Okay, here's my question: knowing Sec. of Desecration Kegbreath is among the bottom feeders of the administration, does that mean that the entirety of the Pentagon is composed of criminals, Yes men and lemmings? Is there no one who can or might say NO?!?
Thank God...because you get the word out...I know what it is like to live in that culture of testosterone...at least the ones who are talking with you do want the truth to be out.
So happy I am retired from the army...I hate we are in bed with Netanyahu...trump goes on national TV and spills the beans on war secrets, but this he keeps quiet on...time for him to know how much America hates this war and his buddy buddy netanyahooooo
Literally everything that Trump and Hegseth say are lies. They don't even accidentally tell the truth ever about anything. I have heard this song and dance before during the Vietnam war. Similar lies and incompetence and once things started coming out (Pentagon papers) everything changed.
In a way, they have been lucky so far. But, every day is bingo ball day. I hate this is happening again.
What I really want to know is whether these "senior military officials" have given any thought at all to how Iran is likely to respond to a takeover of their main oil export terminal.
Closing Hormuz completely, to start with; lots of missiles aimed at Israel; missiles bombing other ME countries; and a takeover of Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as they've already threatened?
Is anyone left at the Dept of War Crimes who both games things out and has Hegseth's ear?
The current Pentagon "management" underestimates Iran at its peril. Since at least the 1980's, Iran has probably been planning for U.S. and/or Israeli attacks. I'm sure Kharg Island has been hardened to the n'th degree. Taking it will not be a cakewalk. We may very well take it, but the costs will be very high. Who gains from all of this? I think Israel gains a great deal more than we do. No wonder the Pentagon wanted to keep our joint venture a secret. There is already a significant portion of the American public that thinks this is a "Zionist" war and that we are Israel's enablers.
It sure doesn't seem like anyone even considered that the Strait of Hormuz would likely be closed at the onset of the attacks on Iran. An average non-comatose 8th grader could have seen that coming, but apparently no one in the chain of command.
Oh, the Pentagon used to be loaded with Iran experts and Farsi speakers who knew all of the ins and outs of a war with Iran. That's why we never had one. We have a war now because Kegstand fired all of the people who wouldn't get with his program. That included the ones with a rudimentary knowledge of geography.
Ohhhh the karma accruing to our nation! Somewhere between WWII/Eisenhower and now we became this thing that makes profitmaking the primary virtue and war a delivery boy. I think Vietnam was the tipping point. But who cares? What do we do now? How do we end our war making machine and bring it back in line with defense?
You are correct, and it was written by a general a long time ago: Smedley Butler described how the plebes go to war but the war mongers profit. Read it. It's really eye opening.
Here it is, in pdf format and for free. It's only 35 easy pages to read:
While you are at it, you may want to look at the list, compiled by Congress, of the long list of wars and skirmishes, here an abroad, in which our military was involved: You can skip the summary and the intro, but look carefully where page after page, in small characters, each conflict is reduced to 4-5 lines!
We never were a peaceful nation. In fact, we are pugnacious little buggers!
Ken’s excellent article is about joint U.S. and Israeli military integration and cooperation. Here is an off-the-wall comment concerning Israel and the U.S. Why did Trump win the 2024 election? Was it because of that disastrous debate between Biden and Trump that NEVER should have been allowed to happen? Biden was ill, and his handlers should have squelched that debate before it ever was started. Biden should NOT have run for re-election. This we all know. When he ceded his candidacy to Harris, the one debate that she had with Trump, she mopped the floor with Trump. Harris was dealt a VERY bad hand from the start. All of this is history that we all KNOW. But the election results were VERY close. Harris lost by only one-and-a-half percent in the popular vote. What was the tipping point? One word: ISRAEL. Biden’s unilateral support for Israel, with its genocide in Gaza, was a HUGE mistake. It alienated two crucial groups that both Biden and Harris needed to win. One group is obviously Muslim Americans. But even more so, it totally turned off a LOT of young voters who just sat out the 2024 elections in disgust. They felt that they had NO candidate, so they just skipped voting. This gave the Republicans the edge. Harris’s biggest mistake was not breaking with Biden’s unconditional support of Israel, and to put brakes and guardrails on Israel's conduct in Gaza. If she had done this, Kamala Harris would be POTUS today, and we would not now have the authoritarian Trump in power and all the BS that we have endured.
We have just honored (most of us) the passing of D-Day. Today's column made me think. Can you imagine planning and pulling off Operation Overlord today. With the internet and cell phones everywhere. The subterfuge, placing Patton in charge of a fake battalion across from Pas de Calais in Operation Fortitude. Operation Mincemeat. In April 1943, the British submarine HMS Seraph released a dead body off the coast of Huelva, Spain. The corpse was disguised as a British military officer carrying fabricated, "top-secret" documents designed to trick Nazi Germany about Allied invasion plans. One whole year before the invasion.
So the internet has made waging war much more difficult. Only a fool would go to war in this day and age. Enough said about that. I remember at the beginning of Russia's war with Ukraine. A reporter said that prior to the war, Russia was the second most powerful army in the world. Now it is the second most powerful army in Ukraine.
Trump failed to grasp that the reason for having the biggest and baddest military in the world is not to start wars, but prevent them. Such a fool!
Never a doubt in my mind that this report is 100 percent accurate. At this point, I don’t know why Israel doesn’t adopt the United States. Go, Iran, go.
