{"id":87615,"date":"2024-05-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87615"},"modified":"2024-05-28T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:50:17","slug":"as-predicted-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87615","title":{"rendered":"As Predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When President Potato promised, during his State of The Union address, to build a supply pier so the US could, er, “feed starving people in Gaza”, I’m sure my prediction at the time could have been seen as partisan and cynical. I’ve got the receipts right here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could have just as easily worded it like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We – and if we like it or not it is Uncle Sam and his taxpayers – inherited stewardship of the global system that cannot prosper when it\u2019s primary force continues to demonstrate abject incompetence – from Afghanistan to Gaza – all the while holding no one accountable. Our enemies are encouraged and our friends disheartened. It is almost as if the humiliation and failure is the actual goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provide another explanation if you have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have three branches of government for a reason. Each branch is supposed to check the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress – this is in your corner. It appears the Executive Branch is incapable of policing its own competence. Do work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

…but they beat me to it, and brought the authority to support it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pier fell apart. Bits and pieces spent last weekend driving along the Eastern Med coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That, of course, was the least of the problems – not just the easily-anticipated results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the time the first load came off the pier, the aid barely made it past 300 meters until it disappeared into Hamasistan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But the overall concept:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An interesting note; this is not a Navy operation, but an Army operation. Remember what I told you about the fate of the East Coast Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO (ACB2) last summer<\/a>? This story aligns well with the Anglosphere\u2019s problem with seablindness we discussed on yesterday\u2019s Midrats<\/a> with James Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for my general thought on doing this? I\u2019ll avoid the politics as much as I can, but I have concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, no operation starts out on the right foot with a lie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Read the whole thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may feel like deja vu. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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