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Saw this on Truth,.
Message to Iranian leaders from President Trump:
Message to Iranian leaders from President Trump:
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PrairieFella
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Oh ya, the cheese is slipping off the cracker alright 
Because of terrain where the WSO landed, they had to fly in little birds to rescue him. Over 100 pers involved. The Hercs delivering the Little Birds got stuck in the dirt. So they flew in Dash 8s behind for the Personnel extraction, leaving the assets. They wrote off at least $300M of assets to get him out. They wrote off two Hercs, four Little Birds and then lost two Reapers destroying all the kit. Incredible operation:
They could have been 295s. Possibly misidentification of Dash 8s:
Also, incredible of that WSO to scale a mountain while evading and possibly under fire, after ejection.
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So he wakes up on Easter Sunday and this is what he decides to post.
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daftandbarmy
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My guess is something like this, but it succeeded this time....
Operation Eagle Claw - Wikipedia
daftandbarmy
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Sounds like a busy day of problem solving...
I had to look myself to confirm this is real. The man is insane.
My guess is something like this, but it succeeded this time....
Operation Eagle Claw - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
JSOC was created in response to the failure of that Op. So vindication.....
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I read that quick and thought WTF is power point day?
Fantastic article:
www.rferl.org
I'm a big fan of Mick Ryan and going through his book right now....
What China's Xi Is Learning From War In Iran
Retired general and strategist Mick Ryan explains the military lessons that Beijing is taking from the war in Iran and what it means for US-China competition and Chinese designs on Taiwan.
www.rferl.org
I'm a big fan of Mick Ryan and going through his book right now....
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Public relations.
- "Look what we just did; imagine what else we can do"
- "See how far we go for our people"
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Yes - ‘You too can join up and have a chance to star in your very own version of Running Man.’
Might do wonders for recruitment.
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You really think US aircrew and potential aircrew are looking at the effort and resources just expended to recover one person and worrying about their role and the training they'll get and might have to apply in the situation?
Name three other countries that can credibly claim they've got their people's backs to that degree.
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None can
What the US just did was absolutely incredible - full stop.
But showing and acting with discretion and humility should be considered the path to be taken.
Otherwise crowing about your accomplishments, loudly, just gives your opponents a chance to better understand your abilities and line of thought - why give them anything? They deserve nothing.
What is the motto of JTF2 - Actions, not words?
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Every little thing Iran manages to do/demonstrate gets elevated by their info ops and a bunch of commentators along for the ride. Why should the US forego the advantage?
The US isn't a discreet/humble culture. Like pretty much everyone else in the world claims to be, they too are a proud people.
(As an aside, I've always gotten a laugh out of the journalists who write articles in which they deliver the "the so-and-so are a proud people, and it would help if the US showed a little humility/genuflected/kissed their asses..." lines.)
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“Nothing beats an Operator”
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