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Oh, you mean cumulatively. Got it, well in that case they’ve cumulatively received 4.7% of total US foreign aid since 1948. Greater than 95% of US foreign aid has gone to non-Israel countries since 1948 - wow, super compelling numbers to support your super compelling argument that we’re subservient to the Jew government. And again, providing aid to a region where we want things to go a certain way is normal foreign policy - should be easy for even you to understand. They’re all shit politicians who are anti-conservative and support bullshit things from a conservative perspective. So, a conservative group lobbied against them. Wow, shocking, it’s impossible to make sense of that one. I assume you’re ready to also attack every leftist lobby/PAC for working against conservative candidates, because that too can only be explained by wild conspiracy theories.

Your entire rant is batshit crazy, but I’ll call these couple out: As one example, Ukraine received 3-5x the foreign aid as Israel for multiple years. Your statement is 100% false. Even in 2021 (pre-UKR and Biden as POTUS) Israel received 4.5% of our foreign aid…man, that’s a scary big number, the Israeli government clearly has a controlling stake in our politics! Also, it’s almost like we give foreign aid to countries at specific times to drive outcomes we want. Crazy mind blowing, amirite! AIPAC is not a foreign group based on FARA (1938), which clearly states groups will only register as foreign agents if they are “controlled, directed, or funded by foreign governments or political parties.” None of those apply to AIPAC, except in your progressive conspiracy mind. How are you measuring your “extremely powerful” statement? AIPAC made up about 2% of the lobbying financial efforts in 2024. If we’re measuring by direct donations to candidates, they are so far down the list it’s laughable you’d even bring it up. If we’re going purely by PAC/SPAC, they’re not in the top 5, and I’m being generous by including all of the “sub-PACs/AIPAC-adjacent”in that assessment. In conclusion, a picture is worth a 1000 words, so if you could look in a mirror, here’s what’d you see:

Oh my God, he has donors who share similar beliefs and desires???!!!! Burn him! Welcome to America dude, where politics is an extremely expensive endeavor and donors are the only way you’re getting anywhere beyond the school board. Did you listen to Rowe’s podcast? I haven’t, but I will.

Sure seems like an attention-grabbing “stunt” to boost recognition for future political ambitions. Or he could just be that stupid… but likely both.

The Army is negligent with nearly all things UAS; they go full retard as a matter of doctrine.

There needs to be far more severe penalties for drone issues. The FAA tried with part 107, and I’m sure that has helped, but let’s face it - there are thousands of dipshits who buy a drone online and just let it rip. They’re the ones who need severe penalties when they cause a midair, fly in TFRs, etc. Thankfully most of my back country flying is remote, but we have seen an increase in drone “events” IVO fires that are closer to more populated areas in the last couple years. I’m surprised there haven’t been more midairs with aircraft supporting fires or other disasters.

That has existed for most of my career - and it generally has the effect you’d expect.

Yep, pretty much. The major, unforced error was starting the ceasefire back in April, stupidly thinking diplomacy would “totally work this time” with Iran, then combining that effort with, as you put it: short cuts, threats, mean tweets. Turns out none of those things worked worth a damn with Iran. The momentum was solid, the ass beating was large, and then we just stopped and have subsequently created the proverbial shit sandwich. As someone said earlier, tactical ass whooping without the foresight/capability to see it through to a strategic victory.

That’s a hell of a way to put it. Read a book, get in a vault - inform yourself.

I hate that everyone records everything nowadays, but admittedly as more of this kind of stuff happens, I understand why people feel the need to record LE interactions. It may be the one thing that saves them from the “drop bag.”

There’s another future millionaire, I hope.

Yeah I know, and I’m saying he’s full of shit (he does care about the midterms). We’re in agreement.

(as in calling bullshit on his statement that he doesn’t care)

100% not #1. But, 4 and 5 are the most likely cases. 2 is possible, but I think 4/5 are significantly more plausible/likely accurate. On 5, all of us said the proposed timeline was absolutely undoable; the objectives are sound and achievable, but not on the initial timeline. Trump bought the timeline sales pitch, and now I think he wants out, primarily due to the midterms. Because that’s what the US does in modern history - make war-related choices based on politics, which is asinine.

