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That's awesome! Not a single tube of shame!

Fully agree. What I'm curious about is after hostilities begin, what then? I don't see a conflict over Taiwan that doesn't expand after hostilities begin. Even if China is 100% successful in taking the island back (which I highly doubt), I don't see a scenario where the waves they make in doing so don't extend farther and result in consequences from Afghanistan to Japan. This is precisely how wars of conquest in Asia have proceeded in the past: Once the army is assembled, just keep going until defeat or complete exhaustion of the army. 'When holding a hammer, everything look like a nail' holds true in Asia. In some ways China's biggest threat is DISassembly of a massive army. All those men with training and nothing do. In that regard, Xi is almost a mitigating factor, because I have no doubt he actually does have a plan. An overthrowing mob wouldn't.

The question I'm beginning to ponder: Is a China instigated war scarier with Xi at the helm, or whomever comes after him? Imagine a world in a year or so where Xi is no longer in power, and China still decides to go to war... Echos of Russia turning into the USSR, or possibly France's revolution turning into a Napoleon led war machine...

It seriously feels like about every 18-24 months or so over the past decade DC spouts off with "UFOs are real, shiny object, look over here!"

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This one. Zero stars. Do not recommend. IYKYK Definitely not the child. You're a little weird bro.

...like -135 level genius? ...or actual genius? Risk aversion and that community seem...well...tight with each other. Not seeing how a -135 guy in a think tank = good strategic analysis of displacement of ground forces. Not saying it can't happen, but the correlation there seems odd. JTT is really intelligent too, and I would not have followed him into combat... Just sayin'.

Big difference, he quite literally put his own skin on the line. I say let him keep it.

Based on Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden? 20 years or so.

Seriously. Can't believe Maduro thought he'd make it out unscathed.

No one told the C-130 community that. That RTM pie gets bigger and bigger every time someone invents a new strap-on tech for crews to play with until they find a use for it.

I'm sure most of the parts are the same. Most of the body panels are gray, so I'm sure they're interchangeable. Say, how do you think the A-10 will do with afterburning motors?

Getting through the strait IS a short trip...

Nope. That image is ridiculous. I really hope that's a parady of some sort. If not, his narcissism has hit a new high (or low...). There's has to be a backstory to that absurdity. That looks like a painting from a boomer grandmother about her kid.