitalist industry is a bad idea.
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moreobviousthings May 7, 2026 +3
The waste is in the insurance side of healthcare. That’s a bloated bureaucracy that needs to end, and would, with universal health care.
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Awkward_Silence- May 6, 2026 +1
Education as well (per student). Yet it's also one of those things that usually gets harped on as not spending money towards
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 +1
The federal government spends very little on education.... we literally give more to Israel than k-12 schools
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Awkward_Silence- May 6, 2026 +1
~$20k per student per year is what the US spends. 4th most in the world on education cost (Norway and Austria recently passed the Us on spending). Used to be only be the micro state Luxembourg spending more per student than the US on education
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 +1
And it mostly goes to greedy people and because of the system it's designed that way
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webdevop May 7, 2026 +1
And whos coffers is it going to? Last week I paid $250 (on top of VSP vision plan, that I believe covered about ~$300) to get a single pair of glasses. It costs me $30 in India/Pakistan/Malaysia/Vietnam/Indonesia/Philippines to get the same thing. Not a good comparison? Well it costs me €120 to get the same thing in the Netherlands. US is a big scam for an average person.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 7, 2026 +2
Who, anywhere in this thread, do you think you're arguing with?
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webdevop May 7, 2026 +1
Definitely not you. There's a minimum IQ floor needed to create a useful response to my comment.
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ohst8buxcp7 May 7, 2026 +2
Cool. Maybe you should spend less time posting random counterfactuals to arguments not being made in the comment you're responding to. Although on the other hand, I'm sure making snide comments in response to random strawman arguments you create is a big self esteem boost!
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you_cant_prove_that May 7, 2026 -23
You can’t really compare the two, there’s a huge difference between the money being spent on this search (or even the defense budget as a whole) compared to the estimated cost of universal healthcare or housing
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Notorious_Chonk_23 May 7, 2026 +10
Now do per person
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Random_Words_1827 May 7, 2026 +19
Why dont they use the magical "heartbeat murmur technology" lol
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True-Industry-4057 May 7, 2026 +7
Can't trace a heartbeat if there isn't one
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Great-Yoghurt-6359 May 7, 2026 +17
That’s a lot of missing people
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Additional_Dish_694 May 7, 2026 +8
Two? They know exactly what happened… one died trying to save another.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -20
Or they both were pushed...
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Blue_Swirling_Bunny May 7, 2026 +11
Whose a****** did you pull that conjecture out of? 
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 8, 2026 -7
The u.s. is very hated right now.... 30 other countries.. 7000 ppl
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PurpleCoat6656 May 10, 2026 +1
There are no sharks in Dorne! Seriously though, RIP
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[deleted] May 6, 2026 -1
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derzt1 May 6, 2026 +5
This has nothing to do with who’s president
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 -7
Why would it not?
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adumbfetus May 6, 2026 +13
They were on a recreational hike when they went missing. I hate the current administration as much as any sane person, but it’s got nothing to do with this.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -1
"with more than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations. ".... hmmmm....
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adumbfetus May 7, 2026 +2
Correct, that was for the military exercise. There are breaks during the exercise, during the break the soldiers went on a recreational hike.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -2
Yall didn't read the article....
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 -8
Clearly they were targeted because of who the administration is....
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neonxmoose99 May 6, 2026 +12
The ocean targeted them?
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JTP1228 May 6, 2026 +3
Yes, the ocean clearly hates Trump
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -1
Where did it say they fell in the ocean? They were hiking?
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JTP1228 May 7, 2026 +3
The third paragraph. Does nobody read? > They are believed to have been on a recreational hike and may have fallen into the ocean.
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -2
7000 visitors... 30 nations and all think they both fell in???!!!?? Mmmmmk
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 -4
Again... we don't know.... odd they both... felll... very how many ppl fall a year here? A big convention of 30 nations... we are very hated
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Blue_Swirling_Bunny May 7, 2026 +1
You can't hike near water? 
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 7, 2026 +1
How convenient.... when more than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations.
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the_red_scimitar May 7, 2026 +1
Wow, you'd think 600 people would be easy to find...
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Horror-Jicama8913 May 6, 2026 -56
There are soldiers that don't know how to swim apparently
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imnotslavic May 6, 2026 +41
There are people that don't know about currents and undertoes apparently
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Horror-Jicama8913 May 6, 2026 -14
I'm not saying knowing how to swim would made a difference in this scenario, the article stated he didn't know how to swim. I would have assumed everyone in the military knew how to swim
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imnotslavic May 6, 2026 +3
The article states nothing about any soldiers except that two went on a recreational hike and fell into the ocean. Ctrl+f "swim" results in nothing.
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Horror-Jicama8913 May 6, 2026 +9
"Another soldier then jumped in to try to save the service member, who was known not to be able to swim, but the would-be rescuer was immediately hit by a wave, the report indicates"
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imnotslavic May 6, 2026 -11
You must be getting this from a different article because the AP article that is this post does not include any of that.
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Horror-Jicama8913 May 6, 2026 +8
It's from the link kimjongfunk posted
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Jormungandr4321 May 6, 2026 +8
Yeah I can see it too.
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Select_Season7735 May 6, 2026 +8
You need to do more research. Other commenter is right and includes the fact that a service member couldn’t swim. 
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No_Wrongdoer466 May 6, 2026 -12
They were on a hike... I think they were targeted...
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