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The Attack On Iran's Nuclear Facilities Was A Success

What has caught my attention is a CNN report based on an allegedly leaked Defense Intelligence Agency report, which claims that the attack was not effective. The News Nation Network was skeptical of this report. So am I.

         I went in-depth. I brought in a highly accomplished civil engineer named Casey Jones. His specialty is using satellite data to look at the ground levels before and after certain events. He is often used to determine whether some nation has carried out an underground nuclear test. He looked at satellite analysis of the three Iranian nuclear sites before and after the attack. He found depressions in the ground after the attack. This indicates that cavities within the nuclear facilities had collapsed. Here is a link for those curious:

        One other important fact comes to bear. The centrifuges used to enrich uranium are very delicate and sensitive. Here is an expert report for you to consider:

Are the centrifuges used to enrich uranium delicate instruments?

Yes, centrifuges used to enrich uranium are highly delicate and precise instruments. They operate at extremely high speeds—often exceeding 100,000 RPM—to separate uranium isotopes (U-235 and U-238) based on their slight mass differences. This process, known as gas centrifugation, involves spinning uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas in a vacuum to concentrate the lighter U-235 isotope.

The delicacy of these centrifuges stems from several factors:

Precision Engineering: Centrifuges are constructed with exacting tolerances to maintain balance at high speeds. Even minor imbalances or vibrations can cause catastrophic failure, as the rotors spin at supersonic velocities. Material Strength: They are made from specialized materials like maraging steel or carbon fiber composites to withstand immense centrifugal forces while resisting corrosion from UF6 gas. Vacuum Environment: The rotors operate in a near-vacuum to minimize friction and heat, requiring precise seals and bearings that are sensitive to disruptions. Sensitivity to Disturbances: Any external shock, misalignment, or manufacturing defect can damage the rotor or bearings, leading to breakdowns. For example, the Stuxnet malware (circa 2010) reportedly targeted Iranian centrifuges by subtly altering their speeds, causing mechanical stress and failures. Complexity and Maintenance: Enrichment facilities house thousands of centrifuges in cascades, and each unit must be meticulously maintained. A single failure can disrupt an entire cascade, as the gas flow is interconnected. In short, uranium enrichment centrifuges are sophisticated, finely tuned machines that require extreme care in design, operation, and maintenance due to their high-speed operation and the critical nature of their function.

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      My common sense tells me that a direct hit with a warhead would not be required to knock out these instruments. The concussion from the explosion of 30,000-pound warheads could have rendered these centrifuges useless and requiring their replacement. Iran will have a challenge replacing these centrifuges. Russia and China have these instruments. I do not see them selling these to Iran. Iran could go to North Korea and Pakistan to get these instruments. As I have stated previously that both countries are under a strong Chinese influence. I doubt that China would allow them to sell these instruments to Iran. Iran also had its centrifuge manufacturing plant that was destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces.

    News Nation also talked about the whereabouts of Iran's enriched uranium. They focused on all the trucks lined up outside Iranian nuclear facilities before the US attack. Leland Vittert asked one simple and obvious question as follows:

"Were they taking enriched uranium out of the facilities or putting it in the facilities?"

Until we have "boots on the ground inspections," we will not be sure.

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Hitler's Artwork

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Aaron DavisJan 6

Francis

Lives in London (2004–present)Jan 2

Why was Adolf Hitler’s artwork not considered acceptable? I understand that Hitler lacked some academic prerequisites and I am no artist, but the work I’ve seen doesn’t look all that bad.

Hitler’s work was perfectly acceptable for most purposes - indeed it was enough for him to make a living some of the time. There were however three strikes against it that meant that he wasn’t accepted by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna:

He was in the top 10% of applicants - but the best art school in Austria they could only accept 1% of those who applied each year and he both wasn’t 1% and wouldn’t apply anywhere else

He had most of the technical skills (which could be taught) but not the eye for interesting subjects (which couldn’t be taught) or grasp of emotional connection (which can’t be taught)

What he was trying to do as an artist was, thanks to the rise of photography, out of fashion which meant that even if he had brushed the top 1% he’d have been a hard sell

I’m going to show a few of Hitler’s paintings. Starting off by showing why he was out of fashion with his 1907 painting of Neuschwanstein Castle. Now the first thing to be said about it is that it’s a damn good painting. Probably enough on its own to make Hitler a candidate worth talking about admitting.

So why wasn’t it good enough for the best art school in Austria? If the rest of his portfolio had been up to that standard it might have been. But it was a deeply unfashionable choice for three reasons.

The first is the choice of subject; Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the cliched subjects that everyone has attempted (and the classic Disney castle was inspired by) and one of Hitler’s weaknesses was that most of his subjects were cliche choices (in part because they sold easily) while art schools look for a choice of interesting and unique subjects because that can’t be taught or copied so easily.

The second is that there’s not a person to be seen and what people were doing to paint people was in fashion. Even most of Hitler’s other pieces have people in them (sketch drawings rather than the more detailed and purposeful other artists would do)

And the third is that 1907 was precisely the wrong time to present that painting given that photography was a rising art and the picture below was what a photochrom picture could do in around 1900. Hitler was trying to take on a camera at the camera’s strengths.

It’s when we look at Hitler’s people that his weaknesses become clear. Here’s his painting of Mary and the baby Jesus again circa the time he’d have been trying to enter art school.

And … it’s lacking. The colour balance drowns the painting, the body language is off, the expressions are off, then hands and the eyes are off. It’s eyecatching but not in the right way with all that gold swamping the place.

Meanwhile to see what a great painter could have done on a similar theme, here’s what Pablo Picasso was able to do at the age of 15 in his first major oil painting (entitled First Communion). It too is almost dazzling but the colour does a lot more to provide focus. Picasso would do even better later, but that’s the sort of painting to make someone sit up and take note.

For me the best painting of Hitler’s I’m aware of wouldn’t be painted until after he went to war; the Klosterruine von Messines has a whole lot more emotional content than any of Hitler’s other paintings. But for obvious reasons he wasn’t able to paint that in around 1907 when he was trying to be accepted to the academy.

Hitler’s artwork was considered acceptable - and within the top 10% of those applying. It just wasn’t considered to be potentially great or within the top 1%. And Hitler wasn’t prepared to apply to any except the best while not having the talent for the best.

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