And I want to stress that fertilizer thing.

Over one-third of the world's traded agricultural fertilizer supply has been disrupted or curtailed due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and related Middle East conflicts over the past year

one third

Some of the loss of product yield can be overcome with changing crops but the most vulnerable areas live by a "just in time" food model, meaning the loss in fertilizer will result in lower crop yields, leading to starvation, famine and higher prices

A 10% reduction in global crop yield would trigger severe food price spikes, widespread economic instability, and acute malnutrition for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

that sort of thing results in global migration.

So, yeah, we ------

thanks magat scum

Compound that with Piggy demonstrating himself as unquestionably not a trustworthy partner, leaves Iran with no option for surrender. they will fight on no matter what because to not do so means the loss of everything.

So, the devastation of our defense doctrine since WW2 is going to have profound ramifications.

Our economy relies heavily on our military capabilities.

Our allies and partners, competitors and enemies are seeing a military that failed to recognize the change in military doctrine (drones and ballistic missiles) see our flight from bases and will react

The least problematic is that they create pacts excluding America or including us but as an unreliable partner. the Gulf states are looking at regional alliances and will soon turn to China

The worst is if these countries stop viewing America as an economic force. that would mean they stop buying our debt and OOOOO we don't want that to happen.

The all, friend and enemy alike, realize the danger of an American economic collapse and certainly have little incentive to push us to that

But

If we continue with the Piggy doctrine-tarrifs, aggressive foregin policy, insulting partners, not living up to treaties like NATO, continue with the war on Iran, if we do not find a way to avoid the coming famine (its being reported that global fertilizer stockpiles are down 40%) well the worst will be inevitable

For the record

We are being chased out of these bases. Because we are unable to defend them in light of the new technologic revolution in warfare.

Cheap drones and ever more sophisticated and relatively cheap to build and our inability to have prepared for defensive munitions are revolutionizing warfare.

Iran, a 3rd rate military, defeated us because we did not learn the lessons of the Ukraine war. We have not had the vision or will to evolve our fighting forces.

That is a simple fact

Losing these bases impacts us operationally, strategically and profoundly in our foreign policy.

Operationally we no longer have bases to project power. the USS Lincoln fiasco is a perfect exemplar. Where previously it would pop into our Bahrainian base to refuel and replenish, now it has to remain on station with active operations. For it to spend a couple of weeks going back and forth to Diego Garcia would leave our naval assets in the Gulf region without CAP and susceptible to attack

That is a massive operational blow.

Amateurs study operations, experts study logistics

Iran is demonstrating an increased capability to expand its offensive power-Piggy was shocked when our base in Jordan was hit hard. There must be some scary intelligence for Piggy to pull out of the UK.

I am sure that there are many other bases throughout Europe but with Putin acting aggressively and with his ability for drone warfare makes our Europe bases vulnerable.

So all of these operational blows are impacting our strategy-not that we ever had one to be honest.

Think of strategy as the plan to meet your goals. Operations are the ways and means to fulfil the plan.

Since WW2 America has been able to project our military power where ever we choose, generally with impunity
Not that that project guarantees success, but it does permit us to dictate operations. Half of victory comes from having the initiative, which we have generally always had, because our military was everywhere supplemented by our navy

We are withdrawing from the ME; we have withdrawn from Iraq. We have lost our bases. We have limited naval capacity to meet the demands

that limits our strategic options. It limits the goals we are able to achieve.

Of course, Piggy has no strategic goals, cause he is a moron.

but, if generally speaking, the goal is to get Iran to surrender, well it ain't going to happen.

But he is certainly betting that we can inflict far more harm on them then they on us leading them to surrender

But, with the operational blows we have taken we have no realistic strategy to meet any realistic goal.

Are we going to run bombers from US bases all the way to Iran, bomb and return? How will we protect vulnerable infrastructure in gulf countries? How will we able to project and commit the level of force we had back in March, when we don't have bases in the region to work from? That means naval aircraft from carriers which has limited operational capacity-see the USS Lincoln

All of that doesn't even touch on the fact that Iran simply will not quit, under any circumstances.

We have made it clear that Piggy will accept nothing but something the Iranians will see as existential.

Fake. Nope. I listen to what they say when they let the mask slip and I observe their policies when they are in power.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger a

which democratic polices related to watching firemen burn are you referring to?

The AI has lied to the developers.

AI is doing stuff the developers aren't even aware of

Btw you are what is wrong with this country you hateful ignorant ----

Can you present how burisma is in anyway equivalent to what Kushner is doing?

Facts and details would be appreciated.

Funny how the Democrats never said a word about all the business dealings handled by Hunter!
#19 | Posted by Maverick

You're literally comparing Kushner engaging in official foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the US, while not a federal employee, and having multiple, multi-billion dollar relationships with multiple countries involved in wars, touting in interviews that he cannot discuss top secret information, despite not being a federal employee, not disclosing his finances and NOT being able to pass a background check with Hunter Biden getting his VP father on a phone call

There were 33 congressional hearings on Benghazi

There have been 0 congressional hearings on the Iran war

Are you kidding? This barely scratches the surface

How Jared Kushner's firm's investment in an Israeli company could be a major conflict of interest