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I think the number one threat to the Republican party right now, aside from the usual political machinations in Washington, is the inability of conservative voters to deal with the cognitive dissonance of appreciating the policy successes of Donald Trump contrasted with the fact that he is in fact a piece of shit as a human being.

The people I'm angriest at are the Establishment Republicans (GOPe). The Dems are driving the country off a cliff but the GOPe is only interested that they do it in 2nd gear instead of 5th. Trump was a protest vote to wake our Republican congresscritters up and it didn't do any good. Aside from some tax breaks, name a single major conservative issue that has passed through Congress in our favor. Repeal of Obamacare? Repeal of the National Firearms Act? Reduce the size of government? Nope, nada, zilch. The Dems have been captured by the extreme left that wants to remake this country into North Korea or the PRC (you're high if you don't think the social credit score thing will be implemented here). The fight between the Dems and Repubs used to be mostly about the size of the welfare state; it is now a fundamental transformation of everything and the GOPe's strategy is to lose with dignity. If our side did what we sent them there to do, that charlatan Trump would have never been elected.

Some people have really turned on Mattis, but I really respected his decision to resign when he didn’t agree with Trump’s policy decision.

The whole country is being held hostage to both parties' incompetence. They are all corrupt peices of shit at the Federal and State Levels. Prove me wrong lol. I wish this was a joke because the American government is the best stand up comedy act to exist to date on planet Earth. Once again, the country is worse than when G W took office. Shit Im a Gen Xer and Im going to say it was better in 80s under Reagan (I was playing with G I Joes and listening to Warrant back then but my dad could afford to feed us and buy a house on a plumber's salary) doesn't appear to be getting any better. Why? Because we keep pretending to believe our votes matter and that the people in charge aren't corrupt. How do you fix this without a fuck ton of pain?

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Why not? The man has literally zero brain to mouth filter. He will call anyone and everyone a loser, disloyal, lying, cheating, crooked, bird brain etc.. when it suits him and for any reason, or even without a reason. Juvenile name calling is one of his few core competencies.

If your metric for whether or not things are good is “are they better than the 80s, 90s, or 2000s,” I’ve got bad news for you. America’s extremely rare 60-year global unipolar dominance and being able to benefit from the rest of the world blowing its infrastructure up during WWII is over. There are actually a lot of arguments that being an American in 2019 or 2007 represents the best average life circumstances humans will experience for a long time. Good evidence that being a boomer or a gen x in America = best life humans have ever had, and will maintain that status for the next few generations. See Principles of a Changing World Order by Ray Dalio. Quantitative easing by both parties, immense overspending by both parties, collosal defense and policy failures in the Middle East wars, a lack of focus on infrastructure or investment, and real great power competition equals worse times for the foreseeable future. There is no easy way out, and no political agenda that will just magically fix it.

How to fuck up a perfectly good M1911!!

I think because the accusations fit perfectly with what we know his behavior and demeanor to be.

Concur, his popularity only grows. We need an off ramp, but it appears nothing short of a conviction AND jail time will remove him from the field of play...even then he might still be elected, pardon himself and continue the dysfunction.

Because I wasn't previously aware of anyone that was willing to step up and put their name to the allegation. Have you ever had someone "anonymously" accuse you of something severe? I'm not a Trump apologist, so don't try to frame me as one. I gather from your reply you are not a fan. Noted. I attempted to frame my post in a non-biased manner. Please respect that.

Wrong. They're too mad. In the hierarchy of concerns, classified document mishandling, treating women grossly (but not illegally), cheating on your marriages, lying about nearly everything in your past, or all the other things that Donald Trump does to distinguish himself as a human with little or no character, those things are all subordinate to being called a piece of shit, or a liar, or a rube, or being gaslit, or having your most foundational family values attacked, to be called a racist, or a sexist, you get the idea. American conservatives are furious. And furious people do not see nuance or reason. Until the thing that is making them furious is resolved, they are not going to get caught up in little details like what a miserable human being Donald Trump is. And since the exact same activists, politicians, famous people, and other progressive entities who rebranded the American conservative as some sort of hate spewing, idiotic, predatory, and privileged group are the ones now going after Donald Trump, there is a 0% chance that they are going to see the light. And you know what, the many shortcomings of Donald Trump are in fact very, very, very subordinate to the societal warfare that is being waged by the most privileged and unaccomplished in our country. I honestly don't know that I can vote for Donald Trump again, but there is no aspect where his re-election is worse for the country than what American progressives have done and are continuing to do. My primary concern is that his election will not make the problem any better, because Donald Trump also blinds liberal voters to what The Democratic party has become.

agreed. one of the only flag officers i can remember in the war on terror era resigning from protest. can't fault him for that.

