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Leaked: America’s Long Range Ammo ”Virtually Depleted!” · Combat Veteran News

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The White House and US Central Command
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have repeatedly denied reports that the
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US is running out of key munitions to
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keep up the fight with Iran. Well,
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leaked reports now show that man, the
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haters really were on to something.
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Maybe we should have listened to the
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haters. But more importantly, we got to
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ask ourselves, how exactly do you
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negotiate somebody with your when your
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key point of leverage is vanishing?
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Let's talk about this. So, the US
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according to a number of sources that
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spoke to CNN, uh the US has burned
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through 80% of its THAAD interceptors. U
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senior US military commanders are
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warning that the Pentagon stockpile of
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these critical interceptors are
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dangerously low. That basically four out
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of every five THAD interceptors that has
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ever been made are gone, blown up. The
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THAAD levels, again, we estimated on
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this channel that this was about where
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they were at. They actually we thought
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they might have been up to 2/3 still
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remaining in stocks but in fact we now
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know that only 20% uh of THAAD
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interceptors are around and that was
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against an adversary like the Iranians a
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third rate adversary one of the most
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heavily sanctioned countries on planet
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earth. God help Elvis if we have to
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fight the Chinese.
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But the disturbing part is what exactly
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a THAAD does. Because a THAAD isn't just
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a random piece of munition. It is the
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terminal altitude high defense system,
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America's premier anti-bballistic
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missile system. It has been deployed
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since 2008. That makes it brand new by
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American military standards. It's
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designed to designed to intercept and
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destroy short short, medium, and
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intermediate range ballistic missiles in
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their terminal phase or descent and
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re-entry. This is an extremely important
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system. Absolutely invaluable.
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And the unit cost of a billion dollars
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per battery and 12 million 2017 per
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missile. Probably closer to 15 now,
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right? Number built numerous. Yeah,
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that's how a number works. A numbers are
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numerous. Uh but the takeaway here is
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that these probably we're not probably
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making more of those than we are
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patriots. I think that's a fair
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assessment. So when we say let's say
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they're been produced again, Patriots
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have been around a decade longer.
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They're cheaper and easier to produce. I
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would say that THAADs, we're probably
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looking at if we're making 600 Patriots
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a year, we can probably make maybe 200
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THAD missiles. That's a huge problem.
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Okay, I don't know what else to tell
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you. And America's enemies are taking
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note. And that's not the only though
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precision longrange munition that has
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been chewed up pointlessly by this war
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because the US has used up virtually all
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of its precision missiles. At least
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according to the army, the army has used
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up most of its global stockpile of the
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highly accurate long-range missiles.
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This is known as the army tactical
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missile system, the attacks missiles and
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precision strike missiles. Uh the army
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is basically out of them now. You might
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recall attackums from maybe 3 years ago
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uh when the Ukrainians really relied
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heavily on the attackums missile system
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uh to strike behind the lines Russian
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targets. This generally attacks usually
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targets static facilities. So a
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warehouse or a fixed radar site or even
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potentially a fixed like missile site.
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Um but this is still absolutely
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invaluable. But what we're learning is
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that there's a reason the Ukrainians
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pivoted towards developing these kinds
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of cheaper drone technologies. And
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that's because there's not that many
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attacks. Remember the attack of missiles
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we gave to Ukraine were 30 years old.
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Those things were due to be scrapped.
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And the fact that we have gone from
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giving away our our our bottom of the
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barrel, our aging attack them missile
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systems to now being nearly out of them
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is a huge problem because again they are
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effective for the Ukrainians but they
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are even more effective uh for the
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United States that can rely on a really
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really good satellite intelligence to
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find these targets and then we just need
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the ability to hit them which the
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attackums missiles provides. And again,
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you say, "Oh, well, we can just build a
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drone that does the same thing more
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cheaply." And that is true to an extent,
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but what makes these attack on missiles
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valuable is that they pack a huge
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explosive power, right? Let's see if I
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can give you guys the actual attack,
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excuse me, the actual the actual
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statistics here. So, the attackum's a
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type of rocket artillery, right? Now, to
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be clear, this is 30-year-old stuff, but
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uh
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we're looking at again a $2 million
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missile with a warhead uh that can carry
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about 500 lb or about 3 250 kg. For
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context, uh the warhead on a uh
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Ukrainian Hornet drone, right, which is
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roughly comparable in range, is about 5
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kg. So, you're talking about a 50x
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increase in the attack's missile system.
