Walter Matthau in aeronautic form

I think I'mma print this one out for my bulletin board so I can keep score at home...

This may happen, or this may not. I've been hearing this rumor for weeks if not longer via Telegram. The author perpetuating this story is pro-Ukraine, but zealously anti-Zelenskiy since his election.

This smacks of an externally influenced 'divide and conquer' strategy, by sowing confusion and internal dissent.

Impressive GIMP work

Edit: Found via https://t.me/combat_ftg/5675

Sauce: Osinttechnical

"New announcement from the DOD this evening, in response to “recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East Region”, the US will deploy the Eisenhower CSG to the CENTCOM AOR, along with an additional THAAD ABM battery and PATRIOT SAM battalions."

Also: please enjoy my absolute awful first attempt at animated gif memeing. "Yes it's bad, and indeed I feel bad, Rear Admiral Zoidberg..." (Warning: Possibly seizure-inducing)

You're not wrong, however you might be taking it more seriously than intended. It's somewhat satirical; like many meme communities, it embraces the absurdity as self-parody.

Baba Yaga, baba ganoush I'll take either

I've only ever been a government contractor, never military myself, but you quickly learn that some acronyms were destined to be enunciated as-is, rather than spelt out.

"ATACMS" was just so natural

I'm as all in on NCD is anybody else, but my LORD that is a really good cover of the Beach boys 😮

It's okay to be 'wrong' in science within the observable world, much of Newton's theories were rendered nearly obsolete by Einstein, but Newtonian physics was "good enough" until technology improved, and was "good enough" for most of his generation and later:

"While general relativity has been more precise, Newtonian gravity is still incredibly accurate and can be used for simpler situations. General relativity uses complex calculus that makes it difficult to compute. But Einstein has opened up the world to more complex physics, like black holes and gravitational waves that continue to develop our understanding of the universe. " https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/programs/cosmictimes/educators/workshops/docs/InquiringIntoNatureUniverse/Newton_Einstein_FactCards.pdf

Epistemology allows for us to work within the framework of knowledge we currently have until something better is proven to be the case.