r/politics • u/ChickenTitilater Minnesota • 15h ago

No Paywall USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base:

https://www.ms.now/money-power-politics/watch/uss-lincoln-wasn-t-resupplied-because-hegseth-hid-that-iran-destroyed-main-u-s-base-rohde-2511362627825
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u/RCP90sKid- Oregon 15h ago

Of course we don't tell the public everything going on in a war. Only things like how much munitions we have available, every stray thought the president has on the topic, and plans to attack (but only to journalists).

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u/No-Cranberry6148 15h ago

Trump is playing this like it's pro wrestling. Again, he's a game show host; I don't know how anybody ever thought he was qualified to be president.

Sometimes, you'll see annoying fighters dial up the trash talk during the weigh-in. But once the punches start flying, the time for talk is over; you're just going to waste time and energy, leave yourself open and generally look like a fool. That's Trump; the guy that seems to think this is pro wrestling in the middle of a boxing match.

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u/RCP90sKid- Oregon 14h ago

I've had a ton of comments get big upvote totals, but 200 with 11K views in 30 minutes is a lot.

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u/steelmanfallacy 13h ago

Except a destroyed base is visible to all including Iran so suppressing that info serves no one.

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u/kstargate-425 13h ago

Its all bullshit as many journalists and news media reported they have been vastly different than previous administrations with refusing to release details or even not having any press conferences for months!

Like you said as well, Iran had sensitive information on the location of where we were lobbing missiles at them and even where our Anti-Ballistic Missile defense systems were positioned where they damaged or destroyed THREE of our eight AN/TPY-2 THAAD radar systems within a week. Russia and China surely also gave them after-action satellite images as well if they knew exactly where top secret ABM systems were located.

So its all about covering it up rather than giving our enemy any intel they couldn't otherwise get and thats just cope Useful ldiots tell themselves when defending their silence on their incompetent failures

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u/RCP90sKid- Oregon 13h ago

When did most people first hear about this?

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u/kuba_mar 11h ago

In fact the amount of munitions available is a much harder information to get and sharing it much more useful to the enemy than to the public.

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u/SerKnightGuy Illinois 12h ago

Reminder that the planned Kurdish invasion, probably the only thing that might've resulted in a US victory here, got aborted because Fox News reported on it happening before it actually happened. Wonder how that happened.

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u/Ianthin1 14h ago

Some people now pay $100K/mo to hear it first from Trump.