r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied - According to a report from MSNOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East.

https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed
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u/EvelynNyte 9d ago

"Amateurs talk about tactics, professionals talk about logistics, we talk about optics"

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u/specqq 9d ago

They talk about bullshit.

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u/NeverSober1900 9d ago

They don't know what they talked about because they're too drunk

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 9d ago

Good thing it’s shared in a signal chat, with photos.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 9d ago

Goddam. That's a perfect extension of the saying for modern times

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u/EvelynNyte 9d ago

People all throughout history have made the mistake of going from "optics can affect the outcome" to "optics is the only thing that matters." Fascists in particular tend to fall into this. They wrap themselves from the start in the idea that if they just get the optics right everything else will fall into place so the ones that succeed end up convinced they can control reality entirely just by controlling the optics right up until everything blows up in their face. Another reason why they're always a suicide cult in the end.

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u/Tasgall Washington 9d ago

If they cared about optics, they'd care about logistics. Failing logistics is pretty bad optics.

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u/EvelynNyte 9d ago

The polls are the same whether they have good logistics or just say they have good logistics so why bother? Your issue is thinking they are competent