Posted on 03/27/2024 6:41:41 AM PDT by SJackson
At 1:30 in the morning on Tuesday, a ship collided with a pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, and within seconds, the entire bridge had collapsed. This will put the port of Baltimore, one of the busiest ports in the United States, out of action for months and maybe even years, which will inevitably have a massive negative effect on the local and national economy. The official story is that this was an accident, and if we had honest and trustworthy governing officials, that would be the end of the matter. But we don’t. And so questions are multiplying.
Old Joe Biden quickly stated: “Everything so far indicates that this was a terrible accident. At this time, we have no other indication. No other reason to believe there’s any intentional act here.” Since Biden has a record for lying that is unmatched even among the corruptocrats who currently occupy our nation’s highest positions of trust and responsibility, this statement in itself constitutes reasons to suspect that the destruction of the Key Bridge may have been quite intentional after all. And there are plenty more.
Steve Bannon noted Tuesday that the official explanation of what happened “doesn’t make sense.” He asked “how the ship turned directly into that [pylon] and the pilot didn’t drop the anchor? Dropping the anchor might’ve ripped the front of the ship apart, but it wouldn’t have taken out the bridge.”
All right, that’s a telling point, but there is no need to rush headlong down the rabbit hole. Maybe the pilot panicked. Maybe he had a terrible lapse in judgment. There is, however, much more. The courageous investigative journalist Lara Logan revealed that according to “multiple intel sources,” the destruction of the bridge was an “‘absolutely brilliant strategic attack’ on US critical infrastructure – most likely cyber – & our intel agencies know it.”
Logan listed some of the ways in which the collapse of the bridge would hurt the nation, and thus aid our enemies: “Second busiest strategic roadway in the nation for hazardous material now down for 4-5 years – which is how long they say it will take to recover. Bridge was built specifically to move hazardous material – fuel, diesel, propane gas, nitrogen, highly flammable materials, chemicals and oversized cargo that cannot fit in the tunnels – that supply chain now crippled.” She also pointed out that the ship hit one of “two load-bearing pylons on each end” of the bridge; these are “the anchor points,” and Logan said that the attackers “knew that hitting either one one of them would be a fatal wound to the integrity of the bridge.” The attack, she added, was “perfectly targeted.”
Not only that, but “when you choke off Baltimore you have cut the main north-south hazardous corridor (I95) in half. Now has to go around the city – or go somewhere else. To move some of that cargo through the tunnel you may be able to get a permit but those are slow to get and require an escort system that is expensive and has to be done at night. For every $100 dollars that goes into the city, $12 comes from shipping. Believe this will cripple the city of Baltimore at a time when they do not have the resources to recover.”
General Michael Flynn seemed to agree with Logan that the takedown of the bridge was intentional, or at very least was the result of incompetence in key positions. Flynn said: “This is a BLACK SWAN event. Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military). The standard operating procedures for all U.S. ports, harbors, and bays that transit commerce and military activities are supposed to maintain an incredible level of discipline, rigor and awareness for these very type events to not occur (ever!), yet here we are. There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation…start there.” A black swan event is an unforeseen incident that has massive repercussions.
Counterterror analyst and former FBI agent John Guandolo, meanwhile, also agreed that the collapse of the bridge was likely intentional, and explained: “I worked several AQ [al-Qaeda]/Hamas cases while in the FBI & since and found – verified by state intel agencies – AQ/Hamas targeted key bridges to shut down exfil abilities so they could conduct significant level follow on attacks. This may be that or this may be an accident. I lean strongly towards NOT AN ACCIDENT. The fact FBI/DHS say it is NOT terrorism is a key indicator it is. FBI/DHS have been wrong 100% of the time they initially say its NOT terrorism (Ft Hood, Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, Lakewood TX..,)”
Yes, it has come to this: our government, intelligence and law enforcement officials are so untrustworthy that if they say an incident is not terrorism, it very likely is. The collision of the ship with the Francis Scott Key Bridge could end up being a testimony to the fecklessness and incompetence of local officials and the others involved, which is born of far too much time and money being squandered on Critical Race Theory, gender madness and the like, instead of on training competent personnel. Whether or not the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge really was a terror attack, it will certainly weaken the nation, and in that it benefits the enemies of the United States. And whether or not this was a terror attack, the numerous and growing list of unanswered questions demonstrates how little confidence thoughtful people have today in the honesty and veracity of those who bear the responsibility to protect and defend this nation.
No port facilities were damaged. Once the bridge debris is cleared the port will be back in operation. The temporary floating pier that the Navy is building in Gaza is for use only with specially-designed roll on-roll off ships that the Navy operates, not with normal container ships. Building a temporary pier outside of the bridge area would do nothing to get shipping back in operation.
He’s excluding something as he admits he doesn’t know anything.
That’s a beautiful expanse.
$3.07 says George Floyd Memorial Bridge is the new moniker.
Where is “Pistol” Pete Buttigieg at on this? You know “The United States Secretary of Transportation”. Seems like there’s been a lot of this happening since Pete was put in charge, trains derailing, doors and wheels falling off of airplanes, 30 tons of ammonium nitrate disappearing and now ships running into bridges. Pete, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
One of these fellows told me in detail of how, through some college/military program related in some way to the CIA (sorry, can't recall what) he was asked to write a paper detail how to take down New York City. He talked of transportation and communication, beginning with the bridges. Obvious, you say? It was an assignment to college freshman in 1970's. For all its obviousness, it seems to have been the product of some consideration. It was a plan.
My recollection of his "plan" was called immediately to memory when reading that the destruction of the bridge was an “‘absolutely brilliant strategic attack’ on US critical infrastructure – most likely cyber – & our intel agencies know it.” Sure, they know it. They've been making it a freshman project for how many years now?
All to say that, while am repelled by knee-jerk conspiracy-type theses, I certainly agree with the assertion that the IC knows a good plan for domestic destruction when it sees one.
And I lean towards trusting Horowitz's judgment.
“Boat”
I'm thinking it'll be the Freddie Gray Memorial Bridge.
I’ll go with your wager...
The bigger issue is the vehicle traffic. The bridge was used for trucks with hazmat , which are not allowed through tunnels. That traffic nightmare will be there for the foreseeable future.
I would not want to be a OTR trucker heading towards the NE. It has always been congested , now only more so.
Illegal Alien Express Train Bridge
Taxpayers Chain Gang Railroad Bridge
Is ‘pistol’ or ‘holster’?
route ‘em to the ‘burbs.
Who are the vicitms in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse?
The men, who are now presumed dead, are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico
“Maybe the pilot panicked. Maybe he had a terrible lapse in judgment.”
Uh huh. maybe. And maybe he’s one of those Didn’t Earn It types.
Once and for all, the ship did drop its port anchor. There are plenty of photos that show this conclusively. Also a ship that is the length of over 3 football fields and, fully loaded, weighs over 150k tons, going about 8 knots, and has lost propulsion can easily take out almost anything in its way.
You do realize he was an officer in the Navy. Getting a little tired of the Conservative purity test and the firing squad.
lol. I don’t know and I don’t even want to think about it.
Not just him, as the incompetent face of DOT. The entire bureaucracy of the DOT is crammed with incompetent useless idiots. And they are all still at home, hiding from covid. None of them are out in the world working on a day to day basis.
“The men, who are now presumed dead, are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico “
The company that were doing the maintenance were obviously trying to do the job as cheaply as possible.
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