I HAVE WRITTEN AND WARNED OF THE COMING SHORTAGES IN CRITICAL DEFENSE ITEMS FOR DECADES... WE NO LONGER HAVE CLEAR ACCESS TO THE CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUPPLY OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE WITH THE RAW MATERIALS NEEDED, IN TIME TO RESPOND TO WAR. RARE METALS AND OTHER SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO OTHER NATIONS AND WE WILL HAVE TO RESOURCE THEM ELSEWHERE OR REPLACE THEM WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS... WHICH TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP.
OUR LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT DELIBERATELY PLACED OUR NATION AT SERIOUS PERIL IN THE EVENT OF WAR. WE HAVE NEITHER THE LAWFUL RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE NOR THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SUCH BELIGERANCY... IN FACT, TO DO SO COMPROMISES OUR NATIONAL SECURITY... THIS IS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH CHINA AND N. KOREA THREATENING THE USA AND OUR LONG-TERM PACIFIC ALLIES ... WE NEED TO BE CONCENTRATING ON THE RESOURCING OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE NEEDS, MUNITIONS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT... WE DO NOT NEED TO BE GIVING OUR WAR RESERVES AWAY TO FOREIGN BELIGERANTS OR ABANDONING THEM TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS.
MICHAEL D DUNCAN > Ronald A. Nelson COL, USA, RetiredJuly 10, 2023 at 1:07pm
RON, I AGREE 100%! WHY DO WE NOT HEAR REPUBLICANS DEMANDING A CORRECTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE JUST POINTED OUT?
Greed and avarice drive today's politics... where once fidelity and honor would never allow such a dangerous policy to strip us of our defenses... betrayal has spawned treason. Next to go will be our weapons and ammo. Profit over security and treason over fidelity is the new ethical order for many in Congress and on the boards of International Corporations. We need to start using the 'T' word regularly, as a descriptive noun, for both parties and the Globalist plutocracy running our government.
DEMOCRATS SUCK, GET RID OF THEM IN 2024, IF NOT SOONER!
To my knowledge, nothing has been done to change the Demos ability to cheat like they did in 2020, and the sham trial of Hunter proves they have everything under their control. So, I have no idea if a Republican can ever win again if we play by their rules. That said, I hope that all conservatives will continue to rally around Trump and remember how good and how different the country was when he was president! I know that Trump made a lot of mistakes. He was very naive, but he is only human. What can you expect when he was surrounded by traitors who stabbed him in the back at every opportunity. He was trying to run an entire county and was relying on the people that he chose to support him! Unfortunately, they did not support him and instead continually worked to bring him down!
We really need a leader than can take charge. Trump had the chance to be that leader, but instead of taking charge when he was still president, still in charge of the military, and had 74 million voters backing him, he bailed and left us hanging. Now he is dealing from a position of serious weakness, but if everybody continues to support him, he can win again! He is a real fighter that loves America and if he does win again, I have no doubt that he will be many times tougher and more effective in draining the swamp.
I think that DeSantis is letting his ego overrule his common sense and love for country by running against Trump! Thereby dividing the vote to give the Demos a better chance at winning. He should throw his support behind Trump, because if we lose the election in 2024, we won't everget another chance! If we win, then DeSantis would be a shoe in for the next 8 years!
In a December 2020 CBS interview, Obama revealed his preference for a “third term” in which he would be in control in his “basement,” but his lackey would wear an “earpiece” and “deliver the lines” written by Obama.
Unfortunately for Obama, Biden cannot “deliver the lines” very well, but he sure can follow orders.
If Trump is convicted and sentenced jail, I hope that we will not stand around and let that happen! We need to take a real stand!
“When people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
A world that can go anywhere, surely will fall apart. Tom D
Well folks, this just keeps getting better and goddamn better. All you Bye-din sycophantic suck-ups out there happy now? Not only is the Liar-in-Chief a damn national and global embarrassment, but now he's shaping up as a possible war criminal.
It wasn't enough that he has, in the space of just over 2 years, destroyed the country economically, socially, culturally, militarily, academically and politically. Not enough that he has overseen the ruination of America's energy independence, literally eliminated our borders and with it any claim to national sovereignty, turned our cities into crime-laden war zones, and our nation into a fentanyl-fed shit-show.
Nope. All that was just for starters. Now "Cluster Bomb Joe" has decided to go "all in" for his boy Volo and Kyiv. Vowing "not to leave Ukraine defenseless," as part of yet-another taxpayer-funded $800 MILLION military aid package we will send thousands of cluster bombs from US stockpiles.
That's right, folks. Despite the international Convention on Cluster Munitions -- basically banning the use, transfer, or sale of cluster bombs-- being signed by 111 countries, and signed but not ratified by another 12, "Bombs Away Joe" has deemed their employment essential if Kyiv is to turn the tide, continue its "offensive" and push through Russian lines.
