The Americans in the Middle East are taken aback by the enormous quantities of Shaheed drones being fired by Iran. That is why Zelensky wondered aloud what American strategists have been doing for the past four years.

A valid question, because it was Iran that supplied Russia with thousands of Shaheed drones.

The Ukrainians who are now supposed to assist the Americans are baffled by how the Americans are trying to shoot down the Shaheeds. They literally saw an example where six exorbitantly expensive Patriot missiles were fired at a single Shaheed drone costing only a few tens of thousands of euros. The Patriots cost a million each, and currently only 800 can be manufactured per year.

The Americans are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and they don't seem to care at all.

It is therefore no surprise that they need another 200 billion dollars. Whereas Ukraine has become incredibly resourceful and can do a lot with little money, Americans can do very little for a lot of money.

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On 24 Mar 2026, Joseph Pereira said the following...

The Americans are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and they don't
seem to care at all.

Cuba is soon to be free...

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Re: What have American defense strategists been up to?
By: Joseph Pereira to All on Tue Mar 24 2026 07:56 am

It is therefore no surprise that the
need another 200 billion dollars.
Whereas Ukraine has become incredibl
resourceful and can do a lot with
little money, Americans can do very
little for a lot of money.

It has been baffling to watch. Of
course the short answer is that the
military is slow to adjust.

When I was in the Army, very briefly,
09-13, I was in the 1-509th Infantry.
For those who don't know, that's part
of JRTC, a training center for the
Army. Around the time I was getting out
we were transitioning from replicating
Taliban and Iraqi militias to starting
to mimic what we percieved Iranian
ground forces might might like. Now,
in 2011-2012, no one was thinkin of
drones in the way that you see from
Ukraine, Russia, and Iran. We had
a small set of drones, I don't know
the exact count, just for
reconaissance.


Now, that was 13 years ago, but it's
only since the Ukraine invasion tht
the full scope of drone warfare
has revealed itself between near
peer militaries. So it's not
surprising tht the US hasn't had
time to really craft actual doctrine
and prepare for this fight at scale.


Which is more reason why this war is
fuckin stupid, we haven't even
adjusted to the situation on the
ground yet and we want to go in
swining our dicks. Well our
cock is about to get teeth marks.



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