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It is real.

Either scenario plausible. Ego is an enemy and we should only fly rested. I can't believe the dumb risks I took flying tired. Without Gods grace I would be CFIT too.

Never forgotten brother! We'll see you on the other side ⚔️🇺🇸

If we substantially cut entitlements, there will be a civil war.

I don't like these type answers because it assumes someone knows enough to correctly predict the next war. You can't be read into enough SAPs to get future acquisitions right; if you could we would have done it. But we have a historical 100% rate of getting it wrong-- none of our wars started with a force properly trained & equipped for that war. All of the retired GO futurists and industry funded think tanks have always gotten it wrong, the war budget has always needed to completely realign to emerging threats we didn't predict and our secret expensive thing has never been the one we needed. I'm probably taking your statement into a context you didn't intend; would be a fun conversation over bourbon sometime! Well said!

OA-1K can't fly IMC yet so they aren't ready to be a tanker...

Allegedly if the NFA 200$ stamp becomes 0$, the registration can be challenged in court since it's technically a registration for who paid the tax. Or at least that's the R cop-out justification for not fighting the parliamentarians move; I don't believe it'll work & think they're all liars. i think we got played (again) by R leadership who included SHORT not for 2A reasons but rather a throw-away COA they could dump as fake "concession" to show compromise.

Curious how Iranian response will be impacted by the Israeli HVI campaign against them. It can't be easy adjust strategy, C2 forces & simultaneously worry about assassination.

Powerful and convincing arguments against Trump. One might even say opinions will “tip over” against POTUS, and his administration will capsize after this brutal attack.

It’s ones or zeros man!

One of the most ignorant things I’ve read on this forum. Do you think your buddies didn’t already have targets on their backs? They are surrounded by people who hate them and want them dead; people daily searching for opportunities to hurt them. An intelligent use of limited violence makes enemies less confident, less capable, and therefore less likely to attack your buddies. If we start nation building in Iran, I’ll be speaking up against POTUS. However as of this moment, I think what he ordered will make the region safer. Also, well played on the OPSEC!

I don't. The Paks were terrible "allies" and the ISI did play both sides (US & AQ & even Taliban). I'd label Pakistan a passive adversary. But what Iran did was use state funded university engineers to design weapons specifically to increase IED lethality, then send IRGC commandos into Iraq to train/advise/assist Shia militia employing those weapons against us. They killed hundreds of our guys, we knew it & could prove it, and on a tactical level guys made valiant efforts to fight it. But at a senior level, we let it happen because decisive reprisal was a bridge to far for the feckless Bush administration. Lawman is right about events since then shaping the present battle space advantageously. But those things left an impression on me and it stuck. What do you think? Do you think Pakistan was a more disruptive influence than Iran? I didn't play in OEF till 09, it was all OIF 04-08 so there's a lot I don't know about Pak influence.

I agree with you, but focus on our military failures because I have informed ideas about causes & solutions. Don't have the same background knowledge to speak confidently regarding political level. Agree 100%. If I were Iran, this is obviously the time to play every card. Not sure if they have a nuke, but the claim about enriched uranium means dirty bomb is on the table. If they don't use it, they never had it. my final thought seeing Iran fold so quickly is that I am angry we didn't do it ourselves & sooner. They were murdering US soldiers with EFP's in 2007 and we were too afraid of expanding the war to give them what they deserved. Fuck Iran I hope their mullahs are dragged through the streets whether they have WMD or not. But we must not nation build in the aftermath.

100% agree and that fact should shame our GOs; their success compared to our prevaricating came from willpower not technical inadequacies on our part. Just reminding everyone we've been tricked before WRT WMD.

Happy to see Iran getting crushed and one must respect how ruthlessly Israel plays the game. Had we been as vicious/decisive I think outcomes from the GWOT would be more advantageous. I am curious about the "Iran nuke threat;" yes I've seen plenty of scary intel, but we'd be foolish not to keep the false claims of Saddam WMD top of mind before getting involved.