aquascoot wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 7:32am:



Dear Aqua,
learn how to resize pics:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 11:23am:



There are internet rumors that 100s of Americans have been killed -
many of them civilian contractors working at American Middle East bases.


The truth is being covered up.

Overnight, a drone attack from Tehran hit an airport in Nakhchivan, injuring four civilians and sparking threats of retaliation from the Azerbaijani government.

Azerbaijan Muslims are mostly Shia but Azeris and Persians have long time history of rivalry, since Iran vs Turan confrontation. Turkey may be drawn in if Azerbaijan vs Iran flare goes out of control.

Meantime Iraqi Kurds declared that they don't want to help US against Iran remembering American betrayal in Syria.

Starmer is a gay coward

Did you bang those three sisters down your way in Melbourne last week Bobby?

Bobby. wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 5:57pm:

I guess not.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 11:23am:


His salute was sloppy, and he didn't even bother to take off his cap.

So embarrassing that even Fox News felt the need to run footage from a year ago rather than show the actual moment of Trump greeting the soldiers.

That tells you everything you need to know. If the network that normally runs interference for him would rather pretend the footage doesn't exist, it's because the reality is too pathetic to defend.

And yet we're supposed to believe he deeply cares about the troops he's sending into harm's way, whether it's six of them or twelve hundred. The evidence, both in conduct and in consequence, suggests otherwise.

ProudKangaroo wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 4:45pm:



The US has covered up casualties before:



It is historically accurate that the full, staggering scale of American casualties during the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945) was not immediately disclosed to the American public, although it was not a total, long-term secret. The military intentionally delayed and softened reporting on the massive losses to protect home-front morale and prevent the enemy from gauging the effectiveness of their offensive.


Key Aspects of the Casualty Reporting and Secrecy:


Magnitude of Losses: The battle was the largest and deadliest for the US in WWII, with over 80,000 to 89,500 total casualties, including roughly 19,000 to 20,000 killed.


Initial Suppression: Official channels and media were strictly controlled by wartime censorship, which prohibited reporting that could aid the enemy. The Pentagon kept a "Chamber of Horrors" file of censored photos of dead or severely wounded US soldiers.


Reasons for Secrecy: The primary goal was to prevent panic on the home front and keep the German command from understanding how heavily they had impacted the Allied lines.


The "Slow Drip" of Information: Rather than a sudden announcement of 80,000+ casualties, information was released gradually, which minimized the initial shock of the devastating blow.


While the numbers were not released immediately, the severe, ongoing nature of the fighting in the Ardennes was not entirely hidden from the public, but the true, massive cost was managed to maintain public support for the war effort.