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orangecrush

(30,396 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:14 PM 21 hrs ago

Marine combat vet, 3 time Trump voter explains what's going on behind the curtain in Iran

Who has come to a different perspective.

Once again, I invoke the rule allowing posting a right wing source for good reason.

I watched. this twice.

There most definitely is information in this video that you are NOT hearing in the main stream media.

You don't fire generals in the middle of a campaign.

The fact that our aircraft are being shot down MAY indicate Iran has air defense tech our intelligence was not aware of, which changes the whole game.

And he concludes that the leadership is ignoring advice from the generals because it contradicts their political agenda, reminiscent of Vietnam.

As badly as you may think operation Epstein has gone sideways, the truth is far worse.

This is worth watching.


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Marine combat vet, 3 time Trump voter explains what's going on behind the curtain in Iran (Original Post) orangecrush 21 hrs ago OP
He is trying to create his own Viet Nam SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #1
Whiskey Pete is in WAY over his head. orangecrush 20 hrs ago #2
Yup, but sadly it won't be him killed in war SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #3
I read that around the Pentagon mountain grammy 20 hrs ago #4
Right H2O Man 20 hrs ago #5
This is making me think of another rescue Blue Full Moon 20 hrs ago #6
Well when the commander and chief goes on TV Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #7
Forget the "air defense tech our intelligence was not aware of" theory jmowreader 19 hrs ago #8
Thank you for your contribution orangecrush 19 hrs ago #9
Trump says 'Well, that war didn't go to plan!' Aussie105 18 hrs ago #10
The Marine orangecrush 18 hrs ago #11
Can someone enlighten me... Random Boomer 18 hrs ago #12
Not sure but orangecrush 18 hrs ago #14
2020... maybe something about Covid? radical noodle 17 hrs ago #15
"THIS DOESN'T ADD UP" Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #13

Blue Full Moon

(3,505 posts)
6. This is making me think of another rescue
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:44 PM
20 hrs ago

Mission in Iran. When Jimmy Carter ordered Operation Eagle Claw.

Farmer-Rick

(12,683 posts)
7. Well when the commander and chief goes on TV
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:01 PM
19 hrs ago

And tells the world he is not concerned about any anti-aircraft attacks, what do you think the enemy will do? Focus on anti-aircraft attacks.Trump was just asking Iran to take down aircrafts.

Loose lips kill people.

jmowreader

(53,213 posts)
8. Forget the "air defense tech our intelligence was not aware of" theory
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:07 PM
19 hrs ago

Iran has excellent air defense tech. If you'd have had to put up with Saddam Hussein on your western border for 20 years, so would you.

Most of us remember the Iran-Contra Scandal, where Ronald Reagan sold military hardware to Iran to raise the money to fund the Contra Rebels. Iran's goal in the scheme was to acquire air defense equipment. They also have a defense industry that makes ADA systems and they're more than adequate to the task.

I would say, as a retired analyst, that Iran is the worst country in the world to try to establish air superiority over. Their equipment works well and their crews know how to get the most out of it.

Aussie105

(7,937 posts)
10. Trump says 'Well, that war didn't go to plan!'
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:22 PM
18 hrs ago

'Help me, oh leader of the department of War!'

Department of War puts down bottle and passes the buck: 'Help me, oh generals of the department of War!'

Generals go . . . nope, not today.

Result?
Generals get fired, is Kegsbreath next?

orangecrush

(30,396 posts)
11. The Marine
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:25 PM
18 hrs ago

Believes the fired General was ordered to do something idiotic that would result in a bloodbath and told Hegseth to fuck off.

Random Boomer

(4,407 posts)
12. Can someone enlighten me...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:36 PM
18 hrs ago

The marine makes several oblique references to some "leftie" issue from 2020 in which liberals were not dealing with reality. Have no clue what he means by that. Maybe not relevant to his current discussion on Iran, but I was just curious why he thinks lefties went off the rails.

orangecrush

(30,396 posts)
14. Not sure but
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:02 PM
18 hrs ago

I think he's just trying to keep from losing people who followed him when he was hard right because he's trying to get them to see reality.

Martin Eden

(15,648 posts)
13. "THIS DOESN'T ADD UP"
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:43 PM
18 hrs ago

I would not assume that logical reasons can explain what Diaper Donald and his band of incompetent psychopaths are doing with the military might they just HAD to play with.

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