Post

Timothy Snyder: One thing that I do worry about... is that the way we fought the Iran war was obviously out of date. We haven’t learned how to fight a modern war. With Hegseth and Trump… and their just fantastic vision of testosterone plus battleships, I just don’t think we’re going to get there.

323 reposts1K likes

Pickaxe Mountain, Iran's deepest nuclear facility, would take either a new bomber or a nuclear bomb that would kill millions from radioactive fallout to disable - barring a land invasion of Iran. What do you think Trump and Hegseth will choose?

Frankly, if America has a civil war or causes World War III, I want Dogey America to be curbstomped into oblivion. The militaries of the Blue States will learn from the lessons of Iran and Ukraine, the Confederate states won't. That is good.

it's surprising that they don't want to use sticks and stones so they can watch people beat each other to death like the good ol' days of the colosseum

Trump and Hegseth are TV 'stars'. They know what war on TV looks like. They aren't politicians. They aren't military experts, and they fire everybody who tells them they're wrong. Iran is Trump's Vietnam.

That's Trump and Hegseth not our military in general. They were told not to do 90% of this shit and the people that stood strong were removed. Trump and Hegseth own this 100%. If the smart and talented people were in place and listened to we would not be here.

Not sure this is a “we haven’t learned how to fight a modern war” problem, so much as a “we haven’t learned to pick our battles” problem. There’s nothing particularly modern about hubris & strategic incompetence; states & empires have been blundering into needless fiascos like this since for ever.

To be fair, those who might have better ideas about how to fight a modern war have been purged or silenced. Hegseth is not an example of military intelligence, strategy or leadership.

The US has lost every war since WW2,and the Soviets won that one. Turns out when you give farmers and peasants rifles and teach them how to read they will crush the US empire every time. The Empire is only good at killing children and civilians. Maybe the US should stop starting wars and losing.