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USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: Rohde (www.ms.now)
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[–] 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Isn't that uh.. part of why Russia faltered in Ukraine? Commanders can't report bad news so they lie?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    ... sailors who are out on these boats for twelve months at a time and we are unable to resupply them. Why? Because Pete Hegseth hid the fact that Iran destroyed the main supply base that the United States has in the Gulf. He did not make that public in press conference after press conference.

    So it's just the public that was kept in the dark and Trump, etc are in the know?

    The phrasing is a bit odd - it kinda seems that Hegseth's hiding of that news is why they couldn't resupply, not the destruction itself.

    I found an article covering the destruction of NSA Bahrain (the base in question).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Trump will claim he didn't know, Hegseth will take the fall.

    It'll then come out years later that there's plenty of evidence that Trump was well informed of the act or even demanded it himself.

    So it goes with the orange clown running the US despotcracy.

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    • [–] 21 points 2 months ago

    Hahaha, what a bunch of incompetent fucks

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago*

    Something like this would have ended a Democratic administration.

    Nobody ever fucking cares when Republicans do it

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    womp womp

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    They were sent away to fight terrorism elsewhere so they wouldn't try and fight at home.

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Hegseth should be handed over to the Iranians as should Trump.

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