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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.”

@Pooter Yes many countries have nukes, but none of those countries are the #1 purveyor of terror. None of them have been complicit in the deaths of thousands of Americans, not to mention thousands more of other westerners. Civilian nuclear power, sure, but weapons are a hard no. Iran can easily solve this - build nuclear power facilities above ground and allow for a limited number of no-notice inspections (say, max of 2 per year).

I can see that. Two reasons: The media at large wants to paint anything Trump does as a failure. So, every American is bombarded with bullshit, half truths, and the legit info is typically suppressed significantly - it takes real effort to find it. For example, here’s a good example of clearly defined objectives (at unclass level): https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/trumps-4-objectives-in-iran-explained-1.500461406 Bottom line, the objectives have been pretty clear and not nebulous, but they also have been severely suppressed and therefore it makes sense that they seem non-existent/nebulous to a large portion of the population. Trump says all kinds of wild comments coming from left field that may or may not be true/fully accurate. He does this on purpose a lot - debatable how much it helps vs hurts his goals. So he is certainly a PCF to making it all seem nebulous at times when, in fact, it’s not nebulous at all. Bottom line, the admin could do better at clearer messaging, but it’s also hard to get clear messaging out when the “middle man” is doing everything possible to suppress or misconstrue that messaging.

Google how many ships have gone through the Strait during the war and ceasefire. Reduced traffic, absolutely, but 100% not closed. Your statement is factually wrong; amend it to “reduced” and you’d be correct. This is not quibbling, it’s you pretending words don’t matter. Be accurate in your communication and you won’t be called out for making incorrect statements. The IRGC and the civ leadership are two different groups with different outlooks and goals. That’s a big, complicated problem…but when you say “regime still in tact” - well yeah, we didn’t ever plan to or think, the regime would go away as an entity. And that’s why your comment is invalid. Wrong. Your assessment is based off a nebulous comment (which Trump makes a lot of), mine is based off hard facts. Again, wrong. You are basing this assessment off a nebulous statement, not the facts. Yeah the people should rise up, but that doesn’t mean liberating them was or is a primary objective. It factually was, and is, not. Nukes - I’m not touching that subject on the internet. Believe what you want…and yeah, I know what has been publicly said. Use that critical thinking part of your brain. If you don’t have the experience to figure it out, well then OK. Bottom line, you highlighted in your reply that your opinions are based off conclusions drawn from nebulous statements and articles written by people who do the same. My replies are based off fact - the ones you clearly have not seen, and seemingly can’t even comprehend might exist. Go ahead and advocate for your position against the war, that’s fine, but you should do it without claiming things as “fact” that are not so; be honest and label them for what they are - your own conclusions/opinions.

Copy joke meter broke! Nah, haven’t had a free handout in my life, why start now.

@Pooter See my reply to Negatory. Strait is not closed We were never after no “regime” in power, we were after people change. And that has occurred, multiple times actually. TBMs - Never was the goal to take 100% of the capability (unattainable goal). We’ve met our desired goal. Iranian people - Liberating gen pop was never a pri objective. Sure we’d like to see them get out of their situation, and we’ll help them indirectly when it’s convenient, but is not a pri objective. Nukes - Sure, believe whatever you want… Turns out your list was mostly poorly informed opinion and not “basic facts.”

California is a masters class in how not to govern at every level. But, when you have a lot of very stupid people living on the coast, you’re going to get very stupid, elected officials.

Neither. Is an American company running propaganda for the enemy OK or not? I argue it’s not, certainly in the moral sense. Also, your list is not accurate and lacks the full picture…by a long shot.

…who has no nazi tattoos. “Match,” I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

Are what ifs open? What if you weren’t such a politically-charged hack that you could be honest instead of purposely curating/cherrypicking to make your political opponents look bad in a false way (guess you have a great future career in the MSM). What if you weren’t so retarded as to compare Trump to Mao. I mean, you have to be pretty stupid/brainwashed to make that comparison. You’re embarrassing yourself, recommend stop.

Let’s start with the definition of propaganda: “ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause.” Whose cause are they furthering and whose cause are they attempting to damage? There are easy, obvious answers to those questions. Additionally, it is written and curated to push a narrative that Iran has dealt significant blows to the US, the US has been decently hurt/licking its wounds, etc. That implied narrative is not accurate at all. There is also some 100% false stuff in it - but obviously nobody is confirming that publicly due to classification/opsec. Overall, the narrative is very misleading at best, and actually full up false in some instances (but, I won’t say the false parts are purposeful, as a journalist/think tank talking out their ass is nothing new). There’s the right, patriotic thing to do, and then there’s this bullshit. The fact you can’t see the difference is not surprising, but still disappointing.

WTF is that garbage? In the first 20 sec of scanning photos I ID’d several of them (though the captions say “unresolved”). That’s some clown work, or they’re just throwing random shit on there to make ignorant Joe think they’re being transparent.

@No One You're not wrong. However, my distaste for this article is far more general - the fact an American company is happy to put out propaganda for the enemy. That is morally corrupt and wrong, even if not illegal in the law’s eyes. In closing, fuck those Wapo douche bags.

Well it is Wapo - they hate America and will produce any trash they can to discredit the country that enables their very existence.

And yet we’re still pushing for that massive waste of money E-7. The concept of traditional large, manned C2 platforms has hit zero utility. And I mean it - zero. If there’s still a place for WDs and ABMs, it’s parsed out to other assets for specific scenarios (a couple in the back of a 46, MC-130, G6, etc.)

Super old man off! The challenge: who’s laid up on the couch longer after getting out of bed “the wrong way” (“right way” still not fully determined).