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USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: Rohde (www.ms.now)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Stephanie Ruhle with more details and analysis.

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[+] danc4498@lemmy.world -6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In all fairness, you can't let your enemy know how badly you're damaged. And considering this administration sees everybody as their enemy, might as well keep lying.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 50 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

In all fairness, the enemy knows precisely what they’ve done and why. They know the damage they caused.

They’ve been highly effective with precision strikes that crippled logistics with intent, by choice.

Their generals are better than ours. The pedophile clowns fired our generals, reorganized leadership and we’re getting our ass handed to us.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 9 points 2 days ago

The rot in the US military leadership started long before this president. Nevermind the existing rot that comes with the better part of a trillion dollars showering (yes, it's a golden shower,) on the arms contractors for a moment.

Bush in his invasion if Iraq saw half the generals in the US be forced out, as they wouldn't sign on to a flawed doomed to fail invasion plan.

[–] kesslerpartyatmyplace@anarchist.nexus 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Their generals are literate, sober at least an hour a day, don't constantly run war games where they're penalized for winning as red team, and not doing the job for five years so they can retire to a Grumman sinecure. I bet they aren't brain rotted by chatbots and yes-men either.

I am convinced that I would out-general any current american general in an actual conflict. I don't even remember the branches of the military. Barracks factory starport?