An A-10 Thunderbolt and F-15E Strike Eagles were damaged in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on a U.S. air base in Jordan.
  • sanitation@lemmy.todayOP
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    9 days ago

    not just multiple! allegedly - they say Iran destroyed 8 F-15 planes and 1 A-10 in a single strike on the ground.

    And Houthis just did a literal blietzkrieg TODAY - and took several islands, huge territory and an important port - and no news outlets covering this.

    This is complete failure of US intelligence and US navy, This is total failure of republican led military. how can you control the seas and let thta happen?

    and guess what - red sea - closed. our fleet will have to sail back around Africa now - no I kid you not (or beg Houthis to let them pass - houthis might let em but damn this is bad)

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    From what I heard the repair techs can pick up the screws and stuff off the tarmac and by adding just a few spare parts we can end up with even more fighter jets than used to be there. So Irans strike actually increased the size of our Air force. Thats how hard we are winning.

    /s

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    It’s funny how Trump looks up to Putin, and how they are equally stupid.
    They could hold a press conference together, where they both stupidly persist with the claim that everything is going according to plan. While neither is making any progress. 🤡

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        I absolutely can, because he is a moron that is destroying Russia just as much as Trump is destroying USA.
        The idea that Putin is smart is proven utterly false.
        He is a one trick pony, and that trick worked fine for years, but as soon as he was called on it everything collapsed for him.

        • TheNextMuon@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          Putin is definitely not stupid. He has been the president of Russia since 26 years (forget about Medvedev), and has turned the country completely to his hand. That is no easy feat. But when you create your own tiranny, you create the risk of tunnel vision, you create the ideal circumstances for corruption, especially in a country that was ruled by corruption for decades.

          Putin is not stupid. He is blind.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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            9 days ago

            You know you can be insane and shrewd at the same time. He has maintained power by being ruthless not by being smart. Unless you call it smart to make terrorist attacks on your own people to manipulate the vote. That’s his 1 trick ruthless manipulation. Being a psychopath is not being smart. And I bet his life is hell and he lives in fear, something he could have easily avoided if he had had more than 2 brain cells.

            Being politically blind is also being politically stupid. Same thing.

            • TheNextMuon@lemmy.world
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              8 days ago

              Intelligence comes in many forms. Trump certainly has some kind of intelligence, if only that of a psychopath. Putin was a KGB officer with a high rank. You need skills to get there, you need skills to stay in power for that long. So whether it’s shrewdness or actual intelligence - he is somehow really skilled to do his job. And I long for the time that he is removed from his position, but I’m afraid that he is skilled enough to stay in power for years, and his pet Trump will not beat Putin in this regard, but I’m afraid he will live a long life.