gearhog

LOL. You, however. I think you shouldn't vote.

How long will it take them to take Berlin? We're told both are strategic objectives of Moscow and thus necessitate us spending hundreds of billions to prevent it. Has Russia ever stated that is their intent? But say that is was... One answer to your question: 14-15 years, or not as long as it took us to abandon our interests in Afghanistan and Iraq. The website https://liveuamap.com/ shows the average distance to the front line from the Eastern border is around 70 miles.(Click on the polymeasure icon in the bottom left). Kiev is about 420 miles, give or take. A better answer to your question: Slightly longer than we're willing to remain committed. That is to say we're not in this for the long haul. They are. It's their backyard. US administrations change, budgets change, public perceptions change. I've said this since the beginning. The overall direction of the war continues since the beginning to go in one direction. I'd also submit that the conventional conflict on the ground in Ukraine is a small part of a much bigger war being waged on us by Russia. https://www.reuters.com/world/spurred-by-shared-grievances-brics-gathers-pace-2024-10-24/ The pace of advance by BRICS is also slow and fraught with problems. But it continues to trend in the direction of success.

Good post, but I don't understand your arbitrary hangup on age 65. Why not 69? Age is an immutable characteristic, even moreso than race or gender, that isn't necessarily and indicator in itself of future performance. Biden and Trump are roughly the same age, but why the cognitive disparity? Not one person will ever notice, nor even consider your reason for not voting for President. Here's an analogy: When we went through pilot training, it was challenging (probably more for you). We had a deeply seated personal interest in the outcome. It meant everything. One day the FLT/CC said, "Here's the drop." Would you have even considered saying: - "I don't like the choices. They all suck. I'm not filling out the dream sheet." - "Not interested. The C-130/KC-135/B-52 are too old." - "I trust all my classmates will make the right decision for me." - "If I don't fill out a dream sheet, the AF will understand that I'm not happy, and give me better opportunities in the future." And none of your classmates would have ever said "Wow, what brave and principled position. This guy is above the fray." The guy who would have gotten the AWACs is going to point and laugh at you. The choices are what they are, and the likelihood that the process by which we arrive at these alternatives is going to get better in the future is low. Everybody wishes they had a better menu from which to choose. It's just fantasy. Anyway, that analogy was a bit of a reach but I hope you vote, brother. Cheers

Great question. I've been busy building a house this summer, so I haven't been able to pay attention. I just did a quick google search for "Russia Ukraine advances". I just clicked the first article from the Independent. The first few lines. "Russian forces are making swift and “significant tactical advances” into the eastern Ukrainian city of Selydove, war monitors have said. Open source data suggests Russian forces advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, despite Ukraine taking a part of Russia’s Kursk region. Those rapid advances have continued in the past week as Russian forces appear to be charging towards - or even into - the city of Selydove, which is less than 10 miles south of its main target, the larger city of Pokrovsk, a linchpin of the wider Donetsk region’s defences." I don't think many in the West have the ability to understand an adversary using a "dilatory tactic" in conflict. "Rapid Dominance, Shock and Awe, and Blitzkreig" are what the average American understands as the standard strategic winning tactics. Someone committed to the painfully slow grinding advance without regard to timeline, goal posts, achievements has always been a difficult problem for us. “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”

Well, he wasn't wrong.

Anyone know this guy? I think me meant Hollywood but not sure. I can't get his video to load and would like to see it.

Last time I saw Israel drop a building that cleanly was 9/11.

He said he had a "feeling" they wouldn't make it... yet, I bet not one single solitary moment of self-reflection that perhaps that his absolutely rabid support and pressure to fund and intensify the war directly resulted in the death of these two pilots. God rest their souls. Adam is a pilot. Ukraine needs two more pilots. Just sayin.

Whoa. Everything does indeed make sense. Even the crying. I have no doubt this was used to coerce him into doing some of the dumb political shit he did.

That's terrible news. Didn't know him personally, but my impression of him was intelligent and measured in his posts here and he seemed morally grounded. I suppose that makes sense as a husband, father, and Christian. Even more sad to hear kids may have been hurt. Prayers for everyone involved. 🥃

Buckle up. We got a bag day ahead of us.

I googled her bio. Shocker 🤘

Lloyd Austin just revoked the plea deal, making the death penalty possible again. I'll give him credit for that, but some of you have a record of immediately carrying the water for the current official position, no matter how wrong it may be. I would like to see more critical thinking.

Some of you spent your entire careers fighting terrorists. You sacrificed. Some sacrificed everything. Why? So the DoD could negotiate and strike a deal with a 9/11 mastermind? How many more ways are they going to spit in our faces?

Biden has no upcoming public events. His signature does not match any previous signatures. His meeting with Netanyahu has been cancelled while the Israeli PM's plane in the air on the way to DC. It's a little strange. To anyone, especially our enemies, it would appear that there hasn't been a time in recent memory where America has been more vulnerable. If we make it through the next few months relatively unscathed, it will be a miracle... akin to dodging a bullet.

Interesting song choice for you Tom Clancy fans. Remember the plot?

There was one moment in the debate where I didn't feel like I was wasting my time and reminded me not to take this entire clown show too seriously. ROTFL. "That's the biggest lie... that he's a 6 handicap... of all. I've seen your swing." https://x.com/SleeperGolf/status/1806514729290265004

The DOD Inspector General released a report regarding DoD funding to Chinese laboratories to enhance pathogens with pandemic potential. https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/Article/3811820/management-advisory-review-of-dod-funds-provided-to-the-peoples-republic-of-chi/ DoD organizations did not have visibility of subaward information throughout the life of contracts and grants. In addition, except for the CDMRP electronic grants system, DoD organizations could not effectively search award systems to identify all contracts, subcontracts, grants, and subgrants that may have been related to pathogen research performed by China and other foreign countries. As a result, DoD organizations could not produce a complete population of pathogen research grants and subawards necessary for us to conclude on the use of DoD funds provided for pathogen research.

Anyone else sick of these f’n pricks?

For the fathers with daughters, would you allow them to be forcibly conscripted for a purely hypothetical conflict with a near peer adversary?

FY25 NDAA proposal: Make women register for the draft. LOL

Unbelievable. The United States of America at the national level, is led entirely by assholes. It can't be saved. Only reset.

My wife and I had been dating for about 1.5 years. As my UPT date approached, we weren't sure what to do. She was still in college. I was going to be in BOQ in Columbus. How was she going to visit and how often? I proposed on a Thursday evening. We went to the courthouse Friday morning and got married. Then we called our parents and I called CBM and said I needed a house on base. Arrived there a week later and got to work making some kids. That was 26 years ago. Now we have grandkids. I wanted to fly and I wanted a family. There is absolutely no reason why someone can't do both. Granted, you gotta choose wisely, but going home to a house after flying, having a dinner at a table every night, getting laid, and having someone to be with... I wouldn't do it any other way. That said, I sympathize with you. The quality of women available to men of your generation is absolute shit. good luck.

A US-Ukraine NGO is compiling and publishing a list of Americans who oppose Ukraine aid. Jim Banks is sending letters to all the people on the list. Here is the NGO's list of people who need to be dealt with.