Trumpster,

You pontificate like as if you're some kind of "expert" on militarism, I was just asking where you great storehouse of knowledge comes from. Then again BS baffles brains,is that the case with YOU!

"Yes, I agree that "modern subs have never been tested against a major power". But that is true also for modern surface fleets, modern carrier groups and modern air forces."

Its comforting to know we have have your agreement on such matters, maybe you were 'Admiral Of The Fleet"...Hummmmm?

Hi Paul,
"You tout yourself as some kind of military genius, well lets not laugh, you're not alone, a few other right wing Forum dills think the same as you. What is the sum total of your military experience? Hummm, ZERO! Maybe watching re-runs of COMBAT is that the full extent of it?"

I've no military experience, may as well be Colonel Klink, but I listen to numerous experts that do have such experience.
I'm sure Hogan's Heroes would never get airplay again now due to NAZI flags...
http://youtu.be/_fAgkXQhHTg

[I was wondering the other day how many of the old timers still here fought in WWII?
- Thank you all for your service to our country]

I certainly don't see all things coming and I certainly don't get all things right.
But I told everyone at the start of the Ukraine war, it wasn't going to go well for Ukraine, as I did the start of their great counteroffensive, and they've been on the back foot since then.
The war in Ukraine is all but lost now.

A million plus dead, (probably that many KIA on the Ukrainian side, and for what exactly?
- Stupid warmongering idiots -

Victoria Nuland gives cookies in Ukraine Maidan
http://youtu.be/fbjNJbjEy04

http://archives.news.yale.edu/v31.n23/story3.html
"Nuland describes his (her fathers) upbringing in the Bronx, New York, where he lived, near poverty, in a cramped apartment shared by his parents, Meyer and Vitsche Nudelman, his maternal grandmother and a maternal aunt. His father, an Orthodox Jew who emigrated from Bessarabia in 1907, was a garment factory worker whose chronic illness from a progressive disease -- never identified in Nuland's youth -- bore neurological and urological symptoms."

Zelensky is Jewish.
Funded by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, also Jewish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Kolomoyskyi
Zeleskys cabinet Shmyhal, Reznikov, Yermak also Jewish

Jewish: neoconservatives, think tanks, U.S congress, mainstream media, bankers
(Soros Open Society foundation and Larry Fink Blackrock)

In our countries it's 'don't ever criticise Jewish people'
In the real world it's 'Let's make war on the whole world'

Who wants a democracy cookie?
- Be careful what you wish for

Occupied and captured, we are.

AC wrote: "Maybe you can try a little harder in the future?"

I think you missed the subtleties in that mini-discussion and have got it completely arse-about. Try reading it again.

" USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves Red Sea After Houthis’ Missile & Drone Blitz"

You do this a lot. Mistaking one incident for the whole story. The Houthi attempt to close the Red Sea failed due to the naval vessels in the area. That's the story.
Of course the Houthi efforts have been even more severely curtailed in the last few days following a visit by the IAF which has basically destroyed all their port facilities.

I did rather enjoy your little fantasy tale about how a Taiwan war would pan out. Nothing do do with the facts or how the US/Taiwanese planners propose to act, but, still, a good laugh.

Especially when you compared the tactic to what Iran did to Israel. Do I need to remind you that Iran's attack was an utter failure?

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Paul: "You pontificate like as if you're some kind of "expert" on militarism".

No, it just seems like it due to your utter ignorance. My knowledge comes from study. No, no, not you type of study.... actual books and the like. It might surprise you that I wasn't at the Battle of Marathon either but consider myself an expert on it. And I haven't been to the sun but am educating myself as to the aims and proceedings of the Parker Probe.

Being completely ignorant and assuming everyone is likewise, isn't a good look.

Trumpster,

"And I (Trumpster) haven't been to the sun" but I think you have spent a lot of time out in the sun. What books have you read that makes you such an "expert" on militarism, a quick Google and I'm sure you'll have the answer to that one. I hope you are not a pretend genius.

Hi mhaze,
You can always be counted on to stuff things up.
Why have a computer if you can't use it?
The answers are right at your fingertips.
AI even helps you, all you have to do is ask the right question.
Google 'Operation to reestablish shipping in the red sea'
And you will get this:

Operation Prosperity Guardian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian

>>On 7 August 2024, the head of United States naval efforts in the Middle East, Vice Admiral George Wikoff stated that the American and British approach to combat the Houthis in the Red sea crisis had failed to dissuade the Houthis and stop attacks on shipping through the region, arguing that strikes and defensive efforts had done little to change the Houthis' behaviour.<<

Here's an article from your Pro Israel Washinton Institute for Near East Policy.

Houthi Shipping Attacks: Patterns and Expectations for 2025
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/houthi-shipping-attacks-patterns-and-expectations-2025
>>In addition, what lies ahead in 2025 for the security of shipping lanes will depend largely on the level of Iran-U.S. tension as well as the war in Gaza. During Trump’s first term, amid tough U.S. sanctions on the Iranian oil industry, Iran was blamed for several maritime attacks in the Persian Gulf region (see The Washington Institute’s maritime incident tracker). If the next Trump administration also takes a hardline stance against Iran, retaliation can be expected in the maritime domain similar to what happened between 2018 and 2020, but this time, the Houthis will likely be even more involved.<<

They fired missiles into Tel Aviv a couple of days ago.
It's obvious to anyone paying attention that the Houthis are not dissuaded, despite Israels military responses.

You see before... people only 'thought' you were posting things that weren't very sensible.
- But you just have to start kicking and screaming every single time
Now you've just gone and shown everyone that you don't say sensible things.
You do it all the time, over and over again, why?
You know I'll make you look stupid, yet you still do it anyway.

Ansarallah have shot down 10 MQ-9's now.
http://youtu.be/VdX464rrlXM

"Well that's not right. We are already contracted to buy large numbers of medium range missiles in a $7b deal and have allocated a further $20b for future purchases of missiles."

27 billion?
Geez, now I'm the ones saying 'Streuth!'

How much did the Chinese pay for the 99 year lease on the port in Darwin?
Do you want to google it (for practice), or should I just tell you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Darwin
"In October 2015, the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group won the bid for a lease of Port Darwin. The then Country Liberal-controlled Northern Territory Government under then Chief Minister Adam Giles granted the company a 99-year lease for A$506 million."

So, we could just give the Chinese the Darwin Port and another 50+ ports of equal size, (if we have that many)
- And we'd still be saving money.

And... I keep telling you U.S weapons are useless overrated overpriced junk.

All this to make a war against our largest trading partner.
Does anyone here actually have any brains at all?
It's really no wonder this country's haddit.