ericmay

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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Congratulations, you have experience in pointless middle east wars, and expertise at ineffective action which takes 20 years to utterly fail. I don't even think that's true anymore, though I used to. When I look at Iraq at le
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The United States and its businesses are continually faced with a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation when it comes to operating in countries which have poor human rights records claims, whether that's China or Saudi A
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> In all honesty my friend, from the other side of the pond the US has never looked so weak and ridicule. Every day there's new proof the current rambling leadership has no idea what to do. I don't think the Trump administratio
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by ericmay 5mo ago
I've already explained myself and have tried to do so charitably. It's up to you to choose how to act. If you want to keep comparing ships in the Strait of Hormuz to cars, I'll just say again that it's a bad comparison t
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Nope. I was talking about the toll concept, not cars. > I don’t make LLM assertions frequently or lightly. You shouldn't make them at all. Not only are you wrong in this case but it's against the site rules and doesn't add
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No need, it's very obvious. I'm just stating what I think the future is likely to be, not necessarily the one that is the best.
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The confusion came from what we were talking about. I was comparing the ineffectiveness of the toll to me just saying hey car pay me to drive down my street. You interpreted that in a different way to compare the shipping traffic. Fair enou
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I think you could make a case in separating the two, of course opening further discussion, but because sports betting takes place in a comparatively very controlled environment I think the risk profile is pretty different versus, idk, betti
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Hey. Two things. 1) I re-read that thread and realized that person was talking about ship traffic. Of course the analogy isn't great because of course yea that "road" is closed but roads are generally open. I thought they wer
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Great points I think. And even more poignant when you realize that this is basically the only game in town. No other country or combined group of countries has the ability to even attempt what the United States is doing. So without the US,
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> It's absurd to pretend you don't understand this. If you want to phrase what that person wrote in this way, then you're going to have to provide deeper analysis than a Dragon Ball Z style power comparison. > What evid
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> You, in the comment that started this particular thread: I was just asking for clarification to make sure we were talking about the same thing. I even apologized. > "Oh, 8 weeks, and they'll think about doing something?&qu
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Well the first problem here is you're ignoring the previous support that was provided and of course some hundred + billion to date. The US and UK were rushing in missiles before the war even started. Second, if you pay attention you ca
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> No, the American-only blocade is not proof that NATO has responded. To be clear you're claiming that there isn't a NATO response? If so I apologize as I thought you were referring to a US response to the ongoing war. More gen
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Here's a link (I don't know what state you live in but presumably you have the same): https://ohgo.com From here you can select various web cams and see that the claim that there are "almost no cars on the road&qu
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> You provided breaking news that they're considering it, and that it's breaking news today perfectly illustrates the "months of closure with zero response" claim you're trying to knock down. But saying there are
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Are you an LLM? > This clearly lacks the context of the conversation thread, to a comedically goofy looking extent. Are you referring to your own statement where you stated there are "barely any cars on the street". Where do yo
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by ericmay 5mo ago
How is that being intellectually dishonest? You made a claim that NATO and Gulf States are closing bases to imply that they were denying support to the US, not that I think that claim is even true anyway, but even so I simply provided liter
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by ericmay 5mo ago
There's plenty of cars on the street. I'd recommend checking your state department of highways as they usually have live streams of traffic at certain intersections, highways, and other areas.
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> The US has destroyed it's perceived amount of force, ergo it has lost a ton of power. That's your perception. It's not the perception of those who matter. > Enough coping, we all see what's going on, you can&#x
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This is incorrect
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You're familiar with the mythical man month, right? If we park all 11 aircraft carriers outside of Iran, how will we have them deployed to support interests elsewhere?
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Yes, actually - Iran is charging tolls and was not doing that before. This is in the face of an American naval blockade right in their neighborhood. That is an affront to power, at least for the moment. I send a bill to every car that
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Even if they decide to do so, why would we expect them to be more successful than the US military - which outspends the entire rest of NATO - at it? More ships always helps - they wouldn't be doing it without the US, it would be w
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Oh, 8 weeks, and they'll think about doing something? Huh, yeah, I'm sure that strong statement will have a big impact. It shows that you're wrong about the diplomatic situation. 8 weeks isn't that long of a timefra
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China imports oil from Iran and Venezuela. China's economy is not doing so hot because by being dependent on exports with less than ideal domestic consumption you wind up with, say, 17% youth unemployment. You're reading the news
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NATO just today as reported by Bloomberg said that if the Strait isn't open by July that it will take or consider taking action. [1] Your view of the situation doesn't match reality. Separately, we still have like 11 aircraft carr
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by ericmay 5mo ago
None of these things are true, it's just propaganda. > The US has never looked, or been, weaker than it is right now. Nothing has fundamentally changed with respect to American power. If this was true, that America has never been
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The US is not: Forcing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, load up on missiles and drones and then use them to attack Gulf neighbors, destabilize Lebanon, Syria, or Iraq, or fund terrorists as recognized by both the United States and European
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Only in the sense that the US has forgotten its a participant in trade. But that seems to be pretty standard at this point. The US already has a navy and already can and will protect US shipping interests (which may include allies or o

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