{"id":152018,"date":"2024-01-18T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152018"},"modified":"2024-01-15T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T00:36:08","slug":"say-it-aint-so-joe-and-rooshian-awacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152018","title":{"rendered":"Say it ain’t so, Joe, and Rooshian AWACs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You have to love how often the pols of today have to eat crow for what they said yesterday. We just recently saw where Joe Biden called out the need for border security when he was running for office… apparently since then he has changed his mind. Or forgotten which border. Or forgotten what a border IS\u00a0 (I’ll take #3 for $500, Alex.)<\/p>\n

Well, in the age of the Interwebz, ya gotta remember (or at least pay a mildy sentient staffer who CAN remember) what you say. Case in point:<\/p>\n

“Let’s be clear: Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war with Iran without Congressional approval,” Biden posted in January 2020 after Trump launched a strike<\/u> that killed the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n

“A president should never take this nation to war without the informed consent of the American people,” Biden added.<\/u><\/p>\n

“As President, I will use military power responsibly and as a last resort. We will not go back to forever wars in the Middle East,” Biden posted in February 2020<\/u> with the hashtag “#DemDebate.”<\/p>\n

“This aged well,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., posted on X.<\/u><\/p>\n

Several conservatives also pointed out that the Biden administration lifted the terrorist designation for the Houthis in Yemen less than a month after Biden took office in 2021.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, I guess in Joe’s defense, he hasn’t gotten us involved in one war… to date it’s two, Ukraine and Israel. But with China v. Taiwan waiting in the wings, he certainly has a fair shot at having that WWIII his followers always accused Trump of wanting to start.<\/p>\n

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According to the Ukrainians they shot down a Russian IL-50 command and control plane Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Similar to our AWACs, this is a pretty pricey hickey if true. 260 million English pounds quoted, call it $330,000,000 Yew Ess. That compares to $1.98 billion for 7 of our latest ones, so roughly equivalent.<\/p>\n

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The Soviet-era command and reconnaissance plane uses high-range radar to detect missiles and aircraft on the battlefield while issuing orders to\u00a0Russian fighter jets.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s thought\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces now only have eight operational A-50s left in their entire fleet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As one of the big boy toys, expect some senior staff to have been lost. Nice to see 11% of their fleet gone in one go, eh? And for additional icing on the cake, an IL-22 command and control jet was shot at and damaged, forced to RTB.\u00a0 MSN<\/a><\/p>\n

There are rumors that one or both planes\u00a0 sustained friendly fire which brought them down, but that can’t be confirmed. Bad day for Russian air, worse if they shot down their own. If they did, I foresee a purge which will make the aftermath of Matthias Rust’s landing in Red Square look like a picnic.<\/p>\n

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