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*[[Caitlin Johnstone]]: [https://thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/experts-warned-for-years-that-a-war-with-iran-would-happen-this-way Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way].
*[[Caitlin Johnstone]]: [https://thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/experts-warned-for-years-that-a-war-with-iran-would-happen-this-way Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way].
:"Trump’s former [[national security advisor]] [[John Bolton]] recently tweeted that other administration officials had warned the president to dismiss Bolton’s urging to attack Iran because of the easily foreseeable consequences of that war, saying “In 2018–2019, I made the case for [[regime change]] in Iran as often as I could. Voices in Trump’s orbit often cited Iran’s capacity to close the [[Strait of Hormuz]] as a reason against regime change. Trump has been fully aware this is a possibility, and yet did not prepare.”
:"Trump’s former [[national security advisor]] [[John Bolton]] recently tweeted that other administration officials had warned the president to dismiss Bolton’s urging to attack Iran because of the easily foreseeable consequences of that war, saying “In 2018–2019, I made the case for [[regime change]] in Iran as often as I could. Voices in Trump’s orbit often cited Iran’s capacity to close the [[Strait of Hormuz]] as a reason against regime change. Trump has been fully aware this is a possibility, and yet did not prepare.”
*[[Larry Johnson]]: [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trumps-premature-claim-about-air Trump’s Premature Claim About Air Supremacy and Obliterated Iranian Air Defenses].
:"During his Wednesday night speech, Donald Trump made the following claim about Iran’s air defenses: "They have no anti-aircraft equipment, their radar’s 100% annihilated, we are unstoppable as a military force." It appears that President Trump was a bit premature. The US Air Force had a difficult day on Friday:
:➡️F-15E (48th Fighter Wing) — Shot down in southwestern Iran. Pilot rescued; WSO still missing.
:A-10C Thunderbolt II — Shot down and crashed into the Persian Gulf. Pilot reportedly recovered.
:➡️2X HH-60G Pave Hawk — Hit during CSAR mission, one crash-landed across the border in Iraq. All crew reportedly rescued.
:➡️KC-135R Stratotanker — Emergency squawk 7700 around 10:00 UTC near Tel Aviv.
:➡️F-16CJ “Wild Weasel” (F-16C Block 50/52, SEAD configuration) — Emergency squawk 7700 over Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border around 15:00 UTC; later disappeared from FlightRadar.
:➡️KC-135R Stratotanker — Emergency squawk 7700 around 19:00 UTC near Tel Aviv.
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