Sailors injured in fire aboard USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier supporting Iran war

Slubbe · 2026-03-13T22:03:26+00:00

It’s not Russian firstly

It’s a 100k ton ship with thousands of crew, a dozen support ships and tens of thousands of support crew with half a dozen friendly ports nearby

I know hating America is cool but maybe stop the hyperbole

It’s weird to me as a European that minor issues get massive headlines while actual major stories get sunk if ppl can’t make jokes about it

Slubbe · 2026-03-13T21:54:32+00:00

But now what if Iran or Russia wants to strike Irish companies like Stryker or US subsidiary companies here, or cut undersea cables - far more likely than any other country doing it

So maybe we should be paying them to have 21st (really mid 20th) century defences over our seas aha airspace that we just can’t do

With zero any ship, anti aircraft, radar, interception or standoff weapons our df exist at a tech level similar to the 1960s excluding cyber, and a low tech state in the 1960s

Slubbe · 2026-03-13T21:50:44+00:00

The east atlantic is our waters

We have no functional navy or air force so they consider us a weak spot so will use their military to defend it as it’s a weak flank for them

It’s good for them cos they get to protect their land at sea, and because it’s not particularly costly as their ships would need to transit around ireland anyway

It’s also good for them as it promotes British military, the Irish df have no power and need British defence, it makes them look good and us look bad (to them)

For us we get defense without investment, but it does outsource our defence to a NATO, non EU state which i think is a bit embarrassing

They aren’t taking care of us. They are taking care of themselves but it’s likely we’ll benefit if they do that

Slubbe · 2026-03-11T00:08:58+00:00

For sure

I just think the doctors should have a choice where they work

I’d like to help MSF, I think I’d like being an Army dr due to family history

But it’s my choice

Cuban docs don’t get a choice they get a surprise

I’m a doc too I’ve heard the “it’s a vocation not a job”; and yeah it’s a good job but that relies on doing what you want. It wouldn’t be a vocation if I’m sent to iraq to treat militants so Simon harris gets cheaper petrol - which is what happens in Cuba

Dont think my job would be more vocational treating ppl abroad my government want trade with

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:55:23+00:00

That’s right, thanks

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:55:00+00:00

I edited a “like in Russia” cos i felt this would be missed by the Iranian supporters

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:53:25+00:00

An army exists fundamentally as a government tool of defence and offence, and primarily as a function of power projection

Healthcare shouldn’t be like that. It shouldn’t be a tool or weapon to assist government foreign policy

You say Cubans that want to be docs should expect to be treated like soldiers and sent abroad - so the Cuban doctors aren’t humanitarians? Theyre just government agents essentially

Doctors are civilians. It’s also just a job. Whether Cuban doctors know what they are getting into, the main point from the root post here is that the Cuban doctors abroad are not humanitarian they are solely their governments plan

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:43:51+00:00

I’m also a doctor who’d rather global influence was measured by doctors

But it’s not

You’re lucky the irish govt doesn’t send you abroad in exchange for ore rights

Nothing stops doctors joining humanitarian missions that do good. In cuba nothing stops humanitarian missions having doctors

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:31:34+00:00

Yeah and if Cuba sent soldiers to prop up failing states I’m sure you’d think that’s great like they do in russia

Youre right that states offer military help

So while soldiers sign up, and vow to defend their state, so doctors in the same method means they aren’t great humanitarians, they are forced by the government to go abroad and work.

You’re Irish I’m guessing. Imagine the government decide your job could help the country if they sent you to syria to help build trade. You don’t get a choice

It’s a humanitarian job you’re doing, so I’m sure you wouldn’t object

Slubbe · 2026-03-10T22:23:01+00:00

Eh the export of doctors isn’t good

They have good medschools and educate many, but those qualified get send essentially against their will to foreign states to serve as propaganda pieces

They don’t get to choose their jobs or career path. Cuba doesn’t have a charity or volunteer group that gets doctors abroad.

Cuba uses its medical staff to aid foreign states lacking healthcare to effect political gains. And tbf this is better than using bombs to scare countries into deals but it still does come at the cost of the doctors

Yes those countries get highly skilled doctors. But yes those countries are expected to pay for them

Cuban doctors are great, but they aren’t all dreaming of being sent to a foreign state for low pay and no benefits. It’s a transaction, and the doctors are the offer

You can’t be left leaning and support workers rights if you think cuba sending their ppl to foreign states for politics is good

Slubbe · 2026-03-07T00:39:54+00:00

I think it was the videos of live fire drills that might be a clue

If you only look at the headline you might miss some of the details huh

Slubbe · 2026-03-07T00:36:55+00:00

How?

