“Countdown”

To ‘Kharg Island’

How long until Delta Force or Marine Raiders take this island?
I believe they will grab it within 72 hours.

Why Kharg Island;

Kharg Island serves as the central hub for Iran’s crude oil exports, handling approximately 90% (and in some estimates up to 95%) of the country’s oil shipments. Oil from Iran’s onshore and offshore fields is piped to the island, stored in massive tanks, and loaded onto supertankers for export, mainly to markets in Asia (especially China). The island’s facilities have a loading capacity of around 7 million barrels per day.
This makes Kharg Iran’s economic lifeline:
• It generates tens of billions in annual revenue, funding much of the government’s budget and military (including the Revolutionary Guard).
• Iran’s shallow coastal waters prevent large tankers from loading directly onshore, so Kharg’s deep-water berths are essential.
• Disruption here could severely cripple Iran’s economy, halt most oil exports,...

“Use it, or lose it”

The demonrats are having vapors over the DOW spending money at the end of the budget year on steak and lobster.
If you get $100 million in your yearly budget, and you only spend $95 million of it. You will lose the excess $5 million. It won’t be used to pay down the debt, it won’t be ‘saved’, it will be given to another agency. The next budget year, you will get $5 million less. Therefore, everyone runs around trying to spend all of the money at the end of the fiscal year.

Here is a story about spending excess DOW money.

MBB, retired from the US Navy as a Captain (O-6).
When he was a Lt Commander (maybe Commander), he was given the command of the EOD unit, Barbers Point HI. This shop was responsible for all torpedoes, and Tomahawk missiles used by the Pacific Fleet.
As part of his command takeover, he had to inspect and inventory everything. While doing this, he came upon a locked warehouse. It was at least 200x100 feet, with a 50 foot ceiling. Once he was able to find...