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I don't think that is going to happen. I believe that a final agreement would include a provision that would make it suicidal for him to pursue any offensive moves.

Nobody is going to like it. The issue is whether allowing thousands to die is worth "not liking" an agreement. This needs to end. The military purpose is going nowhere on either side; one for nationalistic pride, and deserved, righteous indignation, and one for a spent cost losing strategy.

I like Bolivia, a lot. I know Muppy has spent some time there as well. It was obvious to me that Morales was never going to work, just a typical Socialist guy who could never advance his country. Good luck to them.....And......If you are ever in the neighborhood, Bolivian ceviche is the best food I have ever eaten, and La Paz is the most fun place to land.

I think that getting the border secured and getting most NATO countries to provide something close to what they promised are OK.

You really advance yourself with these incisive observations on the subject matter and valid character judgements.

I never claimed inside info, but I've been watching this for years, and a few months before this happened, there was a fairly detailed discussion in the public domain on a site I pay close attention to, detailing the issue, and it was not optimistic. I am also very familiar with weapons/tanking/strike planning and a host of other things related to this strike. I think you are really wrong in your assessment. This was damn near a miracle outcome. The best that could be hoped for. Iran will continue to try, because the regime is insane, but that does no diminish, in any way, the incredible success of this strike.

I have no idea how much you know about this stuff, or what was envisioned regarding the attempt to eradicate the Iranian nuclear program, but what happened far exceeded the best thoughts of the Israeli and US military, and peaceful thinking people should be ecstatic. Saying that Israel "blew its cover," is like saying the US blew its cover at Hiroshima. I think your views are significantly lacking.

Not to disappoint, but the Republican candidate for Virginia Governor is going to get crushed. She simply has no campaign. Glen Younkin was/is great, but that's about to end.

I suggest it was immensely successful, and that destroying the entirety of the fissile material is an impossible, ridiculous, and utterly unachievable standard. Israel destroys your air defense system and nuclear facilities over a five day period. The international community engages in a days long discussion of attacking the facilities. With that heads up, you would have to be an absolute moron to not remove this stuff from those very same facilities that were largely destroyed. It still has to be converted to metal. It still has to be weaponized and strapped to a missile, and if any of those things are noticed, stand by for round three.

The severe consequences are probably sanctions, and are not going to tip the scale. Putin is too far in, and the Russians are fully used to the boiling water frog comparison.

No sir. You are incorrect. You are wrong again, and you are lying. I have always advocated for the US support of Ukraine. Always. What I have stated about the stupidity of the "war criminal" allegations is to be careful about it, because it can apply to anyone, including a whole bunch of Americans. I have done more in my life to advocate for the demise of Putin and the old Soviet Guard than you ever will. I spent a couple years teaching the US and other allied nations tactics to destroy that regime. So..In short, you can stick this idiotic accusation......

Quite incorrect, but not surprising. I have always supported US support for Ukraine. Not sure how you came up with that, but it sure as hell wasn't from me.

Retirement is great, but I really miss the views, especially over the North Atlantic, Alaska on the way to Asia, or the gorgeous Andes descending into a South American destination. Best wishes for you as you wind it up. To extend the Navy blessing, Fair winds and following seas.

I'm not going to waste my time looking up your silly posts. You claimed, on quite a few occasions that his actions, specifically with Iran, were threatening to get us into WWIII. After the third time you made that claim, I specifically asked you what you were referring to. You either linked or mentionned the killing of that terrorist general intent of killing US deployed troops.

So wrong. So stupid. So predictable.

I remember you specifically making the accusation Trump might start WWIII after the dispatching of Qasem Soleimani, who was actively planning an attack on US troops. So the glass house thing.

Putin is hopelessly caught in the "sunk cost fallacy. The only reasonable way out for his country is getting rid of him.

I don't see a resolution to this. If Putin gives up any Ukraine territory he's going to have to justify wasting a generation of his population, destroying his economy for no good reason. Zelenskyy absolutely does not want the legacy of giving up real estate to Russia. So, both leaders are backed into a corner they can't get out of.

I never did an NFL charter. They are usually not a good deal time/value wise, so if you're senior you avoid them. My airline always did the Dolphins and Cowboys. One Dolphin game in Buffalo, they had the usual captain, (some teams wanted the same guy every time), and Jim Ritcher was the FO. He got hired after his NFL career, and I flew Europe with him a few times. I did a (then) New Jersey Nets charter from JFK to London Heathrow, but not an NFL trip.

As I mentioned, Washington has a few interesting. Here's a few waypoints, in order from the FRDMM Five arrival, plate provided. HONRR....BRVRY....COURG...PLEDG....WEWLL...NEVVR....FORGT......VCTRY.....HEROO. https://www.flightaware.com/resources/airport/DCA/STAR/FRDMM+FIVE+(RNAV)/pdf And then we got Buttigieg.....But that's another story in a different forum

Hopefully, in Buffalo, there'll be a JOSHE soon enough.

Well, I'll take the bait and explain. I was based there for years and flew widebodies from O'hare to Europe /Asia and back. O'hare arrrival corridors are corridors are set up like a lot of other large intl airports in the US. There are four "cornerposts" where the arrival approaches are funnelled. Your post is mostly correct, but the cornerposts are northeast, and the arrival over the lake, Southeast, with the arrival starting in Indiana, Southwest, a bit north of St. Louis, and west/northwest. Arrivals are sequenced over those cornerposts and the time splits coordinated so when you get turned over from the high altitude sector to O'hare approach, the sequencing is set up to make approach control's job easier. From each setup, airplanes are directed to one of two active runways. Easr arrivals use one runway and west another. Works pretty well. Actually, O'hare is the best controlled airport on earth, in my view. Did my retirement trip from there to Beijing and back, and got the water cannon salute from the O'hare fire dept at gate arrival. Regarding your comment on the waypoint names, the standard is that they are five letters, so they play with consonants to make that work. In your post, the FNT WYNDE3, would be pronounced the "Flint Windey three, addressing the windy city moniker. When updated, it would be "flint windey four", and so on. They almost always are created with a local "flavor," thus the Bears stuff. Washington has some interesting ones as well, as do most airports.

Pelosi has been an unapologetic liar for years. Politically bulletproof because of her district. Lied about not knowing about enhanced interrogation, selling out the CIA in the process. Gross insider trader, who bet on the fact that others in Congress who were just as hopeful at doing the same thing would not expose her. Simply disgusting. When she passes away, I hope an expose is written about her. I could do no more greater service to this country than doing it myself. Simply corrupt.

California has a government skill shortage, and has for quite a while. By the way, comparing anything envisioned in this program to anything in Venezuela, which I believe you did yesterday is absolutely preposterous.

Once we penetrate borders with military force, like Apaches gunning transports on Mexican highways, or special forces doing stuff outside our geography, we'll see what happens.