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Brett Wilkins Jun 16, 2025

Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war.

Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israelcalled an "unprecedented mass deployment" to Europe.

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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

I'm seeing a lot of posts drumming up war hype and WW3 fears but there is nothing to fight. Iran is already cooked and no one is wants to do a ground invasion of Iran. Iran's allies have abandoned them. This is american security preparing for possible counter attacks and bombing targets, not a full on war. Iran is already at war with Isreal.

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[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Early 2000's era nostalgia goin real hard

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Operation Desert Shield, redux, again. Hey at least the music of the era is relevant again

https://youtu.be/VI3C6MROOvY

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

The worst part of anti-war music is that it never stops being relevant. Blast off! It's party time!

[–] catty@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I fucking hate this rhetoric which is: OIL! GAS! BUY OIL! BUY GAS! KEEP PUTIN HAPPY! OIL! GAS!

No one was taking the 'war' between Israel and Iran seriously last week after the initial surge in oil price because the USA was like... "yeah, nah". Now, after a quick call from Putin and bam, all this BS about how the US is pandering for war to drive commodity and share prices up when it's a nothingburger.

Remember kids, buy oil, buy gas and do as you're told.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I think RATM had something to say about your last 4 words

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

A-10 movement always preceeds ground deployments. They moved those to Kuwait at the end of March. This has been coming for a while, its not an unplanned thing like it appears.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Where are those informations diskussed? If the information was out in March then Lemmy as a whole is not good at filtering the relevant news.

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[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 33 points 20 hours ago

We need to fix the voting system. ALL pacs should be banned and campaign spending should be limited.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (4 children)

worry not. remember this is TACO Don... he'll chicken out again

[–] sudo@programming.dev 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

This comment will age poorly if he don't.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

that's not even in the list of things I'd consider giving a fuck about

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

It'll just change to TOCO, Trump Occasionally Chickens Out

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

He also said if he was president there'd be no more wars, so this obviously totally super duperly cannot happen.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a war, it's a special military operation.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Only for a day

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

He openly calls service members suckers and losers. I dont know that he much cares whats done with them.

[–] CanadaPlus 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah, it seems fairly impossible he'll get fully into the war, and even lending a few bunker busters would be surprising when that's risking a blowback on American forces.

I would guess that Trump is expecting Khamenei to cave, because that's what he'd do. Most likely, he won't, Trump will be confused, and this will drag on and on until a regional nuclear exchange is on the table.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

it works in russias favor since its redirecting some resources from the ukrainian front, its not a coindence that this is occuring at the same time russia was having larger losses.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Who is exchanging nukes in that? Israel and who else?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

Reciprocal nukes like Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

So NOW they want to have bases in Europe?

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

US is going to be bankrupt by the time he is done his second term.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago

I mean, that's just on brand for him. If anything, he has shown a talent for bankrupcy.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Ueah. Yeah its pretty fucked.

The shitty thing is: this mother fucker woild love iranian culture. It's super good at all the shit he fakes like gold plated shit.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

he loves russia more.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 24 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Well, so much for peace talks.

[–] demunted@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours ago

When you are 0/2 why go for 3.....

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

WW3 Here we go! 🎉🥳

/s

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Any tips? Like do I hoard rice, beans, sugar, spices, things I can trade with other people?

Should I get a pro-grade slingshot, maybe a bow and arrow?

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

Hoard stuff that you want to actually eat

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Don't ask me for tips.

I'd probably just kill myself, I wouldn't have the will to live.

I hope reincarnation is real and I get to be born in an advanced post-scarcity civillization somewhere out there in the universe/multiverse where I can enjoy hundreds orntousands of years being a captain of a starship just mapping the universe.

Unfotunately, that's just me daydreaming, its too far fetched to be real.

(Okay maybe get some ham radios and some portable ones, stored in an EM-Shielded container with some solar panel batteries? Communication might be important. But, ask yourself: do you really want to live in a nuclear apocalypse?)

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[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 75 points 1 day ago (15 children)

This is basic dictator playbook, problems in domestic politics, start a war and problems change to foreign policy.

Putin has done this multiple times now, and Trump is following up.

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Wasn't Trump the peaceful dove?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Everyone knew he wasn't going to be able to curtail democratic elections without the excuse of a war. This is on schedule.

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[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 68 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Time to waste hundreds of billions defending israel while our infrastructure crumbles and our citizens still go without healthcare.

Again.

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