Microsoft Consultant, Exchange Architect, Multiple US and WW patent holder. Proud former Marine, son, brother, and father. Coach and Mentor
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jongollogly retweeted
I genuinely don't trust anyone who can walk past a cat sitting on a porch and not at least attempt a quick pspspsps to see if they're friendly.
jongollogly retweeted
Just before the war started, I wrote a big piece laying out what would likely happen via a number of 'questions,' which have all come to pass unfortunately, including the major munitions stockpile concerns:
"The U.S. stockpile of advanced munitions is already a real concern after multiple campaigns to defend Israel, the long and violent standoff in the Red Sea, and the war in Ukraine. This is especially true for its more advanced interceptors, which are also in extreme demand among allies globally. This is all happening as the threat from China is growing more concerning by the day. A war in the Pacific will consume stocks of these weapons at a vastly higher rate than anything we have seen before. If those magazines run dry, it could mean the difference between winning and losing in that critical theater. And remember, these weapons take years to produce and cost many millions of dollars each. So it’s not like you can just say, ‘we’ll buy more.’ Of course, we will, but we won’t get those weapons for years, even as expansion of production is now underway across the DoW’s munitions portfolio."
Lots of after the fact hot takes out there. Some of us had a strong sense exactly how this could go down if everything didn't go exactly as dreamed up before a missile was ever fired.
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jongollogly retweeted
Trump came out of his meeting with the Senate standing next to Rick Scott... and Mike Lee ... Thune was barely visible
You folks wanted Trump to get involved and he did... the power of X is real
Hit that like button if you want Thune to step down and let Scott or Lee take over
jongollogly retweeted
Liberal White Woman: "Some people loathe you. Do you understand why?"
Elon: "Maybe some people do loathe me. That's probably true. I don't care. I think a lot more people hate you and the media than you realize."
I love this man!!!!!! 🤣
jongollogly retweeted
I feel the need to explain this. Why Iran still has capability.
I’ll answer the initial question with a question: Do you think you can crush an enemy’s ability to mass combat power even though they can still retain some isolated/dispersed capability elsewhere?
The answer should be yes.
In GWOT we dealt with this. There was no doubt the U.S. military had overt control of the battle space. Where we went, we won.
But we still dealt with asymmetric threats. And that’s what you’re seeing now, albeit at the strategic scale.
GWOT vets will remember the 107mm rocket barrages. They happened frequently. We played whack a mole trying to prevent them from launching but they were crafty.
The rockets were designed to harass, and they did.
Did they cause mass casualties? No. Did they get a few of us? Yes. Did the enemy control the field as a result of these attacks? Absolutely not.
War is complicated yet simple. Iran has been a pain in the ass like this for a long time. You are not dealing with a rational state actor. They are religious fundamentalists who don’t care about a centralized chain of command.
If the Ayatollah says “ceasefire”, some zealot can easily say “yea don’t care, FIRE.”
They have no ability to mass meaningful combat power. They can only harass with the missiles and launchers they’ve been stockpiling for generations. And every one they exposed, almost certainly gets deleted by CENTCOM.
This is the dance we do with these evil people. The problem is America has to be exceptional everywhere all of the time.
A terrorist only needs to be successful in one place a portion of the time.
Iran is doomed. Mistaking harassing ballistic missile fire for meaningful offensive capability is foolish.
And for every hair harmed on an American head, the cost visited upon the whole of Iran will become too costly to bear.
There is no universe where they succeed. Unless you are an enjoyer of Marxist media like The Washington Post or The Atlantic. Where they cheer for the Ayatollah like he’s David versus Goliath.
Pure copium.
jongollogly retweeted
Calls are ramping up nationwide to INVESTIGATE, EXPEL and DEPORT Indian Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) after she worked with foreign nations to send oil to Communist CUBA!
jongollogly retweeted
The greatest privilege in the modern world is becoming an American. The greatest ingratitude is spending that privilege trying to convince Americans their country deserves to be dismantled.
I can think of few things more tragic than inheriting the greatest republic ever assembled and mistaking it for the problem instead of the prize.
jongollogly retweeted
This snot nosed little punk may lose his rank, his pay, his retirement, and go to the brig, all for a liberal publicity stunt.
There's a word for people like this.
The word is stupid.
jongollogly retweeted
One, two, three, four, I love the Marine Corps!
SecWar Hegseth just posted this powerful video from the USMC.
Watch it and tell me it does not fire you up.
jongollogly retweeted
Boycotting your country’s 250th birthday because you hate the current President is like refusing to celebrate your own child’s birthday because you despise their father.
