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2024-09-24 16:30 by Karl Denninger
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... that we don't need to actually use our military.

In, you know, an actual war.  When people shoot back.  Not this BS "bomb that guy" game, when the range is two-way and they're shooting at us.

Why?

x.com/Geiger_Capital/status/1838549913086337034

How about that for why?

We have only one oiler -- vessels that carry fuel for things like, oh, aircraft -- available where that ship is.  ONE, and it just went hard aground and apparently, from that video, ripped up the rudder post mount quite nicely, shearing off several bolts.

How much damage was done to the underwater gear?  I don't think anyone knows yet but it clearly is leaking so the answer isn't "none."  Whether that damage impacts its mobility (e.g. rudder jammed or the screw damaged) is an open question, but its not going anywhere while hard aground -- that much I can assure you.

How "capable" is our allegedly "great" military of doing its job right now?  You know, actual fighting in a lethal combat situation where the other side can shoot back?

How many of our "officers" running said vessels and other assets are not competent to do the job under pressure when they ground ships (or, as we've previously seen, run them into other vessels) when nobody is shooting at them?

How many of said "officers" were promoted because of their blue hair, what they have between their legs and/or pronouns rather than because they were the person who was most competent to take that command irrespective of any of that horseshit?

You better pray we don't find out the hard way; not only may thousands of our troops die but you may glow in the dark.

Oh by the way, that's the Democrat answer -- Diversity, remember?  Kamala Harris is the poster child for this shit along with Joe and the people they both have in their administration and have placed in command.  Like, for example, the "fine gentleman" with responsibility over spent nuclear fuel who likes to cross-dress and got caught apparently stealing other people's luggage.

PS: Nice OpSec you got there with someone on board running around with a fucking cellphone, shooting video of the damage and uploading it to social media sites!  I mean, what could possibly go wrong doing THAT sort of shit?