[ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump

[John Clark]

 <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*>there was a massive barrage from Iran today, which scored no hits on US
> personnel. *
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*Fortunately, so far at least, the number of US soldiers killed has been
small, only 18 killed and 800 injured. But the amount of damage Iran has
caused to US military bases in the area is huge rendering most of them
inoperable and enormously increasing the cost and logistical problems of
keeping aircraft carriers in the area. For example, Iran attacked the
Combined Air Operations Center In Qatar and put it completely out of
action. In Saudi Arabia Iran destroyed a huge flying r**adar and command
center*, the  E-3 Sentry AWACS
<https://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&as_q=The+destroyed+&as_epq=E-3+Sentry+AWACS&as_eq=&as_sitesearch=&imgar=&cr=&as_filetype=&tbs=&udm=2>
, * that cost well over $500 million**, take a look at the pictures. And
during the same attack one **KC-135 Stratotanker was destroyed and 6 others
badly damaged.  In addition to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Iran damaged US
military bases and radar installations in Jordan and Bahrain. *


> *>> …Army bureaucrats may stamp "top secret" on those inventories but
>> doing so is about as silly as the movie "top secret" because there is no
>> practical way of keeping something like that secret….*
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> *> I see, *
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*No, I don't think you do.*


> *> so having defensive systems squirrelled away on every military property
> everywhere is not practical? *
>

*The enemy may not know how many Patriot Missiles any particular military
base has  at its disposal, but the enemy does know how many Patriot
Missiles the entire USA has at its disposal, and that number is much less
than it was 6 months ago before the start of the Idiot's War. Before the
start of King Donalds Mad War just six months ago the USA had 2330 Patriot
Missiles in its inventory, the USA launched 1570 **Patriot Missiles to
protect military bases in various countries. So after deep analysis and
using an extremely useful mathematical technique called "subtraction" it
was concluded that the US now has 760 patriot missiles in its inventory
because 2330 - 1570 = 760. Even that 760 figure may be an overestimate
because it includes many older Patriot Missiles that might no longer be
operational.*

*Currently the US can manufacture about 600 new Patriot Missiles each year,
so in just 6 months the Idiot's War has already eaten up over two years of
missile production. T**he US military did recently sign a contract with
Lockheed to expand that capacity to 2000 missiles a year. But it will take
7 YEARS TO ACHIEVE THAT RATE! So thanks to King Donald, if China decides to
invade Taiwan during the next 7 years, the place where all the most
advanced AI chips in the world are made, we will be royally screwed.  *


> *> Then not advertising that they are there is not practical? Do elaborate
> please.*
>

*OK. Government bureaucrats may wish they could keep the number of Patriot
Missiles and other such weapons in the military arsenal secret but that is
not feasible because private companies make those weapons and they need to
be paid for, and the resulting contracts are public information. And
Government bureaucrats may wish they could keep the number of patriot
missiles that have been fired or given to other countries secret, but that
is also not feasible. And all AIs, even Grok, the one from the richest man
in the world's company, have become masters of an incredibly useful
mathematical technique called "subtraction".   *

> *> Grok has no security clearance. *
>
*True but Grok is the AI made by Elon Musk's company, and Musk is King
Donald's best friend (after Jeffrey Epstein of course). And even Grok knows
how to do subtraction.    *


> *> Every oil-producing nation in the Middle East knows they cannot rely on
> that strait as their only means to transport oil. *
>

*They could rely on the Strait of Hormuz before the start of the Idiots
War, but not after.  *


> * > But they can rely on roads and trucks.*
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*They can rely on a new road constructed while under constant attacks by
Iranian drones and missiles capable of handling 105,000 tanker trucks one
way each day? I don't think so.  *

*> **It is looking to me like this war might escalate dramatically. *
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*Unfortunately I agree.  *

*> If it does, this will be a bad thing.*
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*King Donald could try firebombing Tehran like what happened to Tokyo
during the Second World War which resulted in 130,000 people being burned
alive, but that had no effect on changing Japanese Emperor Hirohito's
policies, and I don't think something similar happening to Tehran would
change the Ayatollah's policies. After that the only other thing King
Donald could do would be to do what we did during the Second World War
and resort to nuclear weapons. And yes you are correct, that would be bad.*

* John K Clark*
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