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Baitball Blogger

(52,427 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:47 AM 8 hrs ago

This is why it's bad news to appoint media horses from FoxNews to serve in high ranking gov. positions:

Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit "was unprepared" to defend itself

Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and more than 20 wounded.

Speaking publicly for the first time, members of the targeted unit offered CBS News a detailed account of the attack and its harrowing aftermath from the perspective of those on the ground.

The members CBS News spoke to disputed the description of events from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who described the drone as a "squirter" — in that it squirted through the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait.

"Painting a picture that 'one squeaked through' is a falsehood," one of the injured soldiers told CBS News. "I want people to know the unit … was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-kuwait-drone-attack-survivors-us-army/

Who would have thought that someone who lies for a living wouldn't use this "gift" to spin every failed mission that he commanded?

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This is why it's bad news to appoint media horses from FoxNews to serve in high ranking gov. positions: (Original Post) Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago OP
I'm actually surprised TrumpenFuhrer hasn't appointed a country music screecher to a cabinet position. NoMoreRepugs 8 hrs ago #1
Don't give him any ideas! Blue Owl 8 hrs ago #6
Kid Rock needs work too. OGBuzz 7 hrs ago #7
He needs a lot of work. Bozvotros 6 hrs ago #10
👍I agree, he needs a complete makeover plus a lobotomy. OGBuzz 6 hrs ago #14
You could give him a brain..... lastlib 5 hrs ago #18
He could appoint Lee Greenwood Seinan Sensei 5 hrs ago #27
K&R spanone 8 hrs ago #2
Also surprising: this truth made it through Bari Weiss's censors at CBS. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #3
I am wondering about that too. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #4
My first thought as well. nt Nittersing 6 hrs ago #12
SAG Whip-poor-will 8 hrs ago #5
You misspelled "jackasses" relayerbob 7 hrs ago #8
You spelled media hos wrong. NT Bozvotros 7 hrs ago #9
Anyone else remember that great site: PCIntern 6 hrs ago #11
I remember it! VTderry 6 hrs ago #13
Bartcop promoted MWO heavily. Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #26
After it vanished one day, PCIntern 5 hrs ago #28
+1 ck4829 5 hrs ago #25
K&R orangecrush 6 hrs ago #15
Test Your BS Detector modrepub 6 hrs ago #16
So, he's probably also under reporting the number of dead Farmer-Rick 6 hrs ago #17
I do believe that fatalities are underreported. Baitball Blogger 5 hrs ago #21
Yeah what about the "rescued" pilots MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #22
Was that a typo? Did you intend to write media "whores" ? Yeah, they're all drunk messes like Kegsbreath and BoxWine ChicagoTeamster 5 hrs ago #19
Intentional typo. Not the original one who created it. Baitball Blogger 5 hrs ago #20
Kick and rec. I hope they survive telling the truth. 58Sunliner 5 hrs ago #23
K&R ck4829 5 hrs ago #24

NoMoreRepugs

(12,130 posts)
1. I'm actually surprised TrumpenFuhrer hasn't appointed a country music screecher to a cabinet position.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:50 AM
8 hrs ago

lastlib

(28,337 posts)
18. You could give him a brain.....
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:34 AM
5 hrs ago

....from a chicken, and greatly improve his cognitive skills. I'm not saying he's a moron, but in a battle of smarts, I'm pretty sure a leafy vegetable could take him at least four out of five.

Seinan Sensei

(1,566 posts)
27. He could appoint Lee Greenwood
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:01 PM
5 hrs ago

Then stand his shriveled ass on top of a bunker, and have Lee sing that damned song of his.
Any-and-all attackers will surely flee, hands over ears.

Whip-poor-will

(300 posts)
5. SAG
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:13 AM
8 hrs ago

Actors don't think up catchy lines they just are empty vessels to be filled with the latest bullshit.

Reagan was head of screen actors guild and how did that act work out ?

PCIntern

(28,409 posts)
11. Anyone else remember that great site:
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:35 AM
6 hrs ago

Media Whores Online?

I don’t think anyone ever figured out who it was who ran that. It was beyond brilliantly funny.

Wednesdays

(22,707 posts)
26. Bartcop promoted MWO heavily.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:57 AM
5 hrs ago

It may have been run by Bartcop himself, or at least by someone he knew very well.

PCIntern

(28,409 posts)
28. After it vanished one day,
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:15 PM
5 hrs ago

It was postulated that it may have been a producer at one of the networks. There was certain inside info that seemed to emanate from there. It was riotously funny.

modrepub

(4,124 posts)
16. Test Your BS Detector
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:22 AM
6 hrs ago

From your friendly M$M outlet.

You can measure how well the Iran special purpose operation is going by how far US Navy vessels are from the Gulf. If things are going so swimmingly for us then why aren’t are major Navy vessels cruising around in the Gulf or Red Sea for that matter? Maybe they’re more vulnerable to Iran and its aligned militias than we’re being told.

Farmer-Rick

(12,704 posts)
17. So, he's probably also under reporting the number of dead
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:29 AM
6 hrs ago

Aside from faking the number of dead, he has to be not telling the families about their dead soldiers. But eventually even MAGA will start wondering why they have heard nothing from their children.

Then it will start coming out, in about 3 to 6 months.

And...has anyone heard from the rescued pilots??? I don't believe they were ever rescued. Their parents probably don't know or were told they had to keep it secret...you know for national security. Meaning covering pedo Trump's butt.

Baitball Blogger

(52,427 posts)
21. I do believe that fatalities are underreported.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:39 AM
5 hrs ago

If we find out the true number before the midterms, no way it help improve his numbers.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,593 posts)
22. Yeah what about the "rescued" pilots
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:42 AM
5 hrs ago

You'd think dump would be milking that for positive publicity, which he's in short supply of. To my knowledge their names haven't been released

ChicagoTeamster

(1,001 posts)
19. Was that a typo? Did you intend to write media "whores" ? Yeah, they're all drunk messes like Kegsbreath and BoxWine
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:35 AM
5 hrs ago

Baitball Blogger

(52,427 posts)
20. Intentional typo. Not the original one who created it.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:38 AM
5 hrs ago

There was an early left-leaning website that came up with it.

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