Torenico [he/him]

  • 3 Posts
  • 1.45K Comments
Joined 6 years ago
cake
Cake day: August 11th, 2020

help-circle










  • The president of the first Fourth World Country:

    Javier Milei declared himself an “enemy” of Iran and stated: “I am the most Zionist president in the world.”

    The president spoke at an auditorium at Yeshiva University, a Jewish academy for Orthodox students. There he addressed the war in the Middle East and highlighted Donald Trump’s role.

    During his tour of the United States, and while the conflict with Iran persists, Javier Milei spoke this Monday at the Lampord Auditorium of Yeshiva University, where he declared himself “the most Zionist president in the world.” He also endorsed the escalating conflict led by Donald Trump against the Islamic Republic, stating, “We are going to win.”

    Are we at war with Iran now?

    For an hour and twenty minutes, the libertarian spoke to nearly 500 people who attended the private Jewish educational institution, a liberal academic hub for Orthodox students. “I am proud to be the most Zionist president in the world,” he told the mostly male attendees, who applauded every word of the Argentine leader.

    “We’re going to win. I don’t like Iran. They planted two bombs on us, one at the AMIA Jewish center and another at the Israeli Embassy. So, let’s say they’re our enemies. But I also have a strategic alliance with the United States and Israel,” he then declared, to the cheers of the students who chanted “Milei, Milei.” He then highlighted the role of the American [Trump] on the international stage by stating that “the world was saved by a centimeter” thanks to “the bullet that didn’t hit him.”

    There is no clear connection between these bombings and Iran lmao. The only investigation done concluded that is insufficient evidence. Dude just hates Iran and drags the entire country into a conflict with them.

    Amidst great enthusiasm for his presence, Milei also praised the Israeli people. “They will never be able to destroy a people with that way of life and that honor for life,” he said. His sister, Karina Milei, Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni, and Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno were also present in the auditorium.

    President Javier Milei addressed the war shaking the Middle East, arguing that the conflict with Iran is not solely about energy interests, but rather a larger geopolitical dispute that could alter the global balance of power. According to the president, the current confrontation must be interpreted within the framework of strategic competition between powers. In this sense, he asserted that the war is not simply explained by control of oil, but by the international positioning of the various political and economic blocs. During his statements, Milei affirmed that the conflict could generate a global economic impact in the short term, although he also anticipated that it could lead to a “very strong political realignment” on the international stage.

    Earlier, during his visit to the US, the President indicated that China could become more isolated in the new international context. According to his analysis, some of the countries that currently comprise its network of strategic alliances could weaken or lose influence as a consequence of the conflict, thus altering the geopolitical balance.

    lmfao

    I cut out the parts that are of no particular interest.

    Anyways. What a guy. Death to “israel”.



  • There are dedicated ships to lay mines, these are called Minelayers. These come in with a wide range of sizes and displacements, for the most part they’re very small. Bigger ships like destroyers and cruisers can carry and lay mines if designed that way. Submarines can also be modified to carry mines, that was very common during WW2 and I’m not sure it’s still a feature in today’s subs. And you can get rid of mines, first (and this is very comical) by detonating them with your ship hehe. Second, and the most common, is by using Minesweepers, which is another type of vessel that specializes in defusing or safely detonating naval mines in large areas or Minehunters if you want to destroy individual mines.

    If these kinds of vessels looks like random boats it’s because they kinda are! At a first glance they look like tugs and even fishing vessels, not a lot of them are glamorous and most lack big weapon systems like cannons and missile launchers (some can carry CIWS for protection and maybe a small battery of a single 76mm-ish cannon, but that’s about it).

    So for example if the US would want to enter the Gulf through a mined Hormuz with full force they would have to send in the Minesweepers first (Helicopters, as far as I’m concerned, can also be used to detect and destroy mines too) BEFORE the main fleet moves in. That puts the Minesweeper fleet at risk of being attacked by small Anti Ship Missile Batteries, small vessels like missile-armed speedboats and midget submarines, but if you send your warships ahead of your minesweepers you could lose a few major units to them. This was the Allied dilemma during the Gallipoli Campaign of WW1, who goes to die first?






  • By '03 the regular army was in complete disarray, thrown into a hopeless battle and they understood the only way out was to simply give up. On paper it was a big army with some, again on paper, decent formations, but in reality it was a hollow army that simply didn’t have the will to fight an army they had fought about 10 years prior and completely massacred them with sheer airpower. The bulk of the fighting for the Iraqi side was carried out by the remnants of the Republican Guard (better equiped and more motivated, but nothing compared to what it used to be in the early 90s) and the Feyadeen Saddam, a militia loyal to Saddam and led by Qusay (his son). In fact the Feyadeen had some early successes against the US Coalition and can be seen as the proto-insurgency that would later appear.

    Also defending in Iraq while being attacked from the southern deserts is not an easy task, Iran is different to the chain of mountains that offer a natural line of defense… in Iraq you kinda had to dig in and wait for your aviation + air defense network to do the heavy lifting (they tried, but it was almost hopeless). Another factor to keep in mind was the utter ridiculous massacre that was the Iran-Iraq War, both sides ended with heavy losses and attrition.