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

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:53 PM

17 hrs ago

under their headline: "Trump says the Iran campaign might last a week or longer, but dwindling stockpiles could limit his options"

Raw Story bungled their headline

Archive link to WSJ article: https://archive.ph/t4DK4

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US troops in Iran racing against the clock before running out of ammo: report [View all] BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP

The planning phase was skipped UpInArms 18 hrs ago #1

Planning? WHat's that? Amaryllis 16 hrs ago #21

Do you expect me to believe Retrograde 13 hrs ago #44

"Hic!Seth" Skittles 13 hrs ago #45

Logistics is too "woke" Old Testament Libera 10 hrs ago #50

"Sir, we don't have ammunition!" - Trump, Oct. 2017 Grins 10 hrs ago #52

Gee Donald, maybe you should have thought of that C_U_L8R 18 hrs ago #2

And it never occurred to Kegsbreath... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #3

Runs out of ammo but never runs out of beer. dem4decades 17 hrs ago #18

When he was confirmed he swore that he wouldn't drink while was Secretary of Defense... SeattleVet 16 hrs ago #24

Hegseth is an extremist... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #57

Let ICE send some. Traildogbob 18 hrs ago #4

Bibi doesn't care how many American GIs get snuffed. Klarkashton 18 hrs ago #5

Trump doesn't either. ananda 18 hrs ago #6

Bibi, like Donald, doesn't care how many lives, johnnyfins 17 hrs ago #7

Fact... sheshe2 17 hrs ago #9

Bibi is ready fight Iran right down to the last American. calguy 15 hrs ago #35

*facepalm* sakabatou 17 hrs ago #8

Sounds like they've adopted Russia's 'No Supply Lines' strategy NeoTrajan 17 hrs ago #10

Terrible lede...U.S. troops are not 'in Iran'. They are shooting at Iran from the Gulf States. pecosbob 17 hrs ago #11

I don't have a sub to the WSJ (for obvious reasons) BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #12

I saw this and wasted about ten minutes markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #19

This debsy 16 hrs ago #20

"US troops in Iran"? DavidDvorkin 17 hrs ago #13

Very sloppy writing from them. They apparently mean our bases in the region. highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #14

That makes much more sense. DavidDvorkin 17 hrs ago #15

They have a link at the bottom of the story for reporting corrections and typos. highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #16

Sloppy, or deliberately misleading? Martin Eden 16 hrs ago #23

Probably not, but it might've been a less experienced journalist using Ai, though there's no note highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #34

Just did some checking, and they do use some AI: highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #37

US Troops... Old Testament Libera 10 hrs ago #51

RawStory tends to like their click baity headlines. progressoid 16 hrs ago #30

They also use AI, as I just discovered. See reply 37. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #38

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

Nice to let eveyone know.....Donald said this would be a 4-5 day operation Historic NY 12 hrs ago #47

'You go into an illegal war with the ammo you have, not the amount of ammo you actually need'. - Rummy nt Exp 16 hrs ago #22

This whole thing is giving me a fright hibbing 15 hrs ago #39

Harder perhaps b/c we've lived through the history of these wars of choice and regime change. nt Exp 1 hr ago #58

I second that facepalm. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #25

what does "IN IRAN" mean? We have boots on the ground there??? LymphocyteLover 16 hrs ago #26

Was someone using the ammo jet to go to a hockey game? Just checking. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #27

Wish it was that simple. paleotn 16 hrs ago #29

Well, that answers my question from yesterday morning... paleotn 16 hrs ago #28

Fucking unacceptable that we are THAT short on important weapons this quickly. Callie1979 16 hrs ago #31

Issue on ships is that SM2 anti air missile system can not be reloaded at sea. Not a total inventory issue.... dutch777 16 hrs ago #32

MAGA make america grenades again !! CountAllVotes 16 hrs ago #33

As an old veteran, I will never let anyone talk about slightlv 15 hrs ago #36

In his first term, Trump loudly claimed that the military was low on ammunition. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #40

"Top generals with tears in their eyes", no less... nt Shipwack 7 hrs ago #55

i can donate a shovel or a bucket with a hole Tetrachloride 15 hrs ago #41

Never mind Sun Tzu, BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #42

As an ex military NCO MaineNative 14 hrs ago #43

WTF planned this Epic Fuckup Historic NY 12 hrs ago #46

So now we are going down the same path Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #48

I used to go back and forth - BlueSpot 11 hrs ago #49

He who runs out of soldiers and weapons first loses a war. Aussie105 9 hrs ago #53

Those hypersonic missiles were promised to Israel 3,000 years ago. menzmag 8 hrs ago #54

Was that little green men from Mars that promised them? KS Toronado 57 min ago #59

The USA has the most powerful military in the world... Layzeebeaver 6 hrs ago #56