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Now, it's still worth it to field a
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Ukrainian Hornet because again, it can
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stretch up to 124 mi and cost you all of
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$5,000. For those of you keeping track
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at home, uh this is going to be a little
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bit of a ballpark here because one is,
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you know, the the but if you assume the
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attack was missiles are about $1.3
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million, I think is what it said, uh
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divided by the 5,000, you could field
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260 Ukrainian Hornet drones to deliver
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the same payload as a uh attack's
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missile for the same cost. And remember,
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even if you assume that to get those 500
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uh this 250 kilos of explosives onto a
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target requires 50, you can still see
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that the Hornet is still five times more
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costefficient in terms of putting
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kilogram of explosives onto target. That
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is when we talk about Ukraine having
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this advanced technology. That's what
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we're talking about, right? it has a
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real ability to really deliver this sort
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of punishment. Now,
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there's two deeper stories here. The
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first we're going to talk about [snorts]
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is the what it means when you're trying
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to negotiate with no leverage. The
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second story is America's enemies taking
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place. So, let's start with
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negotiations. Now, I want to be clear
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that the fact that it has come out that
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again the White House is basically or
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excuse me, the Department of Defense is
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basically out of munitions. It limits uh
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very much limits our ability to threaten
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the Iranians because we've shown
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that
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the American government is unwilling to
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do a boots on the ground solution. And
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remember, air power, according to our
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own doctrine, is meant to be integrated
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with a ground operation. With no ground
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operation, which I agree, we shouldn't
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be doing a ground operation. But if you
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don't have that, a bombing campaign
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isn't really that effective. What's
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worth noting is that the times air power
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has been effective. For example, in
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Bosnia, it was because there was already
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a ground force in the fight and we said,
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"Listen, we are going to tip the odds in
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favor of our preferred ground force by
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giving them access to our air power."
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That combination is the thing that makes
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this possible. Uh you saw something
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similar in the war in Afghanistan at the
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first year of the war. The Taliban were
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ousted because we took the ground force
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that was already there, the Northern
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Alliance, and we backed them up with
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American air power. But without a ground
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force, air power is not helpful. And
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that is what we're seeing here. There is
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no ground force in Iran. There was a
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delusional belief that the Iranians
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would rise up. That obviously didn't
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happen because there is no ground force
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in Iran. I can't emphasize this enough.
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And so now we have found ourselves with
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no leverage left. Iran is saying, quote,
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"The Palestinian issue is top priority."
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This is new, by the way. This is not
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something that they have said before
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because remember before
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the issue was actually Lebanon and
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Hezbollah a closer Iranian ally and that
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the Iranians actually didn't have that
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much to say about Gaza. So now they're
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saying actually America you're going to
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resolve the Gaza situation.
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Right. Iranian president spoke with
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Hamas's political bureau chief clarified
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the Palestinian issue is top priority of
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Iran's foreign policy. news to all of us
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in fact during the conversation they
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confirmed Iran's full support for any
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decision taken by Palestinian leaders in
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the negotiation process which clearly
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implies that again now we've gone from
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hey Israel has to uh cease operations in
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Lebanon has to withdraw from Lebanon to
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saying now actually Israel also has to
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has to deliver a pro-Iranian
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a solution to Gaza that Iran favors
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which again I want to be clear I am very
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prone I am very critical of Israel and
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their political decision-m their
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military decision-m their lack of
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respect for human rights. Uh but that
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doesn't mean that I think Hamas should
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win. Believe me, if Hamas had access to
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Israeli weapon systems and an Israeli
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military capability, they would do the
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same Uh so they're not better,
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they're just weaker. and the so you
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really don't want to live in a world in
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which Hamas gets to dictate terms but
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that appears to be the one we're living
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in right now. Trump claims he nine hours
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ago the three or four moves may open
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today, tomorrow or Thursday, but as
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we've seen this would be something like
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the 15th or 16th time he's made a claim
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that uh a hormuz opening is is is
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imminent. There's reportedly a temporary
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plan being discussed. um you know but
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you can see here the oddsmakers say that
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the odds of uh an August 31st opening
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right the odds of three for moves
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returning traffic returning to normal in
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the next week 2%. The odds of it
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happening by the end of the month just
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16%. The odds of it happening by the end
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of September also plummeted to just one
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less than one in three. And they though
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though though though though though
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analysts are 6040 confident that Hormuz
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traffic will be back to normal by
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December.
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though the odds of Iran of the US
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announcing the end of an Iranian
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blockade have all spiked tremendously
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which is fascinating because well
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it you're not betting on the actual
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lifting of the Iranian blockade you're
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betting on an announcement that the
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blockade is going to be lifted these are
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very very different things right so
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the market asked if the United States
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government or an authorized
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representative of the United States
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government publicly and offici announces
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the end, termination, lifting, or
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suspension of the naval blockade of
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Iranian ships or of ships of Iranian
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customers between market creation and a
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specified date. Right?