I would not waste my time with that lawyer or either of the AMEs you talked to. HIMS is for when the FAA determines you have an abuse problem, which would be hard to argue when it’s been 10+ years since those incidents. In the end, just set up an appointment with an AME for a 3rd class and see what happens. You’ll create a MedExpress account and fill out the pre-appointment questions. Read them slowly and carefully before you answer. The question that probably pertains most to this subject is 18v. Read this website before answering that question: https://pilot-protection-services.aopa.org/news/2022/april/01/the-notorious-18v If you have to answer yes to 18v, and that causes consternation with the AME and he says you need HIMS, etc., then the worst financial case is you’re out $150 or so. Don’t get sucked into paying thousands to lawyers.

The worst part is this sheriff has zero skin in the game - there will be no accountability when his decree gets destroyed in court. There needs to be real penalties for public “servants” decreeing wildly anti-constitutional bullshit with reckless abandon. They’re like monkeys throwing shit at the wall constantly to see what sticks.

@17D_guy I doubt this MOU goes anywhere, including an actual deal. But if somehow a deal is reached, and it looks anything like this MOU, it’ll certainly negatively impact our standing in the region and in the world (like you mentioned - NK, etc.) This is a big fail for Trump currently, and I hope any deal reached doesn’t look like this MOU.

@Lord Farquaad I re-read the medical part - confirm the only medical thing you’re worried about is alcohol and pot use as a minor (and you haven’t done illegal stuff like that in many years)? If that’s correct, then I think you’re actually fine to get a FAA medical and likely will not even require a special issuance. With the medical “problem” not actually a problem, the next part is timeline… You have to knock out the AFOQT and do very well (how is your college GPA?) It behooves you to get a PPL, or at least start knocking out flight hours. You have to get your application package together for each squadron you want to apply for. If you’re hustling hard on these things, it’ll take you a year or so. Most people spend another couple years rushing units before getting hired. Then, you have approximately 2 years for the process to work before you start UPT. So, without a big medical issue, I think you can make it before age waiver territory. It will be easier by a good margin to get hired by a heavy unit.

This MOU is hot garbage. It’s also not a deal and pretty much meaningless. The obvious reason Trump signed this POS is the midterms coming up. We did well for 40 days, then the train went off the tracks with a dumb idea of a ceasefire. Should have never happened, and it just keeps getting worse with this latest thing.

Not mad at all, just calling out frauds like yourself. Your entire “knowledge base” is built on whatever the media spews and a significant political bias. You do not have first hand knowledge and you demonstrate such a lack of understanding of classification and information ops, I doubt you’re even in the mil, or at least in a role that would actually understand these things. Specifics? The last post I replied to, and somewhere around 90%+ of your other posts in this thread alone.

I appreciate that you lap up IRGC bullshit and continue to run your mouth about things you have no knowledge of. Seriously, is your side hustle as a contractor for IRGC PA? Take a break bud, you need it.

War is foggy, nuanced and without 100% perfect execution. There were some things discovered after the fact that won’t be discussed here. Bottom line, it was an unfortunate event, but it was not a purposeful targeting of a known, non-military target.

I can’t answer your “who’s more strict” question, but it sounds like you’re 26+, don’t have flight experience, have a medical issue that you may even have to fight to get a class 3 FAA medical, haven’t even remotely started the process (no AFOQT, etc.) All of that honestly adds up to highly unlikely to get a slot in the ANG. If my understanding of your situation is correct, I would not put in the money and time to go after that route. AD off the street (e.g. OTS route) is also very competitive, and I think you’re probably way too far behind the timeline on that path as well. I wish I didn’t have such a tough answer for you, but I think you need the truth before you sink a ton of money and effort into something that is very unlikely to happen. If you were 22, then you’d have time. Consider civ flying options (assuming medical stuff works out) - there is a lot of cool flying out there, the mil does not have the market cornered on that.

Yeah I suppose it could be incompetent leadership, but much of the time it feels more purposeful - the classic “milking” the contract. The engineers are not stupid people, and most of my experience has been positive with them (e.g. they care and really try to make things work). So the fault lies with management/leadership…or rather, they seem to view all of this as a feature and not a bug.