09-19-26 panasonic
"the big mistake was the weaponization of the dollar and financial markets and secondary sanctions"
Savo, you are back to US and I'm trying to discuss what outcome waits for EU, open borders for immigration and open imports from China:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volkswagens-seat-brink-chinese-rivals-gain-ground-2026-09-17/
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09-19-26 spal
Brasil - is the country of the future after all ...
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09-19-26 carib
| 6) very important: a nation fighting for its very survival when attacked, can have much more resilience and stamina that a nation attacking others merely in the interest of the political survival of its leaders. |
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09-19-26 carib
Merlino: IMHO recent war events have demonstrated that:
1) anti tank missiles are better than tanks (because a missile costs 1/100 of a tank, needs just one operator and there are plenty available
2) cheap drones moving in swarms coordinated by AI leave infantry with a very short survival time, and are cheaper and easier to replace than well trained infantry
3) carriers remain an important tool of "power projection" but can be vulnerable to drone swarms
4) hum-int remains very important, and being able to systematically eliminate the enemy leadership is a key strenght.
power structures are rarely able to replace leaders efficiently every week.
5) decision makers should become more familiar with Machiavelli and Clausewitz: war is merely a continuation of politics, the objectives must be very clear from the onset, and tactics remain flexible to circumstances. The enemy (leadership) should be killed, not wounded, fast. |
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09-19-26 carib
Spal: I like Brasil. They have TV news (for free) delivered on the assumption the public is not very bright, not very interested in power and money, and not very well informed, and a TV news channel (that you pay) delivered on the assumption the public is well informed, and follows matters of power and money daily.
If you want to get information you watch the latter. If you want to figure out what main street thinks, you watch the former.
Easy.
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09-19-26 spal
| Merlino - yes - standoff offensive campaigns and having the dirty work done by proxies is now being revised in real time. |
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09-19-26 spal
Striking Riyadh International Airport's fuel infrastructure is Iran's way of demonstrating that if their economy is systematically starved of oil revenue leading into November, they will make the surrounding regional and global economy absorb the financial and physical pain in real time.
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Something is now fighting from a cornered position ... think in your minds about what it is like to approach a cornered cat. |
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09-19-26 Merlino
| I humbly think that this confrontation has proved vulnerability and obsolescente of many things including foreign bases, carriers, etc |
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09-19-26 spal
Houthi forces struck the Saudi capital today, hitting fuel storage infrastructure at Riyadh International Airport.
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So Iran runs out of money by early November. They can not get exports past Centcom and have only about 70 million gallons on the water loitering off Malaysia.
Besides that they have extorted some money (in order to stop strikes on infrastructure like desalination plants) from Qatar and the UAE).
Clearly they are trying to last through to the mid terms.
To stop them prior to their money running dry is clearly too hard for the US. But at the point when their economy completely shuts down who knows? |
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09-19-26 spal
Claiming standard infrastructure repairs will take "decades" is not a sober engineering assessment; it is a politically deployed narrative. Whether motivated by uniformed personnel protesting policy overreach, commanders angling for massive emergency MILCON supplemental budgets, or strategic IO masking functional readiness, the quote is designed to shape public perception and policy, not reflect concrete construction timelines.
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In general public statements from "governments" assume that the public are retarded and are always at core political nudges ... may this be recorded as a Schpalism. |
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09-19-26 spal
Most likely the following motive:
By telling ABC News that rebuilding will take "decades," the leaker is effectively telling the American public: "The policy being pursued here isn't just a quick tactical campaign; it is binding the United States to a multi-decade logistical and financial drain in the Middle East." It is a narrative weapon designed to constrain civilian policy options and deter further escalation. |
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09-19-26 spal
The "decades" thing sounds like utter BS IMHO.
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Colores in agreement here - I was just about to write "sounds like horse shit" |
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09-19-26 carib
PS: how long would it take the Chinese?
Fighting masochism is always a hard task..
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09-19-26 carib
The "decades" thing sounds like utter BS IMHO.
How long would the Israeli take to fix an air base, in war? |
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09-19-26 Merlino
A senior U.S. service member told ABC News that the damage to the facilities would take “decades” to repair.
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This to my knowledge was anticipated and freely published on the internet by civil commentators w/o special knowledge or inside info.
They now suggest it was al planned...it opens the possibility to justify using "stronger" non conventional arms
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09-19-26 savo
| has anything been achieved? |
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09-19-26 savo
A senior U.S. service member told ABC News that the damage to the facilities would take “decades” to repair.
