Posts posted by atomheartbevo
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Just now, TXSG8R said:
If I had to guess they were probably hoping to hit the command and control shelters. Drone C&C shelters look just like CHUs.
Given that a huge chunk of the base's population were Iraqis, I feel fairly confident the Iranians had a solid map from somebody on the ground, of where everything was. Hitting the living quarters of drone pilots is pretty damned symbolic.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/middleeast/iran-strike-al-asad-base-iraq-exclusive-intl/index.html
I'm sure this was a coincidence - one of the structures hit was a housing unit for drone pilots and operators.


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Watching Comet (Godzilla movies tonight) and HOLY SHIT THIS COMMERCIAL.
HAHAHAH.
scroll down to see who the queen is.
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8 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
i wonder if there are just some people that we need to create jobs for them even if the jobs produce little value. Ask them to dig a hole and then move the hole 6 feet to the left. Here’s $100 for the days “work”.
Digging holes? How about cleaning up trash in cities, landscaping, doing unboxing videos on YouTube. Those are the jobs the folks you are talking about can do.
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I never even came close to combat (unless you count the bars and VD in Juarez and dealing with parents of the local girls in Lawton, OK), but it was bugging the absolute shit out of me every time a group of them clustered together when they were supposedly in danger.
It does feel a bit like Vet TV.
Ron Howard needs to make a series called 88 Kilo, and style it exactly like Arrested Development.
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1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
How exactly did Nunes get to be the chair and now ranking minority member of the House intelligence committee? Both parties have nuts in congress but usually their influence is kept to a minimum. Sheila Jackson lee as an example. I don’t know if she wants to be a chair but I don’t think she’s been offered the role on any committee.
was Nunes selected or did he just get lucky and no one else wanted it?
His distinguished academic career in political science and international relations, as well as his law degree.
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Officers told journalists that the troops knew a few hours in advance that they were going to be hit.
And they only targeted American areas of the air base, which is only about a quarter of the entire base.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/middleeast/iran-strike-al-asad-air-base-exclusive-intl/index.html
QuoteUnited States troops at the Al-Asad air base in Iraq were aware that an Iranian attack was imminent, allowing them to take shelter two-and-a-half-hours before missiles struck on Wednesday, CNN has been told during an exclusive tour of the devastated site.
Most troops were either flown out of the base or sheltering in bunkers by 11:00 p.m. local time Tuesday -- shortly before the first of four volleys of missiles began at just after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, officers said during the first tour by journalists of the air base.
Yeah, they were really fucking accurate
QuoteThe attack lasted around two hours, only targeting the US areas of the air base, which comprise around a quarter of the Iraqi base.
Officers called it a "miracle" that there were no casualties at the blasted site, with missiles landing just a few meters from bunkers, and some essential personnel remaining outside throughout.
It is the first time troops at the base have spoken in detail of the moments before the attack, revealing that they were able to seek shelter in bunkers shortly before missiles struck.
US troops knew there was going to be an attack on their base -- they just didn't know what the nature of the attack would be.
QuoteIraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi previously said Iran sent Iraq an official verbal message that an attack "had begun or would begin shortly," on unspecified US military locations.
An Arab diplomatic source also told CNN that Iraq gave advance warning to the US on "which bases would be hit" after Iranian officials passed on the information.
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2 hours ago, Jack Straw said:
we all know that every single Republican who said they “do not approve” of Trump in those polls will vote for him anyway.
Piggybacking on this, and tying into my insecurity comment - Trump's obsession with polls is another solid indicator that he's insecure as hell. If he was as popular as he tries to convince people that he is, he wouldn't need to be telling people, but I can't decide if he's doing that for the benefit of his followers, or if he's trying to convince himself.
In fact, from a political point-of-view, it may serve his best interests to be posting stuff that would make his base feel like he's slightly behind and that every one of their votes is going to count when the time comes. If he keeps pushing this notion that he's as popular as he claims, some of his base may get complacent and skip voting.
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8 hours ago, Goredho said:
Yeah, that one is complicated. I do think he honestly believes he’s a genius, called upon by a higher power and the best President that ever graced America with his leadership. I think the root of his incessant lying is because his self-image is so diametrically opposed to reality. He has to manufacture a reality that supports his view of himself and feels extremely uncomfortable when anything threatens it. It’s why he has to go to LSU v Bama after the World Series, kill an Iranian general before impeachment can be ramped back up, tell everyone his inauguration was the biggest, etc...
I think it ties into what Red Five said - Trump isn’t quite consciously aware of his insecurity, and everybody around him is afraid of telling him to tone it down on twitter and in speeches.





Perpetual Middle East Geopolitical Quagmire Megathread
in Cloak Room
If it were TexAgs, there would be multiple threads created every day on the same topic by people too fucking stupid and lazy to use the search, and the mods would constantly be deleting threads that didn't please said mods.
So no, it's not TexAgs.