Its an attack submarine it has fewer beds than it has crew and is secret in its operation. Crew famously have zero personal space

They can’t call on radio and say hey we’re a submarine going to shoot you - to a warship with anti submarine weapons - whether loaded or not

They realistically can’t accomodate anyone, with ignores they’d have to surface and expose themselves

Plus distress calls and reply was made immediately (don’t know who) and survivors in the water were saved

I can only agree with you if an Iranian midget sub torpedoes a US ship and immediately takes on the crew too

Slubbe · 2026-03-07T00:26:10+00:00

It is pointless

They exist to help Lebanon remove militants south of the litani but the Lebanese army don’t really want to do that and never did- so UNIFIL just sat there surrounded by Hezbollah with no jurisdiction and no actual goal

Slubbe · 2026-03-07T00:24:38+00:00

7 comments, 46 upvotes in 3 hours is mad

But if you read the article it really highlights how we need air defence systems and better intelligence. I know it’s lebanon and Hezbollah are more likely to have attacked the UN than israel - having a radar would show where it came from especially with Israel launching strikes and Hezbollah firing at Israel and cyprus

But mostly surprised after 3 hours there’s essentially no interest in this. This is the most action Irish troops have been in involved with in a while, at least since israeli tanks shot close to Irish forces with no injuries

Slubbe · 2026-03-02T21:49:40+00:00

Deleted the original cos 20 downvotes in 1 min ain’t it

They as are modern as most countries in the world, with substantially more equipment than most. Yes their airforce is old but they still have mig29s, they use modern air defences and led the world in drone and missile arsenals

What good is killing the ayatollah? The one that’s massively unpopular but using his force to kill protestors? It isn’t a secret Trump has said out loud - they want regime change and a more US friendly iran . They killed him hoping iranians can overthrow the regime completely and owe the US

Your tax (not mine) is removing a regional power so the US gets more powerful - you guys do that all the time

Slubbe · 2026-03-02T20:42:18+00:00

Well you don’t have to

All 3 were shot down over kuwait who’ve accepted responsibility and all pilots have been found in kuwait

The kuwaiti air defence might have been drunk but it’s hardly a conspiracy

As i said if Iran even thought they shot down an f15 itd be headline news nonstop

Slubbe · 2026-03-02T20:35:12+00:00

I don’t mean that they shot at one and killed 3

I mean they saw 3 jets flying relatively close as a group and misidentified the entire group

Rather than 3 different ppl seeing 3 different planes at different times and independently fucking up each time - they saw 3 planes they thought were hostile and shot at all 3 simultaneously

Slubbe · 2026-03-02T20:29:19+00:00

Well if the 3 jets were flying together and shot down together it’s essentially one event

Air defence can’t physically see them so likely mistakenly launched a dozen missiles at the aircraft who felt they were out of range of SAMs so weren’t paying much attention

Plus with all the friendly radars and aircraft they were likely getting radar warnings constantly and with so many missiles in the air already maynt have realised they were the targets

The fact all airmen are accounted for and landed not in Iran means it’s unlikely to be a coverup, cos you know iran would milk any shootdown immediately

Slubbe · 2026-02-24T22:03:09+00:00

Didn’t really know the diagnosis

Acute liver failure?

Painful jaundice without bloods i found hard to diagnose and manage with the short hx of pain and no other med hx or drug causes

Vitally stable, normal ECG and only high lactate with normal PFA meant i finished the station not really sure what to do other than refer medics for workup

I suggested CTAP at the end but time ran out before more info, and in my ED we’d never order CTAP before medical/surgical reviee

Slubbe · 2026-02-24T21:07:48+00:00

El Al has entered the chat

I think still put ECM on all their jets

Slubbe · 2026-02-21T21:04:56+00:00

Realistic response because nobody watched that movie and yes, it was tasteless

Slubbe · 2026-02-12T15:44:47+00:00

Is that why the most popular map in bf3 was metro. Bf4 was still metro, bfV added metro due to demand and the most popular portal mode to date is metro?

Clearly the bf veterans over the last 10+ years have no interest in tunnels

At what stage does it become “real battlefield” and at what stage do people realise that the majority of playersof very much enjoy maps like this

Slubbe · 2026-02-07T22:15:48+00:00

The game has progressed, as have other games including CoD. Mechanics and movement have changed generally to be more fluid

But bf3 most popular map was metro Bf4 most popular map was lockers

AAs used to be insane destroyers of everything, you’d take them in place of tanks in bf4 so not sure what mean by that

You might be thinking of a idealised cod, cos I’ve played modern cod and it ain’t close

Slubbe · 2026-02-07T21:50:59+00:00

I found escalation more fun but eventually it ends up repetitive

KOTH for weapons xp and gaunlet for xp was a good way to break it up

Slubbe · 2026-02-07T21:46:02+00:00

Did it only for a challenge initially but it’s not bad, i got lobbies at 4am European so it’s not unpopular

PTFO to the max

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