Lone Candle
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The Trump administration lied about the extent of the damage to US bases done by Iranian strikes.
An 80 year old plane successfully bombed a US base.
US personnel had to abandon US bases at the start of the war. Why did we leave these bases so vulnerable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol70ZTS5zYs
Regime change wars have never been successful from the air with conventional weapons. Administrations get wooed by the ability to strike targets with precision from afar, and forget that blowing a bunch of stuff up and killing important people doesn’t end a regime’s ability to suppress its people or fight back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptXQ3UFumQ
It’s not clear that the administration has a real strategic plan here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqOeWpNohM
The US military is awesome, but I’m skeptical it will achieve substantial war aims. Killing a lot of people and destroying a lot of equipment is a means to an end. It means very little if we don’t have a long-term major success. I’m skeptical the US and Israel will get there, but I hope they do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxiMswJVBI4&t=2s
The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End | Plain English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsqxqoW13s8
Iran hides its missile launchers underground and in civilian areas, using human shields.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btzKzRlYPF8
“Israel’s determination to attack Iran and the certainty that US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said, in a new explanation for Washington’s surprise entry into the conflict.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-strikes-iran-triggered-israel-011506844.html
“An attack from two drones on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh caused a “limited fire,” according to Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry, and the embassy urged Americans to avoid the compound. It followed an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait that announced Tuesday it had been closed until further notice.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-embassy-saudi-arabia-hit-045619887.html
Hegseth’s speech really did sound like an SNL version of a Hegseth speech.
The administration is claiming multiple goals to this war. Trump telling the Iranian people that this is their chance, and then also saying he is looking for someone to put in charge, shouldn’t give the Iranians confidence to risk their lives and rebel. Although, I’m not sure they are seeing his comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemxoSVj5w0
Some Iranians revel in Khomeini’s death, while others mourn. There doesn’t seem to be a rebellion or a revolution yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMYwMquPUo