Feels somewhat trivial but this matters at least for me for ensuring elections remain fair as these are controlled state by state.

So very Russian.

They are betting on there being no midterms, or provoking a 9/11 type attack and rallying support before then.

The only way out of this I see is to drive a wedge between billionaire oligarchs and this administration. Seems like a smart move.

I mostly agree, which is why I knew the air frame was largely being antiquated given modern warfare; that being said it does not change that the warthog itself is designed and proven to take a pummeling relative to these other planes who fly significantly higher and stand off further away, or that Warthog losses are rare. They’ve taken plenty of hits from MANPADS, have .50 and 20mm rounds blow off parts of the tail and punch through the hull, and kept flying, so I’m curious what air-defense system took this one down.

There’s another point to this that is probably more important to highlight: Leadership matters. A rook is a strong chess piece, but if you launch it out of the gate in your opening moves and don’t protect it you’re in for a bad time. Any war sim or RTS should convey this idea. It is rare for these to come down relative to the sorties because good commanders know when the strengths and weaknesses of their pieces.

Might have something to do with at least 10 highly experienced Generals being fired by Kegsbreath recently… Leaving aside all the others he’s done. Seems intentional.

Are you factoring in as a percent of combat sorties and proportionality? Because when taking this into account, I’m not sure that’s right.

And has numerous incidents of being blown to bits and still returning to base. The pilot themselves is literally inside a “titanium bathtub”.

Keep in mind finally that the nature of this aircraft is not to engage from a stand-off distance but rather be up close. Ultimately I’m really curious what brought this bird down.

… The V-22 Osprey on the other hand… Look at it wrong and she falls out of the sky.

Extremely rare. This thing is like a tank in the sky.

I also thought that Warthogs were antiquated as CAS? Fucking dipshit Kegsbreath (Epstein War aside)

What was the actual comment she made?

ok

I wonder how all that space debris compares to the probability of all the commercial airliners ascending and descending through birds and what not. Comparative damage aside.

Anyone feeling that fiscal conservatism yet?

The “vast majority of poll respondents say that Trump has no clear plan for the conflict” in the submission text is referring to this:

"77% of respondents do not believe President Trump has a clear plan and mission for the war in Iran.

Was always about imperial conquest.

Just like Russia in Ukraine.

Necessary but sadly this also achieves Putin’s goal, too.

Edit: Beware a lot of Pro-Russia/China trolls are on here, and they like to skirt the idea of Russia’s involvement in all this.

The how is simple. Since going back to the Foundations of Geopolitics as written by Dugin, it lays out precisely the objective and some of the methodology of fracturing western alliances. The damage being done right now is profound in the long-term and take many years to heal.

Anyone who falls under the sphere and uses words like, “RussiaGate” and endlessly defends Russia is, well, probably Russian. Let’s be honest.

It gives me hope others recognize this. All we can do is call attention to it.

FYI to others: I have this tankie from Lemmy.ml tagged as believing China doesn’t ban images of Xi as Winnie the Pooh, lol.

All I ever see them be is antagonistic, sowing apathy, defeatism, or trying to egg people with stochastic rhetoric (but never themselves, of course).

A disorganized strike, if you will.

Beautifully coincides with May Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day

Remember, there is a triangular relationship with Republicans, Orban, and Putin going back many years.

Hungary has been used as a proving ground for democratic erosion as implemented by Russia and now being implemented in the USA.

Watch closely because what we see there will be tried here in November midterms and in 2028.

Yeah it looks like the Cyprus attack was denied by Iran, and even the UK confirms the attack did not originate from Iran but likely Lebanon; what group there (be it Israeli false-flag or Hezbollah) seems unknown at the moment.