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con·flu·ence (kŏnfl-əns)n.
A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point

Drones have been militarized, imparting power of Davidian disproportion against Russia's Goliath.
As this techno-arms race careens toward confluence with A.I. ("super" intelligence) we stumble blindfolded toward an abyss of potentially cataclysmic peril.

Ike may not have anticipated precise detail about the adversities that are emerging here and now.
As Supreme Allied Commander in WWII, and then as POTUS, Eisenhower warned:

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery
of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961


Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official, veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Assumed office January 25, 2025
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Lloyd Austin

 

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"'Sir, we think the Oval Office should be taken down, and we'll build a new one, sir.' I said, 'My ass, you can't build a new one. This is a special place.'" ~ Trump, recounting to Time Magazine his alleged conversation with Secret Service official

 

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con·flu·ence (kŏnfl-əns)n.
A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point

Drones have been militarized, imparting power of Davidian disproportion against Russia's Goliath.
As this techno-arms race careens toward confluence with A.I. ("super" intelligence) we stumble blindfolded toward an abyss of potentially cataclysmic peril.

Ike may not have anticipated precise detail about the adversities that are emerging here and now.
As Supreme Allied Commander in WWII, and then as POTUS, Eisenhower warned:

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery
of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961

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Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official, veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Assumed office January 25, 2025
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Lloyd Austin

While it may be drones were inevitable, they are not a good thing.
Since remote control can be interfered with, trend is going to be to automate them, reduce them in size, and have them target all humans, not specific enemy, because they can't do that.
In the Ukraine, clearly the Ukraine has no history of building any weapons at all, much less drones.
All the weapons used in the Ukraine are coming from the US, by way of Poland.
And the result will have to be the US and Poland becoming targets.

 

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"... the result will have to be the US and Poland becoming targets." R5 #2,284

"The" result ?
"A" result.
Another result, the Pandora's box lid that formerly confined the dangerous drone genie has been ripped from its hinges.

Yet another bell we cannot unring.