Sunday, May 03, 2026

When Pigs Fly

That's one.
She said that, although people don't like to admit it, "we are subject to scarcity" when it comes to weaponry, especially as we have China "on the rise." The host chimed in that the idea was "terrifying," and Thompson agreed.

Thompson emphasized that critical information about U.S. military stockpiles remains hidden from public view. "A lot of this is behind the classified curtain," she stated, further noting that media reports have uncovered some of the issue.

When discussing the severity of potential stockpile depletion, Thompson herself said the reports would be worrying. "The numbers that they've put out publicly in these reports, if true, and if they reflect what's actually, you know, inside the building, I would certainly be concerned about our ability to continue to prosecute this campaign," let alone engage in future conflicts.

Her willingness to go on record as an administration insider—and the way the host characterized her appearance as a rare moment of candor from the Trump world—underscores how unusual it is for officials to publicly acknowledge military readiness challenges that remain classified at higher levels.
That’s two.

Nazi Germany was a major industrial power, and put technically advanced weapons in the field. America didn’t respond with kites and string, but it did make less complex weapons that could be mass produced. We played catch up, so we had to get planes and tanks and ships into the war. We won the war, in no small part, by simply overwhelming the enemy with the mass of our weaponry. I don’t mean it was a sure thing from December, 1941, on; but while Germany was advancing military technology, we advanced production. Production won.

The “little brown men in black pajamas” stood up against U.S. military technology in Vietnam. Now we have ships and missiles capable of standing up to similar ships and missiles. So the Iranians use rubber boats and drones and mines. Cheap compared to $4 million missiles. And missiles are preferable to boots on the ground; especially when we started this war, they didn’t.

And yes, Ukraine is fighting in this new battlefield, and we are learning from them:
So it’s not like we’re doomed. But unlike Ukraine, we do have a five year old in charge.

As someone on MS NOW just said, it turns out Iran does have a nuclear weapon. They can close the Strait of Hormuz. And they did it just by threatening traffic. No shipper wants their tanker blown up. Trump has been screwed by that simple fact ever since. He still is.

Trump can’t continue the war, because he simply can’t afford to. We’re running out of munitions, and we’re running out of bases in the region. Trump doesn’t want war, he just wants victory. But he can’t get it. Bombs aren’t enough, and troops are literally too expensive. And our central overseas command is in Germany; but Trump wants to run out of there. Now we have to see what Congress lets him do:
Even moving 5000 troops has an impact on military operations. In normal times, Republicans would be repudiating their own President, and grilling the SOD over a very slow fire. Will they finally decide that this is a bridge too far?

Will pigs ever fly?
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