Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning that a war with Iran will drain the Pentagon's stockpiles and lea

[womanofthehills]

So here we have former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning that a war with Iran will drain the Pentagon’s stockpiles and leave the US exposed against rivals like Russia and China.
The US is burning through costly interceptors and missiles,sometimes to shoot down drones worth only about $20,000,while production takes years to catch up.
Washington risks hollowing out its arsenal and weakening its own strategic position.

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[leftstreet]

1. I don't believe it

They're working harder to sell FINANCING a war to Americans, than they did to JUSTIFY it

Meh, Congress will give them whatever they want

[Dave Bowman]

2. Going to war with Iran was a very stupid idea. And they believe, again, that it will be a walk in the park.

[ananda]

8. These people are stupid enough to not know how stupid they are.

And it's extremely stupid.

[Dave Bowman]

10. They are perfect examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

"The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that describes the systematic tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

They are convinced that they know better than everybody while showing abysmal incompetence.

[wnylib]

3. Would be world conquerors get so confident

that they overextend themselves to their own detriment. Napoleon, Hitler, and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

[sop]

4. War profiteers will gladly restock the Pentagon's depleted arsenals.

Trump's cronies are salivating at the prospect of tapping into that $500B increase in defense spending. And Hegseth will be handing out the no-bid contracts.

[harumph]

9. The so-called no bid contracts are not going to the contractors that actually build the needed supplies

They're going to nameplate firms. Moreover, there is no denying that there is a defensive missile shortage (interceptors). The problem is that
a lot of $$ is currently funneled to speculative AI crap run by 2 person firms, that will never produce anything of value
for the American public - nor aid in our defense. So the "war profiteers" aren't the ones building ships or actually manufacturing things that can intercept ballistic missiles (e.g., General Dynamics, Raytheon, etc.). I think it's useful to point out specifically what kind of graft is going on - who is getting the $$ - and not cast too wide a net. There are real bona-fide contracts that produce useful things and there are bullshit contracts that produce nothing but wealth in cronies pockets. Whatever you think of this conflict, maybe the reason that we are lacking
real items at this time is that this admin has preferentially funneled our tax dollars into the bullshit contracts.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. But ... but .... We were told war with Iran was for the purpose of keeping us safe!!

How could this be?? Surely President Miller would not do anything to damage our country’s defenses!!

[Chasstev365]

6. Remember when W's translation team keep ignoring Clinton's team warning them about Al Quedia?

[tanyev]

7. No, Donny said our supplies were unlimited. UNLIMITED!

I guess he’s got a sorcerer putting a Room of Requirement in that new ballroom.

[dutch777]

11. If the Chinese wanted to really rattle our cage, they would move mass troops to ports and put the navy to sea.

They wouldn't have to actually do more than look like they are building up for an invasion of Taiwan but it would scare the hell out of the folks in the Pentagon and maybe a few in the WH. Without getting directly involved supporting Iran, this would have that affect. While always planning for the possibility of a two front war, it is no secret that would stretch military resources to the limit very quickly. Especially true when all our traditional allies are just sitting on the sidelines.

[Ilsa]

12. Krasnov thinks he has an Elven quiver like Legolas'.

It never runs out of interceptors and missiles.

[UTUSN]

13. K&R