That $40bil could have fixed so many bridges.
Epic FuryEpstein DistractionIs the Strait of Hormuz open yet like it was before the idiot and the alcoholic got involved?
Well depends on who you ask, Iran announced they safely escorted like 60 ships through in spite of the blockade, so yes, the strait is open for business with Iran, if you’re there to make business, not if you are there on holiday or on an imperial military expedition.
Operation Epstein Fury cost $29 billion?
Just the planes.
Epic Fury? More like Epic Fail
Epstein Fury
He went to war with Persia. When in history has anyone sane ever thought that it would be a great idea to invade Persia? Well, Alexander the Great did, although his sanity could be contested. Then again, that was the genius mastermind and legendary battlefield tactician and unparalleled military strategist Alexander the Great! The warrior poet, the philosopher king, Alexander Amun Re- a literal god!
If Trump is ANYTHING like Alexander the Great, he’ll have this wrapped all up in a neat little box in about yea two weeks or thereabouts.
Madness? THIS. IS. ‘MURICA!
Honestly though, they’re not worthy of the validation of comparing them to the actual Spartans who tried to hold the Hot Gates or even the stylized movie version, which I know they think they are. You know, a bunch of ripped, well oiled, half naked dudes doing very manly, very straight things.
Epic Fart
Four have been destroyed in the conflict so far, including three shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait
Among the other incidents recorded in the report are the crash of seven KC-135 stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft over friendly airspace, which could cost around $1.8bn to replace based on US Air Force budget estimates for previous replacement purchases.
In total, the 42 planes include four F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets, one F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter, one A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, seven KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft, one E-3 Sentry AWACS surveillance aircraft, two MC-130J Commando II aircraft, one HH-60W Jolly Green II rescue helicopter, 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones and one MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone.
The cost of replacing the aircraft are estimated to be around $7bn but valuations of the planes (some now out of production) and their potential replacements vary widely.
This sounds like Operation Epic Incompetence to me. Shot down by friendly fire? Crashing in friendly airspace? But no worries, $7B of additional debt-funded, taxpayer-guaranteed dollars will be flowing to the Regime’s buddies in MIC companies.
That doesn’t seem to be a very efficient and cost-effective use of military hardware …
Remember this the next time some politician says we don’t have money for services that would actually help US citizens.
Not that it’ll make a difference, but at least you’ll know you were right as the world burns down around you.
Please tell me “Epic Fury” isn’t the actual name. It sounds like something a 13yo boy would come up with after slamming a case of Monster.
Rumor has it that it was named as such, in an attempt to have Epic Fury come up as the autocomplete first when typing Epstein Files in your browser.
It is. We have cringy edgelords in charge of our military right now.
Kegsbreath is basically a toddler addicted to alcohol
It genuinely is the actual name, because Hegseth genuinely is that cringe.
You are only now learning of this? I envy you for the bliss you have lived not knowing of operation Epic Cringe. If Musk was still President, I’d 100% pin him as the author of the name.
I’m watching the economics and anything indicating it’s over. I try not to watch Hegseth himself since his generals speech. He’s like the schoolyard bully’s favorite bitch all growed up, trying to compensate.
Bro, solid information source, economics provide tangible, determinable, meaningul points of information, which is the opposite of what you get from Hegseth & Friends.
You haven’t missed much, basically, Trump has made grotesque threats then backed down from them. Habitually. He’s a habitual down backer.
CRINGE WARNING
Beat to let the man himself answer that for you…
https://youtube.com/shorts/sgcQGa43wWU
Yuuuup!
The man is increasing the deficit by billions an hour. Billions.
Yet the USD isn’t going down, yet.
Operation Epic Boondoggle
Yeah. Totally worth it. For crying out loud.
Wait…‘or lost’. You mean lost like you can’t find them?
‘lost’ in this context would normally mean ‘destroyed’
Yes, lost, like the Lost Army of Cambyses in 500 BC, a Persian force 50,000 man strong, took a wrong turn in the desert and disappeared without a trace. Happens all the time. Almost certainly what happened to these planes too. Just lost in the desert.
Hope they were super cheap!
