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We have rare earth metals here and can get more from Australia. China's had a monopoly primarily because they lack environmental and labor laws, so they can poison everything in sight, including their workers, without consequence.

Since the end of the Cold War, our military has been designed for sharp, decisive conflicts or ongoing insurgencies. Our defense base isn't anywhere close to being prepared for a large-scale war against an opponent like China. I know some here have speculated that these smaller conflicts are an intentional method of draining our munitions, weakening us for when China launches their assault. I couldn't say one way or the other, but that could easily end up backfiring, because it also motivated us to begin building new assembly lines.

I don't think much more is going to be done just because things have gotten so dysfunctional in Washington that, if one party prepares, the other will sabotage them out of spite. Vital artillery shell assembly lines were delayed by months back in 2024. Politics is the main obstacle right now, not a lack of industrial ability.

Just as bad, our disfunction makes us look weak to China, convincing them that we won't be willing to fight for something like Taiwan.

Hamas can't be trusted at all. They are basically a mafia type organization, where the top leadership become immensely wealthy taking a cut of all aid. They will not give up control or their weapons unless they are dead.

I am glad the Israeli's got their hostages back, but it was indeed at too high of an exchange rate. Maybe they went along with it in order to show Trump that Hamas wouldn't follow through on most of the negotiated terms.

The only viable solution is to move the Arab population out of Gaza. Best destination for them right now is Syria.

guest wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 4:23 pm I look for Hamas to launch another enormous hostage-taking attack on Israel as soon as the dust settles from this "peace deal." After all, they just got back at least 100 of their own people for every hostage surrendered. It worked so well the first time, they'd be crazy not to do it again! Of course, Israel knows this. Get the popcorn.

I see. Although Israel maintains absolute dominance and has cleared the area around the borders, Hamas will magically pull out of the hat another miracle. Because 10/7 wasn't an inside job, right? I suppose the 8th front is at work on this forum.

I look for Hamas to launch another enormous hostage-taking attack on Israel as soon as the dust settles from this "peace deal." After all, they just got back at least 100 of their own people for every hostage surrendered. It worked so well the first time, they'd be crazy not to do it again! Of course, Israel knows this. Get the popcorn.

Navigator wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:33 pm Trump had to put a huge tariff on China due to their blockage of rare earth mineral exports. Hopefully the US can quickly ramp up, but the production would have to come out of California, which could be difficult. Maybe Trump could have the Federal Government seize the land and have normal rules and regulations cover the mines (rather than God only knows what California would do).

Also saw some funny bits on liberals screaming for a Gaza Cease Fire now saying nothing since Trump actually arranged this. Myself, I am waiting to see if Hamas actually releases prisoners. They have never lived up to a single agreement, so lets see what actually happens. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

What happened last Friday is quite a story of palace intrigue regarding the 180° Chinese about face. I suspect they're hoping we can use up lots of our missiles in Europe and the ME without being able to resupply for many years. While they double down on production and supply for those who they engaged with us.
Regarding the ME, seems like they could pull out of Gaza as it's now decimated. Regroup and rest up for whatever is next is probably the strategy.

I have been busy so haven't been able to post, glad to see Dakardi back. First on this both sides are violent thing please just stop it, it is overwhelmingly the left. I don't have much time to post but I saw the thing Navigator posted on the rare earths and having to source them from California. We can source them from Australia and there have been some recent discoveries of new deposits in other parts of the US which are more friendly to extraction than California as well as new companies that are extracting rare earths and other minerals from mine and desalination plant waste as well as from the waste of coal plants that generate electricity. The Australians have also made a new discovery of a massive iron deposit that is believed to be the largest deposit ever discovered. At the risk of sounding positive I would say that we are in better shape than what most people believe, that is not to say that there are not any tough times ahead, there certainly are but I am feeling better about our preparedness than what I was feeling years ago.

Trump had to put a huge tariff on China due to their blockage of rare earth mineral exports. Hopefully the US can quickly ramp up, but the production would have to come out of California, which could be difficult. Maybe Trump could have the Federal Government seize the land and have normal rules and regulations cover the mines (rather than God only knows what California would do).

Also saw some funny bits on liberals screaming for a Gaza Cease Fire now saying nothing since Trump actually arranged this. Myself, I am waiting to see if Hamas actually releases prisoners. They have never lived up to a single agreement, so lets see what actually happens. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

DaKardii wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:13 pm Hey, everyone. Just wanted to ask you all to “hang in there” as the world goes to shit. Don’t worry about what’s going on, just get your own life in order. This world is only temporary.

Good advice and it's not pleasant seeing all the doom and gloom actually happening before our eyes, out in the open. It was bad enough speculating about it. In some ways we were all in the boat with John as Cassandras. And just as the Trojan horse was let in through the gates, so too do our Generals and commanders now take orders from a foreign entity. We've let them in and now we're in what seems to be more than a 4th turning but rather something on a much larger scale. Sadly the desire to destroy everything in order to rebuild it has been taken up by both sides now. This is the madness that overtakes the minds of men and drives them to destruction.

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to ask you all to “hang in there” as the world goes to shit. Don’t worry about what’s going on, just get your own life in order. This world is only temporary.

I can't think of a more boneheaded play than the Dems are now making with allowing the government to go into shutdown.

I remember when the Republicans did this during the Clinton administration and it backfired big time on them.

It is going to backfire this time on the Dems. Trump has actually been able to portray them as holding up government checks to prevent the cutoff of health care aid to illegal immigrants.

It also makes massive federal government layoffs possible, something DOGE could not effect due to Congress controlling the government budget. So now the Dems appear to have really shot themselves in the foot. If the crisis escalates into a wider economic disaster, the Dems will now get the blame for that too, and will have effectively shot themselves in the head. Which, btw, is what too many of them are advocating for their political opponents.