Corvidae@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoPentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database updatewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1399arrow-down1external-linkPentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database updatewww.theguardian.comCorvidae@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square69linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.ioBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up19·22 days ago The people running the military are incompetent as fuck. The only good thing about this.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoExcept for else everyone involved. A competent command wouldn’t have started this war.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.ioBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·21 days agoA commander doesn’t have much choice either way since it’s the political leadership (aka Trump) that starts wars. A competent president would probably not have started this war, but they’d have likely started other wars and ran them competently.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days ago A commander doesn’t have much choice either way A number of high ranking officers have already resigned A competent president would probably not have started this war, but they’d have likely started other wars and ran them competently. Every war is a policy failure
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoWas going to say… The only thing worse than Americans picking a fight with Iran and losing is them winning. Imagine another Libya or Syria or Gaza in a country as big as Iran.
The only good thing about this.
Except for else everyone involved. A competent command wouldn’t have started this war.
A commander doesn’t have much choice either way since it’s the political leadership (aka Trump) that starts wars. A competent president would probably not have started this war, but they’d have likely started other wars and ran them competently.
A number of high ranking officers have already resigned
Every war is a policy failure
Was going to say…
The only thing worse than Americans picking a fight with Iran and losing is them winning.
Imagine another Libya or Syria or Gaza in a country as big as Iran.