Trump Attacks Iran, IV

[Huckleberry]

if only someone could have seen something like this coming ....

Well, there's no difference between the two parties, so I guess it was inevitable either way.

 

[92tide]

it can't be that whiskey pete, the mango moron, and the brosphere were lying.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2054319735622508879

 

[UAH]

The Atlantic gift article

Checkmate in Iran​

Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.

It’s hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored. The calamitous losses suffered at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and throughout the Western Pacific in the first months of World War II were eventually reversed. The defeats in Vietnam and Afghanistan were costly but did not do lasting damage to America’s overall position in the world, because they were far from the main theaters of global competition. The initial failure in Iraq was mitigated by a shift in strategy that ultimately left Iraq relatively stable and unthreatening to its neighbors and kept the United States dominant in the region.

Defeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The Strait of Hormuz will not be “open,” as it once was. With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world. The roles of China and Russia, as Iran’s allies, are strengthened; the role of the United States, substantially diminished. Far from demonstrating American prowess, as supporters of the war have repeatedly claimed, the conflict has revealed an America that is unreliable and incapable of finishing what it started. That is going to set off a chain reaction around the world as friends and foes adjust to America’s failure.

The NY Times has a short out on YouTube this morning covering the amount of strategic munitions used by the US and the best estimate possible of remaining weapons stocks

 

[Its On A Slab]

The NY Times has a short out on YouTube this morning covering the amount of strategic munitions used by the US and the best estimate possible of remaining weapons stocks

Which is why I'm sinking my investment cash into defense stocks.

War is good business for the military-industrial complex. I might as well make a few dividends off of it because it's inevitable.

 

[arthurdawg]

but some bro on x totally debunked all of the tds

Which is why I'm sinking my investment cash into defense stocks.

War is good business for the military-industrial complex. I might as well make a few dividends off of it because it's inevitable.

I am planning on picking up a chunk of the Vanguard Total War Index myself!

 

[Its On A Slab]

I am planning on picking up a chunk of the Vanguard Total War Index myself!

The Secretary of WARRRRRR approves of this msg.

 

[UAH]

I am planning on picking up a chunk of the Vanguard Total War Index myself!

I expect that is a pretty crowded trade right now. As you are aware the Huntsville area is running full speed right now.

 

[92tide]

so much winning

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[arthurdawg]

I expect that is a pretty crowded trade right now. As you are aware the Huntsville area is running full speed right now.

I'd sign up with China's Road and Belt initiative right now if they'd build more roads in Huntsville. Had to take a rare drive through Madison recently and it was like driving through the Bridgestreet parking lot at Christmas. For miles... That and some of the roads on our side are worse than plain old gravel.

 

[UAH]

I'd sign up with China's Road and Belt initiative right now if they'd build more roads in Huntsville. Had to take a rare drive through Madison recently and it was like driving through the Bridgestreet parking lot at Christmas. For miles... That and some of the roads on our side are worse than plain old gravel.

We purchased a couple of houses in Madison as investment properties near the downtown area 15 years ago and for a number of reasons ending up living in one of them. In the intervening years traffic has risen probably five fold . There is literally only two routes away from the large subdivisions to I-565 and essentially two east-west routes to connect them. The US 72 parking lot is to be avoided at all cost. It could be just me but the Clifts Farm development is something out of a dystopian novel.

 

[arthurdawg]

We purchased a couple of houses in Madison as investment properties near the downtown area 15 years ago and for a number of reasons ending up living in one of them. In the intervening years traffic has risen probably five fold . There is literally only two routes away from the large subdivisions to I-565 and essentially two east-west routes to connect them. The US 72 parking lot is to be avoided at all cost. It could be just me but the Clifts Farm development is something out of a dystopian novel.

Spot on...

The Memorial Parkway / 565 junction was designed to handle up to 40k cars per year... We will will 120k this year...

Some projects are finally starting, but they are incredibly far behind.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Spot on...

The Memorial Parkway / 565 junction was designed to handle up to 40k cars per year... We will will 120k this year...

Some projects are finally starting, but they are incredibly far behind.

So many of them are totally out of the hands of the city or county and in the control of ALDOT, which basically controls both state and federal funds. A long time ago, like 30 years, I had the occasion to do some traveling down in the wiregrass area of Alabama. There were numerous 4 lanes connecting towns a fraction the size of Huntsville, mostly empty of traffic. At the time, the highway to Guntersville and also to Scottsboro were two lane. Most of 53, the shortest way to get to I-65 north is still mostly two lanes and a death trap. The truth is we've always gotten out-politicked and out-maneuvered by south Alabama pols, population be damned...

 

[arthurdawg]

So many of them are totally out of the hands of the city or county and in the control of ALDOT, which basically controls both state and federal funds. A long time ago, like 30 years, I had the occasion to do some traveling down in the wiregrass area of Alabama. There were numerous 4 lanes connecting towns a fraction the size of Huntsville, mostly empty of traffic. At the time, the highway to Guntersville and also to Scottsboro were two lane. Most of 53, the shortest way to get to I-65 north is still mostly two lanes and a death trap. The truth is we've always gotten out-politicked and out-maneuvered by south Alabama pols, population be damned...

So true unfortunately... I don't think Mayor Battles and the other local leaders don't want to fix it, just have to have the cash and ALDOT on board and they are not...

 

[Bamaro]

After 30B and 13 American deaths, I still haven't heard how the crook-in-chief is going to eliminate the Iranian nuclear and balistic missle program.

 

[92tide]

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[CrimsonNagus]

Fettermen is a disgrace. I don’t care if he supports the war, he should also support the law which says a president needs congressional approval or an AUMF after 60 days. Letting this crook president have uncheck powers is a betrayal to the people who voted for him.

 

[JDCrimson]

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Its funny how the spine grows back so quickly when re-election is off the table...

 

[Its On A Slab]

Trump may see himself in Ahmadinejad but having him lead Iran was a perplexing idea

Former Iranian president has a populist, headline-grabbing communication style but is an avowed anti-Zionist. How could Israel see him as a man to do business with?

www.theguardian.com

I am left to wonder: How would Ahmedinejad be any better than the people now running Iran?

The idea that Bibi would prefer an avowed Holocaust-denier and virulent anti-Semite over the Holocaust-deniers and anti-Semites in charge in Iran.

 

[mdb-tpet]

Spot on...

The Memorial Parkway / 565 junction was designed to handle up to 40k cars per year... We will will 120k this year...

Some projects are finally starting, but they are incredibly far behind.

You can never build roads enough for the vastly inefficient automobile (induced demand). The cost per car and land use per car is simply unsustainable.

There are no large cities that have built enough roads to handle all of the traffic they have, because as soon as you build another lane folks get jobs or houses another 15 miles further away and then they clog the roads.

 

[Its On A Slab]

You can never build roads enough for the vastly inefficient automobile (induced demand). The cost per car and land use per car is simply unsustainable.

There are no large cities that have built enough roads to handle all of the traffic they have, because as soon as you build another lane folks get jobs or houses another 15 miles further away and then they clog the roads.

When I moved to West Omaha in the late 90s, I lived just off Harrison Street, a 2-lane road.

The builders kept building houses out that way, but the 2-lane road remained.

Then, the city had the bright idea to widen Harrison Street. They closed the street for 9 months, and we were all excited when it was about to open......only to find out that, instead of making it 4-lanes, they just added a turning lane. Which necessitated ANOTHER 9 month closure a couple years later in order to 4-lane the road to handle the traffic.

I am of the opinion that, as neighborhoods are built in what was once rural farmland/unused land, that the builders should shoulder some of the costs for the increased traffic that comes with more houses being built.