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Instantly remembered this story. Might be unrelated. 🤷

Wright Patterson AFB. "Medflight 8, Patterson tower, use extreme caution for heavy UAS movement on the base. Security forces is handling the situation." https://x.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1868501899890348402

More people are coalescing around this theory. This guy is a commercial drone manufacturer. "The only reason to fly a drone around at night is if you're looking for something." It makes sense that our authorities seem to be not taking action because they know the drones are ours and do not post a threat. What's the greater risk? - Allowing the public to freak out a little over their unexplained presence in the sky - Truthfully explaining the underlying reason for their presence, and perhaps causing an even greater panic https://x.com/MilaLovesJoe/status/1868042627360403849

I thought this was an interesting post. Recently, I’ve watched a handful of podcasts and read a few articles with people claiming to be insiders who believe we are on the cusp of a large scale terrorist attack. That seems plausible given the politically and emotionally charged conflicts were involved in, our open borders, and our vulnerabilities. It might be BS, but the pieces sort of fit. Our adversaries have these capabilities, we’re fighting proxy wars on their territory, why wouldn’t they attack us through a proxy, on ours? The original post is deleted, but below are the screenshots claiming the drones are for hunting nuclear devices.

I have to admit I’ve been saying people were misidentifying aircraft in the midst of a sort of mass hysteria, but I’m beginning to wonder…

Anyone else get a weird, sickening feeling from this movie trailer? 😀

Just straight up lying to get us into a conflict prior to January 20th.

Looks like the good guys found one of Assad's family members. Syria is finally free from tyranny! https://x.com/MundoEConflicto/status/1866209781658075287

Biden considers pardoning Milley... For what? https://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/biden-preemptive-pardons-trump-milley-cheney-fauci

I did some digging, found this clip of Blinken accusing Russia of interfering in the election. One day later, the election is cancelled. Such bullshit.

Romania just cancelled its Presidential election. Calin Georgescu was up around 30% in the polls. Apparently, he favors de-escalation of the conflict with Russia and has a bit of an anti-globalism position. Ukraine cancelled its election. South Korea had its attempted coup, French government is in crisis, UK and Germany aren't far behind. I thought we were all about promoting, and in some cases imposing, "democracy". What are the odds the USA has anything to say as watch yet another one of our allies move toward tyranny as the obviously corrupt government attempts to cling to power in spite of the will of the people? Bad people are leading good nations. I keep saying it... they are the real threat. https://x.com/james_freeman__/status/1865180136720523344

....and it's over. We need better allies. WTF. https://x.com/clashreport/status/1863981374232776968

Huh... polling indicated the current administration was unpopular. Interesting.

This is probably going to be a significant event, so I'm making a separate thread. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol just declared Martial Law for the entire country. He said there are North Korean Sympathizers in the Parliament and they are attempting to Sabotage the Government with "Anti-State Activities". The President said he is going to “Eradicate Pro-North Korean Forces and protect the Constitutional Democratic Order.” In other words, the political party in power is accusing the opposing party of colluding with a foreign adversary, and is using it a pretext to "pause" democracy. Tanks are in the streets, military forces have blockaded and entered the Parliament building. This is probably going to have an impact on our relationship with SK, and our troops who are based there. Why is one of our closest allies in the region moving away from Democracy and toward totalitarianism? Ukraine did this, now SK. This is pure speculation and a "hot take" based on limited information, but there is a non-zero chance the people of SK may find themselves in yet another proxy war and we shouldn't be surprised to find ourselves paying for massive support to the SK government as they fight our "mutual enemy".

That wasn’t directed at you, but those who indignantly cry “Russian propaganda!” at the mere suggestion things aren’t going well for the “good guys”. We should also expect to hear a chorus of backpedaling insisting that the point of spending hundreds of billions in debt financed Ukraine aid and countless lives was never to win a conventional conflict or reclaim territory lost, but that the goal all along was only to inflict military losses on Russia to disrupt their plans to mount a full scale invasion of Europe. Brilliant.

How is it some of you continue to be unable to see the writing on the wall? I have always maintained that the progression of this war continues to trend in one direction. Ukraine is losing. It's not propaganda, it's not something I want to happen, it's a just reasonable application of logic to observable objective facts.

Mad because progressive libs are ruining the AF, Mad because progressive libs are leaving the AF.

Trump summons NATO’s Rutte to Mar-a-lago to get a peace deal.

