I was having trouble understanding how Iran pulled this off, until I read that Russia sold them an advanced manpad called a “9K333 Verba” last December. Uses 3 different sensors to distinguish a target from countermeasures and is effective up to 15,000 feet. Not ideal to be flying low in a country with a bunch of those wandering around.

Seeming more plausible, and I didn’t connect the firings until now. Good point.

I’m thinking they used the rescue as cover to pull off a separate raid, which failed, and there was a sustained firefight at the airfield. It’s unusual to have both an HC and MC-130 involved in a rescue operation along with MH-6 helicopters and everything else. That’s a big operation compared to a typical rescue package and torching that equipment meant things went south in a hurry.

As a former C-130 loadmaster, I was bummed to see those planes destroyed. Expensive, but also extremely valuable operationally. That’s a big loss.

A few of these 135’s can receive fuel midair and judging from the damage to the Beale 135 that landed, most likely a collision while refueling.

Especially with China. From what I’ve seen, they have advanced weaponry that rivals the USA/Israel along with a security agreement with Iran. Could be the beginnings of a new proxy war in the middle east. IRGC aligned proxy groups will also ramp up attacks in the region. No bueno all the way around.

Definitely. From what I’ve read, the CIA and military brass advised against this move because someone more aligned with the IRGC could be installed. Who knows what that will look like, but the Khamenei government was offering to honor the 2015 nuclear agreement. Next regime probably won’t be so cooperative.

That was a wild, disturbing ride. Let me down a rabbit hole to John David Norman and his child abuse network. Prosecutors decided to settle for Norman instead of pursuing his client list, which included some high-profile individuals. Also connected to at least two serial killers.

Knowing that Epstein had hidden cameras at all of his properties and seeing the FBI photos of hundreds of hard drives tells me that we haven’t even scratched the surface.

That was a wild ride. Snowden was stateless after his passport was revoked and Russia accepted him in transit to another country.

Yeah. The US will find itself on the outside looking in while global trade resets. Fast track to a pariah state.

Died from mesothelioma, apparently. One of the rare “natural deaths” related to Epstein associates.

My understanding is that our debt burden now equals our GDP with interest payments about 1 trillion dollars annually. Looks like we’re headed into a debt spiral with an economy stalling. Not an economist, but it seems like a worst-case scenario.

Yep. “Safe America Media, LLC” was incorporated in Delaware on February 6th, 2025. Received a $143 million-dollar, expedited, emergency DHS contract on February 13th, 2025.

Delaware doesn’t require LLCs to list principal agents, so there’s no telling who is receiving this money without a court subpoena. Probably why she’s on the outs with Trump because he didn’t get to wet his beak.