Pete hegseth driving around DC with the alcohol sweats anxiously scanning the sky for shahed drones like henry hill in goodfellas.
counting or not counting shahed drones? 
I ended up reading the 2026 national defense strategy yesterday and it’s very embarrassing but something that stood out was that, despite the US states general hawkishness towards China and the Taiwan issue, there seems to be complete deference to an actual war with china. Of course these are just meaningless words that came from hegseths ChatGPT prompt, but there’s a vast contrast between the sections on the PRC and Iran for example.
It really feels like they don’t want that smoke and their best way forward is cooling down direct confrontational strategy and trying to use chinas pragmatism to their advantage when they fuck up because ultimately china just wants to trademaxxx.
Edit: there’s a good bit in there where they say, “China has dumped vast amounts of money into the PLA the past couple years, often at the expense of domestic priorities”
if it ain’t the pot calling the kettle black lmao
Five U.S. Air Force refuelling planes hit and damaged on the ground at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan air base following Iranian missile strike in recent days, according to two U.S. officials - WSJ
Amazing how far not bombing children gets you
We get closer every day
South Korea's President was reportedly upset over the decision, and voiced his opposition to the "US withdrawal of some air defense weapons, but we [South Korea] cannot fully enforce our opinion."
Funny how that happens
Pairing this information with the doomsday plane that's otw 
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