Laterwit

@WarMonitor3 He’s going to do it tonight…

Trump-The entire county of Iran may be taken out in one night. That night may be tomorrow.

@Jameshammer23 @Osint613 Thousands upon thousand of free resources on this topic and you won’t go read them.

@laterwit @Osint613 Was the USSR going to stop fighting the Nazis because Patton was “mean”? lol Patton was right after all about the Russians and the USSR. Is that simple enough for you?

“Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah” I can’t get over this one.

@Jameshammer23 @Osint613 I’ll make it as simple as possible. I’m pointing out the irony of using Patton, who was fired for saying dumb, region destabilizing bullshit, to defend Trump. You don’t get a history lesson too. Just fucking read his Wikipedia. I know books aren’t your thing

@laterwit @Osint613 Are you at any point going to make a coherent argument? Or are we winging it one thought at a time?

@Osint613 Markets opening soon lmao

The U.S., Iran and regional mediators are discussing terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, Axios reports, citing four U.S., Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks.

@Jameshammer23 @Osint613 The USSR. The Soviets.

@laterwit @Osint613 Diplomatic crisis with who?

Thoughts from a retired Special Operations Officer. Though I am not an aircraft surgeon, nor a Coniurationis Fautor, I have some thoughts that may be on interest, presented in three points, a conclusion, and a hypothesis, regarding the US rescue operation in Iran, with consideration to the photos of the aircraft used. I have flown on the C-130H and the MC-130J in training and in combat, to include static line airborne operations, Military Freefall (HALO) operations, and combat infiltration and exfiltration in austere environs, such as the Kobani Landing Zone (KLZ) in Northeast Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve. Point one: it is important to note that the aircraft used in this operation were NOT the standard C-130 Hercules model, which have 4-blade, steel propellers (see picture #2). The fixed-wing aircraft used were the MC-130J, Commando II, operated by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command for clandestine operations. The MC-130J uses six-bladed Dowty R391 composite propellers (see picture #1). These blades are constructed from composite materials, specifically featuring a carbon fiber structure rather than the metal (aluminum) used on older C-130 models. Point two: carbon fiber does not melt in the traditional sense, as it does not turn into a liquid. However, the resin matrix holding the fibers does melt and become viscous. Point three: Steel/aluminum blades snap and break. MC-130J R391 blades shatter and can melt. The images we see from the destroyed aircraft (picture #6) show 6 blades. Therefore, these are the MC-130J Dowty blades (they can melt). And as you can see in picture 4 and 5, when not melted, but rather broken, they shred and snap. They do not bend. As you can see from the steel/aluminum variant on the C-130H model, the blades snap and break and bend, they do not shatter or melt. Conclusion: To declare that the aircraft "definitely" were shot down based on the "bent" propellers is false. Could the aircraft have been shot down? Yes. Could the aircraft have been shot down AND the blades melted in the extreme heat of the fire from the BIP (blown in place)? Yes. Both can be true. But it can also be true that the aircraft was not shot down, nor crash landed, and the propellers do indicate burning and melting, not a crash. Hypothesis: The rescue operation expanded to become the desired Delta Force, JSOC, SOF, ST-6 high-risk operation to ALSO seize the uranium in Iran; hence the need for so many operators, support, aircraft, etc. This WAS intended to be that operation. It failed. So what happened to the aircraft. I do not believe that they were "stuck". I have seen MC-130Js plow through dirt, mud, snow, gravel, etc. I doubt they were stuck. It is more likely that the aircraft took hits upon entry and also likely took hits and damage while on the ground at the hasty FARP at the old airfield in Isfahan, "conveniently" close to where the suspected uranium may have been stored. Lesson: A ground war into Iran will be very costly and will be a tactical, operational, and strategic failure (Clausewitz).

@Jameshammer23 @Osint613 He created a diplomatic crisis. Maybe Eisenhower was too woke.

@laterwit @Osint613 They were always going to move Patton to France.

@ezralevant Patton was famously removed from command during wartime for inflammatory remarks. Irony is dead. You killed it.

Gen. Patton on profanity: “When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can’t run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn’t fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag.”

@Jameshammer23 @Osint613 Ah, a general removed from command during wartime for making inflammatory remarks. Good choice.

@Osint613 Accurate x.com/ezralevant/sta…

@jakewilliam90 @CoffeeBlackMD One of those things is medically recognized the other is not. That’s the difference.

@laterwit @CoffeeBlackMD Yet we’re obligated to do gender-affirming care? They mandate doctors to validate delusions literally all the time

Mental illness

@jakewilliam90 @CoffeeBlackMD They can say no to the transfusion. No one is under any obligation to make their delusions feel validated.

@CoffeeBlackMD To some degree, yes, but if healthcare believes in patient-centered care and autonomy then they would create a non-vaccinated blood bank so these patients could still be helped, no?

@CoffeeBlackMD Just read through. You fought admirably.

@laterwit We shall see …

@Copernicium1473 @Therealtesp @Angry_Staffer Hey man, at least he responded to you. He put me on a list called fucking idiot or something. Seems like two people pointing out the obvious to him drove him over the edge.

@Therealtesp @Angry_Staffer Your question has been answered as being irrelevant. The fact that you don't get that is very dumb. All that matters is that right now China is seeing a potential opening to take Taiwan because of dumb moves like this one that you support.

If we’ve actually used — or are planning to use — over 1,800 JASSM-ERs in a war where we claim to have air superiority, that’s peak negligence.

@1sq4va @Justinredalen @davereaboi Keep moving those goalposts I guess. I’ve explained to you both in adult terms and simple terms. I can’t make you understand it. Maybe this is what passes for trolling now idk

@laterwit @Justinredalen @davereaboi Europeans have been shitting on Americans for decades. They pretend they are morally and intellectually superior and refuse to accept they are now mostly irrelevant on the world stage. They only matter because of us but pretend otherwise.

Ari is correct. The situation with NATO is a perfect example of the failure of the old right: yes, we all wish Europe would behave in a way that makes it easy to justify the alliance; since that’s not happening, we’ve got two options—pretend everything’s ok, or deal with the world as it is.

@Therealtesp @Angry_Staffer Cool list I guess. Is that like something people who can’t cope with being wrong do?

@Angry_Staffer How so? You have some good takes on military matters, imo this ain't one of them. You also know full well how much money per year it takes to service these weapons.

@Therealtesp @Angry_Staffer Seems like you shouldn’t be using missiles designed for bypassing air defense systems

@1sq4va @Justinredalen @davereaboi Look man, if all I did was talk shit about you and try to steal your stuff, would you come help me move if I asked you to? You don’t get to shit all over our historical allies and then be sad when they shit on you back.

@laterwit @Justinredalen @davereaboi We contribute more than Europe and we aren’t even on that continent. Europe talks and does nothing. Trump postures and executes what needs to be done.

@PeterWrangel Plausible. But what a weird way to go. The general who couldn’t stop saying dumb shit.

There is a part of me that believes McChrystal manipulated the situation so he could cut bait and not be tainted with the coming downfall of Afghanistan.

@1sq4va @Justinredalen @davereaboi We paused aide in 2025. It wasn’t until Zelenskyy came back wearing a suit and saying thank you that it resumed.

@laterwit @Justinredalen @davereaboi Wut? We are the primary aid support for Ukraine. Europe has their own Tarrifs that make it more difficult for us to export to them. They literally can’t defend Greenland without us. They said there was no reason for the US to control Greenland because we have base and air access

@RadioFreeTom I don’t know how to feel about this until @dieworkwear has weighed in.

As usual, this administration is laser-focused on the really important stuff