Ben

They were hugging the coast which might have helped them.

No worries. I’ve been doing war simulations of various sorts since the 1970s, and I always look at how deep the logistics run. War is economics too.

I agree, but they would not have been able to help like this for that long. Thing is the round used was more expensive than the drone destroyed by a lot. And that usually means there more limited stocks of the more expensive item.

He is going to either need to accept culmination of his effort in the near term, or escalate into nuclear weapons. Weapons are not unlimited. Personnel are not unlimited. And we do not have the WW2-USA-like ability to produce weapons at the pace we are losing them.

Today so far:
/ U.S. tells citizens to flee Mideast, offers “very limited” help.
/ U.S. consulate in Dubai hit by Iranian drone.
/ Stocks down.
/ Oil prices up.
/ U.S. rips Spain and Britain for not helping U.S. attack Iran.
/ Trump says he has enough weapons for war “forever."
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Russian LNG tanker ARCTIC METAGAZ lighting up the entire sky

The number of factions that want to see something bad happen to Trump is growing by the second.

Trump did this.

The degree to which Trump is just riffing/winging it on the war is really something to behold. Just kinda..musing

This would be hilarious if it were not real.

Did you EVER think Shrub would look GOOD in comparison with any other POTUS? (He was a fascist as well, but not insane.)

Just nobody hold his beer, OK?

Sen. DURBIN: Your agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Two American citizens. While their families struggle with these horrible tragedies, they have had to fight baseless accusations from you, after you falsely claimed they were domestic terrorists.

It is a fairly inescapable conclusion.

We will still be in this war when Barron Trump is old enough to run for POTUS himself.

Family tree has loops.

Too big to fail? Just watch.

Every word she says. Just count them.

Sen. DURBIN: Madam Secretary, your DHS has operated without any moral compass or respect for rule of law. DHS agents have acted with unspeakable cruelty against children, immigrants, and American citizens.

How to say you didn't understand the meme without admitting that you didn't understand it.

Time to turn off the lights.

Iran has zero interest in capitulation after we attacked them without cause.

So, there is no other way to end this except invasion.

Chinese soldiers looking at flag

There is nothing accidental about Beijing’s quiet posture on Iran attacks. When a rival entangles itself in avoidable conflict, the optimal move is observation. Strategic patience allows miscalculation to mature into consequence. China is stockpiling leverage, while Trump cosplays strongman.

They met in the place they usually meet? Who else can see the problem here?

Sun Tzu - still worth study.

I would bet a Kodachrome. (24 ASA)

Take no prisoners.

Daily Beast: Rather than answer questions about his war, Trump directed reporters to two new statues in the hideous Rose Garden. The WH and Trump’s chosen reporters gushed over Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, only it was Alexander Hamilton, not Jefferson. Bumbling idiots.

Anybody who expects "rules" to be followed in a war is a fool. Yes, there are rules of "civilized" warfare, but if you depend on the enemy adhering to them you have already lost. Iran will now do whatever it can to defend itself, and we have nobody else to blame.