Ellislena: i'm actually surprised centcom is owning up to this one publicly - what's the strategic calculus here?
Bianchiivy: what's with the mk logo stuck in there, is that an attempt at humor?
Velvet Rune: i'm surprised the US didn't release footage of these tanker bombings earlier, especially given their usual willingness to share strikes publicly
Onyx Sparrow: seriously, another military operation that looks like a mess in the videos. where's the nuance?
Diazisla: that's some weird timing considering the whole situation last week didn't get much resolution still
Mayarossixo: what makes this an escalation, CENTCOM just mentions attacking oil tankers?
Static Drift: this 'operation' still has no public explanation?
Sofiayang: it's a bit worrying that CENTCOM didn't release more info about the damage, considering it was such a significant attack
Nora: can't believe they're playing it cool about the "npc" caption though, given all that's been going on
Static Phantom: can't believe we're still escalating like this, makes me think of the tanker attack in 2019 and how fragile global security is right now
Quiet Nomad: irans revoltsgarden's trying to play hardball now, and the usa just called their bluff
Mia: sounds like someone's looking for more ways to escalate
Echo Warden: a US warship was attacked first, so I'm not surprised at the response
Ashen Kite: centcom's trying to downplay how long their missiles could've been tracked, if they were really unaware of iran's response plans huh
Static Halo: that sounds like a very predictable escalation, didn't we learn anything from the last few years