Originally posted by snidera: Never attribute to malice that which can be easily explained by stupidity.
Or a breakdown in procedures, like when USS Saratoga famously demonstrated in a 1992 NATO exercise that an aircraft carrier can successfully mission-kill a destroyer with Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles.
Or maybe they had a busty nurse come into conn at the wrong moment.
2020 is turning out to be one hell of a year for Iran, one headliner after another Nov-Jan - civil protests and demonstrations against rising fuel prices and poor economic conditions by the government, spiral into riots Jan - IRGC chief Soleimani is killed in IraqJan - IRGC accidentally shoots down Ukraine airliner taking off from Tehran Int'l Airport Feb-Apl - Wuhan virus infects broad swath of population including members of parliament and senior ruling officials, deaths are rumored into 40k
After this, the head of their navy said "Hey Abdullah, hold my falafel."
_______________________ “The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” Ayn Rand
“If we relinquish our rights because of fear, what is it exactly, then, we are fighting for?” Sen. Rand Paul
