“Socialist,” “communist,” and “Marxist” are not interchangeable.

I've seen this headlines more than a few times in the last 24hrs. I've seen cheering that somehow it's an Iranian victory that humbled America. Let's put things in perspective. Because I'm an airman, and I ain't humbled yet. Out of 81 aircraft lost or damaged, 49 are unmanned - 60.5%. 21 aircraft were lost or damaged on the ground - 25.9% Out of manned aircraft, 1x F-15E, 1x A-10, 1x AH-64 destroyed due to enemy fire - 3.7%. Great numbers for headlines, but lies, damned lies, and statistics... the official tally was over 10,200 sorties directly engaging in OEF over 38 days. That would represent an overall campaign attrition rate of: 00.79%. And that's without knowing which tails were only damaged, repaired, and got back into the fight! Additionally, while those are the official numbers, a CENTCOM Air Tasking Order numbers in the hundreds (if not thousands) of lines a day. So it's reasonable to believe that overall campaign attrition rate is lower. Finally, it's an apples-to-oranges comparison, but it must be recalled that FY26 loss of 50 aircraft involved in Class A mishaps. These are aircraft lost or damaged without a shot being fired. Aviation is inherently dangerous, afterall. Now, I have a vested interest in not seeing my Air Force destroyed. And I've lost too many fellow airmen over the years to ever care to see one more loss. But these headlines must be seen with a greater perspective! And less political bias. Otherwise, we do injustice to my aviators and support personnel across the Joint Force who threw iron into the air and completely smashed the IRIAF within a narrow window. #Zeus95

.@Sonderling47: "I am hereby suspending from the Permanent Labor Certification Program some of the largest IT outsourcing firms in the world — Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini — and also, due to multiple active federal investigations, @USDOL is suspending Microsoft and Adobe from the program."

US DoL has suspended the PERM program to the following companies. - Cognizant - Infosys - Tata - Wipro - HCL - Capgemini - Microsoft - Adobe That is ~50,000 H-1B workers who will no longer be allowed to file for Permanent Residency.