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I don’t think there is such a thing as a tactical nuke. No one will ever use one because it will just escalate the whole world to hell.

My point though remains what is all this military hardware for. What war can realistically occur in which it can be used? Recent news reports that the pentagon had to spend 93 billion dollars in September last year or lose the funds does suggest they have no idea what to do with a trillion dollar budget. Maybe quadrupling the the cia, or paying North Korea to fight iran would be a better use of all that money. Or we could describe cancer as a national security threat. The fact that Iran can still fire missiles means there are military targets that remain but that due to the fog of war America doesn’t know where they are.

There is just so much wrong with this war. I Guess one reason it feels like such a disaster is because America cant be seen to accomplish anything until someone says what they are trying to accomplish in the first place.

It seems the regime will survive and will I imagine immediate double down on the strategy of being able to hold the world’s oil supply at risk to prevent another war. Will be interesting to see if Iran has made itself a pariah amongst all the gulf states after this. Or perhaps they rethink the US military bases in their countries which are there in part to stop this.

Yea Trump is a moron, yes Hegseth is a moron. However this is like Americas Ukraine. The US on paper should have the red, white and blue waving over Tehran by now. Instead evidence shows missile defense is inadequate. Drones are a bigger threat then thought. This war remains a bizarre choice but it seems to have exposed that despite witnessing the last 5 years of the war in Ukraine the US has been slow to evolve its military and update doctrines.

Also this is the most unpopular war in American history but America really needs to address the fact that it has a glass jaw. They have to stop thinking about war as something in which only the other side will die.

It’s also interesting to me that for all of Hegseths talk about lethality and no more legal restraints or nation building America would seemingly be holding back some of its biggest assets. Perhaps there are just no viable targets for them, or they think the ordinance is too expensive but what is the 1 trillion budget and all those bombers and missiles for? Maybe it’s doctrinal again, less B-52 bombers and more Patriot missile factories.

Well I was wrong and partially right about the mines. They were trying it and apparently got blown out of the water. Still frightening, no way to know how many if any might be in the water I suppose. Who knows when it may be a problem if ever.

Iran can’t mine the strait, any ship or shore operation they attempt will be bombed within the hour. Drone strikes are enough deterrent for now I would think and probably cheaper.

I wonder if this war will finally get the gulf states to get these long imagined pipelines built to remove this vulnerable bottle neck.

Also I know it’s all about global supply and demand but now that the USA is a net exporter of oil surely the USA would be better off spending a few hundred billion on building the correct oil refineries domestically instead of a 12th aircraft carrier or whatever else to provide real national security improvements? Theoretically the USA should be able to be self sufficient energy wise. Which diringpeace time won’t matter but during war would.

I know it cant be the first movie I saw in a cinema, but the earliest movie I can remember going to was the lIon King in 1994. I would have been 7. I think I remember it becuase it was a good movie, but also I think my parents took my sister and me but left us in the cinema to watch it alone. I remember they bought me a coke, popcorn and a bunch sweets. They teased me after it must have been good because I didnt eat any of the sweets.