The Americans in the Middle East are taken aback by the enormous quantities of Shaheed drones being fired by Iran. That is why Zelensky wondered aloud what American strategists have been doing for the past four years.

A valid question, because it was Iran that supplied Russia with thousands of Shaheed drones.

The Ukrainians who are now supposed to assist the Americans are baffled by how the Americans are trying to shoot down the Shaheeds. They literally saw an example where six exorbitantly expensive Patriot missiles were fired at a single Shaheed drone costing only a few tens of thousands of euros. The Patriots cost a million each, and currently only 800 can be manufactured per year.

The Americans are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and they don't seem to care at all.

It is therefore no surprise that they need another 200 billion dollars. Whereas Ukraine has become incredibly resourceful and can do a lot with little money, Americans can do very little for a lot of money.

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On 24 Mar 2026, Joseph Pereira said the following...

The Americans are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and they don't
seem to care at all.

Cuba is soon to be free...

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Re: What have American defense strategists been up to?
By: Joseph Pereira to All on Tue Mar 24 2026 07:56 am

It is therefore no surprise that the
need another 200 billion dollars.
Whereas Ukraine has become incredibl
resourceful and can do a lot with
little money, Americans can do very
little for a lot of money.

It has been baffling to watch. Of
course the short answer is that the
military is slow to adjust.

When I was in the Army, very briefly,
09-13, I was in the 1-509th Infantry.
For those who don't know, that's part
of JRTC, a training center for the
Army. Around the time I was getting out
we were transitioning from replicating
Taliban and Iraqi militias to starting
to mimic what we percieved Iranian
ground forces might might like. Now,
in 2011-2012, no one was thinkin of
drones in the way that you see from
Ukraine, Russia, and Iran. We had
a small set of drones, I don't know
the exact count, just for
reconaissance.


Now, that was 13 years ago, but it's
only since the Ukraine invasion tht
the full scope of drone warfare
has revealed itself between near
peer militaries. So it's not
surprising tht the US hasn't had
time to really craft actual doctrine
and prepare for this fight at scale.


Which is more reason why this war is
fuckin stupid, we haven't even
adjusted to the situation on the
ground yet and we want to go in
swining our dicks. Well our
cock is about to get teeth marks.



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Re: Re: What have American defense strategists been up to?
By: IB Joe to Joseph Pereira on Tue Mar 24 2026 10:05 am

Cuba is soon to be free...

How is a Cuba under our boot any more
free than you think they aren't under
their current government? Why are we
still doin Cold War shit? Let them
have their Communist government as
long as want and if they want to rebel
let them do so. They can handle their
own domestic issues. End the
embargo and let them get on with their
lives.


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On 25 Mar 2026, Max Stubbs said the following...

Cuba is soon to be free...

How is a Cuba under our boot any more
free than you think they aren't under
their current government? Why are we
still doin Cold War shit? Let them
have their Communist government as
long as want and if they want to rebel
let them do so. They can handle their
own domestic issues. End the
embargo and let them get on with their
lives.

In these types of governments who has the guns?? Not the citizens, the government has them. ~30-40K people killed in one week in Iran as the people protested their government.

Try to escape and or protest in North Korea and live to talk about it.

People swim 90 nautical miles in shark infested water to escape Cuba.

I personally know Cubans and they are excited about the chance to be free from their governments tyranny.

Trump has taken the Monroe Doctrine and added a twist to it... and now it's called the Donroe Doctrine.

https://youtu.be/ZsJAD8IX2PE?si=AGGBlozCgN6B88hn

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Re: Re: What have American defense strate
By: IB Joe to Max Stubbs on Thu Mar 26 2026 07:51 pm

In these types of governments who ha
the guns?? Not the citizens, the
government has them. ~30-40K people
killed in one week in Iran as the
people protested their government.

Try to escape and or protest in Nort
Korea and live to talk about it.

People swim 90 nautical miles in sha
infested water to escape Cuba.

I personally know Cubans and they ar
excited about the chance to be free
from their governments tyranny.

Trump has taken the Monroe Doctrine
added a twist to it... and now it's
called the Donroe Doctrine.

At no point did you explain why what
Cuba is doing is our problem this lon
after the Cold War has ended and they
have no means of harming the US. And I
would ask, do you know Cubans recently
off the island, or are we speaking abou
the diaspora that was exiled after the
Cuban revolution? That does make a
difference. I'd rather hear the opinion
of someone currently living there,
rather than the opinion of someone that
has been here for 50 years.


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