I got an idea: how about you take a graven image of the Prophet Mohammed, fold it until it's all corners, and stick it up your Moslem ass. But only if you're serious.
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I appreciate it, Rip. I don't get Satch's infatuation with trying to call me a boomer. I'm 36. It's bizarre.
A point of clarification: I'm not talking about supporting conventional forces being deployed there. I never supported conventional forces in the theater. I worked with the community built to go bump in the night, and they were more than adequate to win the fight on the ground. They did. We didn't need conventional forces beyond close air support and some logistics regionally. In fact, we re-geared all of our conventional forces for occupation and severely limited them in their primary role: conventional near-peer warfare. Eastern Europe in the 80s shit.
Isolationism doesn't work either. The Middle East and Southern Asia is a mud hole that, whether you like it or not, needs to be stomped out occasionally. So stomp it out quickly and go home. Reference the Barbary Pirates wars. I'm not into nation or democracy building, either. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
I'm also not mad about the past. I saw this coming from years ago. I'm furious about the future. It looks like we were both right yesterday, Rip. China is already threatening war with us today if we don't completely pull out of Taiwan. I'm tired of us being right. I'm also tired of the hurr-durr Isolationist libertarians thinking you can stick your heads in the sand and everything will be fine. Do that, and the Serpent (Islam) or Dragon (China) WILL swallow the world. And I put my money on China because they're not afraid, at all, to actually turn the Middle East into a glass parking lot.
Americans in 5 years - it's a meme on gab
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Watched a Revolutionary War "movie" last night entitled "All for Liberty". It's more like an educational reenactment that you might see at a historical site. It was "not available in this region" on Amazon. But, it's there now: Amazon: All for Liberty
You can watch it for free on Youtube: All For Liberty (2009) | Full Movie | Bettina Beard | Delfloria Brown | Halle Brown - YouTube
It portrays the Revolutionary War from a different perspective: it was a War between neighbors.
The "Tory" neighbors quit once they saw their Freedom fighting neighbors would never quit.
Today in the US, Muskets / violence are replaced with words and compliance / non-compliance, but everything else is the same.
Interesting analysis by Jeffrey Morris at UPenn:
Israeli data: How can efficacy vs. severe disease be strong when 60% of hospitalized are vaccinated?
Gonna need some help coach. Stay strong.
please post.
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