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I contemplate what would be different, had we spent $2 trillion on Mexico (and other Central American nations) instead of Afghanistan. That money certainly didn't win us the war. I think back to 2004 and deployments from then. That was a long time ago. If we spent $300,000,000 every DAY since 2004, that sum today would be... ... $2 trillion. That may have done something significant to preserve the dying Monroe Doctrine.

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I heard she could handle multiple probes and pumps at the same time.

If you go to 9:40 in the video, you'll see someone open a door in the background. It looks like the Asst Fire Chief that stirred this thing up.

If that’s the case they’re probably still in the air.

I know we're the red headed step children of the Air Force but some rescue appreciation would be nice. Where else can I post my fat wendy pictures?

Sounds like a win for the military industrial complex!

If the limited goal of killing some terries took 20 years, that's a failure in my book. And the fact that the Taliban won (and they did) makes it pretty hard to see Afghanistan as a win. I think it might be our Vietnam... And before we decided to kill Saddam, they were a key check on Iranian power in the region. So... why are we there in the first place? Bad intel. That's a loss... Like Saddam, Gaddafi kept Libya under relative control. Now? How has "let them figure it out" worked for us so far? It was figured out, then "we came, we saw, he died." Is that better? I know what we could do. We could have won in Afghanistan too. The question is what actually happened/happens. Yes, Isis, the Islamist psychodrama that was only possible because we destabilized the region by removing or attempting to remove the strongmen in charge of their countries. There is no ISIS if we didn't kill Saddam. That's the best example of "we created that problem." We did excellent work at the tactical level in all of your examples. But all of your examples are exactly what I'm referring to. The pre-US-involvement status quo was better than how we left it. We did a lot of good work for ultimately worthless (or in some cases counter-productive) endeavors. I do appreciate the dialog.

Do you like the 80s, synthesizers, and Cold War aesthetics? If so, this video is for you. Oh and don't forget Brooke Shields.

I’m in the same boat…just got passed over on the CY23E LAF-A board. I have a hire letter from a guard unit but my functional is saying he can’t release me because we are short manned. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the only way for AD to keep me is to promote me. So the functional doesn’t have much say in releasing me because I can punch if passed over 2x? Also, does anyone have a letter to the board requesting not to promote that I could reference? thanks!