Youtube comments of (@bdinaz).

  1. In the 70's and 80's we observed the group of soviet forces Germany each time they went to their local training areas in East germany. They never made it there as a whole. Tanks, trucks, and.bmps were always strewn broken down on the roads. Their maintenancenand.logistixal rates just to go to those close in places was nothing short of scandalous. Largely it was due to the conscript army they fielded which had no professionalism about it. And they are only slightly better now that they have a few "contract" soldiers in the ranks.....
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  2. The minority in congress needs to get director of FBI on record promising to prevent Epps impending suicide long enough for him to testify before the incoming congress investigating the fbi.
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  3. You have lost the Canadian Warrior ethos. And replaced it with an eager socialized medicine clientele.
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  4. We always imputed competence to the soviets. Those of us got to see them up close and personally recognized that it was all designed as a bluff. Their training was abysmal then, and only slightly better now.
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  5. Biden said "dont."😢 The Mullahs "did." Could he be any weaker?
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  6. Why won't the Hammys do a proof of life for the 70+ hostages believed still held by them in Gaza? I get a really bad feeling about this.
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  7. Does anyone else think Sinwar is the spitting image of Mojo Jojo?
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  8.  @0baddawa0  i never had that problem with either that FAL or the M14. Not so lucky with all the trash added to an m4.
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  9.  @0baddawa0  possibly that is true. But with 24 years of military service and a decent level of experience with all of the service weapons my opinion is still valid.
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  10. Note that like the Hammys to the south of them, the Hezzies prance about in snazzy green battledress uniforms in parades and training videos. But never fight in them. Thats so they can be counted amongst the civilian dead when the dust settles...
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  11. The Hammies finally found their snazzy green battledress uniforms with bright green headband. They hadn't worn those since 6 October 2023. Obviously they didn't wear them in battle.
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  12. We used to have a term to describe this individual. "Lying Sack." He is going to do time for perjury next year after the election....
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  13. And the tribal war keeps on rolling along...
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  14.  @mohammadhossain7336  I have worked with the IDF when I was in the US Army. Was very impressed with their efforts to minimize collateral damage to civilians. They make an effort. The hammys on the other hand. To them Collateral damage is the point of the effort.
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  15. At great length he said NOTHING.
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  16.  @nicmacovei  let's just say I am well retired from my first life. Now doing what I like.....
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  17. ​ @davidgetchell630 The United States Army. Fantastic example of 1942 in the Philippines. Douglas MacArthur had a choice to make. Occupy Manila and defend it causing untold thousands of casualties to both rhe invading Japanese army AND the citizens of Manila. Or declare Manila an Open City and move across the bay to the Bataan peninsula to save the Pearl of rhe Orient as it was then known. He decided that while he could do maximum damage to rhe Japanese in rhe city and possibly hold out until relief came. It would be the wrong decision for humanitarian grounds.. He gave the order to move rhe troops out of the open city. First world decision by a humanitarian leader. Sadly the Hammys do not belong in the first world.
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  18.  @0baddawa0  but while the range is well within the 5.56mm parameter, I would rather have the penetrating ability of the 7.62mm round, particulalrly if you can get the ap round which as far as I know is still somewhat available (m993?) All the sovs I am seeing in video are wearing the sov body armor that complicates things.
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  19. This is an apocryphal story the tell in Mexico to try and justify his actions. But usually the story goes that it was the local merchant who sold him faulty ammunition. Neither of which were ever alluded to at the time, nor is any paper trail available on either side of the border in any contemporary accounts.
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  20. Quick analysis of this video shows a couple of key things. The Russian Army still does not have an effective NCO corps. The fighting positions are what we characterize as "Ranger Graves" and a us unit would only dig to that level if they were staying for a couple of hours. By next morning the standard would be expected to be armpit deep and shortly after that some sort of overhead cover would be in place. From the squalid level of their trash it is obvious they have been in place longer than a week. My platoon sergeant would have popped a blood vessel if we had allowed ourselves to live this way. Back in the 80's all Soviet Enlisted troops were effectively conscripts at the operational level and the junior officers acted like sergeants. They obviously still are.
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  21.  @cerberusleviath4575  how do you characterize "winning " Was Germany still winning in 1918 because rhey still occuppied French soil?
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  22.  @jojorice1705  Gee. I HAVE BEEN TO THE ministry of Defense in Israel. Don't remember a hospital there. I do remember it was walking distance from the beach. That was AWESOME.
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  23. My guess is not enough fuel to retreat. They can't see the Ukrainian patrols that are sniping them with atgm so ammo is no problem. Slowly starving.... And day by day there are fewer of them. Morale is likely non existant.....
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  24.  @lesterksi4521  hammys, hoots, and Hezzies fighting for Mad Mullah Money...
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  25. I think the problem is Kosinski has had plenty of Liberal therapy already. You know, the kind that can't identify what woman is.
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  26. Being that russia denies they are at war, that sort of negates it, right? In fact, since Russia denies being at war, couldn't the russian soldiers be tried criminally? Just something to think about.....
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  27.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  and arguably the best US president of the last century was an actor. Whats your point?
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  28. It is more complex than what you see here. Best example was right after 9/11 half the congress people started showing up with boxes of stuff they said needed to be purchased immediately. It just so happened this gear was usually produced in their district by campaign donors. At first whole batches of this crap got purchased and shipped in to both Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of it was of dubious value. Then the formed a team to review this stuff to see if anyone even wanted it, and then shortly after that if it even had half a chance at functioning. In the meantime this gear was sent in to theater and was often just stuffed into Connexs to get it out if the way. We were always impressed when corporate guys back home trumpeted the gear they built, funded, and shipped over and was supposedly winning the war for us. Only we knew it filled multiple connexes never to be used. Always wondered what became of half of it as we left MANY connexes in place when we left.
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  29. In the movie braveheart there is a scene just before the battle of Sterling where two Scotsman are standing side by side and they look over at the scottish noblemen who are asking them to stay on the field of battle until terms that benefit the nobles are negotiated. The one scotsman turns to the other and says something to the effect of "I am not fighting for THAT lot..." and starts to walk off. The current Administration with its psychotic woke policies are simply looking for terms that are advantageous to them. Who wants to fight for that?
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  30.  @countesswidow9300  The problem is the culture and religion both reinforce the nature of inter tribal warfare. It is an endorsed search for ultimate power. Identical to Saudi, Iran, etc.
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  31. Why censor that Canadian specialists move to Arizona? C'mon guys it is the truth.
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  32. ​ @drjanitor3747 It seems I am being censored for asking the question of how does one commit Genocide against a group whose Genome makes up 30% of your loyal population?
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  33. Familiar with the movie Munich starring Eric Bana? Its sequel is playing out in front of you. Maybe 7 October was a bad idea....
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  34.  @thewingedhussar4188  why ain't they out in their rubber boats then?
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  35. @hanifkhan8822  In my 24 year military career i did assignments in Iraq, Saudi, Israel, Kuwait, and Egypt. About 25% of my career was spent dealing with people of that region. It was a fantastic education on the petulant, graft ridden, tribal societies. Some were better than others. But tribalism for control of power was the over riding them in all of them. I doubt you are as well versed....
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  36.  @jrkr7357  greatest? Thats funny. How is the borscht on the second floor of the Lubyanka tonight?
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  37. The other half come from India...
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  38.  @billageguy2168  so, the Russians who have 140 million people. And a declining birthrate are willing to absorb 250,000 casualties over the next year? That would be like the US absorbing 750,000. And we don't have a declining population base. Far from it. How is the russian GDP going to be when its most productive population asset is missing from the workforce?
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  39.  @altergreenhorn  Yeah, but mostly it was fear generated by an unknown. The Sov's staged so many large scale maneuvers that were so highly rehearsed and filmed snippets of them. One in particular I remember was them using tanks to snorkle under a river to cross it. Impressive video. Later we learned the actual event was an abysmal failure in which they had to pave a portion of a river and set it up for total success. And in the event they still lost tank crews as they flooded and drowned.
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  40. ​ @MrGreg771  I doubt you will find any to old Vlad Pooty in Russia very soon.
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  41. Move her to the "ain't hiring that one" list.
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  42. Something to note from the video is those BTRs are emplaced on hull down fighting positions, but not two step firing positions. The roof tops of the btr were still visible and thus fair game for javelin and NLAW. Something else, no sign of movement on the ground. Where were the dismounts? I am getting the impression some of these russian units are operating at far below strength. Maybe just vehicle crews? Russian version of shock and awe with little shock and almost no awe involved.
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  43.  @davidgetchell630  really? Well, the US Army as part of NATO and in Korea stages a yearly exercise where they evacuate Non combatants called a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO). The cornerstone of the NATO defense of Western Europe was to follow the Law of Land Warfare (lolw) and practice removing their citizens from the towns about to be fought in. Last time I was part of it was 2009 when I retired. Recent enough for you? So, just to summarize.. Western civilizations value human life. Third world nations and especially terrorists do not.
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  44.  @xavariusquest4603  all evidence i have seen points to one key discriminatory between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine has a western trained non commission officer corps that effectively patrols and conducts operations. Russia does not.....
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  45.  @julianpetkov8320  nato is engaged in Ukraine? Son, if that was the case the russian survivors would be gathering in Omsk, Tomsk , Minsk and Pinsk...... Those who did not turn over their Rumored vehicles as a premium on their surrender. Let's face it, the Russians have had delusions of competence sine the 1950's....
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  46. I am fairly certain the bright green headbands say: "I AM A MEAT POPSICLE" in Arabic.
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  47.  @0baddawa0  the ap round will punch through the standard russian version of a SAPI Plate. But not the standard green tip. Sorry, saw the demonstration yeaRs ago.
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  48. Time to push them out of the way with the minivan. If the get under the wheels that is unfortunate.
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  49.  @ramonpilgrim6623  there have been no stories regarding ukrainian pows in russua. Russians do not have a positive record regarding treatment of POWs.
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  50. 1 million russian casualties ? The country is 140 million total and that would have 3.4 million 18-24 year old males. Have they really ground away 33% of their most valuable youths? Impossible....
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  51.  @dixonpinfold2582  yup, my reply saying the Biden Administration is willing to ignore US casualties if it wins the Muslim vote in Michigan keeps getting censored.
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  52. What kind of therapy have you gone through to get to them point that killing hostages is the rescue teams fault?
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  53.  @greenllama2856  Once again I gotta stress that the US Army does not sell ammunition. Contractors might... The traditional unproven story is that a merchant in Columbus. Possibly one of the Ravell Brothers was the person who Villa was angry at. But no proof exists to this day.
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  54. Dy else wondering why the Hammy financiers in Qatar don't get the "Munich" treatment?
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  55.  @notfinn1583  The Law of Land Warfare does not provide special carve out for insurgents or "Resistance" fighters. All combatants are expected to safely evacuate civilians from the battle area they control to prevent civilian casualties. Over the 24 years I was in uniform I observed several occasions where the US and its allies rehearsed this as what we titled Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO). The Isrealis already did this by evacuating approximately 100,000 civilians from the north of their country to provide safety for them. Hezzbollah is expected to do the same. But they qont because to them civilians are just unexpended propaganda ammunition.
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  56.  @Pacific-qu7en  history is different than Mexican Tall tales.
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  57. He is afraid what he will look like in his orange jumpsuit....
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  58. The crew is the blast absorbers...
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  59. My experience is that it is not the experience IN Iraq and Afghanistan that puts parents off from encouraging their children to join. Rather it is largely the post conflict results that discourages them. Both Iraq and Afghanistan suffered from the post fall of Saigon syndrome. I first put on a uniform in 1982 and MIGHT not have joined during a second Carter administration. Giving up on South Vietnam coupled with Desert One was NOT a great advertising point. Today, no one in uniform trusts the current administration to use the military to do anything like fight an actual war. But we do expect to see a steady drumbeat of woke policies enacted by weak leaders. You want to fight for that?
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  60. What the hell does Comprehensive Immigration Reform mean? To the Biden administration it means remove all laws governing people Crossing illegally.
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  61. @mrman4003  socialism breeds a contented waistrel society. That's Europe...
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  62. Low gear and SHOVE.
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  63. Hey Al Jazeera, were they MURDERED by the Hammys? Come on, you can admit it in your headline.....
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  64.  @Pacific-qu7en  culturally the truth must be valued before it is accurately collected, analyzed, and processed. In the US army they have traditionally done so in after action reports (AAR) going back with limited exceptions to the founding of the nation. That is done to improve performance and decrease unnecessary casualties. sometimes these reports prove very embarrassing but without them learning cannot occur. I see no such desires on the parts of the Villista or Carrancista Armies who did not seemingly mind huge losses of casualties on the battlefield. Thus accurate information out of them was second to saving face. Hence the peculiar apocryphal stories that spring from the revolution... "VILLA captured and executed hundreds of US soldiers" "Villa lured US airplanes by wearing Carrancistas uniforms and having them land." "Villa put horseshoes on backwards to disguise direction of travel" And "Villa captured US soldiers and sent them back mercifully with only their ears cut off." Every single US casualty is well documented in the AAR's. But no such effort was undertaken on the Villista/carrancista side as it was not valued information.
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  65.  @ratherbewargaming3753  the US story is based on documentation. The Mexican telling of apocryphal Villa stories is based on inflated tales told around campfires for 100 years. Much wishing would make it so going on.
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  66. Being yhat a contingent of the UNWRA participated eith the Hammys on the 7 October attack. And the Hammys wander around their compound fully armed. I think i would not want to wear anything that designates me as UNWRA.
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  67.  @annamric6597  Guess what? In recent history they are. But in reality the bad guy in movies now is always some sort of neo Nazi INSTEAD of a guy like Abu Sabaya, Khaddaffy Janjalani, Isnalon Hapilon etc.
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  68. Current Russian ops are based on the notion that they can cremate their dead and simply say "Uri, who is Uri...." to their population at home. Note non of the captured Russians seem to have ready identification. Likely a dodge for the deniability issue of casualties. Vlad putin does not want bodies showing up for funerals in Moscow after all like they did from afghanistan. The Ukrainians need to start collecting all the Russian dead, photographing them, collecting DNA, and offering to show the results to the Russian public on a" humanitarian basis." Then offer to let them pick up the bodies in Romania or Poland.
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  69.  @christinemeleg4535  Sadly the russians have never valued their soldiers who have surrendered. FOllowing WWII soldiers from Russia who were repatriated to the Soviet Union were disappeared into the Gulags when handed back to the Soviets by the allies in th west. And I think these guys know that.
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  70.  @hkfoo3333  Katyn Massacre. The Poles remember.....
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  71.  @valp1621  Russian MOD? We trust them not at all....
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  72. ​ @drjanitor3747 we could say the same about you.
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  73.  @julianpetkov8320  nato is now using isis tactics? How much therapy have you had?
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  74.  @billageguy2168  please provide said facts and numbers....
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  75. Perhaps the Hezzies should have adhered to the law if land warfare and not put their forces adjacent or in culturally sensitive sites. Of the Hezzies put their personnel or equipment in those locations the IDF is not prohibited from striking them according to the LoLW.
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  76.  @ratherbewargaming3753  Please find a contemporaneous account from a Villista Officer or enlisted man in which they have written home and said that they had been cheated in a weapons purchase in Columbus. Key is the document must be written prior to lets say April 1st 1916.
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  77. ​ @Ibn_Abdulaziz  Wow, you guys have gone a long way in the way back machine.....
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  78. Lebanon? Until the 70s Lebanon was considered a Christian nation. Then the Pallys did what they always do when they got kicked out of Jordan.
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  79. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms with bright green headbands, how would you know?
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  80. Too many aircraft in the attack.
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  81.  @captainbroady  there is no hearts. They have no minds....
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  82. Yup, the Hammys are evil.
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  83.  @philobetto5106  I first put on a uniform in 1982. Faced quite a bit of scorn from the liberal democrats i came in contact with. Was told by the Vietnam vets who trained me to never expect anything in the way of gratitude or any form of appreciation. In fact at a family reunion my passle of liberal aunts all got into a discussion about where they had failed when I joined the Army. Was totally mystified when I returned home after Desert Storm to discover the common man in the US had come alive during the time i was in the Middle East and put the libs in their place. Make no mistake, The libs like AOC still hate those of us in uniform, but are usually wise enough not to voice their opinion of us. But AOC has never been wise.....
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  84.  @villejunttila1425  that is not what is being reported. Many instances are being reported of conscripts without any previous traing are being dispatched to the warzone.
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  85.  @187Rajah  how is life on the nighyshift in Lubyanka tonight? Only 2000 russian casualties? They lost more than that in the three day fiasco at Hostomel.
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  86.  Rico Thampaty  I have seen the interviews of those from Eastern Ukraine who have been swept up into conscription for the russian forces. They don't know why they are there and do not have any training.
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  87.  @cagneybillingsley2165  except instead of shipping toyotas, blankets, and fruit to Europe, the Iranians ship AKs to the Hezzies and Hammys. There is no equivalence....
