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Ok, well lets pick another nation. Who are we like? I think we are so large no one. But the more we go to a single controlled group that becomes more of a risk. Enjoy the trip.

No we are not. But the use of these forces is scary as well. The SD was not part of the Wehrmacht. Most of the troops Texas and 11 other states have in three camps on the Texas border are not DOD's finest. Check out Operation Lonestar. I keep recommending the Coup of 2012. This is a major part of it.

Taking first in the dumbshit award continues to go to Wander Franco. Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was arrested Monday in San Juan de la Maguana, 100 miles west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic after what two police sources said was an altercation Sunday in the parking lot of an apartment complex in which guns were drawn. Police sources confirm that Franco and an unnamed woman are being held for questioning following the incident. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42327699/police-wander-franco-arrested-dr-altercation

Well put.

No one is rebuilding shit in the east. Maybe repair come irrigation systems, hospitals get meds, etc. Maybe some heavy industry gets rebuilt/tooled. Those blown to shit apartments become landfill.

hopefully fleecing two rich fucks who want to sue each other while sipping a nice bourbon and cleaning his mossberg. Of course, while sitting on the ledge.

Not that much. With the exception of big $ systems, F-35's for instance, the EU makes most of their own shit. No idea how it is viewed, but I don't see UK/French artillery being used to level Russia. Ukraine has a lot of ex-Russian shit that can be used. Keep the NATO stuff for shoot and scoot vs. attacks is what I think they are doing. We tend to not do that great with reconstruction projects. It depends on who funds it. EU/Nato, watch for partnerships. UN goes to a Turkish or Pakistani group. USAID goes US. But its cool, there is going to be plenty for all. But like DOD, USAID has gone a certain way in contracting. 5-10 companies are selected to bid on certain types of projects, like health care supply chain. This is a combination of small and large businesses. Only they will get a chance to play. Lot of horse trading goes on trying to convince USG to use or not use certain contract vehicles. Not really. Every troop/system we keep over there is one less they need to have in the field and pay for. Of course if shit goes tits up and Russia made a move west that changes.

This is not good right? Is this the correct thread for this? Trump tariffs since 2018 hit some $300 billion of Chinese imports, sparking retaliation that targeted key farm products like soybeans and caused such exports to fall. US farmers relied on subsidies to get by at the time and say China has since reduced its reliance on American agriculture products. Trump has suggested tariffs on all imports this time -- with an especially high rate on China -- making many farm owners jittery of a return to trade tensions. But this comes even as Trump's Republican party saw wide support in rural areas during this year's election, with many farmers supporting him despite the financial hit in the trade war. The hope is for economic conditions to improve. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241110-us-farmers-gird-for-trade-wars-on-trump-tariff-pledges

@Pancho Miller as Deputy CoS for Policy.

His ego is about the deal. I fear short term vision will guide that. He just wants the deal in his name so he can talk about it. What it really looks like is for the rest of the minions to worry about.

People will put up with a lot of shit. As long as they have what they want to focus on, they will talk about bad events, but do little about it. The desire for safety and security, with external threats being pumped into their feeds, is a form of control. We are in a country and period where people will complain about the cost of eggs but talk about how great their stock is doing. Drive a big ass truck, complain about fuel costs. Are these complaints real? Maybe. But let me ask, would you prefer the market collapse but food be cheap? We as a nation have allowed the wants to take over the needs. I have heard people bitch about the cost of avocados. We do not grow avocados. And though I love them, we do not need them. There was a good song written in Austin in 1999. Called Election Dejection. Wish I could find it. Where do you think the White Man will be oppressed under Trump? 82nd Airborne taking Katy?

They could. I have seen it in a few posts. There, Iran,or Sochi. It won't be a gulf state and really doubt Sudan. Unlike Israel, Turkey has never listed Hamas as a terrorist organisation. In 2010, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described Hamas as "resistance fighters who are struggling to defend their land". Turkey hosts senior Hamas officials, including Saleh al-Arouri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_support_for_Hamas Turkey, the United States, and the Israel-Hamas War https://www.cfr.org/article/turkey-united-states-and-israel-hamas-war

I saw that and read Tom Herman. I really got pissed. So the pattern emerges. And so many said Trump knew nothing about it.

Invented.

I have not seen Hamas is moving to Sudan, let alone Port Sudan. Where you seeing that? No fucking way they go to Sudan at all. Israel and Sudan have increased working together. They leave Qatar and they end up in an old Ottoman compound. Fits well for both groups. Hamas needs access to media and the IDF won't do shit against the Turks.

Disregard. I found it. Here we go.

Who? Where are you seeing this?

Looking at her page she really has very little experience with UN type projects. She did work on the Mexico Free Trade agreement. Oh, and she got PELL grants for more of her constituents.

Pretty soon twitter will be nothing but bot porn.

well shit, time to arm up I guess. I have not felt the need to carry a weapon since I was in Southern Afghanistan. Nice. Make America safe I guess.

