Tell the truth Sat. Face it fellas. Taiwan will fall....

 Have you been watching the Chinese firepower display around Taiwan?

I have.

The sad truth?  They can break Taiwan...break it bad.

Worse?

If we're honest with ourselves and take into account the fact that decision makers in DC will have to be notified, meet and determine what course to take...that once the Chinese make a move on Taiwan that every base we have in the first island chain will be monitored for troops, aircraft and ship movement...and bearing in mind that IF WE'RE LUCKY we'll get a decision (assuming we'll attempt to defeat the Chinese in their goal of taking Taiwan) to go 4 to 8 hours after they've launched...also assuming that we've defeated any deception campaign and our intel has made us aware of their intentions.....

They can still take Taiwan.

We fiddled in sand wars and ignored the big bad that American consumer greed, bribes to leaders and normalcy bias in the Pentagon created.

Taiwan will fall.

Tell me why I'm wrong.

Open Comment Post. 13 Aug 22

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 @ Exercise Northern Strike 22-2

Snipers Compete in Hohenfels for The European Best Sniper Team Competition 2022

Fast Rope Masters Course (FRMC)

Future of Warfare: Reconnaissance/Counter-Reconnaissance

 

So the USMC is now just a sensor node.  Everything is geared toward providing targeting information for the joint force.  This is the future of warfare?  If so then you can do a majority of it unmanned!

Why waste Marines on a job that can be done better with airborne, seaborne and undersea drones?  Drop ground sensors all over the place.  Increase the number of sats in orbit!

This IS a new Marine Corps that has NO relationship with the REAL Marine Corps' history.

If these bubbas properly explained this shit then case the colors and rename this organization.

They're making the service into a fucking drone.  Drones are meant to be expendable and/or disposable.  That's what Berger's Force Design 2030 is doing to the NEW Marine Corps.

NOTE.  It just dawned on me.  What was the last weapon system we heard of that placed on emphasis on information?  What weapon system tried to sell the idea that its sensors were so far ahead that even though the airplane didn't fly as fast, as far, carry as much it was still a war winner because it had sensor fusion?

Yeah the F-35.

The USMC is becoming the joint force version of the F-35.  They're talking about sensor fusion only.  Nothing else is brought to the fight except information so that the joint force has targeting data...or can "make decisions faster".  

These boys are gonna get fucked up in the next fight.

Is this the beginning of China's economic assault on America?

Five Chinese state-owned firms said Friday they will delist from the New York Stock Exchange. They are Sinopec, PetroChina, China Life Insurance, Chalco and a Shanghai-based Sinopec subsidiary. #NYSE pic.twitter.com/cvrbsbqSQA

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) August 12, 2022

Hmm. Removing their corporations from the NYSE? Maybe minor but I believe they're sending a message. Oh and did you hear what the SouthCom Combatant Commander said? She believes that the Chinese could essential use the Panama Canal and perhaps even all of S. America as a pressure point if they decide to attack Taiwan. IE...they'll launch attacks there so we'll be distracted in our own backyard while they clean up their own! We waited too long. China is a global power now and will soon be "expeditionary".

Law Enforcement is different in Brazil!

Brazilian Police Officer reminds unruly citizen this ain't America. 🇧🇷 🥊 pic.twitter.com/L9vBgN39XH

— Epsteins Sheet (@JerseyJoe1234) August 8, 2022

It ain't over...UK planning organized blackouts this winter!

JUST IN - UK plans for potential "organized blackouts" in winter.https://t.co/08TGuudjKD

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 9, 2022

Ya know what's crazy? America is already having Ukraine fade from the public view and its gonna get worse as things head into the fall. For Europe? It's gonna be front and center. Not because "defend democracy" but because the suffering I've been predicting will hit full force. Even worse for Ukraine? Winter will bring maneuver space. Armor will be able to properly roam. It's an artillery campaign now. When winter hits it'll be one for mass and maneuver. Arty will be trying to duck airstrikes and counterbattery. By winter this war will flip to something entirely new.

While America was caught up in "generated" stupidity, two Warriors lost their lives while earning the coveted Ranger Tab...

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of 2LT Fitzgibbon and SSG Taber.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends, and leadership of these two outstanding leaders who unexpectedly lost their lives in the pursuit of excellence: https://t.co/O8RlTvn2bm pic.twitter.com/rBG88OnaBn

— US Army Fort Benning (@FortBenning) August 10, 2022

RIP. 

These two were the "men in the arena". 

May their memory be a blessing.