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#1

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 09:50:01 AM

Source?

Just a hunch. Trump likes his military spectaculars done on the weekends.

Well, that would have to be an invasion that occurs only in the imaginations of Trump or others because as already noted just yesterday, the amphibious Marines are still about two or three weeks away from arriving.

#2

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 09:48:09 AM

That's also why you hear so few Canadian CEOs, who are federally regulated say anything publicly. Very few of them are bilingual.

As always, the best and brightest rarely end up in positions of power. A very simple requirement to be able to speak French at a toddler level is too much for these incompetent morons.

You are paid millions a year and you can't do this elementary school easy bullshit that any 8 year old could do? What a disgrace.

They mainly come from the US or were educated in American universities.  And federally regulated companies rarely pay their CEOs millions a year.

Look when I interviewed to work for Samsung here in Austin (I did not get the job just FYI) I was told that to go very far in that company I was going to have to learn Korean and they would supply Korean lessons. They had a special Korean language classroom in the building and everything. All the managers, all Americans, had taken the time to learn Korean to the point they could communicate with upper management in Korea. If our monolingual Texas asses can learn fucking Korean for the sake of our middle management careers surely it shouldn't be hard to teach us French. Once money is at stake it is amazing how bilingual we can become.

This just shows Canadian companies don't really care.

I see so in the US the company tells the CEO what to do. I'm not sure that that's how it works but if it makes you feel better to think that way then OK

I feel zero percent better seeing more confirmation morons who lack the ability to do even the most menial simple tasks are given enormous power. I am not sure why it fucking would. These guys are held to no standards, it is pathetic.

At least you are coming closer to understanding where the blame lies.

When we are educate are business elites in US universities it should not be surprising to us that things like Canadian bilingual priorities are not important to them.

#3

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 08:45:23 AM

Calgary zoo got a polar bear from a zoo in qc. Polar bear does not understand training commands in English. Nobody at the Calgary zoo could be arsed to learn like 10 commands in French. They're flying in a QC trainer as, I quote "transitioning the bear to learn commands in English ".

Canada: where we're so francophobic that it's easier to teach a polar bear English than an Albertan 10 sentences in French.

In Belgium we call that mentality: "Et pour les flamands la même chose". Mainly encountered in Brussels.
Just saying that it sounds very familiar.

[between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets.]

#4

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 08:20:19 AM

France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down

https://www.france24.com/en/france-confirms-oil-crisis-says-30-40-gulf-energy-infrastructure-destroyed

I don't think there will be many airlines around next July.

#5

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 07:20:56 AM

Trump is okay with that, and so are his cronies, because putin is an upstanding guy

#6

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 06:53:59 AM

According to this satellite image taken by Landsat 8/9, it appears that, in addition to the KC-135R Stratotankers of the U.S. Air Force, at least one or two E-3G Sentry AWACS has also been destroyed in the ballistic missile strike carried out by the IRGC Aerospace Force at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on March 27, 2026.

In fact, it appears that, the primary target of the IRGCASF was the E-3Gs of the USAF parked there, not the KC-135Rs. However, they also managed to destroy several KC-135Rs.

https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2037766590343631338


Losing a couple of AWACS is going to fuck up the sortie rate. The russians and Chinese probably helped with satellite data. So basically they can only use Israeli and Jordanian airfields semi-safely for their fighters. Every other Gulf airbase and radar installation has been knocked out.

#7

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Threviel - Today at 06:35:51 AM

Always unfortunate with casualties, but all American equipment destroyed increases our security.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by The Brain - Today at 05:46:06 AM

Is that the same missile-to-target value ratio as the US strikes?

[Multiple refueling aircraft and an E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane are among the aircraft damaged, according to preliminary information. A photo showed significant damage to an E-3, but the image could not be independently confirmed.]

#9

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 05:31:15 AM

Multiple American service members were wounded and some aircraft were damaged in a March 27 Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Around 10 service members were wounded, two seriously, according to initial reports.

An Iranian missile struck the base, injuring the service members. Multiple drones were also used in the attack.

A spokesperson for U.S. Central Command declined to comment.

Multiple refueling aircraft and an E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane are among the aircraft damaged, according to preliminary information. A photo showed significant damage to an E-3, but the image could not be independently confirmed.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-forces-saudi-arabia-iran-attack/

#10

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 04:27:16 AM

Houthis have decided to join the war, they're starting to launch ballistic missiles into Israel.