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I see you lack the ability to convince others or defend your thoughts, that's unfortunate. I'm sure relationships are difficult. For the record I don't, he is an evil dictator. But as a thought experiment, how do you think the war will end? You'd advocate for more UKR funding and close yourself off even further to discussion. Ok, we've tried that for many years and UKR is slowly bleeding to death. Do you have any ideas on how to solve this conflict?

I don't mean this disrespectfully, but that line of logic is not intelligent. For starters, Russian talking points are how Russians feel. If you want to negotiate an end to conflict, you must take into account how the Russians feel. Secondly does labeling something "talking points" mean the perspective is invalid and not worthy of discussion? That's what's implied whenever I hear that phrase: a complete dismissal of the argument. I'm sure it makes you feel immune to propaganda, and it's fine if you hold all the winning cards and you're in a winning position. But if you're losing, like Ukraine is, then you kinda have to engage in diplomacy with other people, and that means an outright dismissal of their perspective is infeasible. Finally imagine if that conversational technique was used against you, would you appreciate somebody dismissing your opinion and refusing to answer the concerns you raise because they categorize your thoughts as illegitimate and talking points from the other side? No, you would not appreciate that, in fact that would be a very dumb way to engage with you or anybody. Because it's dumb.

I noticed the veiled threat by Zelenskyy. Wow fuck that guy.

I heard a passenger interview from an intercept once (not this one) & she was talking about how safe she felt once the fighter showed up. I don't think she understood what that presence indicates, but it's not passenger safety.

If the MAJCOM/CC did a BNR to said Deputy ordering this task: yes or course, wouldn’t you? and let’s not pretend all fed workers are equivalent to a line captain training for war, lol. The reason this effort is happening (acknowledging execution is a mess) is the massive amount of worthless workers discovered who were getting paid for not working or otherwise gaming the system and adding no value. Not to mention the subtle threat of inside resistance to our duly elected new administration.

False comparison. People voted for this bro, just say you hate democracy (joking🙂). Edited to add: I also wouldn't accept a brain dead Alzheimer's patient in command, but don't forget you were pleased with your vote there.

I’m sorry for the turmoil you’re experiencing. It sucks. My comment was meant to compare the state of our nation under this admin vs what would have been under another, not kick you while you’re going through something. My apologies if it came off personally unkind, although I do believe what I said. FWIW, I think your job & retirement is fine. The Trump admin MO is big talk, scare people, then negotiate. There’s so much indefensible fat to cut that I think they’ll remain locked on politically palatable targets (NGOs, charity fraud schemes, USAID type BS) instead of government contractors. AI or a lonely teenager pounding Mountain Dew.

Yup, a shit show for sure. But 100 times better than Harris; I remain pleased with my Trump vote.

Treaty violation is another fascinatingly inconsistent aspect of the pro-UKR war folks. And I’m not referencing you Viper or any other posters here, we’re all just nobody’s chatting and I trust your opinions are honest and nuanced. I’m talking the senior IR crowd. Jake Sullivan talked a lot about that to justify Biden’s stalwart commitment to UKR funding, but he conveniently had a different rationale which allowed for ignoring international norms and treaties to invade Libya. And Syria. Traditional republicans are no better: Cheney is all about UKR support because we just can’t have countries invade each other without provocation! Except Iraq 😂 I’m distrustful of inconsistencies and hypocrisy.

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Justice. B3 next.

Yea I don't bat an eye about Russian elections, I know they're BS since Russia is a dictatorship and we aren't their ally. Standard is higher for someone who wants my money to purportedly fight for my values. And the Afghans managed to hold elections, at our insistence, despite actual wartime conditions and an enemy who was actively conquering provinces. It's strange to hear from guys like nsplayr (who I personally like) about how UKR can't hold elections due to martial law and their constitution allows for that... and the constitution must always be followed of course. But that standard of strict adherence to the constitution doesn't apply to our 2nd amendment. Then I hear from other folks how elections would be so hard now, but we needed them in IZ/AFG because otherwise government is illegitimate. And of course UKR must be given cluster bombs and allowed to strike deep into Moscow but God forbid we strike structures in Yemen that might have terrorist kids inside. There's no logic to these inconsistencies. My sense is the pro-UKR war crowd lacks consistent application of principals they espouse. Which means they aren't principals, they're just feelings. And I get it, an unjust thing happened to Ukraine and Putin sucks. But damn dude, they have no path to victory. Zelenskyy outlaws opposition parties and has indefinitely suspended elections. He's asking for nukes. His military is posting hundreds of videos of them killing unarmed surrendering Russian soldiers (which is a war crime if I do it).... oh and we're broke. Time to negotiate peace and accept some territory lost. Table it for future reacquisition, it can't be defended anymore.