My friend, if you wouldn't mind, could you possibly provide me with a single solitary instance from any reference you feel is credible of a "self-loathing" definition that even slightly includes the criticism of one's nation/government/etc? You have no patience for it... yet you created a definition for it that is found nowhere outside of this conversation, and invented another term that doesn't exist (us-loathing). You can't have it both ways, brother. You're attempting to collectivize all things America is and does so that anytime anyone has a criticism, you can accuse them of "loathing" their own nation. You have plenty of grievances yourself. Does that mean you loathe America? Me, Bashi, You, and everyone else should be allowed to vehemently express our disapproval with the actions of a handful of people that have the make decisions for us with out being accused of hating our Nation. They are not America. No, it isn't. If you strike a match and light the woods on fire and the neighborhood burns down because of it, there is no "we brought this on ourselves" simply because we live in the same place. You fucked up. Nope. I've given a dozen reasons for being against the conflict. The financial aspect being one of them. Absolutely I'm critical of Putin. You know I can write, and I could write a book on why Putin sucks and Russia is a worse place to live, but who cares? I'm not in Russia. If I were to give you the options "It's all Russia's fault, It's all the USA's fault, or some amount of fault lies on both sides", which would you choose? To directly answer your question, I 100% absolutely without a doubt believe we made mistakes along the way that Russia used as justification. Doesn't mean they were right, it just makes it a little more difficult to say they were wrong. We (this time I do mean me and the rest of the country) are both paying dearly for mistakes made on both sides. It's past time to negotiate an end. Where the hell to you think the current trajectory is taking us? Russia has nukes, and demonstrated yesterday they can deliver them at Mach 14. Yeah, so can we... but what you're hoping for is a Pyrrhic victory at best. I get a little amped over this because I have a big family, kids, and now grandkids. I've participated in conflicts myself and had no real concerns over my own well-being. But if someone becomes a threat or creates a risk to the people I care about, I am violently offended. The way I see it, Russia doesn't pose a direct threat or risk to them. The actions of our leaders do, so I feel compelled to speak about it.

The reason you cannot understand it is because you're mis-identifying a loathing of poor leadership, foreign policy, and intervention as a loathing of "self". I'm gonna go out a limb and say not one member of this forum "loathes" the United States of America. I'd say everyone here loves it, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. It's insulting for you to say that those of us who do not want to see a continuous escalation of this conflict and others, who don't want more of our taxes and national treasure pissed away, who critique and question the policies/actions taken by leadership on behalf of me and my country is "self-loathing". It's actually the opposite. Surely, you were deployed, probably multiple times, in your career. I got to see all of IRQ, AFG, part of SYR, (countries we invaded) waste $trillions, countless lives lost, and then shamefully walk away leaving the countries in worse shape than we found them. I was all in, just like you at the beginning. But I try to do a little after action, reflecting upon and learning from our mistakes. I could argue that the actual self-loathing would be standing by as an ineffectual as the same leadership subjects yourself, your family, and your country to the same misadventures all over again.

Not just interesting, it's the best summary I've seen from someone who has been personally involved with the Ukrainian government at a high level in the early parts of this crisis. The arguments made here are becoming circular so it's kind of a waste of time, but it would be nice if some of you could put aside your fears, biases, and clearly see the designed and intended progression of this conflict so that there is ultimately a direct conflict between Russia and NATO. The same Western leadership that has brought us all kinds of bullshit from a policy mismanagement standpoint; domestically and internationally, socially and financially... is somehow making brilliant decisions on this issue? It is a retarded line of thinking. It is an undeniable fact that the current leadership of the United States and most NATO countries do not care about the best interests of their citizens. Most people are coming to realize this as indicated by the election. What they do care about is retaining power and streams of revenue. As we the people begin demanding order and civility, War and crisis are the things that guarantee their opportunities for profit continue. When I read many of the replies here, I'm always reminded of "Doctor Strangelove." The unreasonable obsession with the idea that we're somehow under threat of a Russian invasion was supposed to be a joke, but it seems like so many are reenacting those sentiments, but sincerely, and without realizing how ridiculous it seems. NATO leadership realizes it has 60 days get us entrenched in a conflict that can't easily be de-escalated. Therefore: And how does Russia respond? The launched an ICBM. I thought ICBM were kind of a big deal. Not one average European citizen realized that an ICBM was in the air. No alarms, no emergency broadcasts, no nothin. Why? As I said, acting in the best interests of the population is not the real modus operandi here. You likely won't know either. God forbid we have even the possibility of a negotiated settlement that results in the cessation of hostilities, and the flow of cash.

If you like your invasions justified, I have some history you'll enjoy reading.

The AF is healing? https://www.af.mil/Diversity/

Their playbook has a single page. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/trump-transition-hegseth-allegations/index.html