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You are a liar. Pure and simple. A liar who attempts to marginalize people who he does not agree with by assigning fake viewpoints to them. It is dishonest and an oft used strategy here by you and others. Nonetheless, a liar.

I get really annoyed when people lie, especially about me, and you sir, are a liar. I never "downplayed" anything related to that. I drove through their staging area that morning, saw that group and had to wait while the police stopped traffic as they crossed, and stated that very afternoon how insane they looked. For you to claim that I ever "downplayed" it is disgusting, without any substance, and a not unusual product of your bizarre imagination.

By the way, I cannot stand quoting stupid posts that have giant X crap in them. Often, people ask a question of someone here in a post that contains that stuff, and in order to acknowledge the question and answer it, you have to include the X thing. There's probably a way around it, but i haven't the interest in figuring that out. Anyway, without another stupid Rolling Stone thing, here is the question asked of me in that post. "What source do you have about Iran rushing to finish its nukes?" Here's the answer to that question, without Rolling Stone trash https://emetonline.org/resource/iran-violations-since-jcpoa/ Go to the 2:50 mark until about 4:00, though the entire thing is very good. He also intimates at the end that they have an idea on location re fissile material.

As long as we're doing Rolling Stone, a known neutral, (and credible), source of intl intel, can we revisit their "Rape on Campus" story? I ran into the woman who sued them over that in the produce section of our local Wegmans about a month after her suit was settled. Kind of an odd looking woman who is extremely identifiable. I told her that I had never wished for a larger settlement against a dirtbag group.

No, I live here and have a bunch of contacts in the UVA community, and there is no "attack." I don't even know if we have a "local Fox station," and I am hardly MAGA. Total nonsense. By the way you are steadily drifting in the Tibs and Billstime tide, stating red herrings that have no basis in reality as fact.

So let's review, because it's been the best few months in middle east events in decades. 1. Syria collapses after an Israeli strike. 2. The collapse of Syria ends the weapons autobahn between Iran and its Hezbollah and Hamas. 3. Hezbollah basically collapses. Hamas the same. 4. Israel clears a path through Syria for the IAF to get to eastern Syria unimpeded, and thus provides a pathway to Iran, eliminating major problems doing so without fighting their way through and having to tank in the air. 5. Iran, accurately sensing that it's murderous noose around Israel is impotent, rushes into an expedited effort to finish building the nuc program and getting weapons on a delivery system. 6. Israel becomes aware of that and figures, "it's now or never." They take out the Iranian air defenses in basically two days, enjoying unfettered access to Iranian sites. 7. Iran asks Hezbollah to respond with aggression, and they don't. China and Russia, both with strategic alliances signed with Iran, in the case of Russia, just this year, don't honor the defense commitments, leaving Iran orphaned. Moreover, China tells Iran not to screw around in the Strait of Hormuz. 8. Israel destroys a good deal of the above ground nuc facilities, "neutralizes" a good deal of the scientific talent that underpins it, and decapitates the IRCG leadership, who are really the problem, as well as destroying a good deal of the ballistic missile production and operational capability of Iran, which threatens Israel and US forces. 9. The US conducts and immensely successful strike on underground facilities thought to be impenetrable, losing nobody and putting massive weapons exactly where intended. 10. The Israelis have an obviously significant humint capability inside Iran, probably still operational, and still control the airspace. The old aphorism applies: "The perfect is not the enemy of the good." The regular Iranians, non the ideologically animated religious nuts and their sycophants, did not immediately rise and throw wackos out but things are way, way better off than they were prior to the fall of Syria.

Oh my, the first gross hyperbole of the day. The institution is hardly being "attacked."

I've got two of 'em, and one is doing my knee replacement in a few weeks.

The day I care about your judgement of my intelligence is never going to happen. Funny though, in the same post you offer info that Iranian Officials communication was intercepted by the US. Think they don't know they are monitored? Think this "revelation" is meaningful in the least?

