People in his administration know this.

On some level, the occasionally rational piggy realizes it too.

But, you see, that is the problem with defeat, you no longer are in charge of your destiny.

We have lost our ME bases

We are losing our ME allies.

These losses are not something that are easily mended

FFS Piggy spit is Saudi Arabia's face. As vile a regime the Saudis are they have been our partners-buying our ----

You think SA doesn't have options other than the US? When the primary thing we provided them was security?

You think SA isn't in danger of an uprising if the economy collapses cause they can't sell oil?

the Emiratis and Bahrain and Kuwait are desperate for deals with Iran.

Kuwait, who owes its existence to the US will run from us

If you can't comprehend the danger we face, you really need education

The impact of that cannot be overstated.

America without its military projection is not as powerful

Our economic power rests, in significant part, on our military power. We give protection, they give economic support/investment.

If we do not have the military power, the economic relationships will dry up.

Take Japan as an example

We have underpinned their defense since WW2.

As a result, Japan has been a major buyer of our bonds

You know the very money we use to function.

If we cannot protect them (and we are giving them hard facts that we cannot or will not-pulling defensive missile systems and a carrier from the western pacific) they will by necessity seek protection elsewhere-like I don't know China.

Same with South Korea

We lose South Korea and Japan, Taiwan may willingly join China to avoid being invaded.

There goes our defense, technology and AI industries-Taiwan makes the microchips we use.

This is NOT a fantasy, this is happening, now, as we speak.

Japan and SK have been hit hard by our Iran war and the oil disruption. How long before they decide to stop buying our bonds?

People need to understand what is happening.

America is losing.

Badly

Iran has seized the initiative from us.

That is just astounding.

For like 100+ years we have projected military power. We have ALWAYS had the military force to project and impose our will.

That is no longer the case

Drone and ballistic missile warfare has thrown that out the window.

Yes, we still have a HUGELY powerful military

But the form of our military, it's basic premise is thrown out the window.

We base our military power and thus our foreign policy and thus our economic power on the projection of power from a worldwide network of bases.

that is no longer feasible.

Any country with a capacity to produce drones on a substantial level completely checks that power. We cannot have carriers within range of drone swarms. We cannot have bases within range of ballistic missiles.

That means we cannot have bases within range of Russia, Iran, China and soon more countries

That means the most basic assumption of our military projection is useless

LOL

workarounds

LOL

is there a workaround that is immune to drone attack?

I was assured that the Saudi pipeline made the Strait of Hormuz obsolete

Seems I was right, again

Christ how the world would be different if Gore and Hillary had won.

What happened to the US base in Jordan?
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched "devastating" missile strikes on US forces stationed at the Al-Azraq base, which hosts US military assets and personnel, overnight on Tuesday.

Missiles "struck the maintenance, preparation, and deployment sites of F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighter jets, as well as their shelters, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy", the IRGC said in the statement reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Jordanian Armed Forces said 18 of 20 missiles had been intercepted, with two falling in "open areas". US forces fired about 30 Patriot interceptor missiles to counter the missiles, amid reports of depleting stockpiles of US air defence interceptors and other missiles.

How important is the Jordanian base to the US?
The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq is located nearly 100km (62 miles) northeast of Amman. Its official name is a tribute to a Jordanian fighter pilot, Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, who was killed in combat with Israel in 1966 in the Battle of as-Samu.

Its official name is a tribute to a Jordanian fighter pilot, Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, who was killed in combat with Israel in 1966 in the Battle of as-Samu.

People should REALLY contemplate the irony of this. We are operating from a base named after a pilot killed while fighting Israel.

While we fight Israel's war.

In my lifetime Reagen, Dubya and Piggy have enacted so much devastation on the country I love.

Republicans are truly despicable.

They are destroying our country.

Christ how the world would be different if Gore and Hillary had won.