OK, now we see the point in Trump joining the British Commonwealth—he’s deploying every available B-2 bomber to Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
When did the US Congress declare war on Yemen and Iran? Isn't the need for an 'okay' written in the Constitution?
And...here is news that I heard on Tuesday's Redacted program:
If the exit(s) from the Gaza Strip are opened, Trump wants Egypt to take in all of the remaing people of Gaza. If Egypt refuses, Trump will take away all of US aid. There are more details to the story, and you can listen here:
“Ironic, in light of yesterday’s Trump EO on election integrity.” As George Galloway wryly observed today on Judge Nap, “if voting changed anything, they would have done away with it.”
Seems like the odds of Iran wiping out our assets on Diego Garcia seem higher than those limited assets doing anything meaningful to Iran, other than cause some survivable damage.
I suspect that Iran has military capabilities far greater than Team Trump has factored for. However, I thought the same about Hezbollah, and they got zapped. We shall see. What is sure though is that Israel and its poodle proxy, the US, is going for all the marbles this time.
Slashing the budget in half would likely draw the MIC into further alignment with the political grift and turn on the nation. They would view us as in the way. With more Robotic warfare in combination with Drone technology they would see the boots on the ground irrelevant. Rumsfeld was a big proponent of Future Combat technologies to reduce fatalities in theater making forever war more palatable for the citizens thus less resistance. We moved way past that now as we are now irrelevant.
Yes, Kat, as per Galloway above. It is infuriating to all of us who placed some faith in Trump’s stated promises to end our foreign misadventures. And of course our first heads-up were the appointments of Hegseth and Walz.
Seems like the odds of Iran wiping out our assets on Diego Garcia seem higher than those limited assets doing anything meaningful to Iran, other than cause some survivable damage.
That simply means more money for the MIC to improve their weaponry. the reality is, they want this war. Who's "they?" Trump in service to the Zionists and Israel.
One of the funnier memes floating around today is "Press STOP if you'd like to opt out of receiving further highly-sensitive US military/national-security updates."
If a B-2 flyover at a sporting event takes three flight hours, that's almost $500K and 180 hours of maintenance. Is the NFL or whoever wanted the flyover paying for the cost (I'm guessing the taxpayers get stuck with the maintenance cost)? Elon should suggest eliminating all the flyovers at sporting events, unless the cost and the maintenance cost are all privately funded.
When did the US Congress declare war on Yemen and Iran? Isn't the need for an 'okay' written in the Constitution?
And...here is news that I heard on Tuesday's Redacted program:
If the exit(s) from the Gaza Strip are opened, Trump wants Egypt to take in all of the remaing people of Gaza. If Egypt refuses, Trump will take away all of US aid. There are more details to the story, and you can listen here:
https://rumble.com/v6r6zeu-breaking-trump-threatens-egypt-with-two-choices-bioweapons-labs-in-montana-.html
One of Russian Hypersonic Kinetic Missiles could sink this Island and everything on it.
Why would Russia miss an opportunity to nip WW3 in the bud? Minimum civilian casualties.
Another demonstration that America has already lost the Big War.
Looks the USS VInson on it's way to joining the USS Truman.
https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-carl-vinson-aircraft-carrier-guam-news-pacific-middle-east-deployment-2049973
Does Mauritias have any say in this? Recall this from last Fall. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
“Ironic, in light of yesterday’s Trump EO on election integrity.” As George Galloway wryly observed today on Judge Nap, “if voting changed anything, they would have done away with it.”
Seems like the odds of Iran wiping out our assets on Diego Garcia seem higher than those limited assets doing anything meaningful to Iran, other than cause some survivable damage.
I suspect that Iran has military capabilities far greater than Team Trump has factored for. However, I thought the same about Hezbollah, and they got zapped. We shall see. What is sure though is that Israel and its poodle proxy, the US, is going for all the marbles this time.
Hey Steg,
I thought you might like this: https://www.alilybit.com/p/god-curse-the-king
Ha! I enjoyed that, Cosmo! He doesn't hold back, does he? However, the British ruling class deserve everything he says about them.