No, we need Putin to go away. There is no Loosing allowed in his world. Winning is his legacy. He does not see himself as a leader of the Politburo. He sees himself as a Tsar

I was under the impression that the MIC was looking forward to replacing these vehicles with the next gen. Also, how much have Western equipment being very superior to their Russian counterparts affect sales? Already ordered. There is a long process from we need to we can field. So what we were handing over was equipment from the First Gulf War up to Iraq Invasion with a few exceptions (MRAPS). But we have already contracted replacements. @atomheartbevo can correct me. Even if we are going to run a new platform, say the bradley, the upgrades to it make it almost a new vehicle. Since there are not that many manufacturers out there, real competition is at the component level. Who makes a better sight or mobile espresso machine. If we would sell our old shit, there is a lot still in storage, it would sell. But we keep reserves. Real beneficiaries are going to be other manufacturers who are going to replace Russia. It is now known and accepted their equipment is not great and they cannot sustain. India and South America are big buyer markets and both are trying to strengthened their capacity to build. Winners, well South Korea is probably the happiest. Others would be Sweden (SAAB and their aircraft) with pretty damn good gear that is cheaper then US. Also, we DO NOT Sell the latest and greatest. It is why countries buy versions. This is not the case with components or ammo. The guns we give them are tied to our supply chain. There is a massive demand right now for 155mm anything. Casings, fuses, etc. Same with 5.56 ammo (Military Spec). Those factories take time to ramp up. A lot of our aid are consumables. MRE's, bandages, etc. Yeah, we can make them and expand pretty easy. The companies making consumables, artillery shells, ammo, etc are doing real well in growth. But once there is "peace" those orders go way down or stop. All it takes is 1 letter from a Contracting Authority (Probably Rock Island) In US contracting you get an award. It can be for services or items. Items is tied to what they think they need over a set period of time. At anytime you can get a halt notice. We don't need that many widgets since we decided we need wackets for example. It is one reason when Congress fights so hard over programs in every Defense Bill. One items gets cut down, well those are jobs in districts. So when a decision is made to kill or reduce a supply contract then a Contracting Authority sends a letter saying so. That is where it begins. Lots more happens, but that is some legal shit even Brisket won't understand. (Oh, and Beltway Lawyers make a pretty penny. In fact more like a shiny nickle.) Rock Island is a small Army base. It has control of the largest sustainment contract in existence, LOGCAP. Right now KBR is the only company that can work under that contract in the European Command area of operations. There are other places, but Rock Island is the one used as a solid example. For instance, the USMC has their equivalent in Albany, GA. What is the overlap between war footing and reconstruction with specific companies? Is this similar to John Deer, GM, and Ford after WW2? What about banking and finance? What is their role in war versus peacetime? Most of the non-manufacturing MIC companies, like those named, don't make shit. They "sustain" operations. Build camps down to empty shitters. Shrink wrap helicopters for shipping to maintaining them where they are told to. Not 100%, but a lot of it. So, being smart and seeing the examples from Iraq and Afghanistan, they all created development and reconstruction divisions within the company. They focus on different sales approaches and US Government agencies. For reconstruction and development it is mainly USAID and sometimes the Corps of Engineers (infrastructure like roads and irrigation). So the change is the congressional allocation of funding. Groups will watch the Department of State and USAID budgets. for instance, instead of training patriot teams they will be looking to provide police monitors. Instead of building a camp for the army, it will be a camp for the companies rebuilding roads or irrigation. Same company, same board, different divisions. Maybe some different branding. They might create an offshoot. Or in the VC world 1 holding company will have 1 of each. There is a lot more and I am sure on here others have opinions and information, but there you go in a nut shell.

Then look at it from each side's perspective. Other than consumable and refurbishment items, the MIC is not making that much more than they were. The Bradley's and F-16's are not new. They were being "maintained". The replacement items are next generation and already contracted. The companies that made money on the equipment are those that came in to retrofit them to hand over to Ukraine. Don't get me wrong, it is still a shit ton of funds. The company running the bases in Poland has passed go a few times. The companies making consumables, artillery shells, ammo, etc are doing real well in growth. But once there is "peace" those orders go way down or stop. All it takes is 1 letter from a Contracting Authority (Probably Rock Island). What I think the middle ground is what we can expect. Continued support, diminished, but continues. Push for Ukraine to accept peace terms agreeable to Putin. Any funding then switches for US companies from War to Reconstruction. It is interesting that the prime players in military sustainement (not manufacturing) such as Amentum, Vectrus, Fluor, etc. all have reconstruction focused groups that court USAID and the UN. So take those companies out of the equation. They are going to make bank either way. Trump wants Legacy. What sort? That is where we should be looking. I won't get into it unless the Ukraine CR thread opens back up.

I wrote previously I think he wants to be known for making the Deal. Gives zero fucks of the medium or long term outcome. He will be dead by then. He wants his Chamberlain moment.

It might also have somethign to do with Amazon Web Services and a few of their kind of large projects with the Federal Government. No one wants to piss of Trump.