Damn we do hella defensive operations in what appears to be an offensive fashion that’s really interesting. What talent.
the Pentagon might lose every war but damn are they good at the paperwork
Okay, here's my question: knowing Sec. of Desecration Kegbreath is among the bottom feeders of the administration, does that mean that the entirety of the Pentagon is composed of criminals, Yes men and lemmings? Is there no one who can or might say NO?!?
No many have integrity - that’s why they talk to me
Thank God...because you get the word out...I know what it is like to live in that culture of testosterone...at least the ones who are talking with you do want the truth to be out.
And acronyms.
*groans*
So happy I am retired from the army...I hate we are in bed with Netanyahu...trump goes on national TV and spills the beans on war secrets, but this he keeps quiet on...time for him to know how much America hates this war and his buddy buddy netanyahooooo
Literally everything that Trump and Hegseth say are lies. They don't even accidentally tell the truth ever about anything. I have heard this song and dance before during the Vietnam war. Similar lies and incompetence and once things started coming out (Pentagon papers) everything changed.
In a way, they have been lucky so far. But, every day is bingo ball day. I hate this is happening again.
What I really want to know is whether these "senior military officials" have given any thought at all to how Iran is likely to respond to a takeover of their main oil export terminal.
Closing Hormuz completely, to start with; lots of missiles aimed at Israel; missiles bombing other ME countries; and a takeover of Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as they've already threatened?
Is anyone left at the Dept of War Crimes who both games things out and has Hegseth's ear?
The current Pentagon "management" underestimates Iran at its peril. Since at least the 1980's, Iran has probably been planning for U.S. and/or Israeli attacks. I'm sure Kharg Island has been hardened to the n'th degree. Taking it will not be a cakewalk. We may very well take it, but the costs will be very high. Who gains from all of this? I think Israel gains a great deal more than we do. No wonder the Pentagon wanted to keep our joint venture a secret. There is already a significant portion of the American public that thinks this is a "Zionist" war and that we are Israel's enablers.
It sure doesn't seem like anyone even considered that the Strait of Hormuz would likely be closed at the onset of the attacks on Iran. An average non-comatose 8th grader could have seen that coming, but apparently no one in the chain of command.
Oh, the Pentagon used to be loaded with Iran experts and Farsi speakers who knew all of the ins and outs of a war with Iran. That's why we never had one. We have a war now because Kegstand fired all of the people who wouldn't get with his program. That included the ones with a rudimentary knowledge of geography.
Ohhhh the karma accruing to our nation! Somewhere between WWII/Eisenhower and now we became this thing that makes profitmaking the primary virtue and war a delivery boy. I think Vietnam was the tipping point. But who cares? What do we do now? How do we end our war making machine and bring it back in line with defense?
You are correct, and it was written by a general a long time ago: Smedley Butler described how the plebes go to war but the war mongers profit. Read it. It's really eye opening.
Here it is, in pdf format and for free. It's only 35 easy pages to read:
https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societies/ebooks/pdf/butler_racket.pdf
While you are at it, you may want to look at the list, compiled by Congress, of the long list of wars and skirmishes, here an abroad, in which our military was involved: You can skip the summary and the intro, but look carefully where page after page, in small characters, each conflict is reduced to 4-5 lines!
We never were a peaceful nation. In fact, we are pugnacious little buggers!
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R42738
Ken’s excellent article is about joint U.S. and Israeli military integration and cooperation. Here is an off-the-wall comment concerning Israel and the U.S. Why did Trump win the 2024 election? Was it because of that disastrous debate between Biden and Trump that NEVER should have been allowed to happen? Biden was ill, and his handlers should have squelched that debate before it ever was started. Biden should NOT have run for re-election. This we all know. When he ceded his candidacy to Harris, the one debate that she had with Trump, she mopped the floor with Trump. Harris was dealt a VERY bad hand from the start. All of this is history that we all KNOW. But the election results were VERY close. Harris lost by only one-and-a-half percent in the popular vote. What was the tipping point? One word: ISRAEL. Biden’s unilateral support for Israel, with its genocide in Gaza, was a HUGE mistake. It alienated two crucial groups that both Biden and Harris needed to win. One group is obviously Muslim Americans. But even more so, it totally turned off a LOT of young voters who just sat out the 2024 elections in disgust. They felt that they had NO candidate, so they just skipped voting. This gave the Republicans the edge. Harris’s biggest mistake was not breaking with Biden’s unconditional support of Israel, and to put brakes and guardrails on Israel's conduct in Gaza. If she had done this, Kamala Harris would be POTUS today, and we would not now have the authoritarian Trump in power and all the BS that we have endured.
We have just honored (most of us) the passing of D-Day. Today's column made me think. Can you imagine planning and pulling off Operation Overlord today. With the internet and cell phones everywhere. The subterfuge, placing Patton in charge of a fake battalion across from Pas de Calais in Operation Fortitude. Operation Mincemeat. In April 1943, the British submarine HMS Seraph released a dead body off the coast of Huelva, Spain. The corpse was disguised as a British military officer carrying fabricated, "top-secret" documents designed to trick Nazi Germany about Allied invasion plans. One whole year before the invasion.
So the internet has made waging war much more difficult. Only a fool would go to war in this day and age. Enough said about that. I remember at the beginning of Russia's war with Ukraine. A reporter said that prior to the war, Russia was the second most powerful army in the world. Now it is the second most powerful army in Ukraine.
Trump failed to grasp that the reason for having the biggest and baddest military in the world is not to start wars, but prevent them. Such a fool!
Never a doubt in my mind that this report is 100 percent accurate. At this point, I don’t know why Israel doesn’t adopt the United States. Go, Iran, go.
Incredible reporting, Ken... Thank you!!!