It's a she. Put her on your reading list. Very deep thinker and writes very, very well sort of like Dark Futura.
Maybe that'sthe first step in Trump cutting the military budget in half: there's nothing meaningful that we can do, ackshually.
Slashing the budget in half would likely draw the MIC into further alignment with the political grift and turn on the nation. They would view us as in the way. With more Robotic warfare in combination with Drone technology they would see the boots on the ground irrelevant. Rumsfeld was a big proponent of Future Combat technologies to reduce fatalities in theater making forever war more palatable for the citizens thus less resistance. We moved way past that now as we are now irrelevant.
Yes, Kat, as per Galloway above. It is infuriating to all of us who placed some faith in Trump’s stated promises to end our foreign misadventures. And of course our first heads-up were the appointments of Hegseth and Walz.
Yep. Promise made, promise broken.
Good point, ML. It seems only those really plugged in with alternative views could see "the forest for the trees."
But this also begins to look existential for Russia and China:
Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter
Seven B-2 bombers deployed to Diego Garcia.
Numerous C-17 flights into Diego Garcia.
Ten KC-135 tankers to Diego Garcia.
An Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in the Indian Ocean.
And there are those who still argue Iran shouldn’t negotiate to reduce its nuclear profile.
This is literally becoming a question of Iran’s existential survival.
Perhaps Yemen
I opine Yemen the target
free up red sea shipping to Israel
send a message to Iran what US is capable of
Too much to take on Iran repercussions with Arab States ( Sauds were against Yemen)
Iran more powerful and the ties to Russia Brics
I'm thinking Yemen
Don't we have to worry about the atoll leaning to one side due to the amount of heavy hardware?
Lol
Seems like the odds of Iran wiping out our assets on Diego Garcia seem higher than those limited assets doing anything meaningful to Iran, other than cause some survivable damage.
That simply means more money for the MIC to improve their weaponry. the reality is, they want this war. Who's "they?" Trump in service to the Zionists and Israel.
How do I get invited to the group signal chat so I know when the bombs are gonna drop? It’s all unclassified info Pete is sharing.
When the TRO gets lifted.
One of the funnier memes floating around today is "Press STOP if you'd like to opt out of receiving further highly-sensitive US military/national-security updates."
Iran can hit Diego Garcia with a missile, no? I would expect it to be totally destroyed if used for an attack like this.
If Iran hits the large hole in the middle could serve as a nice waterpark.
https://freespoke.com/search/web?q=can%20iranian+missiles+hit+diego+garcia&utm_source=firefox_omnibar
Why deploying 7 b2’s is unusual:
- Only 21 built, 19 operational.
- 47% readiness rate
- a couple are used for training new flight crew
- each flight hour costs $163k
- each flight hour requires 60 hours of maintenance
- planes cost us $2.1 billion each (design changes, production cut from 175 to 20). The more you make, the lower the cost as efficiency improves.
- Manufactured 1987–2000
References:
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/america-has-20-stealth-bombers-guess-how-many-can-fly-right-now-9f0575cd52ff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/pay-price-americas-unstoppable-b-2-stealth-bomber-did-not-come-cheap-199018
If a B-2 flyover at a sporting event takes three flight hours, that's almost $500K and 180 hours of maintenance. Is the NFL or whoever wanted the flyover paying for the cost (I'm guessing the taxpayers get stuck with the maintenance cost)? Elon should suggest eliminating all the flyovers at sporting events, unless the cost and the maintenance cost are all privately funded.
Plus usually includes 2 f22 that cost $44,000 per hour to operate, or f-35 So add at least $70k or so more.
https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-an-f-22-cost/
The B-2s are as delicate as a British sports car.
After each flight, the plane requires MANY hours of maintenance.
Is there enough room on that island to store the spent birds after they fly?
Wouldn't we like to see a satellite photo of all of the activity going on right now on Diego Garcia?!
Don't worry about costs, Ray. Elon will claw it all back with DOGE :)
There goes my future $5,000 DOGE credit.