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Dude, I don't mean to be rude, but this is an elementary understanding of him and the war. Any claim that the Germans, the US Army, and the overwhelming consensus of historians are all wrong should be backed up by a few more facts. He did not have overwhelming material superiority for much of the Africa campaign, early in the campaign he was outnumbered and outgunned as often happens in an amphibious invasion. He did not have complete air control, eventual superiority yes, but supremacy was not achieved until late in the war. The Germans did have a fuel problem, but the fuel problem is vastly overstated in the initial parts of the African campaign. The real fuel problems started when we were able to bomb refineries, which didn't happen for a while. The physical assault motivation claim is absurd. Slapping one dude in a fit of rage can hardly be considered "his sole idea for motivating". I also said "in many regards". He had some crazy bad character flaws; he was vain to a absurd level, he saw war as his chance to gain glory, etc. Not to excuse those character flaws, but often the greater the man, the greater the flaws. Everything can get magnified when you have someone that is almost larger than life. As O Face said, the enemy's appreciation of a military leader is a great indication and the Germans feared him more than any other man. That alone should tell us what we need to know about his abilities. As for his role in WWI, making any comparisons between that and Afghanistan is absurd. WWI: 53,000 US combat fatalities in about 18 months, Afghanistan, less than 2,000 in roughly 20 years. Leaders in the world wars were promoted based on their actual capabilities on the battlefield far more than we have seen in the last 20 years. That's how we ended up with a basically all-star team by the end of WWII that out led and out thought the enemy and now we're talking about open ranks inspections while we are at serious risk of losing the next world war. I'm not some Patton fanboy, but his results speak for themselves. I'd rather be led by a dude that slaps a guy for not fighting than led by a dude that thinks some lint on your uniform is indicative of your military ability.

Still many to be hired. But be realistic. Here's an interesting stat: A U-2 Brother was hired at UAL 3 years ago. He is 5,250 junior to me. And was hired over 21 years after I was. The pilot 5,250 junior to him? Hired about 30 months after him. There is a HUGE wave in front of you at UAL if you decide to work here. I was hired in a similar climate (I'll probably be 23+ years before I can hold WB cappy). It is what it is, however it doesn't mean you cannot have a successful career. But be realistic.

I doubt it. My prediction is a 3v1 with the commentators throwing jabs at Trump while giving Biden slow softballs down the middle.

I'm just glad A&M didn't win as I'll be in Aggieland this weekend and I already can barely stand the place!

He literally looks like a butt pirate.

@M2 68 days and counting brother! Wanna go to the game?

its busy, you're going to fly/tdy/deploy regularly. Once you join AFSOC its Hotel California, you can check out, but you'll never leave...do not expect outside opportunities save for weapons school, IDE, or command. New boss in the seat soon, don't expect much will change but hopefully the command will calm down a bit. The move to DM is coming, some hurdles still but it will open another PCS location CONUS that is not Cannon, so I guess that's good. Can't speak to HCs, but being a heavy driver in a fighter command, I wouldn't recommend, YMMV

From my other A&M bros and unfortunately, it seems to be the theme:

'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

1100/yr was near-record hiring before the Rona. All is well. Remain calm. (Not you specifically but pundits in general)

Sorry, should have been more specific, meant the story Danger41 talked about. I agree with that guy that will not be named at risk of his coming back to this board that the new 'standards' focus is dumb. It's like a E-9 from the height of the Died suddenly put on a bunch of stars. Que their favorite Patton quote of 'if you can't get them to wear their uniform right, then how can you get them to fight right' or something like that. Patton was a brilliant leader in many regards, but either this quote was made up (highly likely) or he had Biden moment. Patton was a serious history buff and clearly knew that uniforms were a relatively new invention in warfare, so clearly not something that was truly necessary to combat. Plus I doubt he would have ever passed a uniform inspection himself. Ivory handled pistols, a sash, swagger stick, and custom non-authorized pants were clearly not in reg. Just look at the Civil War and how the Rebels consistently had abysmal uniforms, far worse than the Union, yet man for man outfought the Union at pretty much every battle. Rebels were often shoe-less, in tattered pants and a jacket, maybe a hat maybe not, a beard that hasn't seen a razor in months, and hair to match, yet those same guys stood out in the open 40 yards from the enemy for multiple volleys perfectly following orders. Obviously there is no relation between fighting ability and uniform perfection, so why the newfound focus on uniforms? We must be doing so awesome in preparing for war with China that we can now focus on things that have zero impact on our ability to defend our nation.

