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Try looking at these results from the perspective of a systems engineer. Start with the maxim "the purpose of a system is what it does" and work backward from there. What is America?
Actual results aside, it does not seem healthy for a country to swing to radically every two years. Horrendous for any long-term policy.View quoted post on X
The "two" political parties every other election:
Whole country susceptible to good cop bad cop.View quoted post on X
amazing how the "damaged" description still sticks to the AWACS plane even with more images from different angles. but hey, the cockpit and engines are still there, so it can't possibly be that bad!
NEW: U.S. troops, contractors and military families say the damage to American bases in the Iran war is far worse than the Pentagon has disclosed, according to accounts and images published by MeidasTouch.View quoted post on X
The outlet says it obtained dozens of unpublished photos and videos from bases in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain.
They show destroyed barracks, dining halls and aircraft, including a damaged AWACS surveillance plane at Prince Sultan Air Base.
Sources said three service members were killed in a July missile strike on barracks at a base in Jordan.
In Bahrain, military families say the Pentagon blocked a planned evacuation, leaving some to escape on their own.
“It’s so much worse than people realize,” one source said.
Sources spoke anonymously, saying they had been threatened with disciplinary action.
MeidasTouch said some claims, including the loss of a C-17 cargo plane, could not be independently verified, and the Pentagon has not confirmed several of the reported losses.