brabus Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) 10 hours ago, Boomer6 said: stop them from being bred into hate Sadly, impossible. Most of the Arab world, and many of its similar-minded neighbors, will always be filled with so much hate and will always be completely incompatible with western values and society. We cannot solve this because whatever re-building, AFPAK hands bullshit, etc. we do, it will never change their ideology that has existed for thousands of years. Best we can do is try to keep them away from us. Edited February 8 by brabus 1
SurelySerious Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Sadly, impossible. Most of the Arab world, and many of its similar-minded neighbors, will always be filled with so much hate and will always be completely incompatible with western values and society. We cannot solve this because whatever re-building, AFPAK hands bullshit, etc. we do, it will never change their ideology that has existed for thousands of years. Best we can do is try to keep them away from us.I stole this from the interwebs. 2 2 4
Smokin Posted February 8 Posted February 8 19 hours ago, 17D_guy said: I'm honestly surprised we're talking about the forced migration of the long-term inhabitants of the land like the Trail of Tears was a good thing, and it's "different" than the Soviet's doing the same to Ukraine (and other satellite countries they invaded during/after WW-dos) under Stalin. I'm often wrong, and again hope that I am; but I don't see anyway that region just goes along with that. It's nation building in a different color of crayon, which I thought we wanted to stop doing? I know I do. Would this "extreme ideology" disqualifier also extend to the Israeli (huh, spelled it right the first time) settlers that would apply? Note - I'm newly back, and not asking shit to be snarky or going to make rude comments. I'm here to understand in a forum I'm clearly an outlier in but we have a shared experience that makes comms easier in some ways. Not even remotely the same. Ukraine didn't send a bunch of thugs into Russia to rape women, randomly kill people, and literally throw babies into bonfires. If Ukraine had done that to Russia and Russia invaded Ukraine as a response, I don't think you would see anyone here advocating helping Ukraine. Keep in mind that Hamas was elected by the people. They knew the type of people they were putting in power. The Palestinians celebrated Oct 7th as a victory. Women and children beat hostages and cheered as they dragged the bodies naked dead women down the street. What's a reasonable long term solution? Clearly the status quo isn't working and is only going to lead to more death and suffering. Palestine was offered statehood in Gaza and they rejected it. There will be no long-term peace. This is one sad situation where there doesn't seem to be any middle ground and so it looks like it is going to be a winner-take-all solution. If that's the case, I support the side that doesn't celebrate throwing babies into fires. As far as the region, the leaders of other countries in the area only pay lip service to supporting Palestine. They don't like or want the Palestinians and I would bet that if they could get a good excuse to look the other way while Israel takes over Gaza, they would do so happily. Only reason they pretend to support the Palestinians is because it would look bad to their people to favor Israel. 2 2
tac airlifter Posted February 10 Posted February 10 53 minutes ago, ClearedHot said: Let’shope he kicks Cat 5 to the curb as well. If Trump fires B3 I’m starting a petition for his face on Rushmore. 1
nsplayr Posted February 10 Posted February 10 (edited) I do not understand the fetishization of signing a document as “CSAF 23” or “SD 29” or whatever. We know who you are and IDGAF what number you happen to occupy in that seat, it’s weird and irrelevant. Some slight allowances for POTUS, especially since we’ve had two recently-ish that shared the same last name e.x. Bush 41 and Bush 43. It just strikes me as self aggrandizement 🤷♂️ Also since we’re playing fuck-fuck games with stuff that is irrelevant, SECDEF doesn’t actually have a signature block at all. If you didn’t already know, you actually wouldn’t know who this memo is from. I mean it’s back to basics people. If we can’t even trust you to sign your name right how can we trust you to run the Department of Defense?? /sarcasm 😅 Edited February 10 by nsplayr
El Duderino Posted February 10 Posted February 10 1 hour ago, nsplayr said: Also since we’re playing - games with stuff that is irrelevant, SECDEF doesn’t actually have a signature block at all. If you didn’t already know, you actually wouldn’t know who this memo is from. I thought the same thing when I first saw it, but the letterhead was a dead give away for me.
nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 17 minutes ago, M2 said: It reminds me of baseball signatures... I like that haha. Someone give Pete and Handball Dave jerseys with their names and numbers on them. Maybe Boeing, Lockheed et al can have sponsorship patches and everything. Too bad Panetta wasn’t named something more like Matthew Johnson, he could have signed as “MJ 23” 🏀 1
BashiChuni Posted February 11 Posted February 11 4 hours ago, nsplayr said: I do not understand the fetishization of signing a document as “CSAF 23” or “SD 29” or whatever. We know who you are and IDGAF what number you happen to occupy in that seat, it’s weird and irrelevant. something we agree on! absolutely agree.
nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 1 hour ago, ClearedHot said: NOTAMs are back to "Notices to Airmen". Well thank god we got all the big problems at the FAA all ironed out and now have time to focus on these administrative details!
nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4062245/secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-renames-fort-liberty-to-fort-roland-l-bragg/ The funniest one yet…Ft. Bragg is back… but it’s a different Bragg!! TBH Ft. Liberty was the worst rename by far. They seriously couldn’t find a valorous soldier from North Carolina to name it after when given the chance?? This is fine by me. I will be mad if any bases get re-Confederatized. Fuck the Confederacy, if they wanted bases named after their generals they shouldn’t have sucked at war so much. We are the Union Army by god and we stopped their seditious asses into the ground. I’d rather have Ft. RipIt than some dickhead loser Rebel general 🇺🇸 2
17D_guy Posted February 11 Posted February 11 3 minutes ago, nsplayr said: I’d rather have Ft. RipIt than some dickhead loser Rebel general 🇺🇸 Damn...I'd rather have that too. 1
HeloDude Posted February 11 Posted February 11 28 minutes ago, nsplayr said: Well thank god we got all the big problems at the FAA all ironed out and now have time to focus on these administrative details! Then why was the previous administration so focused on changing it? 3
Smokin Posted February 11 Posted February 11 To be fair, they didn't suck at war. They were far better at it man for man than the north was. If the Confederate Army had the same population, economy, and industrialization to draw from that the Union Army had, the world would be a very different place now. I'm a solid northerner, but to say the Confederates sucked at war because they lost is like saying Sparta sucked at war because they were conquered by Rome. And to the FAA thing, HeloDude is spot on. The only reason to change it in the first place was politics, so to call out someone for lack of focus for changing it back is a bit ironic. 2
nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Smokin said: To be fair, they didn't suck at war. They sucked at war. Fucking lost, bad. Seditious traitors and they got what they deserved. And I don’t need a civil war history lesson, I went to Virginia public schools 😊 How about this: can name my taint after a confederate general so when BQZip’s mom licks it she can fondly remember the Confederates. She’s been sucking dez nuts longer than the Confederacy lasted. But you damn sure better not name a UNION army base after one. If you ain’t first, you’re last! Edited February 11 by nsplayr 1
FlyingWolf Posted February 11 Posted February 11 1 hour ago, nsplayr said: They sucked at war. ing lost, bad. Seditious traitors and they got what they deserved. And I don’t need a civil war history lesson, I went to Virginia public schools 😊 How about this: can name my taint after a confederate general so when BQZip’s mom licks it she can fondly remember the Confederates. She’s been sucking dez nuts longer than the Confederacy lasted. But you damn sure better not name a UNION army base after one. If you ain’t first, you’re last! Hah, ironic avatar 3
O Face Posted February 11 Posted February 11 So nsplayer’s political moratorium ended with the Biden administration? Guess I can’t blame the guy. I think we’re all trying to pretend it was just a bad dream. 2 2
O Face Posted February 11 Posted February 11 7 hours ago, FlyingWolf said: Hah, ironic avatar Excellent catch!!
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