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  88.  @RR-in7do  ...with pallets of cash Barry Obama gave them....
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  89. Thank you for explaining the st George's ribbon of orange and black. I have been wondering what that is all about for quite some time. I particulalry get a kick out of the Russian paratroops with it sewn into their uniforms like addidas piping who were stuck in the elevator. Funny as hell.
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  90. Mr Wray, is there anything you can tell us that is not part of some sort of active Investigation? Q: Did you have a good lunch? A: I am sorry, but I will not answer that due to an ongoing invedtigation. Q: Do you like baseball? A: I am sorry.... Q: Are you a pedafile? A: i am sorry..... God, where does he think this ends for him?
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  91. to quote Charles Durning from the Best Little whorehouse in Texas. "Ohhh, I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me, now they don't-i've come and gone and ooh I love to sweep around the widestep, cut a little swathe and lead the people on...."
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  92. DUDE, they were murdered by the Hammys.....
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  93.  @katina55312  You do realize taking hostages is a war crime? Murdering those hostages is another war crime?
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  94. Yeah, they just censored it heavily against opposing comments.....
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  95.  @NightDark-bw3xv  freedom and peace? Thats what you call executing girls for reading?
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  96.  @kissthesky9969  once again I ask for proof beyond the apocryphal myths spouted around mexican campfires for the past 100 years. A bill of sale... A contemporaneous letter from a Villa associate at the time to someone else. Etc......
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  97. It is what Germany and Japan looked like after WWII. Guess they shouldn't have attacked on 7 October....
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  98. Yup, hiding Hammys amongst the Aid workers certainly is cowardly. But they do it as matter of course ...
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  99.  @ashes2rose  A case of friendly fire in 1967 has you in a tussle? I am more concerned by the 240 Marines killed in Beirut, 220 diplomatic personnel killed in the Embassy bombing of 1998 in Africa, and 31 US civilians killed 7 October. What say you about those?
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  100.  @mujahidepakistan4525  this is historically untrue. From 1830 to 1948, there were many pogroms in Palestine that aimed to expel Jews from the region.  This is in keeping with the Islamic conquest paradim throughout the world. Don't sugar coat that which did not exist.
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  101. How does this person KNOW the IDF targets children? Was she inbedded with an IDF fireteam on the front lines?
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  102. I will be sure to tell the Christians of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Africa.
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  103. Yup, after 24 years in service we knew which side of the political aisle hated us. Democrats all....
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  104. Back in 1984 at Fort Lewis Washington I was trained to stay Off the road whenever possible.
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  105.  @gta1kev  except that is NOT the total case. 1.) Watching the russian troops reacting to fire on their own published Utube video shows that Russia still does not have an NCO corps worthy of a first rate military. Reaction to contact drills are virtually non existent. 2. The Russian BTGs have been badly mauled in the earlier fighting in February through May. What you are seeing now is amalgamations of two or three BTGs to make a full one immediately prior to jumping off on the attack. As such the reason no large scale Russian operations with advances are being made is because they have not had time to do collective training at the BTG level. That is why you see one company at a time moving.... 3. The Ukrainians spent the time from 2014 building an NCO corps under the tutelage of Nato which is showing results as small squad sized patrols right out of the ranger handbook take place. 4. Currently the only advantage the Russians have is the throw weight of their Artillery. But that is fleeting as they are being outclassed in target acquisition by the Ukrainians. You look at the fields and it is well obvious what the Russians are doing. They are popping off entire battalions of BM21 that pock mark the fields with their innacurate fire because russia has not target acquition for anything more precise. 5. Ukraine on the other hand can be more selective in their fires with 155mm and MLRS fires because they have eyes on target and they are fighting in their own back yard with registered data.
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  106.  @rickyknowles  something to consider, has anyone seen footage of a Russian medic or ambulance in action so far? The only footage I have seen was some general pinning medals to a room full of seated supposedl wounded soldiers who all are wearing pajamas and do not appear to be signicantly wounded. No missing limbs, casts, burns, or even scars one would expect to see if it was filmed at Landstuhl. Similar footage of medical awarded in the US is u sually done bedside. But that might be too traumatic for the Russian population who has been told this is not a war and no real casualties....
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  107. ​ @AbuHajarAlBugatti  ignorant? Not in the least. Comparatively well educated compared to urban dwellers...
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  108.  @obisanchez5286  what, nukes? Then people of future generations will wonder "what was a russian"?
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  109.  @obisanchez5286  how do you figure?
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  110. I wonder if anyone at the international red cross has asked for a by name list of: 1.) Ukrainian pows in captivity. 2.) Ukrainian refugees for fullest deportedbto the east. 3.) Ukrainian children also deported to the east. It is doubtful the Russians will reply. Humane treatment is not something the sovs are known for.
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  111.  @murphy7801  g3 is good, still love the old Fn/fal better for some reason.
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  112.  @blackllama4602  So the Arabs will quickly depart for Saudi Arabia, right?
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  113.  @salehothman449  naw, they were being butchered in October by the Hammys. You didn't seem to care then. Anything happening now is simply and sadly the result of collateral damage in war. And until the Hammys surrender it will keep happening. But make no mistake, it is the fault of the Hammys
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  114.  @MR-nl8xr  hell, Columbus resides In the tract of land willingly sold by the Mexicans to the US in the Gadsden purchase lo ng after the war.
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  115. My own theory is that he was attempting to break out and escape Gaza to go get his mad mullah money hidden off shore.
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  116. Same questions i wanted asked. Do I have an AIPAC handler? Grow up guys....
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  117. It looks like Germany and Japan after WWII. Guess they shouldn't have attacked on 7 October....
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  118. Why do I get censored for saying: 1.) Hezzbolah started this by killing 241 US Peace keepers in the Beirut bombing?
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  119.  @mpkid5  Note it did not burn. The damage is what we call a mobility kill. WHen the vehicle is recovered it will likely take time and hard work to replace damaged track and likely a bogey wheel or maybe a final drive. But I am certain that the ammo did not cook off. Hey, at least American Tanks and IFV dont hold the world record for highest turret throw....
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  120.  @EliteF22  yeah. It did.
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  121. When he was running for president and the leftists accused his supporters of being racists-Mitt should have kicked the leftists in the teeth. But that would have been unseemly and not at all swamp like. So he just shrugged and let the accusation stand. At least Trump fights. He will long be loved. Mitt will rightfully forgotten....
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  122.  @muzamilraza49  oh, a racial epithet.... Is that what passes for wisdom in the middle east?
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  123. It's amusing that these guys think the Eisenhower even noticed they were under attack. Sort of like pop bottle rocket at ten mile distance.
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  124. What do they THINK a kid with a BA with a Major of Gender Studies or Women's Studies is capable of doing? Being Barristas is what they are capable of doing.
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  125. Need to see the journos face so we know exactly who to hold in low regard.....
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  126. I used to watch his show on Sunday mornings. But then it became apparent he was a full-on swamp monster. He had no touch with anyone not in the Beltway. He could not understand why we in "flyover" country find those in DC to be so toxic to us. So I stopped recording his show and began watching Maria Bartiromo instead.
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  127. It was. Those of us who got to see their most elite and well financed unit, the Group of Soviet Forces Germany (GSOFG) quickly became aware that they were not the vented superman we were led to believe they were. Their maintainance status of their vehicles sucked as witness by the roads clogged with broken vehicles everytime they went to the field. And their training of their conscript force was mostly how not to get victimized by the older soldiers. Little war fighting training. We would have stacked their dead like sandbags at the Fulda. And the spongey terrain of the north German plain would have channelized them like the muddy fields of the Ukraine are now. Roadbound burned hulks....
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  128.  @louischau7982  I see no evidence of Ukrainians mistreating POWs. Please provide it.
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  129.    Sadly they will follow that pattern. That is the Russian way.
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  130.  @salahabdalla368  THen how did the Ukrainians lose so many troops in 2014 if there was no military action there?
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  131.  @billewilde1  yeah, a country that has WWI vintage tanks has an advantage against a country without any tanks at all.
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  132. An interesting stat is that the typical 18 year old of today is totally physically incapable of passing the physical standards that me and.my compatriots easily passed in 1982. Why is that? Today's kids are trapped at home sitting on their beds watching vapid influences on their phone. Parents today are terrified of sending their kids out to run and bike through the neighborhood unfettered like we did. Why can't they do that? Because the fear of child predators who are released from prison daily is real. At our high schools it used to be you had to actually work up a sweat and burn off calories as well as anxieties before showering it all off. Today they don't . Why not? Because the high schools are terrified of the potential of law suits by the transgendered being denied getting their kicks in the locker room. Kids today all seem to suffer from adhd and need adoral to sit quietly in class? Why? Because they are not spent from the lack of physical exertion. They are fat, but I think they consume fewer calories than we did then. They just can't burn it off....
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  133.  @ujwalkumar2003  so, what is the cut off? Is it when the Russians start showing up with 50 year old men driving t62? Or it it when 70 year old men start towing T34/85L to the battlefield?
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  134.  @julianpetkov8320  what human shields? Boy, the guys in Lubyanka got you working overtime tonight to give that one. In 1987 we would have stacked the dead Sovs like so many sandbags in the Fulda Gap. And they ain't tmproved since then
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  135.  @unknownalien3837  I guess they did not teach you to not play in the street as a kid. Must not have loved ya....
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  136. Is there an arrest warrant out for Sinwar?
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  137. I haven't told a pollster what I actually think in over six years....
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  138.  @AhmedSayed-gt5xg  glad you brought up the Arab conquest. When do we get to handle those refugees?
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  139.  @spacemarinechaplain9367  for all the supposed brilliance of his tactics, the only tactic he seemed to possess was a frontal mounted attack. Against a dug in defense with interlocking machine gun fields of fire, he just spent his conscripted Villistas lives like water. No problem for him, he would just press gang more in the next village or hacienda.
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  140. How do you equate getting 40% of his force killed as an immediate result of his attack on Columbus being smart?
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  141.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  yeah, because they were invited and it was initially a good deal.
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  142.  @ricardoserrano565  really? You have proof that the Ravel Brothers sold ammunition and weapons to Villa? I would love to see that. A receipt will do. Or even a contemporaneous account by one of Villas deputies written prior to 1924 will also suffice. The gentleman who has provided the definitive account of Villas arms and ammunition purchases as well as other logistical purchases couldn't find any trace of the Ravel Brothers providing such to the Villistas. So try again. Almost all purchases were conducted at Texas crossings by American firms located well away from the border. Regarding the federal forces being allowed to cross us tracks to other fronts. What role did the 10 US civilian citizens robbed and executed at Columbus have to do with it? How about the 16 Civilians robbed and executed on the train in Durango? The Mormon families in the Colonia? The female population of Namiquipa?
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  143.  @spacemarinechaplain9367  I think it is a cultural thing extending from Mexico's lifetime history of graft amongst its leaders and supplication from its base population. The base controls nothing in Mexico, including its history. Nor does an accurate telling benefit them. So the base creates aural legends hat does benefit them. Thus Pancho Villa becomes a Saint to the base regardless of how shabilly he treated the common base of Mexico. The base NEEDS a hero, and all they got is Pancho.
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  144.  @jorgenajar9407  the facts ARE well known. Military AAR's, court records of the testimony of the seven captured Villistas who were tried in Deming, and the interviews conducted with the kidnapped woman from the Mormon Colonia who observed from Cootes Hill, coupled with later testimony in the Silver City trials of later captured raiders gives us a very full picture of what happened. All of it establishes that much like Villas debacle at Hermosillo, villa intended to allow his troops to loot, rape, murder, and burn their way across Columbus. And having not learned from that embarassment the previous year, he got his forces ass kicked.
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  145.  @dariomendoza1518  please prove it. Invoices?
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  146.  @alterdrache  if you mean by fighting back after being surprised. Sure thing cowboy.
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  147.  @zehravesile  The UNWRA are two baby bottles?
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  148. Well they didn't seem to do so as the Hezzies dug under their posts....
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  149. Hey MEE. Gonna censor us today like always?
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  150. You can bet she won't move to Wyoming. Home for her IS the swamp in DC.
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  151. Geeee, I was there and recall NONE of these supposed atrocities you speak of. I do recall having to get each target blessed by the JAGs to prevent just what you stated happened. Perhaps you should only talk about things you ACTUALLY know.
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  152.  @cchamborant207  so, is it a worse war crime than executing civiliansnpushing bikes down the street? Just trying to get a magnitude of the offense from you. Is is worse than deporting civilians to work camps in the east of russia? How about shelling areas occupied by civilians?
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  153. They are infantry poor. Likely as a result of the old Soviet "cult of the Tank" which held sway for so long. Using infantry effectively requires an adequate NCO corps down to the fireteam level which the don't have.
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  154.  @jeff7461  poorly trained pretty well sums up the entire Russian Army....
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  155.  @viktoria3484  the Russians cannot afford to have an organization like Wounded Warrior within their country. Legless veterans who are honored in the US would give the lie to the Russian claim of minimal caualties.
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  156.  @kwadrupol2809  i get the feeling he is one of those sovafiles who plays the tank games on the computers that show the T72 as invincible. The real world is a much harsher environment than the Sovafiles are ready for.
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  157.  @teresrlove  I doubt the russians release them or exchange them. Not their style. The mass grave is sadly their style.
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  158.  @randomdude2832  advancing into the river where they sink.....
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  159.  @randomdude2832  except they seem to be getting ground down there.... Are the Sovs willing to exchange a BTG for every 6Km? That won't last long....
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  160. Hmmmmm.... smart munitions largely the norm in NATO and especially the US. Been a long time that an F16 has had to get in low with a target.
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  161. Okay, so they are being treated in accordance iwth the Geneva accords and the Laws of Land Warfare? Somehow I dont think Rape is in accordance.
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  162. It is time for Senator Sanders to explain how he earned his three houses on a public servants salary. If he thinks corporations are corrupt, they have nothing on the US Senate's members who get rich on insider knowledge. Pelosi, Menendez, etc.
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  163. Something to consider. Here in the states we have built quasi fraternal organizations named Wounded Warrior and the Tunnel to Towers foundation that makes it possible for the US soldiers to adapt to their changed post war lives. From what I can tell there is no such equivalent in Russia. And in a country of 140 Million people the presence of maimed and damaged persons must be significantly larger. But no news stories cover their presence in society which should be considerable. Something else to think about was the way the Soviets began sweeping their legless veterans of World War II from the streets in the 50s and 60s. Mostly they took those incapable of work who had been found begging and they disappeared enroute to a supposed veterans community on the Black sea by a small ship. But mostly they were never seen again. Math types took the size of the facility on imagery a nd compared it to the expected throughput and concluded that they never could have housed what they said they would.
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  164. @dawnjackson1802  That is a socialized commodity conundrum that everyone knows, but no one will say...
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  165.  @andyturbo  well, conversely you cannot expect the Hammies to be worried about the civilians in Gaza when they purposely build their defenses amongst them and wear civilian clothes in combat to blend in.
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  166. What do they feel to the gun toting thugs from Hamas who brought this upon them?
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  167.  @Makeitgreat1  yeah, "Dont" quit. Flatten the Hammys now. The Hammys COULD SURRENDER and face justice in the courts you know.
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  168. Hope democrats ENJOYED having people on committee. If MCCARTHY does not keep them off committees for at least the first year he needs to be voted off the island. But then again he has always been a Georgetown salon squish anyway....
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  169.  @julianpetkov8320  Junta? Where are we Argentina? And the only ss like actions are coming from soldiersnwearing red armbands....
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  170.  @paulwilliams5121  That is indeed a puzzler....
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  171.  @VerifiedVIPMember  ...Barry is....
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  172.  @michaelterry4394  yeah, I am certain he is putting together another pallet of cash to fly into Tehran...
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  173. Has anybody else seen any evidence that the reactive armor on T72 and T90 tanks has any positive effect for the crew? For a while there was video of captured tanks showing they were filled with rubber instead of explosives, and the side skirts had egg cartons. You would think that a crew that survived an engagement due to the positive effects of the reactive armor would proudly display the results. But it seems there are no survivors. I am beginning to believe the Russians simply put it on their tanks as placebos to give their crews false courage. Might as well give them each a liter of vodka to accomplish the same effect.
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  174. I love how the Russians like Shoigu are still stating they have only had 6,000 KIA. If that were the case they would not be conscripting everyone they can lay their hands on. Nor would there be a shortage of food or AKs. Hell, they could cadge that many from the nK Peoples Army.
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  175. Anyone else notice the lack of the meme warriors from the cubicles of the Lubyanka? You used to see several of them from the night shift on each posting. But they are not present anymore. My guess is they have all been committed to working local consumption ops now....
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  176. Who would try them? The Hammys?
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  177.  @BudRV  hmmmmmmmm.....
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  178. "WOLVERINES!"
