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Iran badly miscalculated. Now it’s paying the price.
The Washington Post ^ | June 22, 2025 9:42 AM EDT | Max Boot

Posted on 06/23/2025 5:38:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The biggest losers are Russia and China. Israel and the U.S. has shown to the world how useless their military equipment is.


41 posted on 06/23/2025 6:38:08 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: NoLibZone
We flew 7 bombers 18 hours undetected by Russian and China. Yes, they are freaking out.

Excellent!!!

42 posted on 06/23/2025 6:38:14 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: SuperLuminal
Obama has to be weeping profusely... Everything that the Kenyan communist stood for has been largely undone...

That stupid corrupt bitch should never have been allowed to run for president. He's not even an American!

He is not qualified to run for the Presidency, but a lot of shitty people ignored this requirement to put that worthless bum into office.

43 posted on 06/23/2025 6:39:05 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Max Boob.

Guess I’ll move along.


44 posted on 06/23/2025 6:41:59 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Bobbyvotes

Nice comment. Well done.


45 posted on 06/23/2025 6:46:39 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: jimwatx

That bombing wasn’t by the government.


46 posted on 06/23/2025 6:53:35 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: SuperLuminal

I think of that several times a day and smile. The destruction of Israel was supposed to be Obama’s legacy.
Now, that legacy is buried under a mountain.


47 posted on 06/23/2025 6:55:54 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was zero chance any Democrat administration would do anything to stop them, so it doesn’t seem like that big of a gamble odds-wise.


48 posted on 06/23/2025 6:56:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am hearing reports that Iran's Parliament voted to close the Straits of Hormuz, but this angered the Chinese government and they told Iran they'd better not do it.


49 posted on 06/23/2025 7:02:22 PM PDT by chud
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To: bakeneko

We need to start charging Israel bigly for allowing them to use the US Military as an instrument of their foreign policy.
#############
Yeah. The way that works is we give them the money and they give it back to compensate us for the expenses, minus 10%.

Convince me I am wrong.


50 posted on 06/23/2025 7:15:41 PM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: bakeneko

If Iran had gotten ‘the bomb’ we would be living in fear of their insane Mullahs -just like Israel and other countries in that region. Trump stopped Iran for ALL of us - not just Israel.


51 posted on 06/23/2025 7:18:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (NOTHING about the Iran mission was leaked to the MSM because NO democrats were told...)
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To: SuperLuminal

“Everything that the Kenyan communist stood for has been largely undone...”

Obamacare still stands and has almost destroyed the U.S. healthcare system. Healthcare prices have skyrocketed since the “Affordable Care Act” was passed. Independent doctors have retired or sold out to big hospital chains which are practicing assembly line medicine. Big pharma and big insurance are gouging the consumer.


52 posted on 06/23/2025 7:33:52 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: Soul of the South
Yes!😎
I need to rephrase that term “everything”...
53 posted on 06/23/2025 7:39:05 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: DiogenesLamp

It was white guilt over past slavery.


54 posted on 06/23/2025 7:49:42 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP CORRUPT CAREER POLITICIANS. )
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To: laplata

Serves him right for putting his dirty feet on the Oval Office furniture.


55 posted on 06/23/2025 7:53:01 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: NoLibZone

Hypothetically, how do we know they didn’t detect them? Maybe they did, but they decided to keep it secret rather than, say, warn Iran. Even if they did detect them, they might lie and say they didn’t and were surprised.


56 posted on 06/23/2025 7:56:43 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan
Hypothetically, how do we know they didn’t detect them? Maybe they did, but they decided to keep it secret rather than, say, warn Iran. Even if they did detect them, they might lie and say they didn’t and were surprised.

We would have detected whatever they detected us with.

We would have detected the change in their radiation pattern as they narrowed their coverage in on our aircraft.

I'm not saying they didn't do as you suggest (although it's far-fetched). I'm saying if they did do it, we know they did it.

57 posted on 06/23/2025 8:02:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SuperLuminal

And they spent the cash!


58 posted on 06/23/2025 8:14:55 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Texas Eagle

That’s right.


59 posted on 06/23/2025 8:34:20 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: coloradan

the crew of a stealth bomber (like the B-2 Spirit) can know if they’ve been detected—but not always directly or in real time. Here’s how it works:

✅ How They Might Know:
1. Radar Warning Receivers (RWR):
• The aircraft is equipped with systems that detect radar signals aimed at them.
• If a radar system locks onto or tracks the bomber, the crew will see alerts in the cockpit.
2. Electronic Support Measures (ESM):
• These detect and analyze electromagnetic emissions from enemy radars.
• If certain types of radar are detected (like fire control radar), it may indicate they’ve been seen.
3. Mission Intelligence Feeds:
• The aircraft may receive real-time intelligence from satellites, AWACS, or other assets.
• If external sources detect enemy radar locking on, the bomber crew may be alerted.


60 posted on 06/23/2025 8:37:34 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Trump failure: Not declaring Antifa a terrorist organization.)
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