Sad part is this will change precisely nothing with his fans. There isn't a scandal or conviction or statement or act he could commit that would shake their support for him. It is full cult of personality level commitment that is entirely separated from policy, morality, and reality itself. Over half of the Republican Party is in a hostage situation because they're either too stupid or too prideful to adjust course or admit they were taken advantage of. But one thing is for sure: this crap turns off moderate republicans and independents like a big dog. So, much in the same way that trump lost republicans the senate through his idiotic meddling in Georgia, he will ensure another Biden term. And when Biden predictably expires, we'll all know exactly who to thank for president Kamala.

New to the forum, good luck to all you dudes and dudettes! my stats: current RPA IP 869 combat MQ9 hours, 400 other hours 90 civ hours (no ppl) lots of ultralight 78 PCSM 88 Pilot AFOQT O6 chief of safety at Randolph gave letter of Rec Personal letter focused on being selected to plan sorties for our RPA wing in the ECS to combat near peer adversary. strat: 3 at the wing. how the data trends, looks like they alternate high and mid level pickup numbers. Last year they selected 69. Fingers crossed this year they take close to 100 this year. Good luck everyone. We’ve got this! Nervously, QUAG

That’s a net gain of a 14x14 mile square for the world’s 4th largest military after a year of force on force conflict. It boggles the mind how wrong we were about their abilities before the war started.

Heavy guys will PCS based on the length of their syllabus. CONUS based fighter guys will go TDY. Unfortunately, they’ll have to go back to their unit to out process once they finish PIT. The OCONUS fighter guys I know went TDY enroute.

...aaahhh, so its not about *their* capacity but ours! And our access through..so proxies. B̶y̶, w̶i̶t̶h̶, through, through, through! To be fair, the present ongoing war is through.

They're both CJO's, so just like applying for multiple interviews, there is nothing that stops someone leaving AD to get CJOs from multiple airlines and picking the one he wants as he retires/separates. Two years out gives a bit more peace of mind than six months, but doesn't really change that much. This is a solid step in the right direction. An even better step would be to actively recruit guys that are at the 7 or 15 year point. Send them through indoc on a week or two of leave and then know that they're going to drop long term mil leave for 5 years. Then you have a 99.9% chance that dude is going to show up at your airline at the 5 year point. It is obviously not free but it's not that much either. With how much airlines are spending on trying to create their own pipeline, this seems like an easy answer to get some top tier candidates with a very predictable timeline.

All week long in my area we heard the chant of Gator fans proclaiming they are back and they are going to crush Kentucky in this grudge match. I must say it was enjoyable watching Kentucky RUN the Gators. What up with Coach Prime and clock management...they came roaring back and burned six minutes off the clock with horrific play calling. No time outs so you run the ball up the middle 4 times...unreal. Also nice to see Brian Kelly and LSU get popped int he nose by Ole Miss...Hotty Totty! Finally, Michigan pummeled poor Nebraska, anyone remember the last time the Huskers were good/relevant...yeah me either.

I'm sure Russia is wondering what the answer to this question is too. Don't forget about that half of it. Probably more than they can afford. I wonder if all the Ukraine naysayers would be voicing how well Desert Storm was going if we got stopped dead in our tracks 30 miles in on day one, and a year later we were still involved in this slog of a war in a country that should have taken us 69 hours to roll. I'm sure they still think that's what "winning" looks like.

DAYUM...next Huggy will be measuring socks at the DFAC.

Ever worked with him? I was NOT impressed.

I wonder if he'll be as invisible in the CJCS job as he was in the CSAF job.

What's the big deal, the airport was closed... Remember when things used to be fun?