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  179.  @dixonpinfold2582  Both stand alone and reply. I try and stay away from religion. None of those rules seem to apply when commenting on hockey or soccer. Frequency seems unlimited there....
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  180. When the Sov army is forced to pull back to save itself, Vlad Pooty is gonna get whacked. His previously loyal retainers will be the ones who hang a 9mm in his head as he walks past an open door. Its the russian way. And Vlad Pooty knows it. The stress is killing him....
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  181. Anybody else flash to the scene in the classic movie Casino where they use a cattle prod on the blackjack cheats? One could wish....
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  182.  @winzam2009  so they shouldn't be allowed to use traffic cams either? Boy, you are strict....
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  183. Mutiny not poss amongst the Soviets? That's cause the NKVD simply killed the malcontent sections. Hell, the Sovs had exhausted their nation by the end of WWII. Something like 10-15% of the nation as a whole were casualties. Think Stalin would be so popular when he adds another 10% to that?
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  184. This reminds me of when Yasir Arafat negotiated for his own exile to Algeria or France when the IDF trapped the PLO in Beirut. What he was really negotiating for was to get to a place he could access his off shore bank accounts. He led the PLO to ruin, but lived in wealth in his compound. Sinwar id no different.
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  185. @EveryIsnaad IsFabricated I have never owned, nor flown a confederate flag. I have owned a Betsy Ross styles 13 star flag back at the time of the Bicentennial.this is undoubtedly because I have always been a Republican and not a Democrat Democrats being the controllers of the KKK...
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  186.  @AhmedSayed-gt5xg  Cool, well, the Saudi Royal family can house them all in Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, Dhahran, Ad Dammam, etc. They built huge spartment blocks to house the Bedouin in the 1970s that went unused except for Desert Storm. They will do admirably. Enjoy!
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  187. Hey Al Jazeera. Going to let us post without censorship today?
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  188.  @NightDark-bw3xv  why are Afghan men so insecure?
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  189.  @fan.80s_90s  yup. Being censored here as well.
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  190. Other countries as you put it wouldn't allow Pally refugees in on a bet. Pallys have a nasty habit of trying to take over wherever they land. Hence why Jordan and Lebanon punted them out....
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  191.  @salehothman449  yeah, sadly there were Japanese children under the rubble in 1945. And it was japans fault because the launched the war of aggression. Likewise it is the Hammys fault that children might be under the rubble.
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  192.  @maurovillarreal2037  ooooh, so in Mexico "the girls were asking for it" works if their fathers and brothers are being lined up to be shot by the bandidos in question who have already stolen everything of value. REALLY? IS MEXICO STILL THAT FAR BACK? REALLY? Does Mexico need a thuggish "hero" so badly that it will cover for any and all behavior?
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  193.  @maurovillarreal2037  Face facts. He wanted more of the pie and was going to take it. Are you so naive that you think he was going to set up some sort of paupers paradise? He was going to move in, execute his enemies, and live it up as a dictator like the rest of them.
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  194.  @maurovillarreal2037  1.) Every third man in Mexico in the 1916 time- frame seems to have told his grandkids he was with Villa at Columbus. It seems to be the Mexican version of claiming to be a Navy SEAL in the war on terror. Of the approximately 500 Villistas that participated in the attack, 167 were counted as dead by the end of that day. Six more were executed in Deming after trial, a seventh Juvenile was deported. The Punative Expedition records count an additional 170 Villistas known to be at Columbus killed in the two months of active campaigning. That leaves 157 survivors of the Expeditions efforts. I guess those 157 fathered half of the children of Mexico in the following decade? Impressive... 2.) There are no contemporaneous accounts of an arms sale from either perspective in the 1910 to 1916 time frame. None. Zero. 3.) There are no contemporaneous accounts of Villistas being provided blanks. 4.)Blanks look totally different than actual live ammunition and at a glance could be differentiated. 5.) For your scenario to play out Viilistas would have to take possession of the ammunition- then never open the packaging it was delivered in. Then without looking at it load it in their rfles and bandaliers as Villistas were normally equipped. Then go into battle and try to shoot it. 6.) they would never test the ammunition upon delivery by job lot. Boy, these Villistas had to be THICK....
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  195.  @maurovillarreal2037  Please prove anyone was sold BLANKS.
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  196.  @maurovillarreal2037  1.) There is no documented evidence anyone was sold blanks. 2.) There is no documented evidence that anyone was contracted to sell ammunition that later turned into a sale that provided blanks. 3.) There is no evidence anyone provided ammunition that contained sawdust vice gun powder. 4.) The US Army does not sell ammunition to other parties. Foreign or domestic. 5.) In 1916 the US Army was standardized around the 30.06 caliber cartridge. 6.) Both sides of the Mexican revolution had begun using the 7x57 Mauser which is different. 7.) The US Army would not thus have the ammunition on hand to illicitly sell.. Thus in order to sell 7x57 Mauser ammunition it would have had to be imported from Europe or South America. 8.) The other rifle commonly found with the Villistas was a Winchester model lever action 30-30 which the army would not have access to ammunition to feed as it was never a standard weapon in the US arsenal (regardless of Hollywood depiction) Thus the story of Villa being cheated in an ammunition deal with the US Government must be assumed to be apocryphal. Likely made up to provide a justification for the attack on Columbus.
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  197. So you are saying he did not check the ammunition at time of purchase? I doubt that. This is just another apocryphal story by the Villa Apologists attempting to justify his actions.
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  198.  @stone0234  normally i would agree. But taxes weren't the case. The sought to rebell against amore centralized European style government. The wanted the same Mexican government they had been lured to. More decentralized and local in nature.... more like the US....
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  199.  @jorgenajar9407  nonsense. If he wanted to wrest the legally acquired by Gadsden purchase lands in New Mexico from the legitimate purchaser in the U S government. Why didn't he have the 340 surviving members of his ill fated raid begin digging in around Columbus? Instead like any good murderous bandido leader,, the priority he gave to his bandidos was to loot and burn the stores. Rob and murder the hotel guests. And begin moving towards the bank. This was all about theft from what he thought would be a soft and easy Yankee target. His sources in the town mistakenly told him that there were only 30 troopers at Camp Furlong and he believed he could overwhelm that force easily. Instead he faced an entire Battalion of 300 troopers who quickly reacted to keep him away from the bank and mow down his forces as the looted and burned the hotel with machine gun fire.
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  200.  @MR-nl8xr  concur. Much wishing would make it so going over the generations in Mexico.
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  201. He was forced to hide on a couch. Braveheart? Hardly....
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  202.  @itachiofthesharingan67  Oh, he had one. It was off-shore bank accounts filled with Mad Mullah Money. That was likely what he was doing, perform a breakout to escape to get to his money. And live like his hero Arafat in a Villa in France.
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  203.  @LSh-cm1bp  So, will the Gazan population overcome their past? After all, without their 7 October attack, None of this would come to fruition.
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  204. You could have stopped at the word clueless....
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  205. So, why have the interview with the Bradley crew in 2003 in Kuwait? That was hardly secret.
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  206. Looks like the bad guys are hiding in Jubalia then. They could surrender.....
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  207.  @rizza137  they were defending themselves against the potential loss of the "Billy Bad A** of the month" award. They looked wimpy compared to the Hammys and the Hezzies couldn't have that.
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  208. So do/dies Hamas. Did the ICC and ICJ do anything about THAT?
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  209. Censoring calls to surrender.
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  210. Did I miss it? Did she say what she would do when the Hoots attacked a US merchant ship? Or did she say what she would do when an iranian funded terrorist group attacked an embassy? I missed it in all the sweetness and light in her presentation. Please somebody tell me.
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  211.  @johnryan3102  due to three attempts to post and failing due to censorship. Please read the following sentances in numbered order:
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  212.  @dabombdawg3033  I have been censored for asking you to Please make your case that the pager and radio attacks were in violation with the LoLW. As far as I can see they were, limited, targeted, and proportional.
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  213.  @DavidRobinson-uv2ov  So you have video of a sniper scope video with a sniper drawing a bead on the head of a child before firing? No. You DONT.
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  214.  @JonMartinYXD  the only American i am familiar with who died from a sub munition detonation in theater was spinning it over his head on a lark when the act of spinning it by its "flag" caused it to arm and detonate. I can recall no incidence when dpicm or other submunitions impacted near us troops.
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  215.  @catsnads01  don't forget the Space Shuttle ...
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  216. It was also long ago realized that Israel is not a colonial occupier. And both sides are required to adhere to the LoLW regardless.
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  217. Greg shredded him. Nothing more condescending than a rich liberal talking about their Bentleys, Rolls, etc.
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  218.  @Swordaxe567  you seem to be forgetting the Cristeros of the 1920's. If that wasn't the commies vs religion....
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  219.  @V-for-Vendetta  and you know the Ukrainian and Russian Casualty figures how?
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  220.  @G-man45444  THe Russians base their army around conscripts who are only in unifrom a short time, At that time their service mostly is consumed with trying to withstand the hazing of the older soldiers. go to the field and train? That does not figure into it.
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  221.  @187Rajah  1 ) I saw a hokey russian produced rah-rah report that trumpeted the superior skill of a Russian t72 crew that even though they were hit repeatedly succeeded in destroying 3 ujrainian t72s. Its all crap. They never cite names, show photos, or interview the russian tank crews . Why? Because being a clay pigeon is traumatizing and any russian survivors of anti armor ambushes are most likely going to throw up on camera. 2.) Where do you get this "third wave of Conscription stat " you keep trumpeting? Are you there to witness the trucks pulling up to haul away the draftees? No. Just out of curiosity, how do you differentiate between the first, second, and third wave? Is it just something the shift leader in the cubicles tells you to say because it will sound "authentic".?
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  222.  @skillbopster  what is your definition of winning.?
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  223.  @eniadeadedeji1309  better to be 20 feet off road in forest. That's high intensity warfare.
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  224. Except they don't. How many struck the ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv?
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  225.  @killpop8255  I am always amazed that the Hammys, Hezzies, and Hoots can turn out well uniformed combatants carrying modern weapons by the thousands for parades, funerals, and other celebrations. And the kit fits in the photos. This is gear that is provided to individuals before hand. Not just put on for an afternoon and fits poorly. Funny but they seem to really identify with the US Marine Corp Marpat camouflage pattern. Everyone of them having brightly decorated headband with Arabic script on it in various colors. But as soon as the shooting starts those uniforms and headbands disappear. Almost all of the video I have seen of Hammy combatants show men in slacks wearing sport shirts. Easy to count as a dead civilian when the dust settles.
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  226. I grew up in North Dakota. Knew many Germans from Russia who I met at the University.
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  227. Lot of "practicing" going on in Ukraine.... I imagine they are world class nlaw and javelin gunners by now.
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  228.  @andyturbo  No, prior to 7 October was a simple paradigm of rocket fired and airstrike response on a POO. That is hardly full fledged modern war. But the Hammies made the mistake of conducting a tribal warfare style campaign versus a modern warfare capable enemy.
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  229.  @mavericklewis4392  line infantrymen, BMP crews, cannon and tank crewmen are conscripts.
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  230.  @EndThisWar  Really quite simple. In the days leading up to 7 October the Hammys wore snazzy green battledress uniforms in parades and other celebrations. Not a spot on them. Then on 7 October they donned their combat uniform which is blue polyester slacks and polo shirts so their bodies could be considered civilian casualties. Then when the ceasefire is announced they proudly donned uniforms that show no wear and tear in them. It further confirms the Hammies violated the Law of Land Warfare in regards to fighting out of uniform...
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  231. Virtually impossible to characterize Columbus as a victory for Villa. At the end of the night the US Army suffered 8 KIA, most of which occurred in the opening minute of the raid. The 13th Cavalry Machine Gun platoon brought effective grazing first upon the Villistas milling about attempting to loot the hotel on the Deming road. All in all Pancho lost 167 KIA, roughly 40% of his I'll trained conscript force. The survivors fled back to Mexico abandoning their wounded and looted possessions as they ran. To add insult to it all the Villistas executed 15 civilians at the hotel after robbing them of their possessions. This is a Mexican victory? Very Aztec-ian ....
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  232.  @CynicalHistorian  that is correct. The Brits and french provided the Zimmerman decrypts to the US.
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  233.  @JRyan-lu5im  the problem for putin is then he has a precarious logistical tail to supply his extended troops seiging Kiev. He already clogged the roads going forward. Can't wait until the Ukrainians start using command detonated ied on the supply routes. The Ukrainians in the city will starve, but so will the sieging forces. Going to be a grind, and if goes too long the other Russian oligarchs will solve their problem with putin- usually involving a 9mm round behind his ear as he walks past an open door.
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  234. Hells yeah!
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  235.  @aleksandrsl4328  you seem to forget the soviet partition of poland and the Katyn Massacre. By the way, THEY haven't forgotten.
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  236. Flee NYC, and leave your leftist politics behind when you do so....
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  237. Russia had a parade through the rubble they caused by indiscriminate shelling? TRY AGAIN.
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  238. Chicago 1968 Police Riot Hmmmmmm..... Memories.
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  239. Maybe not.....
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  240. ​ @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus its why hunter is hiding in the Whitehouse. It prevents access to him by both the investigators and the press.
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  241.  @erikvynckier4819  so, we assess the Russian Army had 170 Battalion Tactical groups (btg) within their force structure. On 24 February they launched 110 of them into Ukraine. This left them with 60 available to defend such places as kaliningrad and the Nordic borders as well as Georgia and Vladivostok. By April when the Russian army that was getting shagged pretty hard north and east of Ukraine most sources say those forces were at best 35% strength and to rebuild will take significant time and collective training. Since April elite units normally found in Kaliningrad and the Nordics have been spotted in the Donbas. Currently the Russians have had their tempo vastly slowed and have been seen taking devastated BTGs and slapping them together in adhoc manners to carry out 1 BTG at a time attacks that gain about a kilometer with each effort.. this at the cost of all ten tanks and much of the assembled 200 infantrymen. The collective training level of the russian forces in Ukraine has cratered an d this has huge impacts on Russian plans. Simply put at this time you could inject 1,000,000 conscripts into this force, but the only thing they would be capable of at that point is human wave attack by mobs of men. No tactical or.operational art is available to the Russians at that point.
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  242. Apologies to Charles Durning in Best Little Whitehouse in Texas: "Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don't- I've come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step, cut a little swathe and lead the people on."
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  243.  @chrisko6439  got censored for reminding you that 480,000 Jews lived in Transjordan in 1939. Where should their descendants go?
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  244.  @rjbmarchiac8693  Wrong. Please refer to Section 145 of the Law Of Land Warfare where it codifies what a legitimate Justified Reprisal is. In short, it is an enforcement mechanism used to coerce an enemy to return to legitimate forms of warfare. My earlier scenario where 50 of your soldiers are executed leads to a legitimate reprisal against 50 enemy combatants is a stock example. I was trained many years ago that in the US Army the approval authority for such was the Theater Commander. I am not aware of any such reprisals that the US has had to perform, but it is a legitimate tool to force an enemy to return to legal warfare.
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  245. Fire causes the oxidation to rapidly occur.
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  246. Its going to be a cold winter with starvation for the sovs squatting in the trenches of eastern Ukraine. And it will be worse when HiMARS starts dropping railroad bridges in western Russia. Vlad Pooty needs to have eyes in the back of his head. A 9mm round is destined for it.
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  247.  @cyber1243  I would say you must put the political issue in because it is key. The US Special Forces mission to NATO after all was predicated on the effort to subvert those eastern block nations and recruit irregual guerilla forces to do things like destroy bridges, comms networks, etc. Everyone always thinks the green berets serve as some sort of commando force to hit hard Targets but the real payoff is the guerilla training mission.
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  248.  @Meanfromeindhoven  yeah, US SF mission was to insert, recruit, and then harass the sovs moving forward. Would have been far easier than the Sov spetznaz mission which was doomed to failure.....
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  249.  @Alik_Odess  i got to watch the sov's during the 80s. They suffered the same ills we now see in Ukraine. There is a big push to put rose colored glasses on regarding the soviets military process from the 70s and 80s, but they always were polished tanks on parade, but terrible maintenance.in the actual combat units. Horrid leadership below captain level.
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  250.  @denis-florian_0.57  don't worry, they are just envious that the westernized Israeli citizens are successful. And they are not...
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  251.  @shortfattoad7317  and the Pallys could be living in Mecca. What's your point?
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  252.  @shortfattoad7317  Hey, ya'll are holding 5 US citizens hostage. That could be BAD come 20 January. Wanna go that way?
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  253.  @AhmedSayed-gt5xg  something I find is accurate and not changed since 1943 "To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing." - George S. Patton Jr.-
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  254. 1.) "The IDF caused all fatalities on 7 October, not the guys who litterly attacked over the border with AKs and RPGs...
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  255. They still shooting women on the soccer goal line?
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  256. Hope you guys in the third world are digging these protesters. This time next year they will be on your street corners in Islamabad, Sanaa, Tehran, and Manama with "Will Protest for food" signs. You are gonna LOVE the blue hair and pink Triangles.
