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"So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment." -2 Peter 2:9

May Christ’s light continue to shine over our great nation.

And all they got for their trouble was a pilot's underwear.

During World War II, Hitler was convinced that Americans lacked the will to fight and that any who did would be quickly overwhelmed. When early reports arrived from the battles in North Africa, German observers noted that Americans fought differently from the Europeans. Rather than charging aggressively and risking heavy infantry casualties, U.S. forces relied on overwhelming firepower—staying at a distance and expending vast quantities of artillery with little hesitation. Thanks to unmatched industrial production and logistics, fresh supplies were always available. This approach allowed relatively smaller American units to wear down much larger and well-entrenched enemy forces. In contrast, German and other European doctrines often emphasized aggressive maneuver and were sometimes more willing to accept high casualties to achieve objectives or preserve key equipment. This material-heavy American style surprised many Germans, including Hitler, who had long dismissed U.S. soldiers as soft and lacking in fighting spirit. He believed soldiers were cheap and expendable; he discovered too late that Americans fought to conserve lives by expending machines and ammunition instead. It was one of many reasons for Germany’s defeat—perhaps the hardest for some foreigners to fully understand. Americans place a high value on the lives of our soldiers. Equipment and shells could always be replaced.

I can't imagine how demoralizing it must be for servicemen to see one's countrymen say that a relic aircraft is worth more than their life.

I like how even when the stated mission objective is accomplished these people *still* think it's a US defeat.

Hard to sell the war as one where the US government is callously throwing lives away on behalf of Israel when, in fact, the US Military just demonstrated it's willing to go to hell and back to rescue one pilot trapped behind enemy lines

The IRGC doesn't even bother with coherent propaganda anymore, they just look at you like...

The IDF wishes a happy Easter to all those celebrating! 🐣

Reminds me of a letter from French soldier Jean-Marc Liotier on his experience with Americans in Afghanistan. The French are surprised by this. An exerpt: "Here we discover America as it is often depicted: their values are taken to their paroxysm, often amplified by the loneliness of this outpost in the middle of that Afghan valley. Honor, motherland – everything here reminds of that: the American flag floating in the wind above the outpost, just like the one on the postage parcels. Even if recruits often originate from the heart of American cities and gang territory, no one here has any goal other than to hold high and proud the star spangled banner. Each man knows he can count on the support of their whole people who provides them through the mail all the things that an American could miss in such a remote front-line location: books, chewing gums, razorblades, Gatorade, toothpaste etc. in such way that every man is aware of how much the American people backs him in his difficult mission. And that is a first shock to our preconceptions: the American soldier is no individualist. The team, the group, the combat team are the focus of all his attention. And they are impressive warriors! We have not come across bad ones, as strange at it may seem to you when you know how critical French people can be. Even if some of them are a bit on the heavy side, all of them provide us everyday with lessons in infantry know-how. Beyond the wearing of a combat kit that never seems to discomfort them (helmet strap, helmet, combat goggles, rifles etc.) the long hours of watch at the outpost never seem to annoy them in the slightest. On the one square meter wooden tower above the perimeter wall they stand the five consecutive hours in full battle rattle and night vision goggles on top, their sight focused in the directions of likely danger. No distractions, no pauses, they are like statues nights and days. At night, all movements are performed in the dark – only a handful of subdued red lights indicate the occasional presence of a soldier on the move. Same with the vehicles whose lights are covered – everything happens in pitch dark even filling the fuel tanks with the Japy pump. And combat? If you have seen Rambo you have seen it all – always coming to the rescue when one of our teams gets in trouble, and always in the shortest delay. That is one of their tricks: they switch from T-shirt and sandals to combat ready in three minutes. Arriving in contact with the enemy, the way they fight is simple and disconcerting: they just charge! They disembark and assault in stride, they bomb first and ask questions later – which cuts any pussyfooting short. This, in fact, is the basic philosophy of both British and Continental soldiers. ‘In the absence of orders, take a defensive position.’ Indeed, virtually every army in the world. The American soldier and Marine, however, are imbued from early in their training with the ethos: In the Absence of Orders: Attack! Where other forces, for good or ill, will wait for precise orders and plans to respond to an attack or any other ‘incident’, the American force will simply go, counting on firepower and SOP to carry the day."

Losing two C-130s is a rounding error for America, but for Europeans, Russians, and Thirdies it would be a military defeat.

It's deeply amusing how Israel has been far more celebratory of America during this whole operation than the retard right.

"The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen." -2 Timothy 4:18

>Russian hostages when they hear Spetsnaz is on its way

the iran getting raped-o-meter is currently sitting on -The united states is building ad hoc airstrips inside your country to rescue singular pilots and then scuttling the aircraft we used so you cant take pictures of them and put them on zuttstagram

He would never have been brought back alive under Bush, Obama would've sold him out, and Biden would've ignored him.

Or even send a drone or something.

@goodnesswfists If only the retard right was as celebratory for America as the Israeli PM.

@immrwatcher How do you feel about the Judeo-Protestant alliance?

Glad to see this.

الولايات المتحدة تنتهك سيادة إيران وكرامتها وشرفها وأرضها من أجل جُندي واحد. دولة لم تستطع أسر جندي في أرضها. لهي دولة هشة. وسيبقى هذا الإنقاذ باقيا في الذاكرة العسكرية.

He is Risen, Indeed!