Comments on: The next Pearl Harbor attack will most likely involve long-range precision fires https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-3716867 Jim Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:20:22 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52159#comment-3716867 The executive nominally under Bush the Younger experienced such a failure of imagination, a failure of imagination that has brought us right to the present day. One man’s tragedy is another man’s opportunity, as they say.

]]> By: John Rashbold https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-3716761 John Rashbold Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:54:27 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52159#comment-3716761 Poor FDR and his imagination…

]]> By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-3716731 Bomag Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:54:12 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52159#comment-3716731 Failure of imagination would include underestimating the enemy’s will to respond: recent Ukraine rallying; Afghanistan always; Iraq after US involvement; Vietnam; US after Pearl; Russia after Barbarossa; etc.

Might be something more than lack of imagination; something including wishful thinking; willful ignorance; etc.

]]> By: Freddo https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-3716726 Freddo Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:14:26 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52159#comment-3716726 That propellor planes have gone out of fashion is not the boldest prediction. Still, assuming the USA is the aggressor, there is a role for stealth bombers too.

A more recent example might be the Russians’ attacks on the Ukrainian Air Force and Air Defence network at the start of the SMO. It will probably be a few years before there is a public, balanced report on that.

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2024/10/the-next-pearl-harbor-attack-will-most-likely-involve-long-range-precision-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-3716662 Lucklucky Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:12:11 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52159#comment-3716662 Precisely. We are finally entering missile age.

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