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  257.  @tanman49  actually, the test against the ships was done by the US at Bikini Atoll. No one has sunk a US Air Carrier since WWII. The US took one of its mothballed carriers the USS America out into the Atlantic and purposely tried to sink it to learn what to improve. What they learned is it is very hard to sink a US Aircraft carrier. They had to repetitively hit it below the waterline and it took amazing amounts of damage and took two weeks to sink. I don't think the Hoots had any chance even if they could go that far out to sea.
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  258.  @maurovillarreal2037  .....or they could actually search out and find someone who was not inherently a murderous thief. There had to be someone of honor in Mexico at that time. Or is the graft based culture of Mexico so poisonous he was the only option? I think I would start over if that is the case.....
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  259.  @maurovillarreal2037  so because the politicians were thieves that excuses Villa and his men being murderous bandits to the civilian populous?
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  260.  @maurovillarreal2037  which Americans? Please have them explain that to me.
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  261.  @maurovillarreal2037  oooooooh, so murderous thieves fighting a government are better than murderous thieves who buy off the government. Thanks for clearing that up for me......
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  262.  @maurovillarreal2037  all source material regarding Villa inducate he started as a bandit before becoming a share cropper, muleskinner, butcher, bricklayer and foreman for a railway After that he was arrested for stealing mules in 1902 and released to the army to avoid prison. After several months he deserted, killed an officer and stole his horse. He adopted the Villa nom de Guerrero to gain the higher profile if a well known bandit he was emulating in 1903. He stayed a bandit until the revolution in 1910 when he determined he could use the revolution to gain resources and hurt his enemies. He started as a thug, continued as a thug, and died ala Sonnie Corleone - a thug.
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  263.  @maurovillarreal2037  yeah, he cared so much for the lower class that he rounded them up, put them in lines for the firing squads and shot them. And he forcibly conscripted the young and healthy family workers from the haciendas. Executing any who were captured after deserting. Oh yeah, he was a prince of a guy.....
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  264.  @maurovillarreal2037  With position comes money, with money comes power. The commonly accepted mantra is that Pancho was a patriot. But maybe the Cartels show some small patriotic tendencies as well. He was still a murderous thieving thug who was mostly self interested. Why else quarrel with he fellow revolutionaries other than they fought over the spoils of their ill gotten gains.
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  265.  @maurovillarreal2037  its not really tough is it? The dead bodies on the train, the street to Deming, Hermosillo, and the Mormon Colonia say enough. Was he just misunderstood when he ordered the 18 workers on the train executed? Could he have actually been saying "come in for tea" and his bandidos thought he was saying "rifle their pockets, then shoot them." He was a murderous thug who needed to take a dirt-nap far earler than he did.
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  266.  @maurovillarreal2037  Because they were bandits.
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  267.  @maurovillarreal2037  it was not just the rich he robbed and killed. He took from.anyone who had anything, and he killed for little to no reason. Even your history will confirm that he prodded on his troops with low morale after the fiasco of Agua Prieta and Naco by promising them the could loot, rape, and murder when they captured Hermosillo. And his troops took him up on it. Which was a mistake yet again because while his troops were looting, raping, and murdering the citizens of Hermosillo, his distracted troops were surprised by the enemy and routed yet again. Which put him on the road to Columbus. But old Pancho never learns because he allowed his troops to do it again, and they were massacred by the 13th Cavalry Machine Gun Platoon on the street out side of the hotel where one again they were robbing and killing the guests. What don't you get that this was not the hero your history paints him to be?
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  268.  @maurovillarreal2037  he was called a bandit because he robbed people aT gunpoint and often executed them for little or no reason after his men rifled their pockets.
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  269.  @maurovillarreal2037  so what in this particular case was not reported on?
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  270.  @maurovillarreal2037  Well, as a retired Army officer I learned early on that the initial failure was never going to do damage. It was always a cover up that hurt you. That maxim is well used in the US Military and we are surprisingly open with our records and reports. And as stated before we at least keep records.....
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  271.  @maurovillarreal2037  Once again. 1.) Which supposed battle did Villa lose because he was provided inadequate ammunition by a US contractor. A man who researches legends in Mexico from U of Texas indicated the legend began when a certain Pablo lopez told the raiders on Columbus that their defeat months previously at Agua Prieta was due to being sold defective weapons and ammunition by the Ravel Brothers General store in Columbus. However there is no proof that that actually occurred and in reality the Villista defeat at Agua Prieta can be summarized as bone headed tactics by a commander who did not mind absorbing heavy casualties for no gain. Even the most inexperienced Platoon Leader knows that a horse mounted night attack on a fortified trenchline with plentiful barbed wire and machine guns and artificial lighting to allow excellent targeting is folly. I doubt 1 in 10 of the Villistas even attempted to fire their weapon during the attack. The lucky ones undoubtedly fled when first painted by the lighting of the searchlights. But as said before there is no actual evidence that such an arms deal actually occurred. 2.) There was a researcher in 1979 whose thesis dealt with Villas supply system during the revolution. He provided quite a good run down on who was providing ammunition and other classes of supply to Villa, including numbers of actual rounds of ammunition in each shipment and how they were delivered. No where in that thesis is the Ravel brother store in Columbus mentioned. 3.) A more likely explanation was Pablo Lopez needed a reason to exhort the Villistas tonruthlessly attack and the covert men who had infiltrated Columbus the day earlier to check it out came back telling him that the Ravel store was in operation.
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  272.  @maurovillarreal2037  so what gap exists in the US Army Records of events in 1915-17 in operations along the Mexican border?
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  273.  @maurovillarreal2037  Yeah, I know, he started out as Doroteo Arongo, and the adapted several nom de Guerre as he went on as a bandit following his going AWOL from the Mexican Army. And his followers WERE bandits Even at the best of times of the Villistas they robbed and murdered their way across Mexico. Failure to accept that simple fact indicates a conscious decision to whitewash history.
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  274.  @maurovillarreal2037  please give me an example of the US Army not presenting its "dirty laundry" to the public.
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  275.  @maurovillarreal2037  andnthose details contained what?
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  276.  @maurovillarreal2037  and which details differed between US and Mexican histories? And how were those histories researched?
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  277.  @maurovillarreal2037  but you mistake the issue. The center of gravity is the accuracy of the presented history. Even when the US army did something dubious they recorded it accurately. This to the point that you can find accurate AAR of the Wounded Knee Massacre and all the other battles. Hell, we have such accurate history we can show you where each 7th Cavalry Casualty was killed during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Add to that the amazing research in the past 30 years of that battlefield adding to the AAR gives us an unprecedented look at the history of the battle. On the other side of the coin, go to Agua Prieta and ask where the trenches were during thanpivotal battle (i have) and you get an unblinking stare as recording the history accurately takes a back seat to the camp fire story told by grandpa who might or might not actually have been in that battle....
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  278.  @maurovillarreal2037  it is immaterial to the question of adequate history gathering to say someone had it bad. What is key to adequate history data collection is that the data is based on recorded fact, rather than whim. I swear in 50 years people in Mexico will be saying that Pancho Villa was the first man to walk on the moon. And when asked how they know this they will say their grandpa who always said he was on the Apollo mission told him when he was a little boy. And we will be expected to believe it even though our well recorded list of all Apollo crews do not show either Grandpa nor Pancho on the missions. And then we will be told by the Mexicans "well, you expected the US to tell the truth?" Sigh.....
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  279.  @maurovillarreal2037  Nor was the population aligned with the rebels who after a short time they saw as as well armed bandits who would take their food, what little money they had, and their adolescent sons who were drafted for their bands of theives. Mostly the population simply wanted both sides to leave them alone to their own problems.
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  280.  @maurovillarreal2037  and I read both sides when they are available, but in this case only one side truly kept records. The other side is not as interested in records, as much as the desire to live through myths passed word of mouth from generation to generation. If you read these entries it seems half of Mexicos grand fathers were on the raid to Columbus, even though it is known only 174 (-) were still alive by the end of the year, and fewer after the debacle as Juarez and the post revolutionary assassination sprees in the next year. Lots of stolen valor going on in Mexico in the years since 1916. And the tales they tell are accepted as gospel even though written records easily debunk them. To quote Tony Wilson, "When you have to choose between truth and the legend, choose the legend."
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  281.  @maurovillarreal2037  there is no evidence that they got any substantial money during the raid, nor that Ravel was specially selected for any treatment not doled out to the innocent hotel guests they likewise robbed and murdered.
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  282.  @maurovillarreal2037  That us the commonly romanticized view of the revolution. But reality was different. Villas force started with A partially volunteer force, but after the debacle s of Agua Prieta and Hermosillo in 1915 he was using a conscripted force taken off the Haciendas at gun point. No romance there. Testimony at the trials in Deming and Silver City of the captured Villistas paint that picture of a conscripted force living off the loot taken from the next Hacienda, town or village....
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  283.  @maurovillarreal2037  assume you have a typo error in that post. Villa lost something like 40% of his force for whatever loot he could take from the pockets of the civilians at the hotel prior to executing them. Regarding the Ravel kid, nearly all accou ts told of the raid indicts he hid under a pile of either rugs or blankets until the raiders became distracted by the thought of looting. Then he made his escape into the surrounding fields. The few horses stolen from the 13th Cavalry Stables were mostly recovered by the Persuing cavalry along with much of the loot found amongst the approximatley 100 Villista bodies who had mostly succumbed to the wounds inflicted on them during the raid.
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  284.  @maurovillarreal2037  doubtful anything truly changed post revolution. Nor did the public clamor for it.
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  285.  @maurovillarreal2037  The issue with Mexico is that it was culturally built from an Exploitation Colony and as such will always have the problems you cite in its national DNA. The Philippines have the same issues. Likely 100 years from now Mexico economy will be built on graft and the same social ills will still be in place. And largely that is because it is what the public is familiar with it and prefer.
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  286.  @maurovillarreal2037  interesting question. Which battle was it in particular that Villas troops lost due to inadequate ammunition sold them by Sam Ravel?
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  287.  @maurovillarreal2037  Seeing that All of Mexico believes the fictions involving Pancho, it is hard to believe their academic work would be better. But by all means please present it....
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  288.  @maurovillarreal2037  please provide their source material. Google has plenty of out rageous material on it claiming all sorts of inaccurate nonsense (100 US Soldiers captured at Columbus and hung in Palomas, US aircraft lured to their capture by Villistas) etc.
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  289.  @maurovillarreal2037 1.) what written soure material do you have saying that the Texas Law enforcement authorities had these rounds before providing them to the merchant in Columbus. Please ensure the material is contemporaneous to the 1915 to 1918 time frame. 2.) Your story indicates the Texas Law enforcement test fired the supposed rounds and found them inadequate, but Pancho did not and just issued them out with test firing by job lots? Says a great deal....
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  290.  Imgladandrew gillumisnotmykang386  yes, those of us who know what live ammunition looks like as well as blank ammunition know that the story of Villa issuing out blank ammunition would have to be apocryphal. Either that or he did not care for the lives of his bandidos
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  291.  @designationzero9979  please find any verified contemporaneous accounts that state Villa: 1.) removed an ear of any US soldiers. The press would have trumpeted that story back then so if it happened it should not be difficult to find a verfied account if it happened. 2.) Rhe story regarding the ammunition assumes none of was test fired before payment. If they paid, then accepted the ammunition without testing it, they are about the thickest amateurs around.
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  292.  @maurovillarreal2037  So, how do you know it existed? Told to you by the same guys who over the years have claimed: 1.) VILLISTAS killed 100 US soldiers from the 13th Cavalry and hung their bodies from trees in Palomas. (Palomas is and was treeless at that time. Ha!) 2.) Villistas used to wear Carracista uniforms to lure US airplanes to land and then capture the pilots. (All destroyed US aircraft are accounted for in logs and no entries mention captured pilots, flimsy early model Curtis aircraft mostly destroyed trying to land at base.) 3.) VILLA used to have his soldiers reverse their horseshoes to make it look like they were going the other way to confuse the cavalry. 4.) That Villa used to regularly capture US troops in pitched battles, mercifully cut off their ears and send them back as a warning. (No such records exist of Villa capturing anyone. Let alone US soldiers. If so then I am not the one with Santa Clause and Easter bunny issues.....
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  293. List one US soldier in 1916 who lined innocent villagers up to be executed by firing squad. I'll even give you ten years either way. Thus 1906 - 1926.
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  294.  @clavo6498  well, the journals do provide provenance that he made it to the western hemisphere. The vikings can make a claim to having the settlements in Greenland and Labrador according to archeological discovery, but no written records exist . That help you?
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  295.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  Well. Let's see.... I had access to after action reports from the 13th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Cavalry Regiment, and a myriad of duty logs from the entire US Army along the Mexican border for the time in question. I had access to contemporaneous news accounts from people writing for both local and distant papers who witnessed events. Sometimes personal correspondence from people who were at the scene as well as interviews with people on site. Best example was the Mormon mother kidnapped off the Colonia when her husband and cousin were executed by the Villistas. She was taken along to Columbus and witnessed the goings on from the Mexican point of view at Cootes Hill with Villa as she was in Villas company until it came time for his command group to flee back into Mexico as things actually "went south". Her account was worth a great deal in examining what happened at Columbus from the Mexican side. Almost no other sources exist due to the act of recording what happened being considered of such limited value, and the literacy wasn't terribly high to start with. How about facts like that?
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  296.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  know it all? No.... Know more? Obviously. Most people who glorify Villa do so based on "truths" that are easily disproven. Apocryphal tales they heard from Grandpa around a campfire that are easily disproven when compared to actual factual information.
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  297.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  actually they were. The Mexo an government was finding difficulties in settling the Texas region due to the Comanche raids. Not an unusual story since they had problems also settling New Mexico and Arizona as well. They were attuned to the exploitation colony paradigm and were not well set for a farm colony as the settlers from the east were. Thus they invited the settlers from what was then the US and asked for allegiance with the promise of limited governmental interference to keep Texas under control. But then Santa Ana got cold feet and ramped up his control in violation of the promises. Hence the Texas Revolution....
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  298.  @donttrip2662  what about the history as I have laid out is not true. Be specific please
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  299.  Pedro Ruiz  so you are saying LT Lucas did not employ the 13th Cavalry Machine gun Platoon to decimate the Villistas with grazing fire as they milled about in front of the Hotel? You are saying that there were not 67 Villista bodies found lying about Columbus the next morning as a result of LT Lucas efforts? Those bodies were not dragged about a kilometer southeast of town and burned using Kerosene? That seven Villistas were not captured and tried in a Deming court? Six of those receiving capital punishment by hanging and the seventh being released as a minor? You are saying that the testimony in that court did not reveal that the Villistas robbed the hotel residents before murdering them?
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  300.  @dariomendoza1518  This is a series of highly illogical statement. 1. Which men was Pancho dealing with? 2. Someone who would put as much value to honor as you impute to old Pancho in my opinion would not have his men rob innocent civilians before executing them. But then again maybe in Mexico it would be considered the norm? 3. 30 years prior to 1916 is 1886... 4. How did the US perform a form of surprise Attack on Mexico? Rather it was old Pancho who did the surprise attack. Please try again
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  301.  @stone0234  Slavery was only a small part of it. The erratic government of Santa Ana threatened rights previously held under the federalist constitution of 1824. That was it in large part....
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  302. Were there hammys inside there?
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  303. How many Hammys were there? Now that they don't wear their spiffy green battledress uniforms in combat, how would you know?
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  304. Wait a minute. The Turks massacre the Kurds. And did a genocide on the Armenians which they wont admit to. And you expect them to act against Israel for fighting a war against a terrorist nation in Gaza? Wow, that takes significant therapy to get to that position.
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  305. Why wont Turkey take in Pally refugees?
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  306. Guess it is time for the Hammys to surrender and face the war crimes tribunals.
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  307.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Is it a racial thing with you? That would be sad.....
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  308.  @mohammedxzadoali  ask your Saudi friends. They been doing it since 700AD..
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  309. How many Hammies were there? Now that they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms to fight, how would you know?
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  310. Did the Hammys take time to evacuate civilians from the area they just fired the rockets from?? If not it's a war crime.
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  311. Something does not compute. The Egyptians have not been allowing transit. How did she get out?
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  312. Nice looking....
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  313. Did he protest about the 7 October massacre?
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  314. Sure they have PLACES to go. The problem is the Hammys follow them to try and use them as shields. The hammys have no honor.
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  315. What will Jill Stein do when the Hoots attack a US merchant ship?
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  316. At least the press is publishing her name. They never did that for the 31 US citizens killed by the Hammys on 7 October.
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  317.  @gracevicki3983  concur with that.
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  318.  @Kate-fd5ni  explain?
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  319. Hey Chief Hoot, you can admit it. Yoi can admotvIt was a big mistake taking that Mad Mullah Money and now your people no longer have a commercial port. Yup, now you are going to have to look east for your supplies to less friendly turf. Did the Mullahs promise to keep giving you money, or was it a one time thing?