They could put up a wall.

Good article, thanks for posting. Fauci should be in prison. It wouldn't fix much now, but it would start turning the government towards accountability.

BLUF: he has lingering emotional strings attached to Mother Blue and is angry she does dumb things. He attempts pursauesive logic to sway her irrationnal choice to no avail.

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Just saw Kinzinger on Bill Maher's show. He is WELL on his way to becoming a fat ass. Like Peter Griffin fat. Must be on some sort of all bread diet.

Agree with some of what you said (especially about Fauci), but I take great execption to the "shut up and color" for the military part. While you surrender many of your civil rights when you take the oath, becoming a guinea pig is not in the fine print. Under the blanket of military readiness this mandate was employed and the science was not settled (as a lot of voices tried to say but were silenced). When you peel back the facts it was just as flawed as other times when this happened: 1. Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race. 2. Veterans Used In Secret Experiments Sue Military For Answers 3. Forcing troops to sit in exposure zones during nuclear testing. 4. Edgewood Arsenal human experiments 5. LSD experiments by the United States Army Through the years under the banner of "military readiness" US troops have been purposely exposed to radiation, chemical weapons, biological weapons and have been given LSD, simply unsat in a free society.

I’m not a historian, but in basic terms (if memory serves), the USSR involvement in Afghanistan initially wasn’t an “invasion” per se, but at least originally an attempt to support the communist government of Afghanistan from failing/losing. Whereas in Ukraine, it was straight up an invasion. Plus technology has changed quite a bit compared to the 1980s, meaning you can do a lot more today with technology vs straight manpower/basic resources, compared to the 80s. So it’s kind of comparing apples to oranges. I have no doubt our massive amount of money is helping the Ukrainians slow down the Russian invasion and is definitely leading to more Russian casualties…my whole argument is that we’re F’ing broke and we have massive problems here (the border, for one), and that’s where I would like to see attention and resources spent before it’s spent on the other side of the globe. And no, we can’t spend massive amounts on both (if either)—our debt is going to make our lives and the lives of our kids more painful than if Russia takes part, half, or all of Ukraine. Side note—took the wife and kid to a pizza/bar place for a late lunch over the weekend. It was a trendier place, but you still had to order at the counter, fill up our own water cups, etc. For two 16” pizzas (we wanted some for leftovers and that was the only size they had since it was after lunch), one salad, a sprite bottle, and a small gelato dessert, it was around $90…I was like “WTF”? Now we do very well, so I just paid it, but the startling factor of how expensive things are is no joke. This is what happens when we have a massive money supply/spending/debt problem.

I'm not rationalizing it dude, I'm explaining it. I'm also not sensationalizing it like you are. January 6th sucked, but it was not an insurrection. End of story. I'm not voting for any of them because I will never vote for someone over 65 again, however, the entire root of the problem and why Donald Trump is going to win again is specifically because his opposition insists on treating him as a unique threat when in fact he is the exact same product with an uglier label slapped on. The regular people out there see right through this now, they don't know what the crimes are, the sins, the comparisons, or any of the other details. They just know that Washington has been lying to them for a long time and funneling a tremendous amount of wealth and prosperity from the middle class directly to their family and associates. They wanted a hero, but they are settling for a villain who at least validates their experience. Go look up the stats for how many Democrats thought the election was stolen when a Republican president won, and specifically Trump. The numbers are functionally identical to 2020, just reversed. It is unfounded sanctimony.

I’ve essentially turned into a single issue voter, and that is, “will anyone please do something about the invasion, of our own country that is currently happening??!!” Millions of people pouring into the US - unchecked, unmonitored, unvetted, and unregulated…I know, I know, pretty far out there political view. I must be a racist.