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Whether we should support Ukraine or not (we should, just not with a blank check), is less of a question than how this will impact the 2024 election, and the impact that will have on support as the election is essentially around the corner. Let’s face it, most Americans couldn’t care less about foreign policy and Ukraine, much like Afghanistan. The fact that we are sending hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine in a time where our economy is suffering is something the Democratic nominee will have to defend, and a fact that the Republican nominee will exploit. Most Americans don’t get a hard-on from “killing Russians!” Nikki Haley is already exploiting this by criticizing our excessive foreign aid as a whole. I didn’t know we gave foreign aid to Belarus, a country that is very pro Russian.
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It was a photo op, nothing else. Stop pretending otherwise.
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My point is there was a huge time and resource cost for Biden to go into Ukraine, where no US troops are stationed, so he could get a photo op. I’m glad we are supporting Ukraine but this stunt did nothing to advance Ukrainian defense objectives. No one in Ukraine gives a shit that Biden shows up for theatrics. So let’s stop sitting around and acting like this is such a huge strategic deal because it’s not. In no way shape or form does this change Russia’s calculus. They probably would’ve never invaded Ukraine had Biden not been President.
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The same people in EUCOM who are currently running humanitarian relief efforts in Turkey had to deal with a PR distraction so Biden could get his photo op in Ukraine..don’t see a problem with that? Oh and later this week FLOTUS is taking a Safari to Kenya that precious resources get to be wasted on. You probably don’t see a problem with that either.
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Theatrics that doesn’t help the Ukrainians in any way possible, and caused a lot of work for military folks in the AOR. All while in the middle of a massive HA/DR effort for Turkey. Biden probably thought he was in Moscow. We don’t need to parade this dude around anymore than we have to. Our credibility as a nation has suffered enough in the last few years.
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Ah Red Flag Alaska. Every MC / PROJO’s nightmare…at least the flying is beautiful.
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FIFY
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How do you feel about your airframe and mission?
dream big replied to innovator's topic in General Discussion
Same as always, work hard play hard. You’ll be busy no matter which base you go to. You’ll go to some really cool places and some not so nice places (fun in of itself). 3000’ dirt LZs and unlike the dirty H model (I jest), you’ll land there as a brand new Co. Airdrop is a lot of fun. There is a lot of GK to maintain and mission planning can result in some long days. Leadership are generally good dudes and gals these days, and there is definitely a push to be more survivable in the first island chain so expect to be challenged when you get to the unit and be in the vault studying quite a bit. PM me with more questions. -
Not quite accurate. No American troops in Ukraine is accurate. We have thousands who have deployed to Poland and Romania. All it takes is a light in the powder keg and those people are in a very real threat environment, as are our fighters and AWACS flying around there.
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It was a complete lie, most of his voters will stupidly believe it though. I really liked how McCarthy tried to be the adult in the room. Makes Pelosi look like a petulant child from two years ago . The SOTU is nothing more than political theater. Accomplishes absolutely nothing.
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Our current DOD apparatus is way too incompetent to pull off a conspiracy like this. I find it more likely that it was the Russians. In desperation they would shoot their toe and point fingers.
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Haiti thread - to intervene or not...
dream big replied to Clark Griswold's topic in General Discussion
Hell no! I love this country but we have burned every country we have touched in the last 30 years. Secure our borders first and foremost before nation building in Latin America. It truly is awful in Haiti, I remember when a certain POTUS called it a Shit Hole in jest and everyone lost their minds. Perhaps an understatement. -
No need! Just view it live to see what a clusterfuck our government is and the bafoons that run it.
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Do you really think it will be Biden? He cannot string two sentences together and clearly has dementia, and his party isn’t necessarily coming to his aid with the classified stuff.
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Fixed it for you
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Couldn’t agree more! Is the moon Blue tonight?
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Of course it’s real. While the rest of his 4 star buddies are focused on pronouns and diversity TED talks, he is actually focused on what matters and what will kill us. If you’ve ever met the guy, you know, he’s the real deal. Make whatever ATIS and fat chick jokes you want, INDOPACOM presents a logistics, movement, and maneuver challenge that we have never seen before and it’s nice that AMC is finally focused on the mission instead of 1206s.
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Been saying this for years. Want to improve QOL for maintainers? Get rid of the AMXS and PCA everyone to the flying squadron. Marines and Navy have no problem with this model. 0-4 leadership position is MX OIC as a pilot. Not sure if it would make sense to fuse the MXS side as well. In any case, along those lines, I say get rid of all Groups and transition to an A-Staff model where Squadrons report directly to the Wing. I believe Mt Home and some other bases have already done that. My army coworkers look at my sideways when I tell them we have 0-6 Group Commanders and 0-6 Wing Commanders.
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Remember approx 15-20 years ago when Democrats hated Bush and were firmly anti-war and it was the Republicans who were pro intervention and considered war hawks? Man how times have changed.
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I get your point but a good E-8 or E-9 can be worth their weight in gold if: the unit has a lot of enlisted personnel which most units above the squadron level and above do, the associated officer is not a giant pussy and utilizes them correctly, and the E-8 or E-9 is a good dude/gal that mentors and looks after the young people and doesn’t care about mustache length and ball caps.
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Joe Biden was never likeable. He was always a racist, misogynistic, bumbling moron who was just trying to find more young women to sniff. What you said about Trump and what I said about Biden can be true at the same time you know. The difference is the country did very well under one of those two…and it’s not Mr. Sniffs.
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C’mon man that’s Trump’s fault!! Gas prices are going down, and they only went up because of Putin. We also solved inflation under Biden! Back to eating Ice Cream and finding a new lady to sniff.
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I thought he “grew up in a Black Church”? Or was that just another pandering talking point to win over the African American vote?
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I never said I agreed with it, as a Catholic I believe the church should accept you no matter how shitty of a person you are in real life; I just find it comical that’s all!
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Biden is so Catholic that the church refuses to offer him communion due to his acquiescent views on Abortion.