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  320.  @rider4745  i don't think my children would attack a rock concert.....
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  321. We dont understand the Islamic world? Whats not to understand?
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  322.  @kakarote100  as stated before in numerical order listed above. The crusades were a reaction to the previous military conquest.
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  323.  @finnjacobsen684  not sure. The Vatican seems to be doing okay....
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  324.  @johnryan3102  yes. The censorship is SOOOO bad on MEE i have to go down to individual phrases to get the message across. They need to grow up.
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  325.  @johnryan3102    1. Hey bubba, speak for yourself.
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  326. Yup. Censored all three sentances.
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  327.  @craig3567  so, Islam was not spead by the sword?
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  328.  @craig3567  Islamic propaganda.....
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  329.  @craig3567 What is this nonsense? Check out the Granada massacre in 1066AD.
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  330. Makes you go Hmmmmmm.
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  331. How come you don't get censored for saying death to Americ, but I get censored for explain the Law of Landwarfare.? I guess only certain views are allowed?
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  332. How many Hammies were there?
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  333. I guess the Hezzies shouldn't have fired rockets in conjunction with the Hamas Raid on 7 October.
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  334.  @creevey82  Sort of..... It was designed to be an exploitation vehicle that would get onto an objective by destroying the BMP and BTR in its way, (ala table 8 gunnery) then allow dismounted soldiers out to finish clearing the objective. When the objective was cleared they would then go into the defense and fight ala table 12 gunnery. Why did I dislike Burton? Because in both occasions he had to address the officers of the battalion who were being test players he adopted a mannerism of superiority and talked down to us. Comments that I recall was his referring to us as "Clay pigeons" and saying he would not allow his son to be an in fantryman. He also discounted our input to him in AAR's because it did not confirm his pre-test beliefs. Thankfully others took our comments seriously and it formed the basis for product improvements that were made. When you look at it, the Bradley on the J-MTOE allowed for a platoon to put 24 dismounted soldiers out onto the objective. It supplemented those 24 by using four m2's and all the firepower they brought to bear to hold the objective.
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  335.  @creevey82  okay. I was a platoon leader in 2-41st infantry Battalion of the Tiger Brigade of 2nd Armored Division. Since 2AD was geographically located with TACATA on West Fort Hood who was in charge of operational testing we were the go to unit to provide players for all the testing. We were also on the hook to do other testing that was not as well publicized such as the CANE IIb Mopp gear survivability test, Mobile Subscriber Equipment test etc.. Amazing how thing coming on 40 years still have importance to the force. Where were you in the 80's?
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  336.  @creevey82  disagree. The lessons actually learned in operational testing of the M2 do not include anything put forth by Burton.
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  337. Anybody else get the "Berlin, May 1945 vibes" from this video?
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  338. You all going to get involved for the hunt for Sinwars Cash Stash? I think it is in numbered Swiss Bank accounts filled with Mad Mullah Money just like Arafat. No wonder he was negotiating so hard for his own life, he had so much too look forward to at his future villa in the south of France.
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  339.  @rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290  Who is the robot? You guys got to get over the fact that real people can have opinions other than your own. Those who cannot accept that are the true Robots.
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  340. Then stop taking our money.
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  341. Scam
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  342.  @mideastgirl8926  Naw, its worse on the Middle eastern pages. I don't get censored on the Ice Hockey, collector cars, or american politics pages Only the middle eastern pages.
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  343. In the 1980s nato would have stacked the soviet bodies like sandbags. Now it would be even a more more unfair fight.
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  344.  @MeMyselfAndI-oy2zf  See, in 1948 there was this things called "the 1948 war." In which the pan arab armies attempted to wipe israel off the map. They coordinated with the locals in the surrounding areas and told them to evacuate. Then the Pan Arab armies had the bad manners to lose. And they lost in 1967. And again in 1973. Do you thin Israel would still exist if the Pan Arab Armies won any of those three wars? The old addage "to the victor go the spoils" applies both ways after all...
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  345. But the Hammys violated the ceasefire on 7 October. There cannot be a real ceasefire after that. After all, the Hammys broke it the first time.
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  346.  @user-ye2dk4ty9i  what technique do you refer to that the Sovs can copy? Not treating their troops as spam in a can?
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  347. They had Gaza and did so much with the place....
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  348.  @angelmario7085  no, these were likely the infantrymen trained by the US in Germany this winter
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  349. Where are the US hostages?
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  350.  @sincitycapital  Funny you should mention the movie. I was in the original Operational test as a soldier/Player of the M2. NOTHING depicting LTC Burton in the movie is recognizable to me. We detested that flight suit wearing bozo. What the movie does not depict is that the Army determined a need to counter the Soviet BMP1 which had shown value in the middle eastern war of 1973 and it was obvious the M113 was not a realistic counter. As test players I recall being asked if we liked the Bradley and all of us who had transitioned over from M113 said we loved it. The Bradley admirably countered the BMP and did so in operations I was part of during Desert Strom. We ate BMP's for breakfast and had an occasional snack of a BTR.
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  351.  @JonMartinYXD  what is the long term damage of an occupying government who is willing to murder thousands in locations such as the Katyn Massacre? You have the luxury of not having to think about that on your well groomed campus.....
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  352.  @JonMartinYXD  jon Martin. Did the germans clean up the uxo from the blitz? The italians from.the abysinnian war? More recently have the Palestinians, hezzies, and hammys cleaned up the rocket damage to the Israelis towns they have been impacting?
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  353.  @JonMartinYXD  dangerous? Hell, C4 is dangerous. Being in the turret of an M2 Bradley is dangerous. Driving a gamma goat is dangerous. Helicopters are inherently dangerous. I ave been told the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is dangerous. Night movement in tactical conditions is Dangerous. We live in a dangerous world all by itself. What is your real complaint?
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  354.  @JonMartinYXD  it is easily morally defensible when you take into account the expected atrocities from the obviously immoral communist dictatorships that would sweep into position without their use. I have often heard leftists decry the ROK and US deployment of landmines in the DMZ, but we slept better knowing that the nK would have to go through them to get to us at Camp Bonifas in the JSA. Likewise we knew that the SOVs tanks crossing the Hahn River would have to cross on floating ferries under the quintessential steel rain of DPICM and that their approaches to the crossing points would be slowed by having to deal with FASCAM. I guess it comes down to which you would rather be seeing, 1.) lines of enemies of the state as in policemen, teachers, and professors being led to a ditch to be machine gunned and bull dozed. Or... 2.) Eod teams spending years removing unexploded ordnance and teaching the locals what not to pick up. Me? Thats easy. About a 1/4 of the year I work in a facility that has a permanently dudded impact area, old hat to me.....
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  355. @Haz3dNightfall  the Hammys donnot consider ceasefires to be two way streets. Therefore the term ceasefire has no meaning with them.
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  356. Once again another person surfaces who thinks the Jews originated in Poland...
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  357.  @diamonddave81  yes, but it has been 80 years since they have had that experience. Roughly the same length of time between The US Civil War and WWII. Culturally much has been lost in those intervening 80 years. For instance during the cold war the population of the USSR was a fairly stable 340 million. Now that they are simply Russia the have a population base of 140 million and it is declining. The oldsters who would identify with bearing any burden the state asks for are being replaced by a slightly more modernized population that has been allowed to quietly and non publicly ask the question "why." And every year there are fewer of the old guard left. And that "why" is going to turn to a shreik if Pooty does not satisfy them that massive casualties are worth it. Not that Vlad Pooty is going to be around much longer in any case.
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  358.  @DarkPassenger  i concur with that..
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  359.  @westenicho  All comments being censored.
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  360.  @muzamilraza49  Naw, its envy. The Israelis invested in their land and made it positively sing economically. Not so with their neighbors who refuse to modernize.
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  361.  @muzamilraza49  Amazing i can get censored for reciting history. But you submit racial epithet and suffer no censorship. Well, it is rhe middle east after all.
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  362.  @akmon3490  explain?
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  363. Who compelled the rioters to go? The prosecutor keps insinuating he had no right to be there, but by extension the rioters did have a right?
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  364.  @englishbob9492  being censored , so in Numerical order.
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  365. ​ @Bunnahabhain18  and this means what?
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  366. The gloves just came off. In early '25 the Bidens, Clinton's, and Pelosis will be doing the ankle chain shuffle while wearing orange jump suits. And they know it. Hillary is screaming into her pillow as we speak.
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  367.  @katpuss6564  Hmmmmm..... You ever BEEN in combat with a US unit? When I have been my Battalion Commander was not far behind, same with the Brigade Commander. And their TACs would come to the hot spots to provide fires coordination as well as air support and also coordinate movement of reserves. Thing is, unlike the US Army there is no sense of combined operations in the Russian Army, and these leaders from the Russian Army are up close to provide incentive to conduct frontal assaults. So naturally they are getting chewed up.
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  368.  @frankwood7878  the term of art is "fragged" as in to roll a fragmentation grenade into his tent.
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  369. Oh yeah, these guys are the Frigging Grenadier Guards. All sarcasm intended....
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  370.  @Evermoregreen23451  Normally it is not the initial investment that is ruinous to an occupying army. Imagine that they now have 30,000KIA and 60,000 WIA. Where will they be in a year with individual patrols eat the occupiers?
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  371.  @warefareinnutshell5330  chechens departed after looting toilets and washers. Makes you wonder if Russians don't make appliances or commodes.....
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  372.  @QuantumMechanic_88  i agree, I see no evidence of small unit patrolling. I don't think they are trained to do it.
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  373.  @wessexdruid7598  yup, they are short on infantry to screen....
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  374.  @springbloom5940  Really? After 25 years service I cannot recall it EVER happening in the US Army.
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  375. There is such a thing called "sandbagging" where you do the minimum to make it look like you are fully committed. But in reality you take off with a full load of ammo, expend it all in a place no one cares about, and then return to base when expected to report you executed the mission. no one the wiser....
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  376. Individual training takes weeks. The collective training needed to make a functional unit takes MONTHS. These guys are gonna die in droves just like their soviet predecesdors....
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  377.  @cadilacdesert  Being censored, so by the numbers...
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  378. Gotta be Careful in Miller, Brown, and Garden Canyons.
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  379.  @Thunderbolts1028  who forced them out?
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  380.  @Eman_Puedama  I have NOT seen these supposed stories of Ukrainian atrocities. I have seen russian soldiers calling their families via borrowed ukrainian cell phone. I am also very familiar with the wide ranging history of communist atrocities such as Katyn and Berlin.
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  381. This is nonsense. Peace only occurs through victory.
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  382.  @AbuBakr-gm6bf  The row boats of Yemen might no longer float....
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  383. I am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines? Thank you Netanyahu! Why isn't the BBC reporting that?
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  384.  @franziderpalo816  in 1944 the soviet union had somewhere in the region of 340 Million people. Today's Russia has 140 million at best. Compararives : 1 million russian casualties would equate to 3 million Sovs. The Sovs had to put their entire economy on hold to accomplish it and did not recover (if they ever really did) until 1970s. The stories that Russia has absorbed 1 million casualties in this was are apocryphal at best.
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  385. ITF?
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  386. City kids love the Godfather. Those of us in Arizona realize it is their attempt at having something approaching Tombstone in their lives.
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  387.  @yukas1ngas  lttle green men are stock in trade for Vlad Pooty.
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  388.  @yukas1ngas  Bullshot... You mean the UkrNian defense against the infiltration of Spetznaz operatives in the form of "Little Green Men." Who claimed to be native rebels, but were all equipped Identically to Spetznaz Direct Canon Teams. Good news is those guys all got frittered away in the opening week of fighting. Makes me 😃.
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  389.  @braxxian  yeah, with serfs, gulags, and a population apparently in need of quality toilets from Ukraine.
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  390. There used to be a saying in my unit that you didn't need to worry about the bullet with your name on it. That was because there were a whole lot of bullets labeled "To whom it may concern..."
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  391. Then they are at risk of full scale response. And it is their fault.
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  392.  @ChErRyaVe20pK  Well , I did see the video tape of the four hostages saying goodbye before they were executed about six months ago. Does that count?
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  393. When are you guys going to defend yourself? You have a single 800 Man battalion defending everything west of Brandon Manitoba. That couldn't defend Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver.
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  394.  @aleksandrsl4328  unless you were a Kulak, I which case you disappeared to the gulag. Or unless you were a lawyer.... Or unless you were over the rank of sergeant in the army... Or if you owned a horse... Or if you were Jewish. Or Latvian, or Lithuanian. Or Estonian.... Georgian? CANT FORGET UKRANIAN. Oops, Polish. Romanian? I could go on for days...
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  395.  @aleksandrsl4328  because that us so believable.....sarcasm. Wait, I thought the supposed neo nazi azov battalion was in the city center of mirapal- you know- next to the sea of Azov.... I guess they are a hyper efficient battalion if they can operate in three locations (donbas, Mirapal, Kiev ) all at one time. I recommend you urge the sovs to retreat or that battalion will roll them up in nothing flat. Let's face it, commies have zero valu e in human life. Katyn massacre, the gulag archipelgo, task force smith, the cambodian killing fields, archipelago, "reeducation camps" in South Vietnam, the Hanoi Hilton, and the Uigers of China all attest that humans are simply either a distraction or a means forward. Hell, Nicolae Ezhov was a hero of the soviet union for his non stop executions during Stalins Purges. 700,000 got whacked and another 600,000 shipped to starvation in the gulag. Commies love to kill the innocent, but then blame it on others.
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  396. Standard combat calculus says the attacker loses 2.5 soldiers to the defender 1. Even if the numbers were even, a defender fighting to save their country will be willing to accept a higher loss than a nation from the outside seeking to dominate it. With a name like Jose Matias I assume you are latin or south american. Will Argentina be willing to lose 50,000 soldiers to seize Chile?
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  397. Constitution doesn't say one way or the other.
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  398. Agree. So far the most decisive thing we are witnessing is that Ukraine has been able to build a cadre of NCO'S which effectively conducts operations and Russia does not have them Great props to the ukrainians for this effort, and also to the trainers from all the NATO forces who helped.
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  399. In other words YES, they led the jan 6 protests. Those that were in the capital better (ray Epps?) find a good hiding spot or they are going to be removed as inconvenient witnesses. Lots of "suicides" going to happen to protect the Bureau.
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  400.  @noecadavona1862  sounds good to me.
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  401. What i want is the DOJ to investigate the Antifa mob. I suspect you will find more than a few upper level Antifans who have moved over into the Pro Hammy protests.
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  402. Remember Kent State? Remember the re-education camps. Remember the killing fields. Remember the dead teachers of Hue killed by the NVA.
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  403.  @aleksandrsl4328  ummmmmmm, WHO in Britain or the US had anything to do with Adolph Hitler. After all it was Joseph stalin who allowed the wehrmacht to train in russia in the 1920's to bypass the post WWI treaty of Versailles. Your fault chum...
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  404. Stop ukrainian troops? Where were they going? The riviera?
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  405.  @Robert-l4c7l  what planet are you from? On 8 December 1941 there was a small, but vocal community in the states that commanded us to not go to war, but rather forgive the Japanese. You are one of those unfortunates.
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  406. Looks like Belarus just earned 25 carbombs taking out governmental buildings.....
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  407. Exile the entire FBI Washington HQ at the Hoover building to Havre Montana.
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  408.  @davidroosa4561  THey do not want to show the commitment that Ukraine and its citizens have to its freedom. Its a fine line the Lubyanka kids have to follow. Showing that the Ukraine are fighting hard goes contrary to the Vlad Pooty Meme that all the Ukrainians except and occasional Nazi WANT to be part of Russia. So they say that Ukraine is drafting all males and throwing them against the wall of fire. Problem is the Ukrainians are not fighting like they were Soviet Conscripts which is what the Russians are doing. So all they can do is complain about it. Sucks to be a SOV these days.
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  409.  @JRyan-lu5im  reference your first note.😜 On your second. I invite you to review all of the video from the first three days of open source material. What will you find? Quite a bit of imagery of combat vehicles with no on board ammunition in evidence, also roads full of abandoned combat vehicles that show ever sign of being out of fuel. This is regardless of the fact they are within 50km of the international border. Now, that could result from several things 1.) Untrained crews who do not follow the universal "top off when the fueled comes by" rule. 2.) No fueler is available to top off from. Everything I see presents me with a situation in which the Russians simply assumed they would cross the border, the ukrainian government wod dissolve, and the army would surrender. That would explain the lack of on board ammunition and lack of logistical push packages forward. When the Ukrainians decided to fight it complicated the original.plan and now the the Russians are making it up as they go along. Interesting question. Why didn't the Russian marine amphibious landing at Odessa happen on day 1? Those forces were not in use elsewhere.. It was obviously not part of the plan.
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  410. So embassies are off limits somebody tell the mullahs. They seemed to forget that in 1979.
