Wargaming fecklessness
03-13-2026 | 09:59 PM
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The jones act, wtf. Hello, anybody home? Got ourselves buried deep in another Islamic tar baby. Resolved; Authorize LeMay stratagem on primary threat targets. Offer air conditioned, secure area sanctuary including bunk, hot chow & free Wi-Fi to vetted refugees. Mark 82/84 schedule/dispatch on concentrations of enemy units. Not to exceed a pace beyond practical ability to support. At minimum 9 months out. Raise service branch strength but defer announcement of deployment timetable until timing’s right. Because it’s blatantly too soon.
03-14-2026 | 04:07 PM
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For the same reason Ukraine is hitting Russia, a long standing Iranian ally. Iran is dedicated to the eradication of Israel. Iran has a thousand year history of ongoing bloodshed with Kurdish and Iraqi Sunni Muslims. Iran has financed, facilitated and covered for extremist acts of terror since the Shah regime was toppled.
Don’t stop bombing until they make up more reassuring lies of pursuing peaceful coexistence.’No nukes for you’
Don’t stop bombing until they make up more reassuring lies of pursuing peaceful coexistence.’No nukes for you’
03-14-2026 | 06:36 PM
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Regardless of diplomatic inroads or not, about a month to service all DMPIs. No need to leave any chips on the table... it will be a very lengthy and difficult process for IR to replace most of the big hardware, if it's even possible.
03-14-2026 | 07:05 PM
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It is most likely true, now that we're here, that it would be best to see it through.
Regardless of diplomatic inroads or not, about a month to service all DMPIs. No need to leave any chips on the table... it will be a very lengthy and difficult process for IR to replace most of the big hardware, if it's even possible.
Regardless of diplomatic inroads or not, about a month to service all DMPIs. No need to leave any chips on the table... it will be a very lengthy and difficult process for IR to replace most of the big hardware, if it's even possible.
03-15-2026 | 07:58 AM
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If they want to try to drag this out via the strait, that can be a two-way street. Good luck shipping economically relevant quantities of oil overland via the old silk road, in non-articulated tanker trucks
03-15-2026 | 10:06 AM
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Kharg Island is definitely on the menu, pretty much the center-piece of what's left of their oil export economy, and sparsely populated. Easy Peasy.
If they want to try to drag this out via the strait, that can be a two-way street. Good luck shipping economically relevant quantities of oil overland via the old silk road, in non-articulated tanker trucks
If they want to try to drag this out via the strait, that can be a two-way street. Good luck shipping economically relevant quantities of oil overland via the old silk road, in non-articulated tanker trucks
03-15-2026 | 10:50 AM
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/...RbDwLwcph6zH5f
For that matter, the Norwegians had $5 a gallon gas back in the 1980s WHILE PUMPING FROM THE NORTH SEA AND SELLING IT. Along with a 115% tax on new cars with internal combustion engines and a 25% rate in EVs.
Which is how a country with less than 6 million people got themselves a $2 TRILLION sovereign wealth fund, increasing by about a quarter TRILLION each year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/norw...alth-fund.html
03-15-2026 | 11:03 AM
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Kharg Island is definitely on the menu, pretty much the center-piece of what's left of their oil export economy, and sparsely populated. Easy Peasy.
If they want to try to drag this out via the strait, that can be a two-way street. Good luck shipping economically relevant quantities of oil overland via the old silk road, in non-articulated tanker trucks
If they want to try to drag this out via the strait, that can be a two-way street. Good luck shipping economically relevant quantities of oil overland via the old silk road, in non-articulated tanker trucks
03-15-2026 | 11:28 AM
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You have no conception of true poverty.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...RbDwLwcph6zH5f
For that matter, the Norwegians had $5 a gallon gas back in the 1980s WHILE PUMPING FROM THE NORTH SEA AND SELLING IT. Along with a 115% tax on new cars with internal combustion engines and a 25% rate in EVs.
Which is how a country with less than 6 million people got themselves a $2 TRILLION sovereign wealth fund, increasing by about a quarter TRILLION each year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/norw...alth-fund.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...RbDwLwcph6zH5f
For that matter, the Norwegians had $5 a gallon gas back in the 1980s WHILE PUMPING FROM THE NORTH SEA AND SELLING IT. Along with a 115% tax on new cars with internal combustion engines and a 25% rate in EVs.
Which is how a country with less than 6 million people got themselves a $2 TRILLION sovereign wealth fund, increasing by about a quarter TRILLION each year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/norw...alth-fund.html
When did I say I have a conception of true poverty at all? We’re all upper middle class airline pilots in the US. Probably 0.1%ers worldwide. What’s your point?
