• SGGeorwell@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Does anyone else wonder why fuck-ass Kuwait our trusty ally, Kuwait, can just down three of our dudes all of a sudden? Just like that? Seems surprising.

    • sapetoku@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      The US didn’t warn Kuwait. Kuwait was getting hit, they shot down unannounced/unknown military jets.

      I would have done the same.

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      4 days ago

      They’re F15s, the older tech, and the American pilots were probably taken completely by surprise by the Kuwaiti attack.

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      Yes, isn’t it curious how three F-15s were shot down, all of them in combat at the time, and every single time it was those damn Kuwaitis.

      It’s almost like the US might have maybe decided that was less embarrassing than admitting that Iran hit three of their planes.