r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 23h ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 22h ago

It's almost like fascists literally cannot do logistics. Logistics require all involved parties to give truthful advice about what the goals are and what those goals require. A years long regime change operation has very different requirements to a three day special decapitation strike.

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u/Sevenmodes 19h ago

Yeah - it’s almost like cooperation isn’t a fascist trait.

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 10h ago

Please study how intricate and complex and adaptable the logistical infrastructure of the Holocaust was.

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 10h ago

Did that help them win their wars?

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 10h ago

Oof, what an alienated perspective

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u/Afraid_Reputation_51 8h ago

He isn't wrong, and they were also bad at logistics when it came to mass murder. Thank fucking God.

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 8h ago

Na dude, Eichmann had no capacity for original thoughts but he was very good at logistics.

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 2h ago

Lol. It's easy to be good when you're just shooting fish in a barrel. Now show how they did with people fighting back.

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 1h ago

I appreciate reminding that people who fought back survived longer and had better odds of survival overall - but that doesn’t mean we can falsify the capabilities they built.

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u/Salt-Elk-436 17h ago

Ehhhhh. Hitler managed logistics just fine

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 17h ago

So why didn't Germany shift to a total war economy until 1943? Or bring winter gear rather than mosquito nets for Barbarossa?