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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#51401: May 27th 2017 at 11:48:58 AM

Oh, they'd stay radical, and Pence would probably make said situation even worse. And I doubt that even a Democrat could get them to cut this crap out, Obama couldn't.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#51402: May 27th 2017 at 11:52:30 AM

I read the synopsis for Lind's trash novel. Just reading our page on it and I can already tell it is utterly repulsive drivel.

Who watches the watchmen?
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#51403: May 27th 2017 at 11:54:14 AM

[up][up] Would it be justifiable to "accidentally" get those guys shot in "friendly fire" or let them be killed by the "enemy" if you were also in the military?

edited 27th May '17 12:34:03 PM by FireCrawler2002

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#51406: May 27th 2017 at 12:23:11 PM

Damn sad story to hear that shit is still so prevalent. Seriously they swore an oath to the military and the nation to die for the nation but somehow that isn't good enough.

Who watches the watchmen?
AngelusNox The law in the night from somewhere around nothing Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
The law in the night
#51407: May 27th 2017 at 12:34:54 PM

[up][up]Nice job making things worse president jackass.

Inter arma enim silent leges
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#51408: May 27th 2017 at 4:58:56 PM

[up] Yeah. Now the Cartels have more and better trained soldiers who will probably want brutal vengeance against the US or at least immigration officers...

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#51409: May 27th 2017 at 5:41:00 PM

A lot of the deported soldiers failed to follow up on their immigration paperwork. Many got into trouble during or after service. Graduating basic training DOES NOT guarantee citizenship. Forms must be filed. I posted the links to the program before.

Most of these guys got in trouble for drugs, one of the subjects in that article talked about doing home invasions. They fucked up.

Those that don't fuck up need the wheels greased on the path to citizenship. It's still a shitton of paperwork AND most of the time programs are ad-hoc or "one time only". Fuck that. Make it a permanent program with rules that ICE and the DOD can't play fast and loose with.

The cartels have access to all kinds of low-lifes with military backrgounds: mercs, latin american SF guys, many US trained Mexican Army, Marines and SF guys who desert for a better paycheck. Hell, "Los Zetas" got their name because "zeta" is a Mexican Army radio call sign. They were trained by JSOC, but they deserted to the cartels and become a cartel in their own right.

edited 27th May '17 6:07:33 PM by TairaMai

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#51411: May 28th 2017 at 2:07:23 PM

A threefer:

HELSINKI — The NATO-aligned Baltic states are to pursue greater collaboration on the joint purchase of offensive weapons systems.

Baltic governments, motivated by unease over a more unpredictable Kremlin, also want the U.S. to house the Patriot air-and-missile defense system in the region to defend against potential future threats by Russia.

TL;DR - Russia is going for a "THAAD-ski" rather than a Stealth killer. Every year we hear about anti-stealth, an every year no one cuts metal on a working system. It's the Girl Friend In Canada of anti-aircraft systems.

The majority of the priorities in the FY 18 budget request are related to regaining capability to conduct large-scale operations against near-peer adversaries, a place where the Army hasn’t had to go for over 15 years as it focused on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

While a large portion of the $26.8 billion requested for modernization typically covers aviation and mission command, and still does, the Army is diverting more of its attention toward bolstering ground maneuver capability and air defense — both capabilities that would be needed if U.S. and NATO forces had to go up against a country like Russia in the European theater.

edited 28th May '17 2:07:42 PM by TairaMai

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#51412: May 31st 2017 at 2:36:07 AM

Just How Many Civilians Are We Comfortable Killing in War?

A look at civilian deaths and military organizational-culture.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#51414: May 31st 2017 at 6:59:29 AM

I'm surprised they got arrested.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#51415: May 31st 2017 at 7:01:16 AM

The arrest was probably due to them climbing the building.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#51416: May 31st 2017 at 10:43:56 AM
Thumped: This post has been thumped with the mod stick. This means knock it off.
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#51417: May 31st 2017 at 10:58:49 AM

Better to not validate their feelings.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
AngelusNox The law in the night from somewhere around nothing Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
The law in the night
#51418: May 31st 2017 at 11:08:52 AM

...and not give them reasons to throw grenades on other rallies.

Like it or not those guys probably know how to do it very well.

Inter arma enim silent leges
AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#51419: May 31st 2017 at 11:45:02 AM

Yeah, no grenades.

But like, if it would like, rain every time they held a rally, that'd be cool.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#51420: May 31st 2017 at 11:57:38 AM

Tropical rains.

There's a reason why nobody can film a romantic rain scene on the Malayan Peninsula without having people laugh at the end result.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#51421: May 31st 2017 at 12:09:07 PM

Korean rain.

I got caught out in a summer rainstorm in Korea once. Once

I've taken freaking baths and didn't get as wet as I did that day.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#51423: May 31st 2017 at 1:57:52 PM

I wonder if they have ever considered a COTS replacement for cots.

Ominae (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#51424: May 31st 2017 at 8:22:50 PM

A perspective of someone who did national service in Korea:

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#51425: May 31st 2017 at 8:54:59 PM

Oh God, I hate change of command ceremony. It's so damn exhausting...

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

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