Lone Candle
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“A U.S. military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.
The deaths add to the seven U.S. service members who have already been killed as part of U.S. operations against Iran which began on February 28.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/four-us-members-killed-plane-094429672.html
There’s not a clear place or building to take over for Iranian revolutionaries.
Iran has a lot of manpower to suppress protests or revolutionaries.
If factions within the government or militaries want to rebel or implement a coup, they have a chance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0oMkL0QW4U
“High-end missile interceptors can run into the millions of dollars per shot.
Many of the drones they are designed to defeat are far cheaper and produced in large numbers — creating what defense officials have described as a growing “math problem” in modern warfare. The U.S. can end up firing expensive missiles at relatively inexpensive drones, a dynamic that becomes harder to sustain if attacks come in waves.
That imbalance is accelerating a push inside the Pentagon to expand a layered counter-drone strategy — combining short-range interceptors, electronic warfare tools and emerging technologies such as high-energy lasers.
For U.S. forces in the region, larger drone waves increase the odds that defenses are stretched, and that even one drone could reach a base or ship.
This marks the first sustained confrontation in which U.S. forces are facing large-scale, state-backed drone waves as a central feature of the battlefield — forcing commanders to adapt in real time and draw on lessons learned from Ukraine, where mass-produced Shahed drones reshaped air defense strategy.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-drone-swarms-challenge-us-090020438.html
“The first six days of war in Iran cost U.S. taxpayers at least $11.3 billion in munitions alone, according to Pentagon estimates reviewed by lawmakers, and experts say the ongoing cost could increase exponentially. That total does not include the cost of operating and maintaining the military force engaged in the war or battle damage sustained from Iran’s attacks.
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While initial cost estimates of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were around $50 to $60 billion, they ended up costing a combined $8 trillion, according to analysis by Costs of War.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/much-iran-war-costing-taxpayers-212311982.html
The administration did not expect Iran to respond like this, even though this was the most reasonable guess as to what Iran would do…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB935Y_e_sk
While defending the current war on Iran, a US senator said we have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkpWi10Yp_8
Middle Eastern oil producers are producing less oil because they can’t ship as much due to the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8MqBuaD5Xw
It looks like the US hit the Iranian girls school. Trump blamed Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrgOBN8sl6M
The US could start capturing Iran’s merchant ships to put pressure on the government to make a favorable peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyYCln09fgs
Trump’s special military operation in Iran is failing. There’s no sign that the regime will be overthrown. The US and Israel can destroy a lot of equipment, but Iran still has a ground army and still has forces to keep control of the country. Without a massive ground invasion, there’s no sign that Trump’s special military operation will produce significant political results.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGX7m_1AY4