The mid-west mouth breathers that cheered for this have no idea about any of that; it’s just ‘California bad’.
They don’t know that the top two ports in the entire US is LA/LB. you think our distribution systems are fucked now with raising diesel prices? Just wait until there’s nothing to ship. They don’t know how vital Camp Pendleton is as a mainland port for the military in the Pacific. You thought the Lincoln looked bad now? Just wait until the Navy gets hit in the knee caps.
And to be clear; I’m not worried about an Iran strike. I’m worried about these mouth breathers galvanising and committing domestic terrorism. The GOP has been running dog fighting rings for decades and the voter base are those abused and tormented pit bulls. He’s just pointed them at two vital American cities and said ‘have at em’.
If LA were to get hit basically all shipments via the Pacific (China, Japan, Korea) will get absolutely FUBAR’d. LA/LB are the top two US ports. Period. It’s a huge complex that would take I’d guess a decade of very diligent work to build something like it again; if a suitable location could even be found.
If SD gets hit our Navy is fucked. Pendleton is massive in scope and scale. If you drive down the 5 from OC to SD you’re surrounded by military owned land for the majority of the drive.
CA is the WORLD’s 4th larger economy. If CA gets hit it would create such a fundamental change to the US that it might not survive.