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MSNBC contributor and retired four-star general Barry McCaffrey deletes tweet showing Russian plane 'getting nailed' by Ukraine that's from a VIDEO GAME
2022-05-18
[MAIL] A decorated retired Army General and MSNBC contributor unknowingly shared footage of a video game and claimed it was a Russian plane being shot down by Ukraine before quickly deleting the Tweet when he was corrected.

Four-star general Barry R. McCaffrey's gaffe did not go unnoticed, with some pointing out at the mistake by the former Clinton advisor.
It was noted here, no doubt because some Rantburgers play the game.
'Russian aircraft getting nailed by UKR missile defense. Russians are losing large numbers of attack aircraft. UKR air defense becoming formidable,' McCaffrey wrote in a now-deleted Tweet.

The animation shared by McCaffrey was actually from Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) footage from the video game 'Arma 3.'
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Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Maybe McCaffrey was the "Ghost of Kiev".
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-05-18 17:04  

#8  Sorry, I don't buy it. Think of the footage of actual shoot downs that have been posted here: jerky handheld video with excited foreign speaking voices captured on what's usually a smart phone.

Too good to check will always make you look bad. As it should.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-18 15:54  

#7  Getting fooled by Arma 3 is a bit like getting stung by the Bee - it happens.

The auto-retweet, oh, the auto-retweet. Turning off the bullshit filters for social acceptance.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-05-18 15:46  

#6  I'll give Barry a pass on this one. Like me, he's an old fok who enjoys seeing the Russians getting their arses handed to them. Until I saw the video with the paratroopers, I too was fooled.

Technology passed me by a long time ago :-(
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-05-18 15:09  

#5  Barry McCaffrey was the Last Starfighter.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-05-18 15:01  

#4  
MS-NB $hit
They only hire the best for nothing.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-05-18 13:55  

#3  You believe me or your lying eyes?

Well, its going to be harder and harder to tell whether 'its real or Memorex?'*

* classical reference
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-05-18 09:00  

#2  The animation shared by McCaffrey was actually from Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) footage from the video game 'Arma 3.'

Those are two separate games. DCS vs ARMA 3
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-05-18 07:56  

#1  I guess, it's been a while since he's seen actual combat.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2022-05-18 06:57  

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