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6 hours ago, daz28 said:
I'm speaking of the strategic plan, and the political endgame. War isn't just, "kill them and defend ourselves". It's a little more complicated. If you think getting rid of Hamas means Middle East peace, then you don't know your history.
I am very familiar with the history.
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1 hour ago, daz28 said:
Not even sure why Israel is getting so much, because you can only bomb the rubble so many times, and they need to explain their long-term strategy as well, if we're going to keep sending them arms and money.
Their long term strategy has been explained.
They are going to get rid of Hamas' control of Gaza, so they can no longer rape, murder, torture and grab hostages.
Beyond that, they are going to defend themselves.
If you think they are doing nothing but "bombing the rubble, " I don't think you have a grasp of the operation/action, but that is just my view.
The Israelis don't do that.
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Ya.
You have the ability to "piss me off."
Sure.
I have never seen any post of your's that has ever provided any interesting or valuable information.
They always seem like high school kid nonsense.
I have no idea about ticket price markups, and am not interested.
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1 minute ago, BillStime said:
Cognitive dissonanceFact check: True
Maybe there's hope for you.
You quoted a post of mine and stated "Fact check: True."
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27 minutes ago, BillStime said:
It totally makes sense.You support people who control women’s bodies but Biden can’t help out the average American by fighting unnecessary fees?
Cry harder.Grossly wrong, but too stupid and not worth time.
You have no idea what are "unnecessary fees."
Certainly allowing someone to have a choice on a consumer matter is not that, and I have never, nor am I aware of anyone, who has wanted to control "women's bodies."
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29 minutes ago, BillStime said:
Listen to these pathetic idiots defend millionaires and billionaires.
If Trump actually did something for the average Joe these freaks would be going nuts.
But since the GQP’s platform is to serve Putin, the 1%, Corporate America and own the libs - all they can do is trash things that actually might benefit their families, children, and grand children.
Their cult leaders are the luckiest terrorists in the world - they take advantage of these low iq insecure degenerates and get them to vote against their best interest every single time.
You reap what you sow.
Losers
Does this make any sense to anyone?
In the context of this thread, who is "defending millionaires and billionaires"?
The accusation is made, but not supported.
No surprise.
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1 hour ago, BillStime said:
Little things add up… always fighting for the non 1 percenters.
You can do that.
The issue is that you can't do it with deeply discounted seats.
Same as you can't pay the same for two different meals at a restaurant simply because you are sitting with your child.
Total Biden.
He's running an FAA is that is incapable of providing the required service they are responsible for, but goes after private industry.
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3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
What is the reason for it? Have the Vets come up with theories?The theory is that having normal sex hormones produced by the ovaries/testes has some effect on the joints and even behavior and cognitive ability.
There are a bunch of youtubes discussing this, and most name reliable studies.
The juiced up puppy food evidently causes slightly more rapid growth and less time for the joints joints and associated parts to keep up, resulting in problems down the line at relatively normal joint stress levels.
Anyway, based on discussions I had with our vet at our pups first visit this week, and the guy who did the two acl's on my son's dog, (he says he's now doing six acl's/week), I'm holding off the neutering until at least the 13 month old timeframe.
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On 1/31/2024 at 4:45 PM, teef said:
the acl issue is such a pain for larger dogs. my dog never has really had any medical issues except for the acl. he tore on back leg 4-5 years ago. at that time they said they seem me back in a couple of years for the other leg. sure enough, two years later while my dog was running towards me when i got home, i watched him tear the other. the surgeries went well and healed perfectly, but i think i was 9-10k deep after that. my wife was pissy about it, and i let he know that i'd pay for the surgery for that dog before i paid for hers.
For what it's worth.
There is mounting evidence that the acl issue might be connected to early neutering, ie less than a year, and puppy diets that promote unusually fast growth.
My son's dog, a beautiful 65 lb white swiss shepherd, had the same thing happen. Two acl's seven months apart.