'Scuse me. Wait a f-ing minute. Wasn't it just 5 months ago, 14 Feb to be exact, that Field Marshall Bye-din's squatty-body Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mark Milley, stood up in Brussels and proclaimed that "Russia has lost; they've lost strategically, operationally, and tactically, and they are paying an enormous price on the battlefield."??
And yet, 5 months since Russia's "defeat," Volo continues to stamp his feet, scream and demand more and more from the US/NATO. From F-16's to tanks to Patriot anti-air systems to HIMAR's to cluster bombs to more weapons, ammo, and artillery..... more, more, more.
And faster, if you please. Pick up the pace.
And the laughable part? Joe was apparently persuaded to sign off on this controversial, contentious when the little green-shirted toad Zelensky-- I shit you not-- "promised to use the controversial munitions carefully.” Read that again. He "promises to use the munitions carefully."
Well, that just makes everything just hunky-dory, doesn't it?
Volo promised. ROTFLMGDAO!!! (Rolling on the floorlaugh my God dame ass off)
Not to be outdone in the arena of sheer, utter, and complete stupidity, up to the podium steps National Security Advisor Jake "The Snake" Sullivan. This poster boy for incompetence defended the Bye-din decision, saying that the US will send a version of the munition which has a reduced "dud rate." [That means fewer of the smaller bomblets fail to explode, later potentially injuring or killing civilians, especially children.]
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, some cluster munitions have an unexploded rate of as high as 40%, turning them into mini-land mines.
But let not your heart be troubled, friends. The Pentagon assures everyone that OUR munitions -- made in the good ol’ USA -- will have an unexploded rate of not greater than 2.35%. Well, ain't that just sweet? Everyone feel better now? You know I do.
Remember, folks, this is the same Pentagon and military brass that just 5 months ago told us Russia had "lost."
That assured us the Taliban would never regain power in Afghanistan.
That, in November 1968, told us that victory was imminent in Vietnam, when Gen. William Westmoreland told Congress the "end was in sight." (Well, they were half right on that one.)
The cluster bombs (fired from conventional 155mm howitzers) will ostensibly give Ukraine "a capability to allow them to strike more Russian targets using fewer rounds.” Right. Sure it will.
This, from a trigger-happy army which pumps out shells like Skittles, with no firepower discipline, and which expends ordnance at absolutely unprecedented rates... hoping to hit something other than dirt... and then screaming for us to empty our stockpiles and quadruple our ordnance production.
A NATO summit convenes today in Lithuania, And "Lyin' Biden" is sure to face some tough questions from member states about why he would send a weapon to Ukraine that more than two-thirds of alliance members have banned because of its track record for causing indiscriminate civilian casualties.
Folks, this is abject lunacy run amok. The inmates are running the asylum, with fruitcakes like an octogenarian who doesn't know what planet he's on, and NATO Secretary General Jens "Warhawk" Stoltenberg leading us right into yet another mindless -- and endless -- war.
Why do I say endless? Simple. Like South Vietnam, Ukraine will NEVER be able to stand on its own. They will always be completely dependent on -- and demanding of -- more Western/US "aid." Hell, Zelensky opined when this whole shit-show kicked off that he would require $ 7 BILLION A MONTH -- just to keep the Ukraine government functioning!
And who do you think has been quietly footing that bill? Here's a clue: It ain't been Europe or NATO.
Look in the mirror.
So if you enjoyed America's adventure in Vietnam, you're going to relish the "Ukraine Experience." A never-ending pouring of taxpayer dollars and national treasure into the toilet that is Kyiv, on behalf of a corrupt actor, in a futile, worthless, proxy-war crusade to overthrow Putin and the Russian government -- and replace it with..... what??
And in the interim, the Lunatic-in-Chief continues to drive erstwhile friends and former allies into the arms of the most obliging Chinese and the CCP, as an increasing number of countries choose to align more closely with Beijing and Moscow while stiff-arming Washington. In fact, China has been engaged in a concerted effort to bring both Japan and South Korea into their orbit, to form a Pacific "Partnership for Peace and Security," vs. being a beck-and-call Asian lackey and piss-boy for Washington.
And they're listening.
Many see their interests better served by doing business with them, as opposed to genuflecting to bullies like the Goofy Shit who demands foreign states/governments dance to his tune and adapt his "woke" agenda on, for example, LGBTQ rights--- or suffer "consequences." Or with idiots like Sen. Lindsay Graham, saying "Russians are being killed. It's the best money we've ever spent."
I bet that played well with the Russian people.
In sum, drink heavily and standby, my friends. Because with these nimrods at the helm anything is possible.
