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flashman13

(2,392 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:26 PM Yesterday

They have done a very good job of keeping these sorts of videos hidden.

This is a graphic example of the reality that Trump has unleashed in the Middle East. I have to assume that some of the people under this bombardment were wounded or killed. I'm sure the casualty numbers are also being hidden.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5SizFdGH1w8

This is what ground troops landed in Iran will encounter. Think of Custer's Last Stand. Good men being ordered to their death by an incompetent commander that is a deranged ego maniac.

It is insane.

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They have done a very good job of keeping these sorts of videos hidden. (Original Post) flashman13 Yesterday OP
Those who refuse illegal orders to wage war on Iran should be supported. David__77 23 hrs ago #1
And those who pass on and enact them condemned. RockRaven 23 hrs ago #5
That's a tough one. David__77 23 hrs ago #7
Sure it is difficult. That is part of why doing so is important. RockRaven 22 hrs ago #9
Pretty sure that is an AI fake video. Eko 23 hrs ago #2
Let's just say in this particular instance it is AI. That is not the point. flashman13 12 hrs ago #12
Personally I try to stay away from using fake things to get my political point across. Eko 6 hrs ago #20
Don't worry, I have it on good authority sarisataka 23 hrs ago #3
AI. JBTaurus83 23 hrs ago #4
How can you tell it's AI? (nt) DET 23 hrs ago #6
That looks fake to me. LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #8
What an era we now find ourselves in... Justice matters. 21 hrs ago #10
This may be AI. The internet is flooded with suspect videos. PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #11
So no confirmation of the validity of the video, being real or AI? 19 recs. flvegan 12 hrs ago #13
Get over the AI thing. It's irrelevant. The bombs that drop on Americans will be real - and deadly. flashman13 12 hrs ago #15
"Get over" a fake video passed off as real? Okay. Maybe find something real and relevant flvegan 12 hrs ago #17
lol... fake video... why post it? WarGamer 12 hrs ago #14
Good grief! I feel better now knowing our troops won't be injured by AI. flashman13 12 hrs ago #16
"This is a graphic example of the reality" -- yeah no gonna have to stop you right here. You kinda undermine your whole WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #18
Problem with AI getting so good. Real events are questioned. mackdaddy 11 hrs ago #19
These sorts Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #21
"The video is AI, but real question: Is US 🇺🇸 losing its war against Iran 🇮🇷 ?" mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago #22
If I wanted to see lies, I'd join FreeRepublic. NT mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago #23
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, and Rupert Murdoch all need to be dragged out in handcuffs. Initech 5 hrs ago #24

David__77

(24,715 posts)
7. That's a tough one.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:07 AM
23 hrs ago

Many people here and elsewhere join armed forces because they want to help their community. Unfortunately there are often criminals in charge, or criminal-dupes like Trump.

RockRaven

(19,353 posts)
9. Sure it is difficult. That is part of why doing so is important.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:29 AM
22 hrs ago

We are not going to remediate our wrongs by only doing what is easy.

flashman13

(2,392 posts)
12. Let's just say in this particular instance it is AI. That is not the point.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:07 AM
12 hrs ago

It does look just like explosions caused by the basketball sized multiple warheads that are raining down on Tel Aviv. Just like the the warheads that will rain down on any American troops landing anywhere in Iran. While those basketballs are exploding drone swarms will also be exploding. And if they land at any Iranian oil facilities, those facilities will be mined and they will be exploding as well. The point is that the casualties will be 100% real.

Do you really believe Trump when he says we have destroyed everything, they got nothing? I don't. The worst possible mistake you can make is to underestimate your enemy. That is something we are especially good at going back to Japan and Vietnam.

Eko

(9,993 posts)
20. Personally I try to stay away from using fake things to get my political point across.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 04:48 PM
6 hrs ago

If making fake things up to do so is ok I dont want to be a part of that. I dont need to do so to get my point across.

sarisataka

(22,683 posts)
3. Don't worry, I have it on good authority
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:31 PM
23 hrs ago

no AI soldiers were harmed in the making of this video

Justice matters.

(9,785 posts)
10. What an era we now find ourselves in...
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 01:40 AM
21 hrs ago

It is now impossible to the untrained eye to discern whether it's effin AI or real...

What a clusterfok.

PufPuf23

(9,844 posts)
11. This may be AI. The internet is flooded with suspect videos.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 02:01 AM
21 hrs ago

Others in this thread and in the comments think AI.

Propaganda and dis-info flourishes while official sources and MSM lack detail.

Israel cannot be trusted, murders journalists by design and manipulates Trump, neocons and Christian Zionists.

What is obvious is that Trump et al have been thwarted and the general blowback will be massive and of long duration with no upside for most Americans and the World community.

Hope we (USA) wakes up and remove Trump and the others that allow and extend this sorry state of the World.

flashman13

(2,392 posts)
15. Get over the AI thing. It's irrelevant. The bombs that drop on Americans will be real - and deadly.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:16 AM
12 hrs ago

flvegan

(66,270 posts)
17. "Get over" a fake video passed off as real? Okay. Maybe find something real and relevant
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:24 AM
12 hrs ago

rather than someone chasing clout and farming clicks. Maybe post up front that the video is/may be AI.

Get over it, LOL. Ok, whatever.

flashman13

(2,392 posts)
16. Good grief! I feel better now knowing our troops won't be injured by AI.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:21 AM
12 hrs ago

Insert thingy.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,947 posts)
18. "This is a graphic example of the reality" -- yeah no gonna have to stop you right here. You kinda undermine your whole
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:37 AM
11 hrs ago

point by posting AI.

mackdaddy

(1,973 posts)
19. Problem with AI getting so good. Real events are questioned.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:06 PM
11 hrs ago

Reminds me of when Dan Rather's whole career was damaged by fake documents of what really happened with W.

This may or may not be Ai. But, from multiple sources we know that US military bases across the whole area are unusable and half a dozen reservist were killed in a similar attack. And important large military planes were destroyed including AWACS and refueling tanker jets.

And there is so much lying and propaganda from both side who knows what is true. And we know the Trump administration lies about everything. The Iranian lego cartoons have more believable facts.

Initech

(108,747 posts)
24. Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, and Rupert Murdoch all need to be dragged out in handcuffs.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 05:58 PM
5 hrs ago

Remember that this whole brew ha ha was started because some cable news hosts (Hannity, Watters, etc) were speaking directly to Trump every night via Fox News.

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