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2022-05-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

MSNBC contributor and retired four-star general Barry McCaffrey deletes tweet showing Russian plane 'getting nailed' by Ukraine that's from a VIDEO GAME

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-18 02:28|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I guess, it's been a while since he's seen actual combat.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-05-18 06:57|| 2022-05-18 06:57|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-05-18 07:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-05-18 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4
MS-NB $hit
They only hire the best for nothing.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-05-18 13:55|| 2022-05-18 13:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Barry McCaffrey was the Last Starfighter.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-05-18 15:01|| 2022-05-18 15:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-05-18 15:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-05-18 15:46|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-05-18 15:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe McCaffrey was the "Ghost of Kiev".

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-05-18 17:04|| 2022-05-18 17:04|| Front Page Top

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