We just picked up a new puppy for us, a Golden/Swiss Pyrenees mix. He's 11 seeks old now, and we aren not having him neutered until he is slightly over a year old. Had a lengthy conversation about this with our vet and the guy who did the two acl surgeries.
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19 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
Not insulting anybody here....
Really?
Who posted this:
"Ignorance is bliss please continue to be ignorant"
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17 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
This could’ve gone one of two ways
Intelligence was saying that as soon as they drone strike, they move their assets, and they were waiting for them to settle in before the strike which, by the way is common protocol for rebels in that area
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Biden is trying to limit casualties because he’s trying to send a measured response and not have things skyrocket out of control. Therefore he did allow them to move and then hit them in a way where it would be less human casualties.
There isn't anything new here.
Of course they move, and of course they are observed.
It is not possible, in this area, unless their are incredibly wicked weather issues, which there weren't, to hide any large scale movement.
Point being, if the Biden Administration would have desired to effectively strike immediately, they could have.
They didn't, and they went into this announcement nonsense.
What they did is directly avoid a serious confrontation with the Iranian regime, permitting them to get their guys out before the fireworks.
And the reason is grossly obvious.
I doubt Biden is doing anything other than taking advice and pretending to make decisions.
His history is gross evidence of being always wrong.
This scenario is completely due to having election calculus invade effective military action.
We bought him We got him.
Please, don't insult anyone here by claiming some superior knowledge of this based on what you have done.
Plenty of people here have done things, and know others who are quite aware.
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I would much rather continue to watch UVA Clemson, but having my laptop on my lap......Well....it's a weakness.
"No lying?"
No whining?"
No insults?"
No Blaming?"
No Bragging?"
No Complaining?"
I wonder if some people actually have any powers of observation.
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43 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
Except they’re not trying to take out a threat they’re sending a warning to the threat
By the way, my view of "keeping up" is that the "warning" we have sent is that we will telegraph our response for political reasons, using the military to do so, but we will allow you five days to remove your people and equipment, and we will not strike your sovereign assets or territory.
Warning, obviously, received, I'm guessing.
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21 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
DOD quotes prepared for the media come on Sherpa keep up
Except they’re not trying to take out a threat they’re sending a warning to the threat
There is an overall picture here that you’re not taking into account
I am extremely capable of "keeping up."
They have been unsuccessful of sending a warning to the threat, and if you are not aware of that, you are the one not keeping up.
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21 minutes ago, yall said:
I'm curious what your friend didn't like?
I've not talked to my Tampa buddies about this incident yet, but what was your friend expecting the administration to do differently regarding those guys getting lost at sea?
It's not that anybody didn't like anything.
These sympathetic, political shows are viewed as just what they are.
The reason I commented on it is because two separate people, in this forum, announced the Administrations highly publicized, with photos, response to the three killed in a drone attack, not yet explained
One seemed to be so moved that he claimed he would vote for the guy, not that there was any doubt.
What I brought up is that no such response came to the Maryland SEAL's family, but nobody knows that.
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50 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
Except that’s not what happened
I know that’s what I just said
No.
What you said was they were "media quotes."
They were DOD prepared statements provided to the media.
The "media" has no capability to determine the number of targets how at how many sites, nor what weapons were used.
It looks like these were prepared quotes, and it looks like this has little to do with military reality and a lot to do with political strategy, and I'm not a fan.
If you want to take out a threat, in this scenario, you don't go global with three announcements over five days.
It seems amateur and not sincere.
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37 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
Keep in mind that these are media quotes
It’s not coming from the people that are actually doing the work
The information is coming from DOD.
It is extremely scripted.
It is absolutely not coming from the people who are "actually doing the work."
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14 hours ago, Tiberius said:
So you are overly critical of the Biden administration, so what?
I am critical of what appears to be a useless, expensive strike.
Five and half days to move valuable people and items away.
