It's not the Iranians who never learn me thinks (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

lol I remember reading about that, forget what the article was now

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The rule changes following the restart led to accusations that the war game had turned from an honest, open, free playtest of U.S. war-fighting capabilities into a rigidly controlled and scripted exercise intended to end in an overwhelming U.S. victory, alleging that "$250 million was wasted". Van Riper was extremely critical of the scripted nature of the new exercise and resigned from the exercise in the middle of the war game. Van Riper later said that Vice Admiral Marty Mayer altered the exercise's purpose to reinforce existing doctrine and notions within the U.S. military rather than serving as a learning experience. (Emphasis mine)

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Ah yeah, that's the one, it's pure gold. I wonder if people in us military are starting to realize just how woefully unprepared they are seeing the debacle in Ukraine unfold.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Who knows, the propaganda machine is probably stronger in the military so they might actually believe their own bullshit.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

That's the thing, isn't it? If the people in charge of making the decisions to end lives - to potentially end all life on Earth - are indeed high on their own fumes, they won't hesitate to set the world on fire. Because they think they can win. Because "they always win"

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

The only saving grace I feel like is that it would be bad for business, and they're too greedy to do that.

I only hope I'm right.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there also a similar one in more recent times that was simulating a war with the DPRK or something and the US side could only win by literally reviving their own soldiers with a magic wand? I forget what it was called

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