Some body is lying

This administration flushing any and all goodwill and credibility makes other countries claims much more believable.

I do t really believe this, but there’s been a lot of funny business with the US these last few weeks which looks like they’re trying to hide their bruises.

The f35 “emergency landing” and irrecoverable due to shrapnel damage sounds a lot like it was shot down.

Their aircraft carrier gets targeted and then has a “laundry fire”.

The banning of commercial satellites in the area.

It’s all pretty sketchy. If every American base was destroyed though, that would have leaked.

Probably both sides to some extent.

I really wish they wouldn't Baghdad Bob so much. They're in a good position already, without having to claim they've done 100x the damage they have.

Man Jerry rig everything is full into it these days. I don't ever remember him being vocal about things other than technology and engineering. Maybe I just haven't followed him close enough but I like what I'm seeing.

Laundry fire makes sense though. It's already been over extended multiple times, has other established issues, moral shit from literal shit and it get crippled by laundry room fire is much more embarrassing than getting hit by Iran. Plus wasn't the Lincoln the one targeted?

Laundry fires are also surprisingly common. When fabrics are dried in industrial tumblers they build up heat and static. This can be concentrated in a stack of dried laundry such that it can spontaneously combust.

This shouldn't happen as a matter of course; all the laundry should normally be moved on fairly quickly in a functioning facility, but it sounds like the US navy isn't functioning in the most healthy manner these days...

Truth is the first casualty of war

All my base are belong to them.

The US government not being a trustworthy source doesn't mean Iran is suddenly a trustworthy source.

Iran is lying to rally support at home.

The first causality of war is the truth.

The second casualty of war is some steaks and lobsters

It's pretty refreshing to see a big tech influencer standing up. The only tech influencer I know who dared to criticize US foreign policy in the past was Eli the Computer Guy. From JerryRigEverything it's more suprising because he once made a bump-stock gun video and was always into the outdoor truck stuff so I assumed he would be a Republican

Meanwhile GamerNexus and LTT will ignore every mention of Israel using AI to mass murder Palestinians because they're scared censored cowards.

The US and NATO have been withdrawing from their bases in Iraq. and handing them over. So it depends what "the region" means here. Iran is probably exaggerating but the death count certainly isn't 13.

Military-industrial complex: "I just want to grill for God's sake."

This is what I am talking about.

US and NATO withdrawing from bases is an claim from Iranian proxy forces in Iraq.

NATO is claiming their are withdrawing their NATO Mission Iraq personnel which are an advisory non-combat task force that work with the Iraqi government. This is probably because NATO doesn't want to get dragged into a war with Iran by having hundreds of their staff killed by a drone or otherwise.

No one is "handing" over bases. If the US was straight up abandoning bases, we would be seeing videos of foreign soldiers playing on US airbase exercise machines like when we withdrew from Afghanistan.

Death count certainly isn't 13.

Not sure if Reuters is part of an Iraqi militia https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nato-withdraws-troops-iraq-mission-europe-iran-war-rages-2026-03-20/

I'm not claiming the Palestine Chronicle is untrustworthy. Basically this is the same general points as the last article but without the Iraqi militia quote.

From the Reuters article:

NATO said its mission would continue from ​a military headquarters ​in Naples, ⁠Italy. The mission does not have a combat role. It focuses on advising ​Iraqi security forces and helping them build ​up ⁠their capacities, according to NATO.

it gets even more interesting when you consider the fact he's mormon aligned; those people are jingoistically patriotic to the hilt.