The usual response after an attack on US troops is the usual, "We will respond. We won't say how."
No problem there.
Then to state that we have "Decided to respond," and even more silly, two days later, "We have now decided how we are going to respond."
When the action actually occurs, press releases detailing what was used, with clear attempts to show how we used x number of pgm's, which was clearly mentioned to demonstrate extreme care.
The seemingly unnecessary use of long range strategic bombers? Why?
The entire thing could have been done Tuesday, unless there was some element we have not been told.
Obviously prepared press releases. The thing looked like they were waiting to build a PR stage prior to actually doing what needed to be done.
We still have no reasonable explanation of how that drone got through.
We have a Sec of Defense who goes down for a few days, tells nobody of import, turns over the lead to a vacationing assistant in Puerto Rico who has no idea what is going on and clearly lacks the material support to handle the job from there.
Is this a confidence builder?
It isn't to me.
One last thing, related to you.
You posted a link to a PAO release describing A-10 involvement.
You prefaced it by stating it was "interesting if true."
Why is that interesting?
What was the point?
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48 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
You hit us, you will pay. Big time
No one wants an all out war, but Iran crossed a line and were hit because of it
Cool, calculated response from American leadership
Strongly disagree.
No surprise there.
By the way, for you and the other guy who has joined you in posts about Biden's actions re the three casualties and their remains.
Remember the Navy Seal named Chambers, who was killed boarding a weapon delivering boat last month?
The guy was from Maryland,
I had dinner with my best buddy from AOCS last night. He was a F-14 RIO and he lives in Annapolis.
They have a completely different view of how the Biden Admin handled his death.
I don't get excited about this stuff, but it wasn't good.
For what it's worth.
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11 minutes ago, LDD said:
So, B-1 bombers from the continent? Weigh in on that Sherpa. Why not assets from carriers in the area or bases closer?
It looks like a good number of targets at seven locations were targeted, so the operation probably included a number of our folks.
Have to see the entire strike plan, but it seems like a "message" strike as much as a tactical operation.
Not a fan.
I hate it when it is obvious that a press release was prepared before an operation.
Mentioning what targets were hit, how many precision guided weapons were used etc., are tell tale signs of political rather than tactical people behind it.
This should have been done immediately, not after four days of press releases claiming we will respond, we have decided to etc.
Too much time for the roaches to hide, limiting effectiveness.
7 minutes ago, Irv said:Nukes dropped from B-1 bombers - maybe. Much prefer cruise missiles. I think some indiscriminate strafing might help too.
Cruise missiles are very expensive and not the weapon of choice in a low anti air threat.
You can get much more damage done using conventionally delivered ordnance, and it's much cheaper.
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28 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
There's a number of posters here who mocked Janet Yellen for saying "don't expect prices to fall."
No biggy.
I just have not seen anyone calling for deflation.
Inflation at levels above 3-4% is a problem.
Deflation is a major problem.
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29 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
To everyone who's been calling for deflation - this is what deflation does.
Who has been "calling for deflation"?
Deflation is really dangerous and undesirable.
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I have no idea how this is a successful strategy.
The strike occurs, the Americans are killed.
The Administration should have responded immediately.
It is impossible for me to think that target folders were not ready, and we have the assets in the area.
Then we announce we are going to respond.
Two days later we announce we have decided to respond.
Meanwhile, the option to hide has been available for five days.
The only logical explanation, and it is a major tactical error, is that we are aligning others to participate.
I am reserving judgement, but this "response" in not easily explained.
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"What a fool believes."
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Democracy’s Fiery Ordeal: The War in Ukraine 🇺🇦
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Why are you asking me?
I have said many times that I support aiding Ukraine.
The rest of your nonsense in this post is your usual nonsense, and does not warrant a response.
You do this all the time, and it is really not a positive for you.
You state something, then throw a bunch of nonsense, name calling, mislabeling or a host of other crap and think that is in any way effective?