The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War
The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War
theintercept.com
The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War
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I can only imagine how casualties are hidden... for a start they probably retain the information whatever they can. Eventually they have to communicate to their families but probably they tell them that it is a matter of "national security" and that the "hero" died for the country in a very secretive operation and not to communicate publicly... who knows, even they may sign them a confidentiality paper...
I wish people were far more skeptical of governments that for a century is routinely sending hundreds of thousands youngsters thousands of miles away for "defense".
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Oh, summer child, all Administrations have done this.
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What a very Russian thing to do...
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Y'all don't really think that fighter jet just fell off the aircraft carrier, do you? Am I supposed to believe the jet fell off the side of a ship that big because it was turning too fast because it was dodging missiles?
It is actually quite feasible, go check a Youtube video on the rather steep angles of a carrier on fast turning maneuvers. Like why would you think it to be not possible, I wonder?
Heck, let me find you a video or two, here you go friend:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Cta_B3URuWs
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=z9Aa9pQYrg0
Now imagine the plane is badly or inappropriately secured due to incompetence, or the fact that they have to maneuver unexpectedly, and voila, you have a plane that could slide off. Point being is that it could happen, unless you have some solid facts in the contrary, outside just your gut feeling.
It's technically possible, but it's also possible that the jet was hit and they're covering it up.
At a certain point under this new administration you're going to have to realize that waiting for solid facts will mean waiting fifty years for documents to get declassified (assuming the US lasts that long). This only serves the interests of the regime, it can just lie and you're forced to accept it because you don't have enough evidence to disprove its lies.
When the truth is unknowable we are reduced to speculation. If the administration is hiding casualties, it certainly would also hide something like this. Why shouldn't I just go with my gut on this one?
If you trust the word of the US military you're just going with your gut too.
It might during sharp emergency turns, but that would mean the carrier was under real risk of being hit, because they aren't normally make sharp turns due to structural stress. So it's a hit for Ansar Allah anyway.