Another Marv Levy mistake. Shortly after he was drafted I was at a Univ. of Virginia baseball game. Sitting next to me was a guy who had a kid on the opposing team and we got to talking. He told me he was a regional scout for an AFC east franchise. Didn't name it, but I figured it was probably the Ravens. Anyway, I asked him if he knew anything about Ko Simpson and he made this face gesture with eyes rolling which I assumed to be a negative view. He said ya, he knew about him and then said "Believe the Wonderlic."

When Pete heard that the strike in Iran was launched from "Whiteman Air Force Base" in Missouri, he was shocked. He stated that if he had been appointed a civilian position in DOD instead on Treasury Secretary, on his first day he would have commandeered one of the small jets the military uses for VIP transports, been flown to a civilian airport near Knob Noster, MO., SUV'ed it to a spot a mile away from the main gate, then helmeted and goggled up and pedaled to the main gate, and using non VOC paint and a recycled paint brush and hand painted over any sign using the traumatizing, divisive moniker. "Whiteman just won't do, at least on my watch," he was heard to claim.

A week after the strike, I'd call this a very significant W on many levels beyond the massive damage to these three sites..

Hey remember this genius comment after I noted that failure to maintain this stuff usually is a local gov issue? NTSB preliminary report noted that the runway alignment lights had been inoperative for three years. They could not begin repair because they were awaiting a California mandated "environmental impact study." Total state issue. So the lights had been in place for a very long time, but when they were to be replaced it suddenly triggered and environmental impact study and wasn't fixed for three years? The bottom line is that the guy flew well below approach minimums, but the non operational items at that airport were clearly local issues, as I clearly pointed out.

"We really don't know anything, and never have. But we will suggest it anyway." How embarrassing.

I don't think it was Pensacola, birthplace of Naval Air, (tear in eye for the memories). The sandy base and potential for a tsunami from the Gulf, as well as being impossible to hide argues against that. I believe the testing was done at the White Sands, New Mexico, facility. A lot of recent work was done on the fuse, especially the recent addition of a "void" detonation capability, which allows it to detonate if it penetrates and finds an open area, like a large area where "work" is being done.

This is what I mean by relentless stupidity. I have never claimed anything was right or wrong. So you pose the question about something I have never said and then ask me how I could know that? There's nothing ad hominem about it. It's just stupid. And regarding the silly comment from another poster suggesting the Iranians didn't engage the strike group because they didn't want to get into a larger thing with the US, do you know what was in that strike group and what the results would have been if they lit it up, or at least lit up what they could see? I guess that's why they allowed the Israelis to take out their air defense, IRGC command structure and a good deal of their above ground nuc program.

Want a laugh regarding Iranian media claims? I saw this yesterday. You only have to go from the start to the 3:30 min mark. Iran Media explains the situation

Relentless misjudgment and stupidity.

I honestly can't understand the absurd levels you will crawl to in order to throw doubt strictly, and obviously, because of political bias. To this situation, when I read your posts on these matters I often conclude you are stuck in a twenty or more year knowledge gap. Everybody knew about this site, what it was for, how it was constructed and how best to attack it. We have satellite and many, many other sources to firmly establish these things that are way more capable than they used to be. They weren't "tricked" and they delivered the weapons exactly where intended. Fabulous press conference by the way. Glad I got to watch the entire thing. Late entry regarding the press conference. As if the media can look more stupid, that insane suggestion of sexual bias was as stupid as humanly imaginable. Whoever is signing her checks should stop them.

If I was part of the B2 strike package, I would be extremely uncomfortable about this attempt to get at media outlets using silly claims about their feelings, and would deny any option I had to ever participate in it, if it develops into anything. I expect they are.

Finally reported tonight. Seven killed as explosive thrown into a vehicle.

"so 3 month delay is acceptable. got it." I never said that, but you can believe what you want.

You asked for my opinion, and I responded. I have never asked for yours, and won't. Brilliantly planned and executed strike. Far reaching consequences making everything that might follow in order to prevent what everyone wants to prevent easier. Great night.

Of course they knew what they were aiming for, and evidently nailed the three spots, by all accounts. Can't do better than that, and the follow up weapons seconds apart were of extreme importance, and they nailed that as well. What happens after detonation is structural design vs. physics, and out of the strike groups hands.