In order to believe the war was an “operational success” but strategic failure you have to take seriously Trump’s claims that he sunk the Iranian navy or whatever.
Let’s be serious: Operationally, in reality, Iran destroyed our bases and drove away our aircraft carrier groups. They scared our troops into hotels. They closed the strait by force. We never succeeded in stopping them from firing missiles. Our planes and helicopters and MQ9s were downed.
An F5 got through our air defenses and lit up our Kuwaiti base; our allies responded by accidentally shooting down 3 of our planes.
In the past, it would take a Soviet level of direct censorship to get the press to describe that as operational success.
During his final days, ensconced in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on central Berlin, a delirious and delusional Hitler ordered non-existent German military divisions to attack Moscow from three directions and seize the Kremlin. It went something like this:
@realbaysurge@EpicClipVault Pffft fuck you and every bicyclist terrorist that clogs up the roads with their bullshit hobby…get off the road and go to a park. The rest of us have LIVES to get to.
@ckuck The lack of professionalism + cavalier attitude from these trash bag attorneys is truly remarkable. If you’re in need of attorneys who not only know what they’re doing, but also actually care, these narcissistic fools ain’t it — stay away from this trash bag firm.
@ckuck Listened to this entire thing and dont have a clear understanding of what we should do/expect next…all because these clowns chuckled & chortled the entire time as if they were hosting some political podcast.
ON THIS DAY IN 2000...
Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's ICONIC alley-oop capped a 15-point Q4 comeback against Portland in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals 🔥