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2. Gee Donald, maybe you should have thought of that

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:54 PM

Mar 1

before you went and made a mess of things.

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US troops in Iran racing against the clock before running out of ammo: report [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 1 OP

The planning phase was skipped UpInArms Mar 1 #1

Planning? WHat's that? Amaryllis Mar 1 #21

Do you expect me to believe Retrograde Mar 1 #44

"Hic!Seth" Skittles Mar 1 #45

Logistics is too "woke" Old Testament Libera Monday #50

"Sir, we don't have ammunition!" - Trump, Oct. 2017 Grins Monday #52

Gee Donald, maybe you should have thought of that C_U_L8R Mar 1 #2

And it never occurred to Kegsbreath... GiqueCee Mar 1 #3

Runs out of ammo but never runs out of beer. dem4decades Mar 1 #18

When he was confirmed he swore that he wouldn't drink while was Secretary of Defense... SeattleVet Mar 1 #24

Hegseth is an extremist... GiqueCee Monday #57

Let ICE send some. Traildogbob Mar 1 #4

Bibi doesn't care how many American GIs get snuffed. Klarkashton Mar 1 #5

Trump doesn't either. ananda Mar 1 #6

Bibi, like Donald, doesn't care how many lives, johnnyfins Mar 1 #7

Fact... sheshe2 Mar 1 #9

Bibi is ready fight Iran right down to the last American. calguy Mar 1 #35

*facepalm* sakabatou Mar 1 #8

Sounds like they've adopted Russia's 'No Supply Lines' strategy NeoTrajan Mar 1 #10

Terrible lede...U.S. troops are not 'in Iran'. They are shooting at Iran from the Gulf States. pecosbob Mar 1 #11

I don't have a sub to the WSJ (for obvious reasons) BumRushDaShow Mar 1 #12

I saw this and wasted about ten minutes markodochartaigh Mar 1 #19

This debsy Mar 1 #20

"US troops in Iran"? DavidDvorkin Mar 1 #13

Very sloppy writing from them. They apparently mean our bases in the region. highplainsdem Mar 1 #14

That makes much more sense. DavidDvorkin Mar 1 #15

They have a link at the bottom of the story for reporting corrections and typos. highplainsdem Mar 1 #16

Sloppy, or deliberately misleading? Martin Eden Mar 1 #23

Probably not, but it might've been a less experienced journalist using Ai, though there's no note highplainsdem Mar 1 #34

Just did some checking, and they do use some AI: highplainsdem Mar 1 #37

US Troops... Old Testament Libera Monday #51

RawStory tends to like their click baity headlines. progressoid Mar 1 #30

They also use AI, as I just discovered. See reply 37. highplainsdem Mar 1 #38

WSJ Headline is: "U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out" IronLionZion Mar 1 #17

Nice to let eveyone know.....Donald said this would be a 4-5 day operation Historic NY Monday #47

'You go into an illegal war with the ammo you have, not the amount of ammo you actually need'. - Rummy nt Exp Mar 1 #22

This whole thing is giving me a fright hibbing Mar 1 #39

Harder perhaps b/c we've lived through the history of these wars of choice and regime change. nt Exp Monday #58

I second that facepalm. Dave Bowman Mar 1 #25

what does "IN IRAN" mean? We have boots on the ground there??? LymphocyteLover Mar 1 #26

Was someone using the ammo jet to go to a hockey game? Just checking. twodogsbarking Mar 1 #27

Wish it was that simple. paleotn Mar 1 #29

Well, that answers my question from yesterday morning... paleotn Mar 1 #28

Fucking unacceptable that we are THAT short on important weapons this quickly. Callie1979 Mar 1 #31

Issue on ships is that SM2 anti air missile system can not be reloaded at sea. Not a total inventory issue.... dutch777 Mar 1 #32

MAGA make america grenades again !! CountAllVotes Mar 1 #33

As an old veteran, I will never let anyone talk about slightlv Mar 1 #36

In his first term, Trump loudly claimed that the military was low on ammunition. Norrrm Mar 1 #40

"Top generals with tears in their eyes", no less... nt Shipwack Monday #55

i can donate a shovel or a bucket with a hole Tetrachloride Mar 1 #41

Never mind Sun Tzu, BidenRocks Mar 1 #42

As an ex military NCO MaineNative Mar 1 #43

WTF planned this Epic Fuckup Historic NY Monday #46

So now we are going down the same path Figarosmom Monday #48

I used to go back and forth - BlueSpot Monday #49

He who runs out of soldiers and weapons first loses a war. Aussie105 Monday #53

Message auto-removed Name removed Monday #54

Was that little green men from Mars that promised them? KS Toronado Monday #59

The USA has the most powerful military in the world... Layzeebeaver Monday #56