It's tough to reply to anything in this thread. You and others make good points & maybe we can have a good chat over whiskey sometime. Regarding the elections thing I'll just add I don't agree with your take above mainly because it's the opposite position our nation has had historically and no one explained why the change. The Afghans & iraqis both held elections during the height of their wars for survival. And we insisted because we knew the legitimacy of government directly correlates to the consent of the governed. We preached it loud for years, and I still agree with it.

Thanks for helping me understand their law better. Could you quote the applicable section of their constitution for my edification? I couldn't find it.

Fair question. Here's the alternative: let people vote on how to respond. Trump was very clear he wanted the war to end, and the US voted for him to execute those policies. Zelensky won't let his people vote, so they're stuck with forced conscription into the wood chipper. I'm not pro-Putin or condoning his actions. But explore this hypothetical with me: what if most Ukrainians would rather give ethnically Russian territory to the Russians than have their kids & grandkids die? Do they have a right to advocate politically for that? Zelenskyy says no.

This is the concise idea behind the pro-war movement and I applaud your brevity. Aside from its ghoulish nature, which I can get over, the pragmatic problem is you’re also feeding generations of Ukrainians into the wood chipper. Easy for us to accept that cost, but you’ve surrendered the moral high ground given Zelensky has suspended elections and imprisoned the opposition. It’s obvious to anyone this war will end with negotiated settlement allowing Russia to keep portions of Ukraine. break break Side note: it’s been infuriating to watch the same pussy US generals that wouldn’t sign off on structure strikes where we had 99% confidence it was all AQ inside now enthusiastically enabling UKR partner structure strikes with known civilians inside. They called off strikes on IS armed first responders pulling wounded HVIs out of vehicles but now cheer HD videos of surrendering unarmed Russians murdered by SUAS…. Where was this kill energy when we could have killed our way to victory in Afghanistan? The Taliban was way smaller than the Russian army, yet they shied away from attrition strategies which they now embrace on a larger and better armed/funded force? Our senior generals are total idiots. It’s clear they never fought to win the GWOT.

You misspelled “Zelensky covered for Biden’s blatant corruption when Trump shined light on his illegal behavior.”

Sure I'd entertain a conversation. You've seen me post here alot, I love entertaining conversations.

I disagree with the first (truncated) sentence; "no limits of evil" is an overstatement. He hasn't used artillery with chlorine, hasn't released weaponized plague...is he ordering mass rapes of sex slaves & posting it on the internet like ISIS? Hyperbole from the pro-UKR crowd turns off more listeners than gains converts. Putin is a murderous dictator for sure, and invading a sovereign country was wrong. Let's get over that and analyze COAs pragmatically because many mistakes thus far have been interwoven with grandiose moralism detracting from objectivity. I see zero evidence he wants a direct kinetic conflict with NATO. If anything, he has been reserved given what our side is doing. If RUS provided the Taliban major weapons systems, training right across the AFG border and live targeting the way we do... we'd have hit them directly. We would never accept from them what they are currently accepting from us. It's not from the goodness of his heart, it's because he's not strong enough to hit back or he knows he would lose a wider conflict or any number of reasons. But it shows a high degree of rational thought. I'm unwilling to pay anymore for Ukraine's defense and I'm unwilling to pay for Ukraine's reconstruction. I voted for somebody who is doing those things; it sucks for Ukraine, but life is unfair and my priority is my own country. Perhaps if UKR held elections or wasn't killing RUS civilians or hadn't blown the pipeline causing an environmental disaster I would entertain a conversation about "shared values" and "defending western norms" etc. but they're doing those things (admittedly in self-defense for a war they didn't start) so 🤷‍♂️

If Trump fires B3 I’m starting a petition for his face on Rushmore.

What lack of SA is the CRJ guilty of? The RW was on a different frequency, invisible via cockpit tools and they weren’t alerted to their presence. I’m seeing RW causal and ATC contributing but pretty tough to fault the dudes kept in the dark about conflicts while flying a night circle to short runway.

And this is why DEI is toxic, but moving on... I get your overall point about empathy for the young Capt-- but how do you suppose her unusual treatment is perceived by passenger families? I'm sorry for the family of Capt Lobach, it's terrible to lose a child and especially so having to hear her service disparaged. But if she did in fact cause this collision her privacy concerns are subordinate to victim family rights for accountability and Army transparency. We'll cross that bridge if the investigation validates what's been publicly released so far. I think it was a mistake for the Army to deviate from SOP.

The recent agreement is only a 30 day tariff pause, during which time we confirm Mexico & Canada are meeting terms.

Plot twist- the deep state isn't OGA or J2, or 3, or 35 or 5..... it's the J6! The one nobody ever expected! 🥃

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