"I believe the American people are unaware of the extent of the damage that American bases are taking in [the Middle East] right now due to the conflict with Iran,” the service member, who was granted anonymity, told ABC News.
"These bases have been irreparably damaged. And if we choose to rebuild them, it's going to be a decades long undertaking,” the service member said. “Like, this is not something that's going to be fixed in six months. We're talking about years and years of construction and rebuilding in order to reestablish what's been destroyed."
The Pentagon declined to comment to ABC News.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/photos-show-extensive-damage-us-middle-east-bases/story?id=136507770
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09-19-26 savo
pana... the big mistake was the weaponization of the dollar and financial markets and secondary sanctions... whoever invented those turned the world into an unresolvable mess.
as a consequence a bipolar world is not possible anymore... it will have to be unipolar... and China wants to be it.
In the meantime the US works with only one objective... to enrich its elites. |
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09-18-26 panasonic
Savo, exactly, China sells tons to them (and surplus is growing), meanwhile building nukes with capabilities to reach them.
How it ends, that is my question? |
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09-18-26 spal
In other news ... Jake Paul visits the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic policy with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
FFS
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09-18-26 spal
Trump announces an Agreement with Greenland.
Gives the U.S. permanent control over security.
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09-18-26 savo
China saves... invests ..produces efficiently and exports...
the US.. does not save... does not invest... does not produce efficiently does not export enough.. and covers the gap with imports, borrowing and QE.. going from being the biggest creditor in the world to the biggest debtor in the world...
in the meantime they continue launching unnecessary wars... killing innocent civilians...bombing economic infrastructure...schools... hospitals and nursing homes..all in the altar of enriching friends and family. |
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09-18-26 savo
pana... data says the opposite...
upward trade surplus trend...
https://ycharts.com/indicators/china_trade_balance
and that trend seems to have gathered speed since DT become president again. |
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09-18-26 spal
First Squawk
@FirstSquawk
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TRUMP BANS CNN, MSNBC, POLITICO FROM WHITE HOUSE
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Poor baby |
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09-18-26 panasonic
| Savo, seems to me China is killing the economy of its principal customers, how it ends for them? |
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09-18-26 savo
pana... and the satanist EU picking up a fight with Russia, losing access to cheap gas through NS II which they blew up themselves !
Add mass immigration... perennial budget deficits... huge debt..inflation... negative real interest rates.. hence no savings and over consumption... |
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09-18-26 panasonic
Savo, who knew, those who didn't care of how powerful Iran was getting are now the ones without oil...crazy days.
Anyway, we are all history in less than 5 years, so forget diets exercise, save money...eat steaks, chocolate, ice-cream..show is over. |
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09-18-26 savo
what a gigantic international energy fuck up!
All to please bloodthirsty Netandracula and his cohort of vampires.
good job DT!
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09-18-26 spal
Pakistan has ordered nationwide fuel rationing and austerity measures with immediate effect due to the fuel and gas crisis causing historically low supply, per a Cabinet Division notification.
1. Shops, markets, malls and bazaars to close at 9 PM nationwide
2. Fuel for all government vehicles cut by 50% for three months
3. Complete ban on purchasing vehicles of all types
4. All official foreign travel banned for three months
5. Non-salary spending cut 5% for the full fiscal year
6. All government-funded seminars, trainings and conferences prohibited
7. No official dinners except for visiting foreign delegations
8. A single dish only at all marriage functions
Pakistan is a net fuel importer that buys most of its diesel and gasoline from Gulf refineries, and it refused Saudi Arabia's request to join the fight against the Houthis under the Mecca Pact last weekend. |
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09-18-26 panasonic
| Did Iran spin out of control from China? seems so.... |
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09-18-26 savo
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed European refiners that they will be allocated no crude oil next month amid the East-West pipeline shutdown, per Bloomberg.
European customers normally receive Saudi Arabian crude oil shipments on "term contracts," which are meant to ensure a steady flow of crude oil supply every month.
Countries in Europe imported 577,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Saudi Arabia prior to the shutdown.
Europe is facing its worst energy crisis in history.
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2100920542572265739
satanist union! |
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09-18-26 spal
| Oil market logistics remain massively dislocated - increasing tanker positions |
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09-18-26 spal
Hearing assertions that Saudi Arabia is making false claims about Ansarallah mining the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and launching drones at Mecca. Saudi is running out of interceptors.
People are noting:
"They need to establish a multinational coalition to save themselves, so they’re running a false flag operation in order to bring more countries into the fold.
Ansarallah did not mine the Bab al-Mandeb. Ansarallah did not launch drones at Mecca.
It’s an op." |
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