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maxsolomon

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14. "Severely damaged" is fine.

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 12:26 PM

Jun 26

It is a subjective metric.

Given Israel's assassinations and bombing campaign, plus the US bunker busters, "Severely Damaged" sounds like what should have been the result.

"Totally obliterated" is hyperbole. Nothing is ever 100%.

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