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2024-09-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

2 jets, few plans and no clue: Probe finds air force unready and in the dark on Oct. 7

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-09-13 2024-09-13 01:56|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 Back in the 90s as a 'peace dividend' the Pentagon shut down the standby fighter program which had planes that could be scrambled to intercept incoming air threats along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. They had long ago closed the old Nike Hercules missile batteries that had guarded major metro areas with no replacements. There was no 'if only' on 9/11.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-13 07:18|| 2024-09-13 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Procopius2k... interesting and very troubling.

Posted by 3dc 2024-09-13 13:23|| 2024-09-13 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 That suggests to me that all the US says about protecting Taiwan, Japan or anywhere else might just be imaginary in the face of rapid attacks without ready visible lead in to the attacks.

Posted by 3dc 2024-09-13 13:25|| 2024-09-13 13:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure the USA is innocent either. USA may have been giving intel to IDF saying Hamas is just pretending.

Also possible that the Shmini Atzeres/Shabbat/Simhat Torah festivities took a lot of people off line.

Also possible that Netanyahu, Gallant and other heavies had given instructions to discount Hamas activities.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-09-13 17:36|| 2024-09-13 17:36|| Front Page Top

#5 USA may have been giving intel to IDF saying Hamas is just pretending.

I was going to vote Republican anyway, but to even consider this as a real possibility… I don’t have words for this. I don’t even have thoughts behind the words for this.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-09-13 21:45|| 2024-09-13 21:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The Big Shots at the IDF are ultimately responsible no matter what the US intelligence says (even if they sent conflicting info). I cannot believe the anything otherwise.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2024-09-13 22:35|| 2024-09-13 22:35|| Front Page Top

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