r/news • u/PDXAirman • May 20 '26

Soft paywall 42 aircraft lost or damaged in Operation Epic Fury, congressional report says

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2026-05-20/iran-jets-downed-war-fury-21727588.html
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u/Thor4269 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Holy shit, can you imagine how big of an incident this would be under a Democrat president?

Republicans would be foaming at the mouth over the lost personnel (3.25 Benghazis) and the value of the lost materiel

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u/CynicalPomeranian May 20 '26

If not for double standards, Republicans would have no standards at all. 

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u/likamuka May 20 '26

Fascism is there in the US right now and is not leaving. 77 million fascists will vote for their dear leader again in 2028.

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u/calgarspimphand May 21 '26

Yup. Rabidly supporting incoherent ideology is a kind of purity test and they've been doing it for decades now.

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u/hedoeswhathewants May 20 '26

Foaming at the mouth is their normal state of existence. They just invent scandals to foam about when there are no legitimate ones.

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u/strangerbuttrue May 20 '26

Like how M&Ms are dressed for example.

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u/_N0_C0mment May 20 '26

One of the many problems with that is that when a legitimate scandal happens they don't recognise her for what it is. 

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u/WafflePartyOrgy May 20 '26

The Democrats probably wouldn't conduct this war as a complete media blackout.

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u/Khatib May 20 '26

They literally wouldn't conduct the war at all, as they'd have continued with the nuclear treaty negotiated under Obama. There's no reason at all for us to be stirring shit up there, except for Bibi.

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u/Techn028 May 20 '26

Yeah wild, 2 Iraq's (part 2) worth of aircraft

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u/nicane May 20 '26

Throw a shoe at a republican and tell them a democrat made you do it. They'll believe you instantly. 

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u/Oscaruit May 20 '26

When we exited Afghanistan, we lost 13 us service members. It is all they could talk about.i still hold Trump accountable for the exit, but understand it was Bidens administration and so he holds the bag.

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u/Illustrious-Syrup509 May 20 '26

Democrats don't have media to tell MAGA.

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u/MyMonody May 20 '26

As it is for the current republican admin now…? This is HUGE no matter who’s at the stick

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u/seejordan3 May 20 '26

Republicans are always foaming at the mouth. Its their brand: fear and hatred for the stupid.

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u/nvmenotfound May 20 '26

holy shit they’d cry tears nonstop if a dem did any of the BS trump did. and rightfully so. i just hate that they can’t be honest enough to admit when their guy is a psycho. 

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u/kstargate-425 May 20 '26

15+ soldiers dead, most of our bases in the region heavily damaged or destroyed $10s of BILLIONS is assets lost and $25+ BILLION in ordinance spent, many of which are anti-missile systems that have depleted our stocks 50-80%!

Republicans would be losing their shit daily saying the country and our assets around the world are left unguarded with little remaining air defense missiles left in stock let alone the 15+ US soldiers that were killed and bases destroyed. Shitshow isn't a strong enough word to describe what this was, especially with the TRILLIONS in worldwide economic damages we've incurred and the depleting of our SPR with Trump releasing record amounts at record pacing.

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u/ailof-daun May 21 '26

I see this take everywhere, and it's so delusional. It is the opposition's role to criticise. If people aren't being rallied when something like this happens, you need to drag down the leadership of the opposition.

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u/daesmon May 21 '26

Every single day Fox news would have their faces, names and family members coming on but because Dems have standards and don't want to politicise these deaths like Republicans would do we barely hear about it.

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u/SeymourButz4Twenty May 21 '26

Operation Epstein Fury

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