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Nancy Potter's avatar

It would seem to me that military pilots could do their jobs perfectly and exactly as planned and, due to poor planning from senior officers, or insufficient intelligence about the targets, the result might not be as spectacular as hoped. It's not a criticism of the skill or bravery of the crews to say that the end result was a partial, rather than total, victory.

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Velociraver's avatar

The Iranians allowed them to do their jobs. Big difference.

Iran can now pursue a policy of nuclear "ambiguity", a la Israel, with enough fissile material for thirty weapons due to Netanhayu and Trump's bungling.

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Gwyn's avatar

Mr. Wellman thank you for your service, your honesty, and your integrity!

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Purposeful2's avatar

Thank you for your service!

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Tom Iarossi's avatar

This wasn't a bunch of fighter jocks engaging targets of opportunity; strategic bombers have targets determined while the crews are still sleeping, so it's up to the planners - in this case the draft dodger and the DUI hire - to be right. If steps were taken to minimize the damage and the planners knew it, they were responsible for the relatively small strategic impact.

Now both of them are tossing around warrior talk as if they bravely and personally led legions of troops into battle against impossible odds. This is what happens when people are hired for the color of their skin and the intensity of their personal fealty and the commander thinks it's all a game.

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Barbara Perra's avatar

But Trump can't stand partial, or almost. He has to turn the issue on its head and blame reporters for not supporting the troops. He's such a LOSER!

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Wendy Leigh's avatar

Let’s not perpetuate this daddy thing ffs creeeepppyyy

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Donna's avatar

The pilots “did their jobs.” They could actually do their jobs even better if all the incompetent, in over their head regime “leaders “ would get out of the way & stop their bull sh*t cosplaying. If our DUI hire isn’t drinking, he’s sure acting like a dry drunk, belligerent, aggressive bully that he is .

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Mary's avatar

Well, this was excellent. U have a new subscriber.

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Max Crowe's avatar

#Hissyfit Hegseth throws another one

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Christine Hayvice's avatar

Thank you. We needed to hear this.

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Doreen Frances's avatar

It's not the air men and women who did the strikes that have their feelings hurt, it's Dump and Pete "hair-do" Hegseth.

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Honour's avatar

Actually, military moms can ask questions through their Senators. How I got my Marine daughter to finally report to sick bay for her broken pelvis from the Crucible…

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SLMontgo's avatar

When obliteration comes a'knocking for this regime, we will throw open the doors.

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Margaret Redus's avatar

💙💙💙

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

I know like I sound like a one trick pony, but why don't countries that want nuclear energy use thorium?

They don't produce plutonium, make bombs.

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Velociraver's avatar

China recently introduced the first such reactor.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

American technology. We knew it was viable 40 years ago.

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Velociraver's avatar

And you did nothing with it then, and nothing in the future because your oil company lobbies will quash it.

America no longer leads in any meaningful capacity or discipline, it seems.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Still available infor Iran, to diffuse the situation Herr Troll.

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Velociraver's avatar

Gibberish

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