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I’m an equal opportunity hater - fuck em both!

Bid avoid LGA solves that problem.

Here’s a good description that drives why we should be obliterating the IRGC instead of a ceasefire. “From 2009 onwards, Ali Khamenei began to double down on the apocalyptic and militaristic doctrine of Mahdism, not least in the IRGC. In doing so, his goal was to nurture more radical generations both within the IRGC and the regime’s hard base, which forms the core recruitment pool for the Guard. Thereafter, the apocalyptic and militaristic doctrine of Mahdism became the focal point in the IRGC’s formal programme of indoctrination, making up more than half of training in the Guard. According to the apocalyptic and militaristic doctrine of Mahdism, the 12th divinely ordained Shia Imam, Mahdi, was withdrawn into a miraculous state of disappearance by God in AD 874. The doctrine claims that the Hidden Imam will one day return to restore justice to the world before the End of Times and, in doing so, will wage an apocalyptic war that will end the lives of infidels and Jews everywhere. Historic Shia narrations, on which this doctrine is based, claim that there will be rivers of Jewish blood, after which justice will be restored globally and the world will be divided into 313 provinces—representing the number of Mahdi’s so-called special commanders. From 2010 onwards, the IRGC’s indoctrinators began to assert that there were barriers to the return of the Hidden Imam and that the IRGC was the “militaristic vehicle” to remove those barriers and speed up his return. According to this doctrine, crafted by some of the regime’s most extremist Islamist clerics—not least the late Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, who supervised the Mojtaba Khamenei’s clerical studies—the biggest barrier is the existence of the state of Israel. This is the lens through which the IRGC and the regime’s hard base viewed and communicated the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. In fact, the operational name given to the IRGC’s strikes on Israel—Operation True Promise—refers to the promise made by the sixth divinely ordained Shia Imam, Imam Sadegh, that the Jewish population would be annihilated at the hands of the holy people of Qom. “Operation True Promise” carries the same connotation as “Final Solution”. Likewise, according to this doctrine, one of the signs of the nearing of Mahdi’s arrival is the apocalyptic destruction of the world, not least Iran. This is precisely why members of the IRGC, Basij and the regime’s hard base constituency have perversely been ideologically stimulated and energised despite the regime suffering serious losses in the ongoing war. The doctrine also claims that, prior to Mahdi’s arrival, there will be a global war against the system of Jahiliyya—an Islamic term referring to a state of ignorance or barbarism, which the regime uses to describe the U.S.-led liberal order. The IRGC has not only framed its current war through this lens, but has also portrayed Putin’s war in Ukraine as part of the same struggle— hence its support for it. These efforts have been successful in nurturing a cult of Mahdism in the IRGC — not least amongst the younger third and fourth generations. Crucially, this is the constituency that is most loyal to Mojtaba Khamenei. Likewise, members of Mojtaba’s own close circle are the leading proponents of this apocalyptic and militaristic doctrine—they are leading figures in this cult. All of this is to say that this cult of Mahdism within the IRGC has been long in the making. Its adherents view the IRGC’s missile, nuclear, and proxy programmes as tools for accelerating Mahdi’s return. For years, Western policymakers dismissed the importance of this doctrine in shaping how the IRGC acts and behaves. Yet many of its actions today—which might otherwise appear irrational—can only be understood within the context of this doctrine. It is shaping the IRGC’s “rationality”: a rationality distinct from the material cost-benefit logic that dominates the secular Western worldview. Not only would it be unwise, but it would be dangerous to ignore this apocalyptic and militaristic doctrine of Mahdism within the IRGC.” - Kasra Aarabi

It is not a replacement/improvement for the A-10, it is simply the next best answer available when the A-10 actually goes away and we don’t buy a direct replacement…whenever that happens.

That’s some real turbo douche going on there.

Mr. O6 isn’t wrong, but he and his friends won’t like the outcome of that risk (enter Sua’s example).

We’ve already answered this - it’s the F-16.

The door event was 16 years ago. It’s been a couple years since the last “oops, our bad” rental return.

There are always USAFE AND PACAF jobs popping up that don’t require SDE or IDE in res. If you’re after multiple years of adventure OCONUS (and adding to your TAFMS), no need to do school to make that happen. Also, only have had one guard wg/cc who did in res school, the rest did SDE in correspondence.

I’ve returned a car OCONUS missing a door. Said “have a nice day” and left. Never heard about it ever again. Seen many GTC rentals returned all kinds of screwed up over my career, never seen or heard of anyone getting screwed (questioned by the CC is a different story).

