Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "Ryan McBeth" channel.

  1. You can survive a cyber attack for about a week. After that all bets are off.
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  2. Can a drone take and hold ground?
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  3. It's all geek to me.
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  4. So, Peter, will the CHICOMs get your butt hairs only after they pry them from your cold dead fingers?
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  5. The Russians must hate Ryan. He keeps blowing up their disinformation, while making science fun at the same time.
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  6. Is she the best choice to be the DNI? I f not, pick somebody else.
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  7. Uncle Joe appreciates all useful idiots until they are no longer useful, then it's pop-pop. Next!
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  8. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
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  9.  @timharris3203  The Army has always viewed aircraft as a form of on-call artillery. They prefer to have aircraft loitering over their positions 24/7, but this is neither practical nor wise because it takes away the key advantage of air power - flexibility. They also like to see the planes in action, blasting away at their opponent. It's good for troop morale even if it isn't safe for the aircrews. In a similar vein the Air Force would like to have its bases ringed by Army or Marine ground pounders with their own armor and artillery to defend the base from attack. This is not feasible or practical for reasons that should be obvious. It's a waste of valuable resources that could be put to much better use by attacking the enemy in the front lines.
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  10. You had me at Tackleberry.
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  11. Roger, wilco, over and out.
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  12. Ryan is to intel analysis what Sherlock Holmes was to fictional crime solving, a man capable of clear inductive and deductive reasoning.
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  13. I suspect kryptonite was involved.
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  14. DEI isn't helping.
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  15. Turkish manufacturing tends to run hot and cold. For example, Turkish pistols are fine, but their shotguns are scat.
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  16. Ryan, I wasted a good deal of time trying to explain these facts to people on YT, many of whom insisted they were Army aviation vets or knew it was all about stealing land for lithium mining, etc. I'm sure some of the posters are bad actors or trolls, but it amazes me how willingly gullible their audience can be. They want their fantasies to be true because it fits their current political narrative and nothing you or I say will dissuade them. You tell them the truth and they go into an angry screed about how you are a leftist commie plant. I saw this same behavior when I worked command and control at the Pentagon during Katrina. It never changes.
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  17.  @zulubeatz1  Not according to some YT test and reviews.
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  18. Kids read Harry Potter?
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  19. As my Pappy used to say, "Don't confuse me with the facts".
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  20. Ryan's curse: May the eye of Sauron be upon you.
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  21. Lord, I hope Ryan didn't go Jeffrey Dahmer on us.
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  22.  @RyanMcBethProgramming  Not being a gamer (I have a life), I had to look up that reference. 🙂 I would have gone with Drew Carey.
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  23. Double False Flag?
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  24. I've got a name for this guy, but YouTube will probably censor me if I post it. 😉
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  25. I came close to joining EOD after I supervised the writing of a promotion test for their career field. I only mention this because of an incident that occurred a few years later while I was on leave in Africa. After a night of drinking with some folks I'd met at my hotel who were working on a nearby movie set, I decided to take up an offer from a member of this group, a pretty young Australian nurse. Having been warned I likely would not get past the security guards who manned the entrance to the set, I took a circuitous route through the Zimbabwe bush, eventually finding myself in a large open field. When about halfway across it, I suddenly remembered a warning I'd received from one of my drinking companions that there was an old minefield near the set that was left over from the country's recent civil war. At this point I wasn't sure what to do, but then I noticed a nearby vehicle trail that ran all the way to the movie set. This was when my limited EOD knowledge kicked in. I figured if a vehicle could cross these tracks without exploding, so could I. When I eventually made my way up the path to the set, the young nurse was quite shocked to see me. Rather pleased with myself, I told her how I had successfully traversed the minefield. She replied, "It isn't mines you should have been worried about. It's cape buffalo. One of the women here got mauled by one in that field last week." Oh well, I got some good photos of the place and returned to my hotel via the front gate. As I expected, the guards only noticed the people coming in, not going out.
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  26. I'm five foot eleven and a half inches tall in the morning, but if I really stretch myself, I can touch six feet. When that doesn't work I can always stretch the truth instead.
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  27.  @JohnShalamskas  That's why I keep a rack in the basement. 😉
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  28. This is a good overview of penicillin development and early use. As for the conclusion, The World War Two channel drew the opposite one when they aired their video on the topic last year. In truth, no single invitation or battle wins any war, but penicillin definitely helped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbOLeCdWhY
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  29. There you go again, Ryan, trying to confuse us with the facts.
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  30. Watch "The Final Option" (1982), aka "Who Dares, Wins". It shows how the Soviets played these same games with the West during the Cold War.
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  31. For nearly a year now my wife has been getting fake ratings on her published books. They come in waves every day or two around the same time (mornings) and range from one to five stars. There are never any comments posted, and her book sales in no way reflect the number of ratings she receives. Collectively these ratings have brought down her average score on Amazon and Good Reads. I keep telling her it's bots and trolls, but she remains puzzled why anyone would waste their time this way. There is nothing controversial or political in her writing. She reported this problem to Amazon, but the company refused to investigate or take any action. Meanwhile, she has seen some authors receive nothing less than hundreds of five-star ratings all at once without a single comment or lesser rating. Can someone explain what is going on and why?
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  32. Bullpups, sporks, HMOs, and HOAs are all spawns of Satan.
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  33. Premium beer? That's a good one.
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  34. Fascinating.
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  35. If Ryan's theory is correct, then the Russians need to compare British and French armor tactics of 1940 with those of the Germans.
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  36. A general discharge most definitely can prevent you from becoming a police officer. It happened to a relative of mine and he was not able to get hired until he got the discharge upgraded to honorable, which also can be done. In regard to these two volunteers, I cannot fathom how their disgruntlement with their respective countries would drive them to serve under a despot such as Putin. It may well be that the West is entering a period of decline in freedom, morality, and quality of life, but how much do you have to suspend reality to think that Russia has ever come close to matching the West in each of these categories, particularly with regard to their invasion of Ukraine and the horrible treatment of its citizens?
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  37. I always wondered why they were called technicals. Now I know.
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  38. Tankers do it with longer hoses.
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  39. I worked at Hardee's in the 1970s, but I'm feeling much better now.
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  40. The United States Air Force, making hash out of Houthi hashtags since 2002 (more or less).
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  41. Thanks for the Paul Harrell plug. We're all praying for him.
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  42. Wagner the dog?
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  43. Six finger, six finger, man alive, how did I ever get along with five? If you remember this jingle, you must be my age.
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  44. Nice bit of PysOps on your part, Ryan. 😉
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  45. Thanks, Ryan. I wasn't aware the old Soviet maskirovka machine was cranking out disinformation on this V-1 style terror attack. Usually they brag about adding to their tally of civilian body parts.
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  46. You're doing the Lord's work, Ryan. Keep it up.
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  47. My cousin fell for this false flag video and pretty much everything else that is anti-Trump. It's easy when you hate somebody with a passion. I chuckled when I saw the video because it makes no sense to anyone who knows the history of the past ten years. It is interesting how this story has since morphed into Trump somehow being responsible for delayed aid to Ukraine these past few months despite having been out of office for over three years.
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  48. Hubris kills.
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  49. Sounds like a real moneymaker.
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  50.  @angmori172  They are today and I'd like to keep it that way.
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