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Which is fascinating. But again, I I
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point out that there's key differences
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here, which again, I'm sure traders are
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trying should be trying to arbitrage.
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These odds should close. But this is a
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direct reflection of the lack of
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leverage to actually coers
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gains or changes from the Iranians
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because the Iranians have no incentive
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to deal, right?
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And without some kind of incentive to
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deal
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the
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like there's no there's no leverage.
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What can the Americans threaten Iran
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with today?
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not more air strikes, but if the first
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13,000 didn't do anything, a broke
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America with no ballistic missile
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defense systems is not exactly going to
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be a an imposing threat to the Iranians.
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So
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why would the Iranians concede a single
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point? Certainly they're not going to be
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conceding anything in Lebanon where
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Israeli operations continue
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significantly. Uh
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where reportedly fires in the forest of
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a place called Hul after the Israeli
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army set fire to an area. Okay. The most
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humane army in the world burning
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villages to ash. All right. Well, that's
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one strategy, I guess. Um
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again, the
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like just
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there's no there's no movement, right?
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people. There's a lot of talk. There's a
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lot of this and that, but we can see
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Israeli combat operations in southern
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Lebanon continue. Iranian uh demands
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continue. The there is no actual sign of
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movement, and in all likelihood, again,
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we're seeing the Iranians harden their
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stances. But that's not the only
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problem. Yeah, it's hard to negotiate
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with Iran when you don't have any
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anything to threaten them with. True.
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But there's a deeper problem because who
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is propping up Iran? the Russians and
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the Chinese. They're happy to see Iran
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and the Iran war become America's
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Ukraine draining their resources,
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sucking their military resources
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or reorienting their political calculus
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right now. It's a huge disaster.
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And I point this out because America's
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enemies are not waiting around. They are
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shoring things up, right? Russia is
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investing massively in its ballistic
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missile program because it is no secret
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that these ballistic missiles cannot be
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stopped. Russia is now able to build 100
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ballistic missiles a month. That is an
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insane level, right? Uh by contrast,
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right, the American ballistic missile
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production
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annually
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is let's see this reports this is saying
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well this is describing interceptors
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at 500 to 600 units a year. Uh but again
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that's not my question.
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The question is offensive ballistic
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missiles, right? So if we use offensive
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ballistic missiles, it's not clear the
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US even has that, but if you use
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tomahawks, our workhorse cruise missile,
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you're looking at 60 to 90 units a year.
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So Russia can produce more ballistic
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missiles in a month than the US can
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produce in a year. Precision strike
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missiles, we can make about 10 of those
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a month. and we can make a blistering
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about 40 a month of the JASM er I want
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you to understand how incredibly behind
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the curve of Russia that is Russia okay
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now add on to that China the world's
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manufacturing powerhouse and while they
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do not disclose their ballistic missile
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production
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companies that are known to supply China
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with ballistic missile parts have had
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their orders uh more than double since
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2013.
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Right? So while we don't know the actual
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order number, we know firms that provide
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the parts to China have been going gang
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busters.
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Right?
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In fact, 40% of companies that provide
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the Chinese government with missile
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parts reported their best year last year
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with an annual increase of over 20%.
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And this is absolutely what you would
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expect. The US Department of Defense
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estimates that China has at least 3,000
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ballistic missiles and 300 ground
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launched cruise missiles. For context,
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again, if we're looking at just a few
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hundred THADs, that means each THAAD
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would miraculously have to intercept
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something like six to eight Chinese
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ballistic missiles. And that's just with
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China's existing arsenal. It's probably
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adding to that at least 100 a month.
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Again, China not subject to Russian
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level sanctions. We're probably looking
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at I would estimate it. It's probably
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close to that cap capacity.
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So, they're going to add probably
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another 25% to their arsenals this year.
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There is almost no scenario
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where
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this is going to
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uh play out well for the United States,
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right? Our enemies are going to have
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weapons and we are going to have no
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ability to protect ourselves or our
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troops. Certainly not our allies except
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for Israel. We'll we'll we'll kill every
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one of our soldiers. Leave them
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completely unprotected to defend Israel.
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If you think I'm being sarcastic, I'm
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not. That is literally what we've done.
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American military bases in the Middle
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East received no air defenses. Troops
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were killed at them. Those air defenses
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were deployed to Israel in addition to
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the tens of billions of dollars a year
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we fund Israelis own homegrown ballistic
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missile anti-bballistic missile system
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but you know you voted the American
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public voted for these politicians so
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who are we to argue anyway guys hit
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