Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by ein0p on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @10:57PM
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It doesn’t matter. Houtnis closed the trade routes and “the world’s strongest navy and air force” shat the bed pathetically trying to unblock them.
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Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by skhunted on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:00PM
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Your understanding of the situation is badly wrong.
Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by ein0p on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:04PM
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Are the trade routes open? No? Then my understanding of the situation is exactly right.
Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by skhunted on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:15PM
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Yes, the Cape of Good Hope is open and as traffic through the Suez has declined the traffic through the Cape of Good Hope has increased. The U.S. has made a political calculation on how to deal with the Israeli conflict. That decision has not in any way been influenced by a lack of military capabilities by the U.S. military.
Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by ein0p on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:23PM
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And what “calculation” would that be? To publicly condemn Israel while privately funneling billions in borrowed money to it, and ineffectually expending extremely expensive ammunition in the Gulf of Aden? Was this a part of these “calculations”: https://www-tasnimnews-com.translate.goog/ar/news/2024/04/24...?
Re:As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still w...
by seo-speedwagon on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:09PM
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Feel free to expand on that if you’re so sure.