Lizzardspawn
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Lizzardspawn
19hr ago
Vance's chances are high, but the most important thing I think is Republicans to have real primaries. It is best if they learn from the other party's mistakes.
Lizzardspawn
21hr ago
So about Iran - a lot of places and few times here people mention that IRGC are well trained, motivated and such. Usually from people that are skeptical for one reason or another about the war. I am sure they utilize the lion's share of the Iranian resources available, but the evidence of them being competent is scant at best. They consistently fail to protect people and infrastructure, their proxies are also not terribly effective. So where does their good reputation come from?
Lizzardspawn
1d ago
The death of a person is a tragedy, the death of a million is statistics.
Small precision weapons lead to PR nightmare when not hitting the target, or hitting something else or any other failure modes. MOABs don't have that problem.
If you are paying the same price no matter the bodycount, why bother reducing it?
Lizzardspawn
1d ago
America invented mass education with the GI bill.
I didn't knew that Otto Von Bismarck was alive in 1946 ...
Lizzardspawn
1d ago
What I meant is that if the average US missile was not 400kg of tnt, but 4 tons clustered and the smallest impact was flattening quarter square mile, then people would not have to complain about imprecise targeting.
Lizzardspawn
1d ago
Ok - what is the acceptable rate of school situated in former military barracks bombings in such a massive campaign. If the answer is zero - you put such burdensome rules of engagement that make US victory impossible. If it is one - we are right at the tolerance border.
Iran hasn't send the US list of civilian object and military objects with coordinates verified by international bodies that they are true. US is forced to operate half blind. Iran itself does way more indiscriminate targeting from what I have observed. It is just that their weapons are shitty.
War is hell. Mistakes happen.
a move that has degraded America’s ability to protect civilians amid its largest air campaign in decades.
It is not America's job to protect civilians.
“It just points even more to recklessness in this, in the entire planning and execution of this campaign, the fact that they don’t have any idea.”
Only 8 US dead so far. The campaign is not reckless.
At this point I think that the US doctrine should change to using many dumb bombs. And just say - we don't have the capacity to ensure civilian safety in one kilometer away from a military target and let the other government sort it out.
Why not do some victim blaming though - first putting a school next to military base is stupid, operating the school when knowing war is imminent is stupider. Treating it as just another day in paradise is stupider still. Putting a school in former barracks is once again not a smart move. And it is not as if Iran makes sure to give US information where the real juicy targets are.
here are quotes that are from Al Jazeera article (hardly us friendly outlet)
On Saturday morning, the first day of the school week in Iran, US-Israeli strikes began on the country. Air raids started hitting various sites in the city of Minab and Hormozgan province.
But life in general was proceeding in a near-normal manner; children went to their schools, and photos and videos showed almost normal traffic on the roads surrounding the school.
Returning to the school in Minab, testimony by Shiva Amilairad, a representative of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Unions, to Time magazine indicates that the decision to evacuate the school was made as soon as the US-Israeli attacks began. But, she said, the time between the warning issued by Iranian authorities (after detecting attacks on the city) and the moment the missile struck was far too short, and most parents were unable to reach the school to pick up their daughters.
At some point the best way to keep civilians from harm is not to entangle civilian and military infrastructure together. And what kind of evacuation is sitting in place waiting for parents to pick kids up. Evacuation is get the fuck out of the building and run away.
There should be investigation, and people should be demoted - but it should be for wasting valuable asset and putting the pilot's life and plane at risk for no good reason.
Lizzardspawn
2d ago
Under Siege is awesomely pulpy. You have great performances from Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak's naked breasts and somewhat passable from Segal.
Lizzardspawn
2d ago
So High Potential seems hell bent on winning the TV show with fastest decrease of quality of writing. Last couple of episodes feel weird and writing is plain terrible. And it was the one of the few series that I actually liked.
shaheds
Shaded are total and utter shit. Russia needed almost 3 years to make something usable out of them. The latest Gerans seem to be doing well in Ukraine, but they are so heavily modified - there is almost nothing in them.
If America attacks, they go for the jugular and attack Gulf oilfields directly and devastatingly.
There is nothing shown so far to imply that they have the capacity. So far - every launcher they use is single use only.
Lizzardspawn
3d ago
China is in no position to go to war, especially after finding out from Venezuela and Iran that Chinese radars can’t beat American stealth.
Dunno man - they seem to work pretty realiably. The moment one of them explodes, you know there is F-35 nearby.
Lizzardspawn
3d ago
I am fairly sure this is exactly what is going on.
Lizzardspawn
4d ago
And the Israeli bots are suing their government over unpaid bills.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
Unless he got paid for speaking pro Russian propaganda - I am not sure how the dude in Iowa will be held responsible. You are totally allowed to spew enemy propaganda. Just not commercially.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
Korea and Vietnam happened during the height of the Cold War, when the world was perceived as bipolar. In a way - some losses here and there were baked in. After the 90s (or 80s - I don't think anyone took seriously the USSR in 1985) - we live in Pax Americana. And one of the things that underpins Pax Americana is that US has mightier military than the next 20 combined.
And while Afghanistan and Iraq could be considered as political losses - the US forces never lost a battle there. I am not even sure that they lost many during the korean and vietnam wars.
Whereas leaving Iran in the hands of the islamic revolution after such fireworks display will be a first of a kind post Cold war.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
First - Trump will get Congress on board. He may have to pay yuuge price, but even the biggest doves and biggest morons in Congress know that US trying to overthrow regime and failing means the empire is over and there will be many more challengers in the years to come. There is reason why Russia is hellbent on finishing the SMO on their own terms. If you want to know how international relationships work - go watch the Godfather. So far USA haven't failed in overthrowing a regime after committing the needed forces.
Second - speaking against the special military operation is not treason.
Third - the best time to have dialogue about the war was before and during the protests. The second best was after them. The third best is now.
Fourth - the year is still young. There is chance that the US may actually win with low bodycount.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
them with less corrupt, inept, and irresponsible leadership.
I have a news for you - there isn't any. It's neocons all the way down. At least Trump with adventures - he keeps like Clinton only in the air and with low US body count.
Really, Trump II has really cemented my opinion that we need to gut the executive
The Congress has spent the better part of a century removing power from itself and piling it onto the executive. Why do you think that it will be easily reversed when the Dems are hungry to do the imperial presidency too.
There are no people left in the congress willing to defend the commons.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
Rest of Europe also include Russia which traditionally is Serbia ally. So no matter what definition of Europe you use - by square kilometers or by headcount, unless this definition is like the Metal bands definition of Europe when declaring Europe tour at the time - aka what is west of Berlin, the bombing was not universally applauded.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
In the balkans it was 50/50 aporoval at best.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
As one of those Europeans that cheered up about it - it is not completely made up. Seeing the hegemon humiliated and hurt felt nice after the Serbian bombings.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
The funniest meme so far from Iran:
Special military operation is just situationship in military speak
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
In modern parlance this is mostly peaceful
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
Except the current clusterfuck has nothing to do with the question. It is a bit like saying that Poland and Russia hate each other because of the Schism of 1054
Lizzardspawn
7d ago
You do realize that at any given moment in Dubai's airport first and business class lounges there are couple of thousand of important-ish people from all corners of the world. Killing them for one or other reason will not make friends in their home countries as a rule of thumb.
Isn't classification about what they do and not how big they are. Same as with tanks - which could lead to heavy tank sometimes being lighter than medium ones.
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