Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "Ryan McBeth" channel.

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  18. I always loved the "The Military-Industrial Complex" and the knee jerk, "There's no such thing". No, there is. They're called defense contractors, they specialize in contracting for the DoD. They don't specialize in fast food, they don't specialize in making luxury cars, they don't specialize in a field of medicine, they specialize in areas specific to the DoD. They're also not some evil villain living under an erupting volcanic lair. Their business specializes in DoD, just as a plumber specializes in plumbing and not hair dressing. As for MICE vs RICE, I prefer RICE. Reward isn't always money, it can be possessions, favors, power, hundreds of things that are no or minimal financial cost, but not available to the prospect. Snowden was ego, I base that upon actually meeting him during a DoD wide response to a compromise throughout the SWA AOR. Wouldn't have remembered him, save for the ego, while possessing only mediocre talent, but was excessively proud of his degree. Stuck in my mind and when his face flashed on the news, yeah, came right back to me. Agree though, his FSB handler should've been given a medal and promotion. For the "guests" that appear, well, they gain stature in their niche and hence, Reward rather than money. Many conflate money with power and influence and they're different things. One can influence with a few casual words. Money can buy some power, but remember the lesson of OJ. OJ went on trial for his life, expending tons of money and ending up the poorer for it in the end. Oliver North lied before Congress, got caught perjuring himself, got his own shows for his trouble. North didn't have much money, but he had power in knowing people and events. He never needed a trial.
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  26.  @Chuck59ish  Boston and Halifax, tied and true forever. Boston sent help to Halifax after the port explosion in WWI pretty much leveled their waterfront and have exchanged gifts fairly often since. Frequently, it's where Boston's official Christmas Tree comes from. I served US Army from 1982 - 2019 (end of year). Dealt with a few red book incidents, not a lot of fun, but came with the job. Trained with one East German officer on an exchange program that slipped through the cracks, as he was former Spetsnaz. Recognized by both insignia worn and well, the last time I saw him, he was aiming a Makarov at me. We were patrolling a rifle range firing line, saw each other at 25 meters and mutually froze. I reached for my old low rider holster, he reached for his, neither of us wearing one of those models at the time, due to our mutual duties and uniforms. I said, "Look, we were both doing our duties, it's over now". He responded, "Da". Do my immediate left was one firer, who literally dropped his rifle, rolled over from his prone position and looked at me questioningly. He was our Slavic language interpreter. "Sorry, but you don't have a need to know". He shrugged, returned back to his firing position. Out of all enlisted, he went out with my group for drinks. True story. Shit gets weird at times, but we're all doing our jobs and if improbably recalled to duty after retirement, I'd still kill him if I had to. And no, people. It's still classified. I'll probably get shit saying this much. But now, I'm old and ill, so life in prison doesn't have that much of a threat to me any longer. But, experiencing and getting to survive to talk and write about history, as it is written, well, it... sucks.
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