I agree with the first sentence. But, what I don’t agree with is you stating opinions on LOAC/ROE as fact, and then determining everyone who doesn’t agree with your opinion is bordering on genocidal/war criminals/slept through “LOAC class,” etc. That’s the only argument I’ve made towards you - and it’s a bingo, as Hans would say.

They certainly are. Have you actually done anything in war? How much ROE have you written? From what you’ve argued, I’d say the honest answers to those questions is somewhere between none and a very close to none.

We need about 300% more Growlers…but yeah, let’s burn some on airshows for no good reason. Dumbasses. Glad they’re all alive.

That’s a ludicrously stupid assessment. How does one have a real conversation with someone wearing that massive of a tinfoil hat? Copy your “appeal to authority” logical fallacy approach in your last post - I can tell you many military lawyers disagree with you, and I can also tell you many CGOs have made high-level autonomous decisions in combat - it’s not all “CAOC controls everything” land, though I get that does exist at times. Overall, you are dead wrong on much of what you said, specifically when trying to apply it broadly (I’m sure you’ve seen it be true in specific instances, periods of time, etc.) Lastly, nobody does CDE like we do, including the Israelis. Its too bad others aren’t at our level, but that’s one of the things that makes America great.

I wouldn’t shy away from experimental - the only reason I care anymore about certified is if it’s making money (then you have to be certified). Otherwise, it can be a much better deal - just do your homework and make sure it had a reputable, experienced builder.

Going to buy a lottery ticket now…

Yes, I 100% approve of suing the fed gov, and if they’re found liable in court/settle, pay the affected Americans. Holding the fed gov accountable for its actions is not a controversial point.

It’s irrelevant that he’s president; he’s not getting paid. But hopefully Americans who were persecuted by the fed gov will be - and that’s precisely what he is advocating. Yeah it’s tax payer money, like it always has been long before this specific lawsuit, and will always be in the future. Hence, stupid rage bait relying on people to not do any research or invoke critical thinking.

The majority. If you seriously think the majority of states have problems to the same level of CA, you are taking some serious crazy pills. It’s OK to love your state, but you can do that and also acknowledge the historic problems and work to fix those problems. To pretend like they’re not there or that they are “the same problems everywhere else has,” is at best, some serious Stockholm syndrome-level thinking.

It’s rage bait all over the news, and here’s why: Trump can’t take a dime of the awarded money The headlines/articles act like this is a potential new “line item” that will be added on the budget. Reality is this money already exists and is earmarked precisely for paying out lawsuits won against the fed gov. It was always going to be used to pay claims The DOJ, IRS, FBI, etc. was substantially weaponized by Obama and Biden - zero issues with people receiving compensation for getting unfairly/illegally fucked by the fed gov. Any rational American should support that - it shouldn’t be a partisan issue

I doubt most people here think that. CA has the best, diverse geography in the country. It also has a lot of good people and areas in it (and good Mexican food). But, the large population centers on the coast drive policy, and the policies are horrifically bad with results to match. Too bad the lazy and the lunatics have destroyed a once great state. The same can be said for several other states who have gone down a similar path.

I think #2 is the only long term solution. We can take all their nuke stuff, but Russia could give them some (and the support to go along with it). Additionally, they will reconstitute, so while that could take a “long time,” it still means we have to go take care of it every X years. Bottom line, the world needs Iranian leadership that sees and believes the benefits of not being murderous pieces of shit, hell bent on killing the west and all of their neighbors. Instead, hypothetical leadership needs to see the advantages to their country by getting along on the global stage, and enabling their population to flourish rather than maybe if they’re lucky survive/exist until death comes. But that all said, it is not a viable option to just throw up our hands and do nothing because #2 above is “too hard.” That’s how we get continuation of bad things happening around the world. So reality is we need to work towards #2, but simultaneously we have to keep them knocked down enough to the point #2 becomes a viable option in Iran’s eyes. The other part not addressed is how incredibly fractured they are right now - civilians have no control over the ISIS-like IRGC. That’s a huge problem, and the main reason this ceasefire was a terrible idea - we shouldn’t have stopped killing the IRGC for even one day.

“the service said the major command’s operational experience will improve readiness for the training pipeline for fighter and remotely piloted aircraft units.” Obviously those IPs wearing AETC patches who’ve had 1+ operational assignments do not have operational experience like if they’d come to work tomorrow wearing ACC patches. Duh.

That is embarrassing.

They’ve absolutely pushed terrorism in Europe. They may hate us the most, but they definitely hate the entire west. You’re buying into Islamic propaganda if you think “there wouldn’t be problems if we’d just leave the Middle East.”