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Until the Hezbollah missile threat was gone this was never on the table. Lebanon being destroyed and Syria falling was a shaping operation to allow for this, otherwise things in Israel would be far uglier than right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They could sink some tankers and do quite a bit of damage. 25% of global crude passes through.

I agree with you, but focus on our military failures because I have informed ideas about causes & solutions. Don't have the same background knowledge to speak confidently regarding political level. Agree 100%. If I were Iran, this is obviously the time to play every card. Not sure if they have a nuke, but the claim about enriched uranium means dirty bomb is on the table. If they don't use it, they never had it. my final thought seeing Iran fold so quickly is that I am angry we didn't do it ourselves & sooner. They were murdering US soldiers with EFP's in 2007 and we were too afraid of expanding the war to give them what they deserved. Fuck Iran I hope their mullahs are dragged through the streets whether they have WMD or not. But we must not nation build in the aftermath.

USN needs to control the straight ASAP if they haven’t already. if the IAF is unopposed this early I see a scorched earth policy unfolding

As of right now, I'm going to be flying the ride flights out of Appleton Thurs through Sunday. Hopefully I'll be there early in the week just working the crowd for the static display on the plaza. Beers at SOS Bros on me this year. 🙂

Was thinking the same thing, I’m wondering if another system could be used clandestinely but conveyed to the PRC to dissuade cross strait adventurism Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not saying our GOs weren’t a contributing factor in the mess that was GWOT (Afghanistan and Levant) but I would say most of the failures belong at the political level.

I think the most impressive item in this entire conflict is how the 4th strongest IADS in the world completely folded. Today IAF tankers are orbiting over Iran...maybe Fat Amy isn't worthless.

Yup. I've trimmed back a bunch of my uranium and nuclear stuff as it's gone crazy. I'll buy back into it after it corrects. It'll be a long-term holding but you can't ignore a crazy spike like this. I don't think I'm going to cut purecycle at all, just because it's got such a long-term growth story ahead of it. Plus it seems silly to bail out now that druckenmiller is involved. Shorting some of the more meme-y stocks, but I don't pick any myself; I have a newsletter I follow. I'm thinking we have a 5 to 10% correction here between now and the end of July, then the rocket ship takes off again into the fall. Sometime in late 2025 or early 2026, shit hits the fan. Unemployment is going to be the last shoe to drop, but if you look at current unemployment and add in new gig workers, the numbers already look pretty bad. The housing market is already shaky, but it needs some forced-selling to light the fuse. Of course the only question, as it has been for the last 15 years, is what the FED will do.

He's an obvious agitator against the regime, and likely been working with the CIA for years. My point is he's making public videos on X calling for the people to rise up, now.

Yeah but he’s been doing that for years. Dude is just trying to position himself as the Karzai of this situation. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This makes us question your tac airlift roots.

Reza Pahlavi (exiled crown prince) is calling for a revolution.

100% agree and that fact should shame our GOs; their success compared to our prevaricating came from willpower not technical inadequacies on our part. Just reminding everyone we've been tricked before WRT WMD.

Real or not, Israel has done more to accomplish defanging the regime and its proxies in the region over the last 12 months than we managed to accomplish in 20 years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy to see Iran getting crushed and one must respect how ruthlessly Israel plays the game. Had we been as vicious/decisive I think outcomes from the GWOT would be more advantageous. I am curious about the "Iran nuke threat;" yes I've seen plenty of scary intel, but we'd be foolish not to keep the false claims of Saddam WMD top of mind before getting involved.

The US has the luxury of having of taking the mullah's word and then saying my bad I believed you, the Israelis don't, just one nuke would devastate the whole country. One device in a truck parked in Tel Aviv by Hamas or Hezbollah would guarantee Iran's death plus most of Israel in its death throws in a massive nuclear retaliation.

Hello all, Would like to get any and all feedback about my chances of getting picked up by a heavy unit. Here is my profile: Age: 28 YO (turning 29 in a month) PCSM: 75 (with 12 hours) (I'll probably try and retake the TBAS) AFOQT: Pilot: 99 Nav:98 AA:90 V:94 Q:72 Education: MBA w/3.4 GPA, Economics undergrad w/ 3.6 GPA (Both from FSU) LOR: Former AF supply Officer who was my old boss, Former Navy Supply Officer who was an old coworker, Florida state congressman I interned for in college, and also a letter of appreciation from the CO of the Naval Observatory when I worked there (not sure if I can use that but figure it wouldn't hurt to throw on an app) Extracurricular: Surfing, snowboarding, golf, tennis. Volunteer at the local homeless shelter to Job: Was a Contract Specialist for GSA working on DoD contracts (Until Elon DOGED me hard) The only thing I feel I am missing is a PPL. Just got laid off from my government job and don't want to blow 20k of my dwindling savings that I might need to survive and also don't really have the time because all my waking hours are looking for a job. Totally understand that the PPL shows you like flying and can do it, but with my situation right now I feel like it would be very unwise. I have always wanted to be a pilot and have loved every second I've been in the air I will add. What are my chances of getting picked up by a heavy unit? I'm a pretty social person and at least I think I'm cool so feel like I could do decent in any interview. Not picky on airframe at all or location for the most part, save Alaska and the few units that are 5 hours from any city of 100k+ Really appreciate any feedback or advice!!

Indeed

So I read Gabbard testified that Iran was not starting their Nuke program. Trump is telling Iran to surrender unconditionally. wild times

I was selected for OTS over 6 months ago. My local base (Scott) refuses to schedule me for an IFC. I have now called countless other bases and they all say “have Scott do it”. Any suggestions on getting this sorted out?

Truly freaking EPIC!!! Just as she says with Allah no bomb can reach us.

Hacker, are you at least coning to the event?

Reaper AWACS https://www.twz.com/air/mq-9b-airborne-early-warning-variant-could-fill-major-aerial-surveillance-gaps

Dibs!