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  411.  @JRyan-lu5im  but the russians also are famous for disregarding their intelligence if it does not fit preconceived notions. And putin being old kgb does not make him immune to this....
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  412.  @matthewv789  a logistical train that doesnt move is simply consuming those supplies it has on board. Looking at the imagery it is obvious the have clogged that road 3 deep. Lead vehicles likely out of fuel. Rear can't get up to refuel them. This is why we were trained to do March seriels to keep the roads open.
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  413. Charge the "protesters" with kidnapping. They are preventing people from leaving. If you were in a building it would be considered kidnapping .
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  414.  @williamwaters6396  He is just another Pol who used the system for a relitively comfortable job, gave him acccess to the salons of Georgetown where he learned to like the canapé's. And when in the salons get access to the power brokers who will make his life even MORE comfortable. Book deals, speaking fees, investment tips. It takes stronger men than McCarthy to withstand that pressure.
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  415. Nicely done. Old retired targeteer here and you got it.
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  416.  @aleksandrsl4328  your note presupposes a value to hypersonic missiles that does not exist. For instance, how would a hypersonic missile be used to engage a Ranger Squad from the 75th Rangers which has set up a hidden ambush on the Main Supply Route (MSR) from Belarus to their forces mired north of Kiev? How would it be employed against a platoon of Bradley's employed in two step firing positions preventing Russian movement along the again access of advance towards Kharkov? I don't care how fast that missile is, those positions are hard to engage (have not seen the Russians digging them in, likely because they do not have the appropriate fuel for a d7 shovel to dig them in) How does a hypersonic weapon beat an area stacking non pgm rocket deliverer like a BM21? Love to hear your answer.
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  417. So, in 1948 should the British turned all of Transjordan over to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? Would the Pallys have appreciated that?
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  418. My experience is that it is not the experience IN Iraq and Afghanistan that puts parents off from encouraging their children to join. Rather it is largely the post conflict results that discourages them. Both Iraq and Afghanistan suffered from the post fall of Saigon syndrome. I first put on a uniform in 1982 and MIGHT not have joined during a second Carter administration. Giving up on South Vietnam coupled with Desert One was NOT a great advertising point. Today, no one in uniform trusts the current administration to use the military to do anything like fight an actual war. But we do expect to see a steady drumbeat of woke policies enacted by weak leaders. You want to fight for that?
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  419.  Liza Muster  you use what ya got.
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  420. Nice Order of Battle Analysis. Very professional.
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  421. ​. Not exactly. We were trained to use ir in smoke, fog, and to assist in spotting camouflaged targets.
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  422. How?
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  423.  @iliassss301  sorry, they have been captured and interviewed. Try again...
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  424. Funny way of winning, abandoning equipment and survivors sprinting for the safety of mother Russia.....
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  425.  @vsezaquilt  what chem weapons do we still have bubba?
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  426.  @Hero4fun77  why bother. Vlad Pooty IS the law in sov-land.
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  427. Stop with the AI crap. Normandy pronounced Normay? To distracted to go beyond the badly articulated map of the 2AD route....
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  428.  @codfusilli5879  nonsense on the quality issue. Sov tanks were and still are crap. They werenintemded to perform in the massive on line movements towards US and western forces that were not realistic. That is becoming more and more obvious as each day goes on. The M60 series tank of the early 1980s had superior night and smoke capable optics that the sovs still have yet to duplicate. We would have stacked the sovs like sandbags at the Fulda River crossing sites.
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  429.  @will.s4611  within a few days the Sov air force would have ceased to exist. THe only reminder of all those IL-2'S Would be as red stars painted on the side of US Mustangs and Thunderbolts. After that it's open season on Sov tank columns and more importantly fuel trucks moving forward.
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  430.  @HarrisonFonCreeper  What would stop them? The Sovs by that time only had a nascent interceptor capability. Flak? Right.... The Germans put far more into radar and AA units than the Sovs ever did because the sovs were only facing the meager German bombing capability that had been frittered away over Great Britain in 1941.
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  431.  Craig Spain  Those who were here prior to the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo remained and by law became US citizens. Mexican nationalists put out a false history that says the US deported them and thus the real owners of the land reside in Mexico. But deportations in the 1840-50's did not happen. Those who were here before the treaty remained and their descendants are still here today inter married with the rest of society.
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  432. @nickmack302  I did not see any return fire. Nor did the Bradleys dismount their troops to enter and clear those supposed trenches. Also, you gain a suppression using the Coax. Still think ot was a training exercise. LOVED SEEING THE SMOKE GRENADES. WE NEVWR FOR TO USE THEM IN TRAINING DUE TO FIRE HAZARD.
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  433.  @ИванКаруд  I have yet to see such videos. I have seen burned out BMPs though.
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  434. Interesting that the Coax wasn't used....
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  435. They stopped being peaceful protesters the second they blocked traffic.
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  436. In the good old days they would have been " accidentally" run over.....
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  437. How many American hostages are still being held by the Hammies.?
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  438. @AmberRose8888-f9r  Yup, we found Kamala Harris's speech writer guys.....
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  439. Will Hamas ever be held to account for their actions?
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  440.  @Vorname_Nachnahme  no, I enter, then come back ten minutes later. If it is deleted, I rebuild the entry using other terms as replacements. Then I come back ten minutes later. If it is really bad I break it down to numbered sentences to see what fails censor scrutiny. It is usually the result of a discussion of the Hammy actions on 7 October that trip the censors.
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  441.  @simukhkhirani606  What? For a country supposed causing A genocide they are dreadful at it. In 1984 there were 1.5 million Pallys. Today there are 5.5 Million Pallys. So who is genociding who?
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  442.  @simukhkhirani606  there was a series of ceasefires starting in 2005 when the IDF withdrew and took with them all civilian jews. The Hammys would then periodically pop off rockets and the IdF would respond in a limited way. But there was not a large scale violation of the ceasefire until 7 October.
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  443.  @simukhkhirani606  You miss the point. At the time of the 7 October atrocity there was a ceasefire which was broken by the hammys. Either everything before that is moot or ceasefire has no meaning.
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  444.  @doseckes3183  when a kidnapper seizes someone who is killed in a rescue attempt, the kidnapper goes to capital crime status. While no one wants it to happen, the Kidnapper brought this 100% on themselves.
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  445.  @nurp4904  And your point is exactly what? Hamas is good while they kill hostages?
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  446.  @AmeenPirbhai  After 24 years in Uniform, and Decades spent over seas including time in the middle east I would hardly call ME gullible. But the thought that taking hostages and then killing those hostages is defendable in any way is ludicrous.
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  447.  @nurp4904  Why was she a hostage? Taking of civilians as hostages is a war crime.
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  448.  @hooglieable  Which is of course a war crime. Taking hostages is a war crime. Killing said hostages is another war crime. And some how THIS is the IDFs fault?
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  449.  @Saba-fn5ub  my reply explaining Hamas in civilian clothes hiding amongst the civilians keeps getting censored. WHY?
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  450.  @Saba-fn5ub  Target the doctors? Bubba, you got it wrong. The hammys took off their snazzy green uniforms on 7 October and have been fighting in civilian clothes. And the hug the civilians to provide lots of video worthy casualties. The Hammy leadership already said the consider the civilians to be nothing more than walking propaganda ammunition.
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  451. Funny, I have been to Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, Ad Dammam, Dahran, Hafir Al Batin, and a whole pile of other eminently forgettable places in the KSA. Spent FAR to much time there. Now that I am retired I ain't going back there either.
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  452.  @samirpilipovic2885  7.) MOABs make a big bang.
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  453.  @samirpilipovic2885  6.) It could get real ugly come 20 January.
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  454.  @blackllama4602  Another thing I am being censored for saying is all those tribes are universally envious of the Jews.
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  455.  @blackllama4602  being censored for saying one thing I know is that those various tribes enjoy seeing each other get ground to dust by the strongman. (Hama in 1982 comes to mind).
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  456.  @blackllama4602  another thing I learned is that all those tribes are all hyper envious of the jews.....
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  457.  @blackllama4602  Being censored for saying i spent many years in the middle east. I estimate i interacted with about half of the tribes.
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  458.  @blackllama4602  yup, and I estimate i have had contact with over half of them. The military kept me busy in that region for much of my career. They dislike each other to a pathological level. Genuinely enjoy seeing each other get ground up by the strongman in power. The only thing they seem to agree on is a pathological hatred of the Jews who show them up.
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  459.  @AhmedSayed-gt5xg  personally l prefer the writings of Nathan Bedford Forrest- "Get there furstest. With the Mostest." Boy, that sums it up nicely.
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  460.  @katina55312  So taking hostages is acceptable to you?
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  461.  @ifterock4931  He led the attack on the Rock Concert on 7 October? WOW, HE GETS AROUND!
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  462.  @penyarol83  So, I post comments on: Hockey pages. Comedy pages, Pages dealing with China Pages dealing with football. Political pages. And the only pages I suffer censorship on are Al Jazeera, MEE, and INT. Thats what we in the business call a clue.
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  463. ​ @Naomi-de2ps See, the censors on the march....
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  464. i am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines? Thank you Netanyahu! Why aren't you reporting that?
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  465.  @ayeshaahmar6351  6.) Why can't you just admit the truth? It will set you free.
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  466.  @MansMan42069  xensored.
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  467.  @Ole_Woodworm  i don't get censored on the Ice Hockey pages or the pages discussing the current presidential elections. Nor do I get it on the Israeli pages. Only the Pally enthusiasts pages. Thats what we call an indicator....
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  468. Where are the Arabs? Well, the Jordanians dislike them after Black September 1971. The Syrians dislike them after Hama in 1982. The Kuwaities dont much lime them after their antics in the Gulf War. And nobody else trusts them because of this. Thats where the arabs are.
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  469. Replies being censored if they don't fit the party line.
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  470. In latest news the Gaza casualty figures were just reduced to 50% of previously announced. So, let's say 15,000? I wonder how many are Hammys?
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  471. In breaking news, Gaza casualty figures have been reduced by 50%. So, let's say 17,000? How many of them were Hammys?
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  472. Perhaps if the number if sexual offenses had skyrocketed, they would be more welcoming?
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  473.  @darius8214  and what has hit them yet?
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  474.  @BawaziirTumusiime  tell that to the residents of Hama Syria.
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  475.  @ca-ku1ql  Agreed. The IDF has followed the LoLW since the establishment of the state of Isreal in 1948. Not perfectly of course as it is tough to do The Hammys, Hezzies, Hoots, and PIJons have made no effort to follow the LoLW since then.
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  476.  @kuchojoe500  There is a difference in taking lawful and unlawful combatants off the battlefield as legitimate prisoners of war, And sweeping civilians up off the streets. Or in this case as concert goers for the purpose of ransom. The first is legal, the second is illegal.
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  477. The Law of Land Warfare is quite clear that prisoners must be held in a safe, marked location to prevent just this type of situation. Ohhhh. Also, it is totally illegal to take hostages in the first place. So the Hammys are 0 for 2 in the legal arena.
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  478.  @sheep.herder  sadly my opening statement about the folly of believing in such a thing as the directive in question keeps getting censored.
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  479.  @MansMan42069  replies Being censored.
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  480. Icj is not the operative law. The party that is responsible in accordance with the LoLW is the side that sought to set up the defense in the buildings. The side that was also seeking to set up the defense in those buildings was also responsible for evacuating the civil populous in a safe manner. Which the Hammys do not do. Guess it is the hammys fault...
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  481. You state there are war crimes... Okay I will will give you one. 1.) The Hammys continue to operate in an environment where they have not evacuated civilians from, in accordance with the Law of Land Warfare. Now it is your turn to specify an IDF crime. Let's see what you got.
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  482. I don't see genocide happening.
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  483.  @SoloRenegade  Saw an interview of a captured ethnic russian kid from the eastern part of Ukraine who was still wearing jeans and denim jacket. He fgot swept up by the Russians and put in a BTR to round out an infantry squad and sent out to fight. NO experience. But he is what we call a seat filler. Luckily he wandered off and found a Ukrainian patrol to surrender to. We are going to see LOTS of untrained russians pressed into service in the coming days and they are going to die in droves.
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  484.  @ThatIcelandicDude  so far we see no evidence of the russian military that would lead you to believe they are well trained. Nor particulalry modern.
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  485.  @voya8480  just wait. Who have these countries been getting their product from LAST YEAR? Also, let's talk SHIPPING COSTS. So an ineffiencient shipping model will drain capital because russia will not be able to use black sea ports. How about rail connectivity like they had with europe? Not so fast since now you have to go intermodel. This does not end well for russia. But at least you get lots of fertilizer from the mobile crematoriums. You weren't actually going to give the ashes back to the families, were you?
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  486.  @voya8480 okay, I keep forgetting Russians are behind in economic theory after 80 years of living under Marxism/communism. I will take it slow and basic. In order to BUY something you have to have licquid capital or at least credit. Russia has neither at this point. So in order to buy needed widgets from abroad, you need to make the payment some how. The farmers in Russia who are planting their fields right now need to have a market to sell to a customer. If they do not there is no need to plant and the least efficient farmers are removed from the business. If they do plant without the market then they have expended the resources of seed, fuel for planting, possibly fertilizer, and most critically time. Now imagine all that has happened and ivan the wheat farmer has expended all these resources and now more with fuel and storage costs for harvesting. But no one can purchase his wheat. It needs to be stored and periodically dried so it does not germinate. Drying is done using fuel or electric heat as the wheat is blown past. And the farmer goes down the drain. Got it?
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  487.  @jsvalina3503  we. Have Over estimated them since 1945.
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  488.  @voya8480  the people of North and South Dakota will feed them. Who is going to buy russian foodstuffs?
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  489.  @ThatIcelandicDude  when you see Russians equipped with SKS and t62 you know it's over.
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  490.  @johnnygreen1376  the cubicles of the kids in Lubyanka who post this russian stuff is getting borscht delivered late into the night.
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  491.  @ThatIcelandicDude  Kaliningrad. Ooooooh. A new free Baltic land under the protection of NATO. Lets give it a spin pooty......
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  492.  @maurovillarreal2037  OH i see. Sort of like: How Pol Pot lowered the cost of food stuffs, and equalized education across Cambodia. AdolphHitler pulled Germany out of a depression. Bonito Mussolini made the trains run on time. Joseph Stalin opened up new lands to new farmers on the Steppes of the Ukraine. And Mao introduced manufacturing to China. They all seem to have made their lands there own. And it does not excuse the fact that like Pancho, they were all ruthless murdering thugs.
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  493.  @maurovillarreal2037  it is a magnitude issue. US: An occasional person is murdered. MEXICO: bus loads are taken off, lined up, shot, and buried in mass graves. US: NAFTA is replaced by a newer, more fair trade agreement and companies that had fled to Mexico pack up and begin moving back to Ohio. MEXICO: Carrier Air Conditioning which had relocated to Central Mexico, packs back up and begins transferring back to Indiana. And so on and so forth.
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  494.  @maurovillarreal2037  only in Mexico bubba.... Politicians murder in this country and will likely be tried, convicted, and inprisoned. This is with few exceptions that I cannot think of one right now. In fact one of the two candidates in the presidential election will likely be tried for his kickback schemes. In Mexico he would be congratulated for his ability to graft....
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  495.  @DwightChaosontheRonimsPath  I will say he was more brutal than most. Just amonst his contemporaries and foes. Did John J Pershing line up villagers for firing squads after rifling their pockets for valuables? George S Patton? Herbert Slocum? It was a pattern associated with Villa. Simply look up his actions at the Battle of Hermosillo where he motivated his flagging conscript bandido rabble to attack through the same act of promising them they could loot and rape their way throuhh the city of Hermosillo.
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  496.  @luisromero776  actually, there are three types of colonies. Farm colonies which is what the British instituted in North America to grow the nation and move the population base through-you guessed it- farming Spain on the other hand instituted only exploitation colonies with the intent of enslaving the people and removing the resources like Gold and Silver. No significant effort to move the population base and farming was an after thought. And Britain instituted prison colonies in Australia but that was converted to farm colonization in 1800's. That is the reason Mexico, Latin america, and the Philippines are so corrupt and the US and Aussies are not.
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  497.  @natalialuisdevaldivia1632  he executed far more of his own people . Usually innocents who could not fight back.
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  498.  @darthchingaso3613  list 1 us soldier of the contemporary period who acted in this manner.
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  499.  @lonehesh8933  a key member? The same could be said of the leaders of the SS Einsatzgrupen. Hero or villain? You have to go through Huge gyrations to make him a hero. Keep studying and if you keep an open mind, and only mentally process the known facts instead of campfire tales the choice is quite easy to make. Getting personal about it? As a veteran with 24 years service I get personal about most subjects involving military history. I am just a bit more schooled on this particular subject having made a study of the conflict on the southern border 1915 to 1921. Couple that with having roots in the southwest on the ranches and mining towns gives one a firm base to review the data.
