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0 pointsgsf_emergency_62mo ago0 comments

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> Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) predicted [a Greenland war powers bill] would easily pass if an invasion was imminent

I wonder what "imminent" might mean to Tillis? Anchorage to Nuuk is only ~5 hours by air (Newburgh to Nuuk, ~3h15).

(using https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ for distances and assuming ~900 km/h for a C-17 — although it would require multiple C-17s [which Anchorage has] to significantly outnumber the allied OOB [per wikipedia])

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the standard bureaucrats' response to crises, according to Sir Humphrey Appleby GCB KBE MVO:

  - Nothing is going to happen.
  - Something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
  - Maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
  - Maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.

EDIT: we also know Tillis can be less than completely candid; see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46551849

gsf_emergency_6OP2mo ago

Ah! Having randos call congressmen is generally a great idea for urgent+important+bipartisan issues (tech or fiscal), which at the moment I can think of 3

a)AI (in particular, regulation on the mil/statedept use of "private AI").

b)independence of the fed

c)tariffs

Imho

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