carpoftruth

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[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

hence the saying "after a victory, tighten your helmet"

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

was he in NYC lately? frankly, passing out from the heat is probably the most human thing these lizards in congress can do

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

these bombs are big but they aren't exactly high tech. they are nothing compared to the complexity of mass producing vehicles like the ones you cited. I suppose it's possible that these haven't been built in significant numbers, but I certainly wouldn't hang my hat on there only being a handful.

also, you cited cost of tungsten - I bet the bombs themselves are not even a significant portion of the cost of these strikes compared to logistics/mobilization/maintenance of the 120 odd planes used in this mission.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago

Awesome, and yes I think I speak for all true leftists when I say that yes there is interest in such a retrospective as long as you can do so without compromising your own privacy/opsec

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

fair, I should have said willingness and ability (i.e. stealth/SEAD/DEAD)

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Simplicius should be reading our own @MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net, as a lot of those assertions are just plain wrong. For example, they have way more of those bunker busters and manufacture 6-8/month. The 20 refers to a specific model number of them, presumably the one with the George H. W. Bush memorial tailfin.

I agree that clearly Israel/the US didn't deliver a knockout blow to Iran's nuclear program, but they did hit a lot of anti air, suppressed missile launchers, and more critically, they demonstrated willingness and ability to indiscriminately bomb civilian infrastructure. Missile launchers can hide, apartment blocks and universities can't.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

Iran only got directly involved because Israel fucked with them first. The Iranian government didn't retaliate to address the genocide.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

potentially falling into the hands of a group as extreme as ISIS

I'm not sure how familiar you are with the region, but extremist groups in west Asia have been very valuable tools for the west for all kinds of projects for the last what, 75 years or so

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You want to make Americans healthier and you could either take on the agricultural industrial complex, surburbia, and the lack of third places, or you could just buy more devices and juice the stocks of some electronics manufacturer. I know what I'd pick

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's obviously also an attack, don't play coy.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Can we do better than posting the economist with no analysis or commentary?

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

thanks for the report, but no one is getting banned tonight. if every person who was correct about imperial victories was banned in the wake of imperial victory, then there would be no one on these threads.

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