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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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[-] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump is after Iran's eggs, I guess. He promised the people of the US lower egg prices, he will get them from Iran.

How can people in the US be okay with this? Their quality of life has only decreased since Bush 2 started his wars of terror. A propagandized population driven to hate others and rally behind the president.

As unlikely as it may be, I hope the US loses quickly and decisively against Iran. Not in 20 years from now like in Afghanistan, but soon. I don't know what cards Iran has, what leverage they may have, but I hope they have something that enables them to inflict pain.

[-] Barberserk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Iran is defending, that's why the americans cannnot win this war. They don't have enough bombs to kill every iranian from the sky.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago

The people of the US have never seen a brutal invasion of the middle east they didn't support.

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