@KimIversen I highly doubt your claim that Iran shot down the F15s as if they did the IRGC would have claimed the combat victory publicly as they have with the strikers on the US naval Fleet headquarters, and they haven’t.
Had a fun time this weekend at a birthday party and wanted to share my GIF. btw..I learned it's pronounced JIFF with a soft G not GIFF with a hard G. The more you know I suppose.
Did Iranian Forces Shoot Down Three F-15s Over Kuwait?
Dimitri Lascaris, Monday March 2, 2026
Excellent well-presented video journalism. Thanks Dimitri!
A recent article and video by Dimitri Lascaris -
Two versions of the 1985 Rush song Territories -
Rush Territories 1985 Studio version -
Rush Territories 1989 CD Concert version -
Excellent article. Thanks Philosophy Vault!
“Complexity creates fragmentation. Fragmentation prevents holistic thinking. Immaturity plus power equals catastrophe” - Indeed!
But can we learn from past patterns(history)? So far, humans have not. That’s not to say the other members of the animal kingdom have either. Though I guess it’s conceivable that some other members of the animal kingdom. I guess there is a lesson in that and in this article. When the specialized knowledge becomes too narrow - much more silo than “systems” oriented, so to speak - the narrowness coming from human ideologization, something that the other members of the animal kingdom don’t have to worry about. So while the rest of the animal kingdom, usually - no matter the level or type of dominance - keeps their specialization alongside their ability to look ahead - like foxes storing food underground for the coming winter - the human version of “getting ahead” is usually emotionalized...
