How the daft were easily duped by professional swindlers

 The playbook of professional swindlers to cheat the daft but greedy victim is very simple. One of the swindlers will eye a potential victim and create opportunity to get close to him. Once he has gained the trust of the victim, he would suggest to the potential target 'A' on a scheme to cheat another 'victim' if the two would cooperate and work together. The daft victim 'A' would think it is a good idea, two working together to swindle another victim without knowing that he is the real target of the scam. Usually it would end up in a card game or an investment scheme. 

The real victim 'A' would be asked to put in a sum of money as a bait. The swindler, now his friend and partner, would also put in the same amount, to give confidence to the victim 'A', that all would be recoup once the fake victim took the bait. It will be a sure win proposition. Victim 'A' will easily part with his cash with the thought of making a pile. Once the money is paid, the swindler, ie his partner and the fake victim will all disappeared. Only then would daft victim 'A' realised he has been the main target from the start of the scam. But it is too late. Money already gone.

Let me elaborate with an illustration. Say Mr Yin and Mr Thia were the swindlers and they identified Mr Sia as the potential target to be swindled. So they will cook up an investment scheme to lure Mr Sia into the trap. But Mr Sia is a very careful man and will not easily part with his money. They studied Mr Sia and know Mr Sia's modus operandi. Mr Sia, being a very careful man, though not very smart, will not invest directly in any project. He would always look for a big and reliable investor to be a partner, thinking and assuming that the big investor will do his homework and will not be cheated. This is the catch. Mr Sia will never believe that a big investor will be a partner in a scam to cheat him.

Mr Yin picked Mr Thia exactly for this purpose. Mr Thia meets the requirements of Mr Sia, a big investor, presumably reliable, smart and can be trusted and will only make good investment. Mr Sia only needs to hang on to the tail coat of Mr Thia, without having to do the homework himself. 

So Mr Yin created an opportunity for Mr Thia to get to know Mr Sia and once the contact is made it would just go on as planned. Mr Thia would propose to Mr Sia to invest in Mr Yin's company, looking good from outside but rotten inside, but playing on its huge potential in the future. When Mr Thia said he is going to put in a big sum of money to invest in Mr Yin's company, and showing his research material, Mr Yin would be easily convinced. Wow, Mr Thia has been working hard on it, must be safe if Mr Thia said it is safe.

And the rest is history. Mr Sia's money would be in Mr Yin and Mr Thia's pocket in no time without Mr Sia knowing what is happening and still placing all hope that Mr Thia would not be wrong, would not cheat him. The Yin Thia swindling scam is a formidable partnership and daft Mr Sia, no matter how careful he is, would easily fall into the trap.  What Mr Sia lost will be divided between Mr Yin and Mr Thia behind closed door and Mr Sia is no wiser.

This is only a hypothetical situation to illustrate how a daft can be easily swindled while thinking he is going to make a pile in the process. The future is so good, if not 10 years, maybe 20 years, maybe 50 year, maybe 100 years. As long as Mr Thia is still in, presumably his money is in, it will be ok.

Run for your life, the American debt avalanche will bury the American dollar and everything American

That is a threat that will do more damage to itself than countries holding its debts. Internally, the USA community holds more of its own debts than foreign entities. That is the Sword of Damocles hanging above its head.

Countries holding a third of USA debts can still survive, but the USA pension funds, hedge funds, banks and USA people will go back to the stone age. And the US$ will literally become banana notes overnight. That it did not do so when the US$ was decoupled from gold backing was that the world had no other alternative and no BRICS to counter.

Apart from the threat of writing off its debts, even a default to service its interest payments will bring disaster to the US$ hegemony. And if the USA debts keep piling up, that default is not that far away. The USA, like Japan, is now economically between a rock and a hard place. No solution is in sight.

And the problem is made more unpalatable now that BRICS has a new system in place to lead the world away from the SWIFT system and an agenda of de-dollarization taking hold more and more decisively.


Anonymous

The critical X factor in American military logistics is 720,000 or 4,500,000

 720,000 or 4,500,000 are the X factors in American military logistics. How are these numbers derived at?

The mightiest American war machine is the Carrier Strike Group. According to Wikipedia, A U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is an operational formation of roughly 7,500 personnel. It typically includes one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft, one guided-missile cruiser, a destroyer squadron of two to four guided-missile destroyers, and one or two attack submarines. If you add in the supply and logistic ships and crew, the total personnel could be rounded up to 8,000 men. Multiply 8,000 men with 90 days, or 3 months, a normal tour of duty, 720,000. 

