[ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

>...Spike, at this point, the US is not doing well, regardless of how many ships we sunk. We can't protect our bases in the area or the countries they are in. By a lot of measures, the US is not doing well in that war. The world economy is being totally messed up by the closure of the Strait. There is a good chance tens of millions will starve over the next year or so...

Do let us hope a solution can be found.  The price of oil futures is allowing the nations on the west side of the strait to build pipelines as fast as they can slam them into the ground.  This means the world economy can go forth using oil from alternate sources.  Iran isn't the only nation with oil.  It is the only nation that hopes to control all of the Middle East oil however.  This will not be tolerated.


>...You might think that the example of the mess Putin got Russia into in Ukraine might make people in power think twice about attacking. But there are evolutionary psychology reasons for insane optimism to be the mode for anyone going into war.

Best wishes,

Keith


Ja to all.  The one-sided result of the Iran-USA conflict might have influenced the Dear Leader as well as the fear that his own people are not willing to go to war over Taiwan.  China is looking around and is alarmed that so many Chinese couples are satisfied with only one child (or none) even long after the one-child policy was rescinded.  I can see the impact of that policy influencing Chinese politics continuing until the singularity comes along and kills us.

spike