Will planes getting shot down change anyone's approach to the war?

#Iran #MiddleEast 

RantWoman takes a realist view of videos such as this one. It is useful to know how other people think even if one disagrees with multiple implied premises.

Iran Just Shot Down Two US Jets – War Enters Deadly New Phase

Trump CRASHES OUT as 4 MORE US AIRCRAFT HIT in WAR!!!

Trump PANICS as CENTCOM GOES SILENT in WAR!!!!

Trump's ALARMING Flip-Flop Over Iran War

Iran Takes HUGE HIT By U.S.

Forget about thr bridge destruction because US planes go shot down.

From Al Jazeera

What might end Israel's war on Iran? | Inside Story

short explanation of game theory

Mehdi Hasan vs. ‘Professor’ Jiang

"Professor" Jiang says Iran has strategic advantage

Will President #StableGenius send ground troops ...?

Also about Israel

Israelis LOSE FAITH IN WAR

And other vids of the day.

Let's swap military leadership in the middle of a war

Hegseth's Mass Firings Is Going To End Badly...

And speaking of Pam Bondi

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - April 2 | Audio Only

What's Going on with Shipping today: SOME ships going through the Strait of Hormuz

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz

RantWoman is presenting coverage from sources she considers well-informed. Presenting information is not necessarily endorsement of specific policy recommendations.

 Random takeaways:

President #StableGenius is bonkers. For example US Merchant Marine academy cadets stuck on ships in the Persian Gulf.

One reference to something US troops MIGHT be doing 

Ship passage appears to be in national territorial waters, Iran to the N and someone else to the S.

RantWoman cynical comment: the oil market is global. If global prices go up, US oil companies are going to make out like bandits at least for awhile.

Sal says it could take MONTHS to straighten out the impact on world trade of having the Strait of Hormuz closed as long as it has been.

Recreational Blood Pressure elevation but not only from Ambassador Bolton

#Iran

#NuclearWeapons

RantWoman definitely does not share every assumption articulated by Ambassador Bolton but does find some of his commentary informative and relevant. 

RantWoman will spell out issues with assumptions elsewhere.

Rep. Moskowitz is my hero: oversight of the Pentagon compared to just taking an ax to US-AID

 2.5 TRILLION dollars cannot be accounted for by the Pentagon.

And who has $200 BILLION for more #WarOfChoice in the middle east?

Channel description describes sources in general terms.

Comments refer to "AI slop." RantWoman caught one inaccuracy but is not going to listen again to point it out. Anyway, approach with care.

RantWoman is going to subscribe at least for a little while to see what gets cranked out and how the quality looks.

GENIUS trolling about the "Golden Dome"

 Ben Cohen NAILS IT.  No joke

RantWoman finds this gesture hilarious on multiple counts.

The US is down one AWACS and ...

#MiddleEast #Excursion

If a country has a little excursion that goes all "kinetic," but leaves a bunch of very expensive military hardware out in sight of satellites and much cheaper drones....

Can you spot the arguments that might be made for more, more, more defense spending?

Update and The real humanitarian disaster in the Strait of Hormuz: 20,000 mariners stuck with dwindling supplies, fuel, fresh food and water

#Iran #Shipping

Various takeaways:

President #StableGenius is apparently misrepresenting the degree to which the Strait of Hormuz is open, as in a daily single digit trickle of ships apparently sailing in Iranian territorial waters and paying a toll to Iran.

Interesting video of an actual shipping transiting the Strait.

Big ships are pretty resilient to missile and drone attacks

20,000 stuck on vessels with problems about supplies because the ships are not moving. See long description from X on the other side of the video

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Absolutely right to highlight the human tragedy behind the headlines. While geopolitics and shipping lanes dominate discussions, we must not forget the 20,000–40,000 seafarers trapped on stranded vessels in the Persian Gulf amid the ongoing conflict. Many face severe shortages of… https://t.co/feSjhTZTjn

— Pravesh Jain (@PRAVESHPARAS) April 1, 2026

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