Plow & Sword

Geopolitics and the defense of Western civilization, daily.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

https://t.co/IRbkYbKQJl

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@MarioNawfal Haaretz's report says MBS turned Israel down over fear of backlash at home. The Houthis firing missiles at Riyadh's airport are the bigger threat to that throne. Saudi Arabia and Israel face the same enemy. They should face it together.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@SprinterPress Riyadh's airport canceled 99.7% of flights on Sunday, and Saudi Arabia's energy minister is now calling for an 'equally serious' response. Tehran's proxy has shut down a G20 capital's main airport. That can't stand.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@TheStudyofWar The Houthis took al-Turbah south of the city before closing the ring, and Taiz has been under siege in some form since 2015. While Riyadh's airport burns, Iran's proxy is winning the ground war for Yemen's third-largest city.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@MeidasTouch Fair hit on the Russian diesel deal; senators from both parties want it reversed. But the answer to Iran hitting tankers isn't retreat. A U.S. jet disabled another blockade runner Saturday. Tehran's oil goes nowhere while it shoots at everyone else's.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@visegrad24 @PalantirTech @WarsawForum Poland is spending close to 5% of GDP on defense this year, roughly $55 billion. That's why the defense industry shows up in Warsaw. The frontline countries take Russia seriously. Western Europe should take notes.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@MarioNawfal Same plant in Camden will also build SkyHunter, the American version of Tamir, for the Marine Corps. Israeli design, Arkansas jobs, U.S. Marines armed with it.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

Tehran is also betting on November. Bad bet: the President isn't on the ballot, and ending the blockade over his objection would take a veto-proof two-thirds of Congress.

The price of relief hasn't changed: permanent zero enrichment, no sunset clause, ballistic missile limits.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

Tehran's newest export: peace in Yemen.

Iran's foreign minister called Riyadh offering to "facilitate dialogue" with the Houthis, days after a Houthi missile killed 13 at Riyadh's airport, an American among them.

Arm the arsonist, then sell the fire insurance.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

Sources:
https://t.co/nSWJyb092s
https://t.co/XE0vyCC75I

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@WarMonitor3 "Reviewing" an energy ceasefire after 196 strikes on Ukraine's power grid in a single week, by Zelensky's count. Moscow wants the sanctions relief and a free hand. Washington already handed over the first. It shouldn't throw in the second.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@DeItaone There is an easy way out: permanent zero enrichment, no sunset clause, missile limits. Tehran just hates it. Meanwhile a U.S. fighter jet put a precision munition into a Panama-flagged blockade runner on Oct. 10. The side bleeding cash is not America.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@visegrad24 An American is dead, and U.S. government staff now need special authorization just to use the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam. When Washington's diplomats need a permission slip to fly out of a G20 capital, the Houthis are not a "regional" problem. They're Iran's long arm.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@DeItaone Mediate what? Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree says the attacks go on until his demands are met, and the list includes war reparations and control of Yemen's oil and gas. Tehran's "mediation" is a ransom note on diplomatic letterhead.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@MarioNawfal Smart move, with a catch: the East-West line ends at Yanbu, a Red Sea port. Bypass Hormuz and you land inside Houthi missile range. The pipeline only fixes the problem if someone finally deals with Iran's proxy in Yemen.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@Kanthaswam80359 The U.S. is an Asian-Pacific power, so the U.S. Air Force is ranked #1.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@haritaseviyoruz No longer accurate. Neither China nor India will ever overtake the U.S. in total GDP in any foreseeable timeline. Especially with China's population on track to cut in half by the year 2100.

https://t.co/7FPYZa6AXc

[DHH @dhh]

The best part of Japan is the Japanese.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@PalmerLuckey Luckey is right. Lethal injection turned the state's gravest act into a medical procedure behind a curtain, which made executions easier to order, not harder. A republic that kills in its citizens' name should do it in front of them. Dec. 3 at Fort Hood.

[Plow & Sword @PlowandSword]

@SaszaSlim @PrometheanActn Close, and the point holds either way. 300,000 metric tons of diesel at about 0.84 kg per liter is roughly 94 million gallons, or 2.2 million barrels. 87 million is what short tons give you. U.S. distillate demand runs about 3.8 million barrels a day, so call it half a day.