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  500.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  disproven? Ok. Let's start with the notion of the US Army selling Villa lever action rifles. 1.) The US Army has moved on to bolt action rifles in 1899. Had no access to lever actions. 2.) The US Army was prohibited from selling commercially available items such as Winchester. The US inventory of rifles were 30.06 not 30-30 so they would not have had access to lever action ammunition at that time. No paperwork exists saying Ravells were involved in any delivery or sale of weapons south of the line. All documentation indicates weapons and ammunition were actually contracted through companies in San Antonio and deliveries made at Texas border crossigs rather than New Mexico. Good enough for you?
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  501.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  so knowledge is ego? Maybe south of the line....
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  502.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  of course the terms were not kept, it is why even the Hispanic Texans were willing to revolt as well as the emigres. (Juan Seguin for instance.)
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  503.  @dBeastcoGlobal_  where did I say only the US is educated?
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  504. I guess since there was no reply we can assume everything i laid out was accurate.
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  505.  @vincentalegrete3562  gives credit to villa for being s strategic thinker. Which he never exhibited anywhere else. So its doubtful that it was his rationale. More likely he was recycling his thinking at Hermosillo where he sought to use potential riches and rape to keep his dwindling force together. Just picked the wrong country to mess with.....
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  506.  @donttrip2662  explain?
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  507.  @marianoyola5876  well, you mastered the emoji function. Now make a cogent and understandable argument ...
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  508.  @marianoyola5876  What?
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  509.  @dariomendoza1518  if he purchased arms and ammunition without test firing it we would have to assume he was as thick as a brick and not worthy of the hero worship he receives.... For the record I do not feel Pancho deserves anything but hatred for his crimes....
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  510.  @7mm08  Yeah, but the idyllic hero worship of old Pancho by people who dismiss his murderous graft ridden thievery must be confronted. If not we will see more of it.
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  511.  @stone0234  kinda key to your position.
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  512.  @stone0234  well, by then it was a bit late to stop asking people to stop coming to texas.....
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  513.  @stone0234  so what year did the government of Mexico declare the act of crossing from Louisiana into Texas illegal?
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  514.  @stone0234  it might be more fair to say the texas revolution was caused by that factor.
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  515.  Hey Momma  How? Please detail this.
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  516.  J G  which attack?
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  517.  @gemmameidia8438  because there was a ceasefire in place until 7 October. Don't bring up the fanciful 1948 argument or there cannot be a ceasefire in the future....
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  518. Or not.....
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  519.  @taniaramaki5142  You say She will blame America first? I agree. That is exactly what she will do.
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  520.  @ahmeda.3198  Typical, MEE censored my reply. To whit. My legacy was spending 24 years in my nations uniform, mostly worrying about fools in the middle east or communists. Now I am retired to my ranch in Cochise County where I worry about fools from afar. 🤠
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  521. Since the Hammys refused to evacuate the civilians from the battle area. And the Hammys shed their snazzy green uniforms for civilian clothes to cause confusion. The fault is entirely on the Hammys.
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  522.  @olgakessel4101  looking at the imagery fro the video i just see s guy with what looks like a grey sweatshirt on with what I can only assume is a shmagh he has wrapped around his head to try and looks like rags or some other non han appearance. But the Hammys have not worn uniforms in combat really since 7 October.
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  523.  @compassionateheart8652  He was camouflaged and holding still hoping he would blend in with the debris.
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  524.  @jasonstormsong4940  Sitting on a couch? Well, I am sitting on an Adirondack chair drinking coffee, so maybe equal?
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  525. I recommend he not let any Hammys operate in his neighborhood. Rubble bounces after all....
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  526. I agree. There is plenty of Apartheid on the middle east. Try converting a Saudi to Christianity there. Or to hinduism. Or to Wiccan. There you will find your Apartheid.
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  527. Did they counsel the Hammys to surrender and face the war crimes tribunals?
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  528. So you are i to Genocide?
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  529. I am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines? Why isnt MEE reporting this? Thank you Netanyahu!
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  530. Why would anyone want a ceasefire with Hamas? 1.) They have broken all past ceasefires including the one that ended 7 October that led to a massacre. 2.) Hamas will simply use the time to rebuild and rearm in preparation for a new and larger massacre when Iran can afford to pay for it. 3.) HAMAS IS ONLY CALLING FOR ONE NOW BECAUSE THEIR ASS IS POSITIONED OVER THE WOODCHIPPER.
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  531. WEll, they do have democratic votes. They are polyethnic. They allow for multiple religions or no religion at all. I would say they are coming along nicely.
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  532. Hey, MEE, how come you can insult Jews with no reprisal, but mention Islam and you get censored?
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  533. So, how many apartment buildings are built over it to provide shielding? None you say? Guess that isn't an issue then.
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  534.  @macmagoo3587  What does that even mean? Are you a speech writer for Harris?
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  535.  @anwaralisayed9767  wait a minute. Half of the folks from the region in question further down the post justify living to congress on some sort of religious grounds. And then we get challenged for some un elaborated supposed lie? Now that takes significant therapy.
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  536. And the Hammys leaders said their civilians are just unexpended propaganda ammunition.
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  537. Enjoy the rubble.
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  538. Its real simple. The men of Gaza take the Hammys into custody and deliver them to the IDF for war crimes tribunals. See, was that so hard?
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  539. The Pallys have worn out their welcome across the Arab world.
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  540.  @nyaatarara  not sure why I am being censored for saying that there are not a lot of Hammys here on Allen Street in Tombstone Arizona. Will keep an eye out.
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  541.  @azulaquaza4916  What?
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  542. So the IDF provides warning? See, they follow the LoLW. Now if only the Hammys would follow the Rules.
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  543. How many Hammys in civilian clothes were there?
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  544.  @ask_why000  who do we have as a dictator?
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  545. How many Hamnys were there? Since they don't wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat anymore, how would you know?
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  546.  @MindEditz.  what? In front of nukes that aren't nukes?
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  547. Try it..... We have more ARs in the peoples hands than all ya'll combined.
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  548. So what willnJill Stein do when the Hoots attack a US merchant ship? Probably apologize to the Hoots....
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  549. Heavy censorship going on again.
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  550.  @doseckes3183  And you know this HOW? Did the Apache Jocks who engaged our two AFV know they were American? They should have. They were flying the VVS-17 Panel and looked just like the AFV the Apache Jocks flew over every day back home. Yet things happen.
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  551.  @DarthVader-ir1bx 1.) Beirut 1983 - 240 US dead. 2.) US embassies in Africa 1998 - 220 US dead. 3.) October 7- 31 US dead.
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  552.  @ohlszon  Have you been in combat? I have. Friendly fire-aint.... During desert storm one of our units was engaged by a pair of Apaches. Contrary to certain belief, pilots aren't exactly the best at armored vehicle recognition and the destroyed two of our AFVs. Should I hold a long grudge? During Afghanistan the USAF engaged a Canadian Patrol, killing many. Should the Canadians similarly hold the grudge? We have lost more to intentional killings by terrorists, but you don't seem to care about that.
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  553. US troops fighting in Gaza? And you guys believe this crap?
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  554.  @coffeelover5134  you mean people with dual citizenship? Gee, in that case I served with (just from memory): Uzbekistanis Saudis Russians Pakistanis Irish Scottish English A crazed Frenchman Canadians Mexicans by the score, including an entire infantry squad of nothing else. Columbians An Argentinian South African Belgian Germans. Pole Dane. Norwegian Spain Algerian guy who translated French for us when dealing with them. The French tended to refuse to speak English. Senegalese. Oh Italians and Sicilians who refused to be called Italians. A Swiss guy.. I am certain I will remember more.. A veritable united nations in in my 24 years in the US Army. What was your point again?
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  555.  @NHussein-yr8st  Prior to 1948 the transjordan area as it was called was owned by a pair of empires. (Ottoman and British). The first chance it had as an independent nation is what was decided in 1948. When Isreal was constituted in 1948 the government that was established allowed for Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be citizens. The surrounding Arab nations asked the Arab residents to evacuate so they could have an unobstructed way to attack the state of Isreal. Some did, some did not. Those who left became refugees destined to wander the Arab world. Those who stayed became loyal Isreali citizens. When I was TDY to Isreal back in the 90s I met some Arab muslim members of the IDF. Amongst Isreali society there is more peace between the Isreali Muslims and Jews than there is between the Jews and the hyper conservative jews.
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  556.  @chompythebeast  Okay, let's work on the logic behind this statement. What Genome is specifically being eradicated by the IDF actions? And if a Genome is being eradicated how is the US actively involved? Supplying food from the over the shore pier that Hamas is looting as it comes a shore? Is that a genocidal activity?
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  557.  @movimentoamazonialivre9838  well people who can tell what happened logically did survive. Because the dead can not speak of course.
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  558.  @MrBoy-mk3sn  Specifically. The hammys did not parachute per se, but rather used motorized parafoils to fly the short distance over the wall and into IDF rear areas. Probably never got higher than 100 feet above ground.
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  559.  @MrBoy-mk3sn  let's see if further details can make it through. Ultrlight aircraft such as paragliders are difficult to spot from high altitude. If you have time and lack of effective fire any obstacle can be breached. I imagine the prevailing notion on the eve of Yom kippur was that if anything was going to happen it would be the Hammys firing rockets rather than a ground attack. Let's see if that makes it through...
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  560.  @MrBoy-mk3sn  just spent 20 minutes illustrating parallels between Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the 7 October 2023 Yom Kippur attack. Focusing on tactics. Using ultralight, and minimal manning conditions. But the analysis triggered something and it was censored....
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  561.  @M3G4TR0NU5  what they did? Probably nothing. But the men in their homes firing RPGs out the window at the IDF while wearing civilian clothes.? They did it all
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  562.  @chompythebeast  Question: If Rashida Tlaib purchases 10 acres in Michigan. IS IT HER LAND?
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  563. They are VERY unpopular where ever they go....
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  564. How many Hammys were there?
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  565. Hey MEE, gonna censor me today?
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  566. Egypt knows the history of Palestinian refugees and does not want it to happen there.
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  567. Hey MEE, going to censor opposing views today? You have for the past two weeks.
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  568. Hey MEE.   i am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines in 1982? Why aren't you reporting this news? Thank you Netanyahu!
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  569. So brave he wears a mask..... Ten minutes after filming this he was back in civvies and drawing fire on real civilians at his apartment complex...
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  570.  @ravenousruby6407  Tried Posting 5 sentances. Four were censored.
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  571.  @Okokok319  being censored for stating the Hammys have committed terrorist acts by firing rockets into Israel since the 2005 ceasefire.
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  572.  @rsync9490  As usual MEE is censoring my reply. Nothing controversial. Simply saying you cannot allow for an earlier historical wrong by pointing to a later. That is now how history works. Islam converted by violent conquest, which later led to a reconversion by violent conquest. THats history baby.....
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  573.  @kakarote100  And? How does this contradict my statement that Islam invaded Europe in 711AD and the crusades were a reaction 300 years later?
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  574.  @kakarote100  Bubba, you seem to forget that Islam started invading Europe in 711AD. The first crusade started in 1096AD. Thats what we call a reaction....
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  575.  @kakarote100  here is a question for you How did Islam get to Spain? Constantinople? Kosovo? Vienna? Tours France? Chechnya?
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  576.  @tengkualiff  4.....military conquest...
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  577.  @Anatolia07  5. Why else is there not a Catholic cathedral In Mecca, nor missionaries moving through Saudi?
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  578.  @Anatolia07  3. The spread was accomplished by warriors invading, conquering, and subjugation. (See Saudi Flag for example)
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  579.  @Anatolia07  1. thank you for the Islamic sales brochure. It is NOT how the rest of the world experiences and had experienced Islam.
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  580. ​ @neji7713 the Hammys started this when the broke the ceasefire and attacked on 7 October. Then they began hiding from the superior IDF firepower amongst the civilians to cause just this sort of carnage. Sorry, this is a hammy induced problem.
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  581.  @elenaamal8632  don't think you have met God yet. He can have a real cantankerous side.
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  582.  @aar7580  being censored for making the analytical statement that: 1. the US will no longer do peace keeping missions in the middle east...
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  583.  @aar7580  We were there to seperate the IDF who had attacked all the way to Beirut from the PLO under Yasir Arafat and monitor the PLO as they evacuated to Algeria. Sorta doing what peace keepers do, keep peace and prevent casualties...
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  584. ​ @deidresable there was a ceasefire in place. So it DID start then. Don't want to end the war? Don't ask for a ceasefire.
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  585.  @martinrolecek8837  Sad that the other side has to automatically assume their opposition is simply some sort of computerized propaganda machine. Perhaps you should delve deeper into your position and to paraphrase Mr. Rate "You will find that the world isn't what you think it is."
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  586.  @Roger-go6jc  Christianity settled down after 1900. The Iranians ramped up Islam so it is all holy war.
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  587. And...?
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  588.  @dnr0  do not believe anything that egoistic Burton says. I was there as a test player and it was NOT designed to be a transport. It was designed as a cou ter to the BMP series which it did marvelously.
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  589. Why?
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  590. Mee, still censoring opposing speech I see. So embarrassed for you.
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  591.  @يااللهيارب-ف2ق  give it a rest sis. Nobody's buying it.
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  592.  @JonMartinYXD  right. So as stated before the Pallys are out with brooms and mops taking care of the unexploded rockets in sderot?
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  593. @DomeCapColonizer-u4h  well then , I am glad you admit the jews are from Judea. That helps somewhat.
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  594. @tariqmostafa  Funny you should mention it. When I was TDY there in 2000 we worked with an Israeli Arab Muslim officer. He seemed okay with the situation. I don't recall what he called home but he seemed to get along fine with everyone. Same-Same with a black Israeli female officer. I think she said her family came from either Kenya or Ethiopia. It was some time ago.
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  595.  @EastCoastJeepSRT  and the dod spent great deal of effort working the friendly fire issue at asciet in the 90's to solve the problems. Did a pretty good job too. .
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  596. Okay, where is that exactly? By the way, they did so much with Gaza....
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  597.  @snakethepeg7828  I disagree, the dpicm is not the prime weapon for this, you only impact the surface targets out in uncovered spaces. The better weapon to get those hidden in the houses would be the use of unitary munitions with HE delay fuses to get the enemy in the cellars. Dpicm is used to stop enemy tanks at choke points as the forward (bridge entrances etc).
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  598.  @mh-ht2fp  Hey, if you got it, use it. By the way, those desert patrols I was on provided plenty of dead bodies of soldiers equally as well trained and motivated (NOT!) as the Sov's currently trying to hold the line in Eastern Ukraine.
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  599. I would assume the Bradley that hit the mine and lost its track is recoverable. It did not burn. Intersting to note the crew did not have to carry anyone, the drivers hatch opened, so the most likely injured crewman was still able to move. I counted 7 crewmen move away from the vehicle. Unknown how many were on board when it hit. The crew was obviously rattled. But able to plan their own cover and extraction with smoke. No sign of indirect or even direct fire used against them so it might be assumed the minefield was not covered by fire. My estimate is that vehicle will be recovered and back in working order within 2 weeks.
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  600. ​ @orionlt1028  seven personnel essentially walked away, none carried. Total of ten seats on board. But I gotta say I never had all my seats full on my M2 either....
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  601.  @michaelficarro2591  I was depending on dpicm to save my life if the Sovs attacked west Germany in the 80's. Sooo many tanks and we were going to destroy them at the choke points using dpicm and seal entrances to such things as minefield lanes with fascam. For some reason some people seem to have the luxury of worrying about landmines. I did not have that luxury there or in Korea because I needed them to live to this old age.....
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  602.  @tomk3732  hard to say other than the BMP is shorter, tighter, and closer to the treads. I saw plenty of BMP series in Desert Storm, no spacial lamination and you are closer to the ground . Would prefer to be in M2 when the mine goes off....
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  603. If they are londoners, why are they Egyptians?
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  604. Give it a rest sis. No one is buying it.
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  605. Hows the tribal war going?
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  606.  @sincitycapital  My NTC Rotations were in 1985, 1986, and 1988. No cameras capable to do it then. Sun to note the Dust bowl in 1985 was simply a stretch of desert with a line of engineer tape on it to place the head of your shelter half tent against to create a line of GP tinys. No showers, no sun shade, no buildings of any type. in 1986 we had a shower tent provided by corps on the last night prior to flying out. By 1988 we had sunshades and a shower building, but that was it. I was back in 2004 and it had turned all the troops into Fobbits with lots of stress reducing tents and buildings with AC.
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  607. ​ @fifteenbyfive  pound for pound? What kind of metric is this? This doesn't even come close to the Habr Ghidr caused starvation in Somalia in 1993.
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  608.  @muichirotokito5624  The IDF allowed plenty of building materials in between 2005 and 2023. But the Hammys seized it, and what did they do with it? Did they build resorts on the beach and cater to surfers? No, they dug tunnels to facilitate rocket attacks. About now Board Shorts and Bikinis on the beach would be far better than what they got.
