Peter Link@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoIran targeted US air defenses then hit aircraft and buildings on Mideast bases, AP analysis findsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13
arrow-up157arrow-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 · 13 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·12 hours 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-squareSpacemanSpiff@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoBecause everyone these days is used to the USraeli style of warfare where you just target schools and hospitals and bridges.
minus-squarecodydodd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·12 hours agoBecause the US hubris led to a point where they literally believed no one would fight back. Venezuela fueled that psychosis too sadly.
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 everyone these days is used to the USraeli style of warfare where you just target schools and hospitals and bridges.
Because the US hubris led to a point where they literally believed no one would fight back. Venezuela fueled that psychosis too sadly.