Peter Link@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIran targeted US air defenses then hit aircraft and buildings on Mideast bases, AP analysis findsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down14
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkIran targeted US air defenses then hit aircraft and buildings on Mideast bases, AP analysis findsapnews.comPeter Link@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 days agoWhy are they acting like this is some unprecedented thing. In a war you target the defenses then go for the objectives those defenses were protecting. Do they think the Iranians are so stupid they couldn’t figure that out?
minus-squarecodydodd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·4 days agoBecause the US hubris led to a point where they literally believed no one would fight back. Venezuela fueled that psychosis too sadly.
minus-squareSpacemanSpiff@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days agoBecause everyone these days is used to the USraeli style of warfare where you just target schools and hospitals and bridges.
Why are they acting like this is some unprecedented thing. In a war you target the defenses then go for the objectives those defenses were protecting. Do they think the Iranians are so stupid they couldn’t figure that out?
Because the US hubris led to a point where they literally believed no one would fight back. Venezuela fueled that psychosis too sadly.
Because everyone these days is used to the USraeli style of warfare where you just target schools and hospitals and bridges.