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You can tell the "Astroturf" is pretty much plastic carpeting over a slab of concrete. Back when the treatment for a concussion was a pack of camels and some smelling salts.

Right? I mean, just add up the numbers. The 13 Colonies vs the British Empire. North Vietnam vs the USA. Afghanistan vs. the USSR The Russian Empire vs. the Japanese Empire. Weaker powers never fight larger ones. Because if they just add up the numbers, they'd realize they're doomed. And there's no point in trying. Look at Imperial Japan...they realized they couldn't win a war against the US... that's why they didn't bother bombing Pearl Harbor...

Look at All Pro's posting history in this thread. It's a bizarre mix of leftist "anti-imperialism" and isolationist declinism. He thinks America is an Empire that deserves to fall because Empires are wrong, but that Russia and China are Empires that deserve to rise because de- dollarization is good and a weakened America is good.

Yuuuuuuuppp. In spite of the fact that Syrsky was torn down as a mindless butcher of the Soviet School... he's proven much more pragmatic than Zaluzhny. And far less profligate with the lives of his men. So he gets to trade space for time until his logistics backlog works itself out. Whatever strategy he works out after that though...maybe he shouldn't telegraph a grand counter attack for months? Maybe he should take a page from Mikhail Teplinsky's book, and make Russia flog itself against Ukrainian defenses...that are properly supplied with artillery ammunition and air defenses for the first time in forever.

She might want to check and see if she's hired anyone from DeSantis 2024. I get it, this is supposed to be one of those "Mama Grizzly", "Real America vs. Fake America" messaging moments. She ***** it up royally. And since Puppet Vivek has conveniently disappeared after performing his mission of helping kneecap DeSantis, JD Vance is the real winner in this situation. Quiet Gene! She's a Tough Woman Making Tough Choices!

I wouldn't be shocked if Beane goes IOL here. Unless this class is historically weak, the best Cs and Gs in the draft are still on the board.

If Ukraine loses, it will be because somehow Ukraine was outproduced, even though it's supported by a block comprising about 50% of the human race's total economic production. If Ukraine loses, it will be because we and our allies are exactly as weak as BRICS and the rest of the Russo-Chinese block think we are. I don't want the bad old days to come back, and our grandfathers didn't rebuild the world for our benefit for us to piss it all away.

"Uniparty" seems to mean "the adults in the room who are interested in governing and compromise".

"American Regime"? Ah yes, another foreigner/NPC/bot whose opinion about my country I can safely ignore.

Ukraine is paying the price for Obama's spinelessness in Syria (I remember Putin rolling tanks ove Obama's red lines). Ditto Crimea. You can't blame Russia for thinking Obama's VP would act in the same fashion, especially given how fractious our domestic politics are right now. The only reason why Ukraine still exists is because Russia thought this would be Crimea, Part II and planned accordingly.

Trump Derangement Syndrome. When Trump is to blame for everything. Trump Derangement Syndrome. When everything good happens because of Trump. It's easy to determine which of these delusions is most comfortable to you.

Could you imagine paying six figures for a Pinto?

For what it's worth, the Pats proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that being classy has zero correlation to winning Superbowls.

So trimming back all the hyperbole from the perpetual outrage machine... Iran sent over 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at Israel. Israeli air defenses, supported by the US, UK and France, shot down 99% of them. The results are, some minimal damage to an IDF base, and a little girl in critical condition. ... I'm sure Israel is quaking in their boots right now Iran, you really showed them!

One day, Oh Happy Day, there will be a 100+ page thread on this forum that doesn't wallow in past losses. But hey, let's keep rehashing and reliving stuff. That's healthy.