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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    23 minutes ago, FourFans said:

    How do you see us avoiding the fallout of:

    - an imploding russia and the power vacuum it would create OR ?????????????????

    - an emboldened russia on the border of Poland OR

     

    let them be emboldened. putin isn't going to capture europe. that's extreme gas lighting and won't happen. hell he can't even take kiev and the experts are shrieking about paris. gmafb.

    the second putin crosses into NATO i'll be interested. until then i DGAF

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    ukraine never has and never will be a vital national security concern for the united states of america.

    the only reason we care is because our corrupt politicians have corrupt dealings in a corrupt eastern european nation.

    why was the president's crack head son doing business there? why was then vice president biden interjecting in a ukranian prosecutor's firing?

    our economy and politics are not tied to events in ukraine. they only are if you want them to be.

     

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    1 hour ago, FourFans said:

    The only victory to be had will be the most costly kind, and we all get to help pay the price in some form or fashion.  That's history.  It's happened before and will happen again.

    i reject this outright. and this type of thinking has characterized our disastrous foreign policy post WWII

    we are americans. we are not ukranians. the founding fathers would be appalled

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    1 hour ago, ClearedHot said:

    @BashiChuni not being pejorative, but your optic is somewhat tainted having been raised in what we want to be the American way of war.  Declare an objective, go take it quickly, packup and go home.  Thanks to support from the west and ever more efficient weapons have both exposed the faulty Russian war machine and equalized Ukraine on the battlefield.  Sadly the fight in Ukraine has settled into a battle of attrition that in years past would have favored Russia giving their willingness to endlessly throw their youth into the meat grinder.  Yes Ukraine wants to counter attack and regain their territory, but as long Russia continues to try and conquer Ukraine, then Ukraine has accidentally settled into the strategic position the German Commander Falkenhayn had at Verdun where the purpose was not to out maneuver or gain strategic position, but to bleed the "French white."

    Ukraine is paying a horrific price, a cost that is purposely not being told, but as long as Ukraine has the support of the west, they will survive, Russia is alone and the impact is long and will be far reaching.  The impact of years of internal social issues and this conflict has reduced their young working male population, an issue that will manifest in several years and further accelerate the decline Russia as a world power.  Russia's Navy has been hurt, Russian's Air Force has been seriously degraded and Russia's army is in tatters.  Putin's expansion has been stopped and his dream of rebuilding the FSU is dead.  We need to keep it buried.

     

     

    if this is a war of attrition ukraine has lost.

    i'd place my bet on the russian bear to bleed slower than the ukranians. history backs this up.

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    3 hours ago, FourFans said:

    No one.  That's who's winning.  It's war.  No one wins in war.

    Counter question: What do you think would happen afterwards if Russia were allowed to go unchecked by western support?   US and NATO stops supporting Ukraine, as you think should happen, and Russia dominates and takes the entire of Ukraine.  Then what?  You think he'll stop? 

    yes. invading ukraine (a NON NATO) country with historical ties to Russia/USSR, is a much different calculus than invading other european countries.

    nuance is a beautiful thing. and guess what....if putin decided to push farther then NATO kicks their ass. simple.

     

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

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    1 hour ago, Ganderly8 said:

    Hello,

    wondering if anyone here knows much about the new Rated Demonstration program bonus for this FY?

    I'm currently a former CSO  going through UPT with a ADSC til FY25. At first glance at this PSDM it looked like I wouldn't be eligible but looking at it further I can't find anywhere it flat out says I'm ineligible. Specifically under the ETP section where it mentions "aviators who are currently in UFT who have not incurred the UFT ADSC" may request an ETP. Not sure who else that sentence would apply for other than cross-training folks.

    I know its a long shot but I'm not gunna not ask, seeing as how they've got my ass for the full twenty either way...

    Thanks!

    don't you already incur 10 years additional ADSC after UPT?

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