@LindseyGrahamSC @POTUS You should take your ball and go home!
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Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake.
The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure.
The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.
I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.
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@ChrisO_wiki And these are losses recorded *on video*. This scale of loss will, at some point, have a profound effect.
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Andrew's work gives a vivid insight into the sheer scale of daily Russian losses - and this is just the ones that are recorded. Russia's average 179 daily losses recorded in these videos are more than three times the peak losses (46 per day) that the US suffered in Vietnam.
Andrew Perpetua@AndrewPerpetua
I spent all weekend finishing the work for last week because it was a week from hell. Monday: 1480 events, 359 vehicle losses, 289 dead russians in 268 videos Tuesday: 1657 events, 389 vehicle losses, 176 dead russians in 304 videos Wednesday: 1627 events, 388 vehicle losses, 127 dead Russians in 318 videos Thursday: 1423 events, 318 vehicle losses, 157 dead Russians in 289 videos Friday: 1735 Events, 355 vehicle losses, 235 dead Russians in 321 videos Saturday: 1411 events, 342 vehicle losses, 137 Dead Russians in 252 videos Sunday: 862 events, 157 vehicle losses, 132 dead Russians in 220 videos. Yikes! 1253 dead Russians, 2308 vehicles, 10,195 events in 1972 videos. I remember back when we averaged 70 videos per day. 🥲
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@ChrisO_wiki I think that particular example at Duxford was actually used to bomb Laos during the Vietnam War.
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You don't realise just how big a B-52 is until you're standing under one
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@malachybrowne @ShawnMcCreesh @realDonaldTrump @PeteHegseth "We're investigating how we can plausibly deny it was our fault."
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My colleague @ShawnMcCreesh:
"Did the U.S. bomb an elementary school in southern Iran in the first day of the war and kill 175 people?"
@realDonaldTrump: "No, based on what I've seen that was done by Iran."
"True, Mr. Hegseth?"
@PeteHegseth: "We're certainly investigating."
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@Bricktop_NAFO Presumably, using American AI data centres to generate the video?
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@wartranslated Oh, and Iran has not ended attacks on its neighbours. Trump is bullshitting, again.
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@wartranslated He says they have surrendered and have not yet surrendered in the same post!
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Trump says Iran "apologized and capitulated" to its neighbors after being "beaten mercilessly." No longer "the bully" but "the DEFEATED OF THE MIDDLE EAST," he said, adding that total destruction of previously untargeted areas is now on the table.
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@georgetang2015 @IAPonomarenko He also has a strong pro-Russia bias.
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This gets right to the heart of one reason Trump is failing (and flailing) on Ukraine.
Because he's essentially an unfit, amateur real-estate mogul who brings zero diplomatic skill or strategic acumen to the table, he believes deep down that the Russian and Ukrainian people are brothers.
This, of course, extends into why he thinks Ukraine is within Russia's sphere of influence and, therefore, some kind of fratricidal conflict that should easily be resolvable.
You can be pretty sure that his equally myopic sidekick Witkoff sees things the same way.
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“You know…Ukraine…Russia…You’d think there’d be a little bit of comradery, there’s not…”
You know, Ukraine’s path to freedom and independence is among the hardest and longest, and it has had to endure great ordeals in this pursuit of happiness — and one of them is having to listen to this never-ending delirium.
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@Rebel44CZ No need to keep *mobile* radar systems in fixed positions!
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I have a news flash for some high-ranking idiots:
You dont have to be placing extremely valuable hard-to-replace missile defense radars in known positions if you are planning to start a war with someone who is capable of hitting fixed positions!
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/05/mid…
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@akihheikkinen Apparently, it's not a war! Just a military operation.
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@P_Kallioniemi Might be cellulitis, a bacterial infection of the deeper layers of the skin. Poor circulation (which we know he has from his swollen ankles) increases your risk of getting it.
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@ArmsControlWonk I think this incident doubles the number of F15s ever shot down.
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That’s three more aircraft kills than the Iranians have managed.
Phil Stewart@phildstewart
!!! BREAKING - Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down 3 U.S. F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations. All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. -CENTCOM
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@markito0171 Ukrainian operators wouldn't have missed.
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🇺🇸US troops at Al Udeid Air Base in 🇶🇦#Qatar watch as three Patriot missiles fail to intercept an 🇮🇷Iranian ballistic missile
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@JimmySecUK They didn't have the air force assets in the region which they've since deployed there for these strikes. Maybe limited strikes at the time would have helped the protesters. I doubt these ones will work now. I hope I'm wrong.
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@jgrgilbert Nonsense. The U.S. does not need carriers to strike targets in Iran.
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The smart course of action would have been launching decapitation strikes against key regime centres of power whilst Iranian protesters were still on the streets in significant numbers.
Trey Yingst@TreyYingst
The United States and Israel are striking a variety of targets in Iran. Reports indicate government buildings are being hit.
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US Central Command announced the arrival of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet from the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at one of its bases in the Middle East. CENTCOM said the aircraft landed on January 18 and its deployment enhances combat readiness while supporting regional security and stability. #CENTCOM
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@APHClarkson And the American President holds too much power, without effective checks.
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Europeans can't make the fate of their security dependent on the success or failure of a political faction, however decent its ideals, in an unstable American system.
If anti-Trump Americans succeed well great, but Europeans need to be able to assert power if that America fails
Leslie Vinjamuri@londonvinjamuri
Important post that gets it almost right then falls flat I am afraid. Europeans must band together but they should also be working with the vast swath of highly dynamic Americans who oppose the moves being made by the President on Greenland. That could be a powerful coalition.
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@ChrisO_wiki Trump would not be able to hold an ordinary hammer that size, let alone the "real" one.
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The 🇺🇸#US has calculated that purchasing
🇬🇱#Greenland could cost them $700 billion
if #Trump manages to reach a deal
-NBC
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@PhillipsPOBrien Wow. I can't believe how many think it was justified. That's terrifying.
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Americans by a large majority believe that the shooting of Renee Good by ICE was not justified.
1) 82% of voters in the poll said that they had watched a video of the shooting.
2) Independents believed the shooting was not justified by 59% to 28%
poll.qu.edu/poll-release?r…
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