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SamuelTheThird

(853 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 12:57 PM Yesterday

'Paranoid' Pentagon Officials Are Secretly Panicking [View all]

Pentagon officials are worried about Donald Trump’s Iran strikes spiraling out of control if they stick to his timeline.

While the president boasts that the strikes could continue for several more weeks, military leaders are sounding the alarm behind the scenes about U.S. air defense stockpiles running out if the fighting goes on that long.

“The mood here is intense and paranoid,” one insider told The Washington Post.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/paranoid-pentagon-officials-are-secretly-panicking/

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'Paranoid' Pentagon Officials Are Secretly Panicking [View all] SamuelTheThird Yesterday OP

Senator Mark Kelly and others have the solution to that problem. Permanut Yesterday #1

Hegserh's Generals would be wis to let the alcholic domestic abuser domestic abuser do the talking gordianot Yesterday #5

Aren't they getting a $1.5 trillion budget? newdeal2 Yesterday #2

;-{)..... Goonch Yesterday #3

Aren't new weapons built every year? dickthegrouch Yesterday #4

It's a very corrupt system SamuelTheThird Yesterday #6

Samuel, a lot of money is spent on crony owned outfits and not on needed "nuts and bolts" harumph 18 hrs ago #15

Planners are right to be worried Deminpenn Yesterday #7

"BRACs of the 90s" - I had to look that up Alice Kramden 23 hrs ago #10

Sorry, should have typed that acronym out Deminpenn 19 hrs ago #13

oh come on, I'm sure Trump and Kegseth are on top of it Skittles 23 hrs ago #8

I'm Sure They'll Blame Biden modrepub 23 hrs ago #9

Tariffs impacting manufacturing supply chain? pfitz59 23 hrs ago #11

No, most of parts are made in the US, but Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #14

Pentagon Officials are a little late HighFired49 22 hrs ago #12

So, they're not worried about the killing of innocents or an unprovoked and illegal preemptive strike? VegasVet 12 hrs ago #16

Hmmmmmm PuraVidaDreamin 7 hrs ago #17