I wonder how many US Army Artillery Battalions are being deprived of artillery rounds for training due to the US policy to ship munitions to Ukraine. I know how the Ammunition System works in the US Military. When a Production Lot of Artillery is accepted by the Army it is first placed into warstock. Training Ammunition requirements are taken from old Production Lots in warstock and then shipped to Military Bases that require training rounds. The US Artillery units do NOT train with DPICM, but with High Explosive, White Phosphorous, and a training round that does not explode called the Low Impact Training Round (LITR). If the US has been taking older Production Lots from warstock and shipping them to Ukraine, this means that these munitions are NOT available for Artillery Training. The real reason that DPICM is now being sent to Ukraine is because we don't have enough High Explosive (HE) rounds being replaced in warstock to provide for both the Ukrainian and US Training requirements. Having served for over 20 years in Artillery, I can tell you that the US Army is sacrificing readiness to support Ukraine.
All ammo and munition stocks are managed in a similar fashion... and you are correct Biden is slowly draining our war reserves exposing us to international blackmail by our enemies
P/S Our nation's Emergency Oil Reserves are also being depleted... much of it is being shipped to China... soon the lack of fuel for training our military and its ability to respond to a wide variety of military challenges will seriously impact National Secuirty. Can anyone say treason is afoot in the Halls of Government?
And why is that Kirby? Could it be because you Liberals arranged for all the manufacturing to be moved from the USA to China? And so now the Chinese are holding us ransom and when we do get anything the product is inferior.
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I HAVE WRITTEN AND WARNED OF THE COMING SHORTAGES IN CRITICAL DEFENSE ITEMS FOR DECADES... WE NO LONGER HAVE CLEAR ACCESS TO THE CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUPPLY OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE WITH THE RAW MATERIALS NEEDED, IN TIME TO RESPOND TO WAR. RARE METALS AND OTHER SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO OTHER NATIONS AND WE WILL HAVE TO RESOURCE THEM ELSEWHERE OR REPLACE THEM WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS... WHICH TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP.
OUR LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT DELIBERATELY PLACED OUR NATION AT SERIOUS PERIL IN THE EVENT OF WAR. WE HAVE NEITHER THE LAWFUL RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE NOR THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SUCH BELIGERANCY... IN FACT, TO DO SO COMPROMISES OUR NATIONAL SECURITY... THIS IS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH CHINA AND N. KOREA THREATENING THE USA AND OUR LONG-TERM PACIFIC ALLIES ... WE NEED TO BE CONCENTRATING ON THE RESOURCING OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE NEEDS, MUNITIONS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT... WE DO NOT NEED TO BE GIVING OUR WAR RESERVES AWAY TO FOREIGN BELIGERANTS OR ABANDONING THEM TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS.
RON, I AGREE 100%! WHY DO WE NOT HEAR REPUBLICANS DEMANDING A CORRECTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE JUST POINTED OUT?
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Greed and avarice drive today's politics... where once fidelity and honor would never allow such a dangerous policy to strip us of our defenses... betrayal has spawned treason. Next to go will be our weapons and ammo. Profit over security and treason over fidelity is the new ethical order for many in Congress and on the boards of International Corporations. We need to start using the 'T' word regularly, as a descriptive noun, for both parties and the Globalist plutocracy running our government.
A world that can go anywhere, surely will fall apart. Tom D
DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL, GET RID OF THEM IN 2024!
I wonder how many US Army Artillery Battalions are being deprived of artillery rounds for training due to the US policy to ship munitions to Ukraine. I know how the Ammunition System works in the US Military. When a Production Lot of Artillery is accepted by the Army it is first placed into warstock. Training Ammunition requirements are taken from old Production Lots in warstock and then shipped to Military Bases that require training rounds. The US Artillery units do NOT train with DPICM, but with High Explosive, White Phosphorous, and a training round that does not explode called the Low Impact Training Round (LITR). If the US has been taking older Production Lots from warstock and shipping them to Ukraine, this means that these munitions are NOT available for Artillery Training. The real reason that DPICM is now being sent to Ukraine is because we don't have enough High Explosive (HE) rounds being replaced in warstock to provide for both the Ukrainian and US Training requirements. Having served for over 20 years in Artillery, I can tell you that the US Army is sacrificing readiness to support Ukraine.
All ammo and munition stocks are managed in a similar fashion... and you are correct Biden is slowly draining our war reserves exposing us to international blackmail by our enemies
P/S Our nation's Emergency Oil Reserves are also being depleted... much of it is being shipped to China... soon the lack of fuel for training our military and its ability to respond to a wide variety of military challenges will seriously impact National Secuirty. Can anyone say treason is afoot in the Halls of Government?
And why is that Kirby? Could it be because you Liberals arranged for all the manufacturing to be moved from the USA to China? And so now the Chinese are holding us ransom and when we do get anything the product is inferior.
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