Why is this the X factor in American military logistic? When the Americans deploy a carrier strike group, whether for exercise or war, or just a show of force, all the supplies needed to keep 8,000 fed and be comfortable will have to be multiplied by this number. Assuming that the supplies for the whole 8,000 will to last 3 months before replenishment, everything will have to be multiplied by 720,000.

 Just to quote a few essential items to illustrate the importance of this X factor.

If each seaman consumes 6 eggs per day, a 3 month supply will be 6 x 720,000 = 4,320,000 eggs

If each seaman consumes 6 tomatoes per day, it will be 6 x 720,000 = 4,320,000 tomatoes

If each seaman consumes 6 satchels of tea/coffee/sugar, it will be 4,320,000 satchels of each.

The X factor can be applied to all consumables, fruits eg orange, apple, banana, vegetables. toilet rolls, flour for bread, toiletries, bacon, steak, chicken, sausages, potatoes, hamburgers etc etc. If a seaman eats half a chicken or a fish a day, they will need to order for 360,000 chicken or 720,000 fish. Similar numbers apply to bacon, steak, sausages, hamburgers etc etc. And if each seaman needs a pail of water for bathing, not counting the water for drinking. they will need 720,000 pails of water.

The logistic problems the American Navy is facing for deploying two carrier strike groups in the Middle East are humongous. The X factor will be 2 x 720,00. Where are they going to find the suppliers to provide for such volumes of food and essential items in short notice? And this does not include the needs of another 50,000 American soldiers supposedly deployed in the region. For the 50,000 soldiers the X factor will be 4,500,000 in addition to the 2 x 720,000. If you combine the two forces, ie to support and supply 68,000 men, the X factor is 6,120,000!

The Operation to kill Iranians is in its six months and the logistic nightmare must be keeping the Americans very busy with sleepless nights. Now you can understand why the seamen are rioting for lack of food and daily essentials in their warships. Now you can understand why drunkard Hegseth had to hide the fact that the troops and sailors were not supplied with their daily essentials and food. It is a horrendous task to support 68,000 fighting men for 6 months!

The Americans are not just bleeding in weaponry but also in food and daily essentials just by being there!

The only weapon left for the Americans is lies

The USA running out of ammo is obvious. Every move Trump made regarding Iran cemented the weapons and ammo shortage position even more convincingly. You cannot lie and expect reality to uphold such lies.

The Nation of Liars has no more cards to play and lying is the only avenue left. Only problem is whether the Iranians can be fooled. Maybe the Rednecks and Hillbillies can be easily fooled, but not others.

Surely the Iranians are not blind to the aircraft carrier problems and the moral collapse of the crews. The longer the war drags on, the more difficult it will be for the USA to keep lying about its invincibility. Most analysts of repute have already said that the USA has technically lost the war. It is just hanging there in the Strait of Hormuz, still flogging a dying horse to fool the unwary that it is still threatening Iran.


Anonymous

When will the South Koreans be free from American occupation and control?

A peace treaty between North and South Korea means the war officially ends, right? What then is the purpose of stationing USA troops in South Korea? A peace deal will mean North Korea is no more going to attack the South and USA troops are no longer needed for protection.

South Korea does not regard China as a threat like the North and relations are stable and not that bad, although anti-China bots are trying to stir shit by fabricating the mantra that South Korea is China's biggest unknown threat more than Japan, because of China's involvement in the Korean War. Moreover, I believe the South Koreans have slowly woken up and knows what is more important to them. The persistent issue with North Korea is not good for them and Lee probably realized that North Korea is no pushover today. It is a nuclear state, already capable of helping Russia in Ukraine and has been firing missiles into the sea as a warning against any provocative moves.

Trump is obviously taking issue with South Korea for not being involved in the war against Iran and is cutting back on the military exercise with South Korea. South Korea has much to lose if it enters the war against Iran, although logistically it is involved.

I do not think President Lee's idea will be music to the ears of the USA. He will slowly be removed or even assassinated. Assassination of South Korean Presidents have precedents and cannot be ignored. Maybe they will not do it directly but create a false flag and accuse North Korea of doing it. How much does it cost to get a North Korean to do it is relatively easy. Money talks and bullshit walks.


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