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Brett Wilkins Jun 16, 2025

Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war.

Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israelcalled an "unprecedented mass deployment" to Europe.

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[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 44 seconds ago

I fucking hate this rhetoric which is: OIL! GAS! BUY OIL! BUY GAS! KEEP PUTIN HAPPY! OIL! GAS!

No one was taking the 'war' between Israel and Iran seriously last week because the USA was like... "yeah, nah". Now, after a quick call from Putin and bam, all this BS about how the US is pandering for war when it's a nothingburger.

Remember kids, buy oil, buy gas and do as you're told.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 4 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Early 2000's era nostalgia goin real hard

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 26 minutes ago

Operation Desert Shield, redux, again. Hey at least the music of the era is relevant again

https://youtu.be/VI3C6MROOvY

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

A-10 movement always preceeds ground deployments. They moved those to Kuwait at the end of March. This has been coming for a while, its not an unplanned thing like it appears.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

worry not. remember this is TACO Don... he'll chicken out again

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

He also said if he was president there'd be no more wars, so this obviously totally super duperly cannot happen.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 36 minutes ago

It's not a war, it's a special military operation.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

He openly calls service members suckers and losers. I dont know that he much cares whats done with them.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it seems fairly impossible he'll get fully into the war, and even lending a few bunker busters would be surprising when that's risking a blowback on American forces.

I would guess that Trump is expecting Khamenei to cave, because that's what he'd do. Most likely, he won't, Trump will be confused, and this will drag on and on until a regional nuclear exchange is on the table.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Who is exchanging nukes in that? Israel and who else?

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Hasn't Iran been talking about ramping up nuclear weapons production since like the end of last year? I don't think they're actually a nuclear capable nation but I could see them posturing like they are

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 minutes ago

Iran or Iran's spilnter states. They have several bombs worth of uranium that's almost ready.

I doubt the US would get involved, and nobody else is going to for sure.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Reciprocal nukes like Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 22 points 5 hours ago

We need to fix the voting system. ALL pacs should be banned and campaign spending should be limited.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

So NOW they want to have bases in Europe?

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

US is going to be bankrupt by the time he is done his second term.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

I mean, that's just on brand for him. If anything, he has shown a talent for bankrupcy.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Ueah. Yeah its pretty fucked.

The shitty thing is: this mother fucker woild love iranian culture. It's super good at all the shit he fakes like gold plated shit.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

WW3 Here we go! 🎉🥳

/s

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago (2 children)

Any tips? Like do I hoard rice, beans, sugar, spices, things I can trade with other people?

Should I get a pro-grade slingshot, maybe a bow and arrow?

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 33 minutes ago

Hoard stuff that you want to actually eat

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 40 minutes ago

Don't ask me for tips.

I'd probably just kill myself, I wouldn't have the will to live.

I hope reincarnation is real and I get to be born in an advanced post-scarcity civillization somewhere out there in the universe/multiverse where I can enjoy hundreds orntousands of years being a captain of a starship just mapping the universe.

Unfotunately, that's just me daydreaming, its too far fetched to be real.

(Okay maybe get some ham radios and some portable ones, stored in an EM-Shielded container with some solar panel batteries? Communication might be important. But, ask yourself: do you really want to live in a nuclear apocalypse?)

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well, so much for peace talks.

[–] demunted@lemmy.ml 1 points 35 minutes ago

When you are 0/2 why go for 3.....

[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 13 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I discovered this on another post comment but I think it belongs here more:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nCP3LZoxABs

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