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  609.  @DomeCapColonizer-u4h  I have seen it a lot. It is a curious mantra from the Pally enthusiasts.
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  610.  @HatsovPenske  Explain? My point is that they have social advantages in Switzerland that we don t have here in the US.
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  611.  @TheAmphicyon  Well, they learned a lesson from theirneffort in Afghanistan. The incessant drip drip drip of bodies coming home to gorky made the public hate the afghan war. So they learned a false lesson from that. They concluded it was the dead bodies instead if the lost lives that were the problem They endeavored to solve it by cremating the dead bodies in Syria and not admitting that they had lost anyone. "Ivan, who is this Ivan you refer to...." And since their casualties were low they thought they got away with it. But Ukraine is turning into a meat grinder for them and cremating was not efficient, especially when they fled and abandoned so many of the bodies of their comrades Can you imagine the uproar in russia if the Ukrainians start publishing the DNA of killed russian soldiers to identify them for the families in Russia who have received no news on their servicemember since February. Sort of a 23 and Me for Russian casualties. Then allow the russian families to claim the bodies to take them home? With 32,000 dead in three months its got to be a punch in the guy to russian society.
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  612.  Untold  ummmm. Significant chunk of my family predates the arrival of the colonists..... But others arrived after it. What do you call me? A domestic import?
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  613.  @diamonddave81  cultures that will survive change over time. Comparative exposure to freedom has an effect.
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  614. Awesome that they provide their names so they can be expelled and deported more easily.
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  615.  @rosc2022  i hear Barry Obama has plenty of space on his estate in Martha's Vineyard . He can set up a row of fest tents and bring in a caterer to feed them three times a day for six or seven months.
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  616. Maybe a sov version of dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM?) If so we should give LOTS OF Dpicm to the Ukrainians to use on those stuck logistics convoys....
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  617.  @qman8816  THe Russian AIr Force has given up on trying to cross the Forward Line of Troops due to huge losses. THe Russian AIr Force has been a significant failure in this war.
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  618.  @mohairsam9705  The Self propelled Mortars have been destroyed?
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  619.  @carmenortiz5294  how so? The article in question postulates this mobile mortar ss a counterfire option to go against the HIMARS. but it can't even range halfway to the HIMARS firing position. (18km vs 45km). The you look at the origin of the story and find it originates in the Hindustani Times. Thus you must assume it is oriented at local consumption in India to allay concerns that India has been wasting money in Russian trash weapons. It has happened before in 1991 when Soviet built trash littered the sands of Iraq.
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  620.  @salilpanwar6922  Then why arent they in use? OOOPS......
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  621.  @ENGLISHISBEST  How can the Tyulpan engage at 50KM when it only ranges 18KM with its rocket assisted Range? Everything can be blown up. But is has to be hit first and this cant even get that far.
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  622. in all facets of the war the Russians have not been able to do target acquisition worth a damn.
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  623. Its obvious that obama is still running thing's through his loyal retainers in the administration. The question is, what does Obama have on Biden to keep him under control? It would be hard to believe Obama did not know he was selling access as a VP.
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  624.  @ThatMichaelTGuy  that is a concept for america.
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  625.  @TheBlueGrinchofSurgery  who needs a ground offensive?
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  626. 1. You think rhe Hammys, Hezzys, and hoots do what they do for ideological reasons.?
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  627.  @muzamilraza49  Not at all. Just not popular with the under achievers in the region.....
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  628.  @h8GW  concur with that.
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  629.  @muzamilraza49  i don't get it.
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  630.  @duckpotat9818  And what is their cause?
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  631. Time to expel all these malcontents and replace them. I suggest the best candidates are those who can provide an authentic DD-214. Tap the bloated endowments to pay tuition fees and living expenses. They will make the universities far prouder than the current crop of participant trophy winners.
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  632. Please publish booking photos with names. My bet is only 10% of those detained will be college kids. The rest will be hard core renta mob types. Probably some previous antifa thugs as well....
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  633.  @TheSpaLife69  problem is a minor cannot carry a pistol?
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  634.  @englishbob9492  2. .... Carters inaction in 1979.
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  635.  @englishbob9492  1. No, problem stems fromJimmy ...
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  636.  @macdonaldmaurice  specifically what did Trump do that has not been disproven?
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  637. Please list these supposed war crimes. And also cross index to the geneva accords to further the discussion.
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  638. I keep wondering where this statistic that Ukraine is losing 7 soldiers for every 1 Russian being killed is coming from. It has been used twice now on the Tucker Carlson show. Once by Tucker, once by RFK Jr. I find it highly improbable at best due to the standard combat Calculus. 1. The Ukrainians are on defense 2. Neither side has established air superiority. 3. Neither side has established fire superiority. 4. The Russians can not be said to have a significant qualitative edge in either training nor morale. With this understanding the fact that a side on defense take any level of higher casualties than the attacker can not be accepted at face value. Perhaps tucker will now tell us where he gets that factum?
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  639. Dominic, I did not realize I am in battle at this time? Why aren't you protesting to get Vlad Pooty out of Ukraine?
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  640.  @yeshuabinyankee5017  legalized torture? Can't recall the US Army conducting torture as policy. I do recall all the offenders from Abu Ghraib being prosecuted and doing rime in Leavenworth. Sooooo, please talk about things you actually know about. Curious, where the sov soldiers who committed the Katyn massacre prosecuted - perhaps you could write a dissertation on that.
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  641.  @inisipisTV  not much credibility in the Russians i am afraid. Cursory examination of overhead imagery shows they have been laying cities to waste with non precision rocket fire for the past two weeks ina a manner not seen since 1943.
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  642.  @aerodyte6908  really? So under your theorem the US currently has dictators directly reporting to us in the UK, morrocco, Spanish Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Australia, New guinea, solomon Islands, Japan, and south Korea? Yeah, everywhere we go we must be really stealthy about it....
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  643. More to it than that. As the federal forces fell back to the us border, the villista fire began to impact in Douglas. It was endangering US lives and getting worse. That was one of the contributing reasons to move one of the cambatants.
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  644.  @oxanabalova880  so no one lived in Kiev prior to 1921?
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  645.  @cadilacdesert  3.) Today there are estimated to be....
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  646. Yup, us humans did it with our SUVs....
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  647.  @Critical-Thinker895  notice the sovs don't bother with the cope cages anymore? It interferes with the spontaneous cremation of the tank crew.
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  648.  @cadilacdesert  4.) ....4.
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  649. @Hanf2022  and both were communist as well. Ain't that a fun fact?
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  650.  @AS-010o0  Yup. Little Individual training. NO collective training. How can this end well for the conscripts who are simply staked out there to absorb bullets and shells. THey cant provide them adequate clothing, weapons, gear, or facilities. THey are going to starve when the snow falls.
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  651.  NO-TO-NATO  so if dismounted infantry had patrolled out front and cleared the wood line where this drone team was established before the armor moved in the would have had a chance.
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  652.  Vet On The Verge  the Chinese held him up while the Olympics were ongoing.
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  653. 477 days later the Hammys finally go into their closets and find their snazzy Green battle dress uniforms.
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  654. Wish I had a higher resolution screen to check it out. From my phone it looks like these are mostly intact and not really burned too bad. Pulling parts to keep what little they have left going?
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  655.  @ОттоЛарингоскоп even Vlad Pooty is not so foolish to think his pathetic army could take on a fully trained NATO member and not be forced to do anything but fall all the way back to the Urals.
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  656.  @DmzZero  more Weapons means more destroyed BTG'S. Its a smile making thing.
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  657.  @mikepajic7075  yeah? The TOS seems to have the range of a 120mm mortar for some reason. Not being used very frequently. Probably as deadly as a MLRS strike with the old fashioned non unitary DPICM bomblet rounds . Single MLRS will take out a grid square at long range with that. I saw it in action in the gulf war- truly devastating. And its coming Vlad Pooty.
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  658. Pretty sure Columbia or Peru could take em.....
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  659.  NO-TO-NATO  when? Please provide proof.
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  660. Note whovthey show as wounded. As on the last time with the general presenting medals no one seems to be wounded. No missing limbs, burns, scars, or anything else to frighten the public. When the US president does a bedside visit in the hospital, the wounded are plainly visible as wounded.
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  661. Dannels has pretty good job security as sheriff here..
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  662. Sadly it is much harder for me to hear my young daughter than her der siblings.
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  663.  @alfnoakes392  My Audiologist at the VA looked at my tests and said "Mechanized Infantry?" I agreed. More loss in my right ear nearer the weapons because I am right handed.
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  664. Perhaps they are joining the FBI to fix it?
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  665.  @Carewolf  same can be said here. The Russians have simply been re-running the sov playback with small modifications such as garbage Orlan UAV's that are inferior to the RPV, Pioneer, etc. From what we know now the Red Army would have died in massive piles in 1987 had the gone west.
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  666.  @Sikyu-ye4ns  Prior to 1948 the capital was Jordan.
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  667. @Magic yeah, that sov army never fails to impress- SARCASM.....
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  668.  @muscle2714  on a man for man basis the Ukrainians are a better organization. Any organization with effective squad and fireteam leadership will outfight an organization where leadership starts at the company commander.
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  669.  Happy Ness  except it seems one has.....
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  670. Face it, he was tryinf to break out when he got zapped. Tryinf to get offshore to that Mad Mullah Money.
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  671. Was that a twelve year old boy in a black uniform, waving the green flag on top of the vehicle with the armed Hammies??
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  672.  @goodylewis1034  Sadly the Turks offered to be the intermediary. It was turned down by the RUssians who see no value in it for them when a POW can be tortured for intelligence and then summarily shot. THey dont have to worry about fighting them in 10 years when they try to retake Crimea....
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  673.  @jonathon322  just remember a very key phrase. "JUSTIFIED REPRISAL." C could get VERY ugly for mother russia.
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  674. Poor Russian pows. Off to the gulag.
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  675. Such as?
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  676.  @arhagamer2510  much like the civilians that they got on the outskirts of Mariupol they have been deported east. Likely to never be seen again.
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  677. At what cost, and how long can that cost be Bourne?
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  678. Hammys are Hammys no matter where they came from.
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  679.  @patchan1467  oooh, that makes me want to go to the Shorebird for a big steak dinner....
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  680.  @frieda3357  Gaza was a defacto state, but the Hammys ruined that
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  681.  @jont2576  blood makes the grass grow.....
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  682. Tell that to the 60 or so Hammys who surrendered in North Gaza and were photographed sitting in their boxer shorts.
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  683.  @akiblue  Yup, being censored again.
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  684.  @akiblue  I have replied to you six times, and everyone of them get censored.
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  685. Can you imagine what is happening now to the russian disabled veterans of the Ukrainian invasion? Here in the US we have the culture of celebrating those who have been disabled. Not so in Russia.
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  686. ​ @plota1.6 Naw, the got snazzy green battledress uniforms they wore in parades, but those disappeared on 7 October. I guess the survivors went into the back of the closets and fished them out.
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  687. ​ @PeterPerez. You got that right. The Hammys consider the civilians as un expended propaganda ammunition.
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  688.  @KhalidKhan-vx2so  He was hardly in uniform. He was wearing a plate carrier. I think he was also seeking to exfiltrate and was hoping to get out and link up with his money. THere are HOURS of video of Hammys fighting in slacks and polo shirts as they shoot RPG and fire mortars.
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  689.  @plota1.6  Imagine if the Hammies had not proudly shown their videos of 7 October showing guys in polyester slacks and polo shirts kidnapping Isrealis.
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  690.  @plota1.6  censored.
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  691.  @michal1743  okay, let's dwell on that. Mathematically what percentage of 18-24 year old males would be conscriptable? 80%? So let's double the force pool We will say the took 17 -29 year olds. In order to accomplish the same number you would still have casualties for an unrealistic number . If you had conscripted 1 out of six 17 to 29 year olds the Russian economy would have immediately stopped. NORTH Korea time. ...
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  692.  @akiblue  imagine. Imagine living in a country that rations your care because a bureaucrst decides you are over the cutline?
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  693. Problem is it was road bound. Fuel ran out at the head, but no ability to move fuel from rear forward. Vehicles were parked 4 deep on a w lane road. Think of it like the ambulance at rear could not get to head of column where accident was.
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  694.  @franwi1722  agreed. Russia is about to learn what it is like to have your supply convoys shredded by IEDs and armored escorts punctured by EFPs.
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  695.  @colanitower  Every night Vlad Pootys security detachment can hear him Shriek in his sleep "Nothing Runs Like a Deere!" If we thought it would get to him we would send him a John Deere Green and Yellow baseball cap. But we know an FSV agent would intercept it and be spotted sporting it around town....
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  696. The Osprey in norway?
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  697.  @paulusbari3538  Putin is a comedian? Does not seem to have the personality for it.
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  698.  @Bobthegodnew  Really quite simple. In the days leading up to 7 October the Hammys wore snazzy green battledress uniforms in parades and other celebrations. Not a spot on them. Then on 7 October they donned their combat uniform which is blue polyester slacks and polo shirts so their bodies could be considered civilian casualties. Then when the ceasefire is announced they proudly donned uniforms that show no wear and tear in them. It further confirms the Hammies violated the Law of Land Warfare in regards to fighting out of uniform.
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  699. @AmericansWithGazans  The current situation is as follows: 1.) In 2005 in a move to gain peace the IDF moved all Jewish settlers as well as indigenous jews out of the Gaza Strip. This was to coincide with a cease fire. 2.) Iran continued funding terror including shipments of rockets to Gaza which were then fired towards cities in Isreal. 3.) The IDF shot down many of the rockets and responded by engaging the Points of Origin (POO) to try and silence the rocket fire. 4.) The Hammys escalated hostilities on 7 October to full war. 5.) And they have been suffering the results of that modern war ever since. Need more analysis??
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  700. Oh God, somebody read "war is a racket" and now thinks Smed had insight.....☹
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  701. Please provide evidence of US losses of aircraft to Mexican action. Only losses were to maintenance failures and poor landing fields. Please submit proof of losses of motor vehicles to Mexican action. Us forces lost 65 total casualties during the operations in mexico. Not all being battle related. In fact the US battle Casualties were usually to Carrancista fire which the US was on orders to not engage. Villa lost approximately 4 times that to the Pershing forces. Including several to George Patton. Hard to characterize it as any form.of Mexican victory.
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  702.  @Norg1  spoken like the meme leader.
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  703.  @III-kk8rp  notice how pooty is looking like the stress of his failures is getting to him? WhT it will play out like is when the russian leadership concludes it can go no further one of Pooty's most loyal retainers will hang a Makarov round behind his ear while putin is walking up a hallway past an open door. Then the new leadership will blame EVERYTHING on the departed leader as they jockey for power.
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  704. One of our key problems is Acquisition officers must acquire something using their budget or their career ends. Simply solving the problem with new TTPs does not spend the budget and their world ends if an approprited line item is not exhausted. We are starting to go into end of fiscal year freak out about now. Don't let them catch you with money on the books....
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  705. Flying them in military aircraft gives the appropriate optics. Thise optics are: 1.) We are serious about this. 2.) This is going to be unpleasant for you. 3.) You might as well go home while you still control your destiny.
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  706. Concur with this. They are providing over watch fires and then backing up out of rpg range
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  707. Something to think about is that the Sovs lack vehicle support for logistics. If they collected trash in nonexistant trashbags, where would it go? They dont have enough vehicles to adequately set up adequate LOGPAC to go in or out....
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  708. Most civilians cannot fathom the amount of support and training to keep a bird flying. The crews doing maintenance on the birds have usually years of experience. The Ukrainians don't have the training base to do it.
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  709.  @General_Ward  No, I disagree. The IDF followed the LoLW and evacuated something like 100,000 civilians to safety as part of a NEO operation to insure their safety. The Hezzies refuse to evacuate their civilian personnel because to them a civilian is like an unexpended round of propaganda ammunition. Civilian casualties are the point of Hezzy operations. That is the violation.
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  710. Once you get the initial deportations done, if they are done properly, the rest will self deport.
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  711. Beards? Weed? New PT? New food? Okay we adopt those and get maybe 300 more soldiers who are on the edge. It does not solve the key problem of trust in the administration and the Army. This current problem reminds me of the US Army during the Carter years. He made the largest pay increase in Army history but also caused for people to run for the exits with the Desert One debacle. No one trusted him that they were valued and appreciated. Also hurt that his side of the aisle was also the creeps who spit on returning Vietnam vets (and threw a pan of dirty slush on me in my class a uniform) Return the army to its core mission of fighting and winning our nations wars and trust will return. It took the Reagan administration and its policies to return respect for the military. Bring in someone who can separate the military from the social experimentation morass and say we will only use it in aupport of the needs of the American people.. And the sons and daughters of current and former soldiers will come back to the fold.
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  712. I don't care what they say. Censoring the speech of even provably false information is not permissable. The antidote of misinformation is MORE INFORMATION. After all, isn't that what you do?
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  713. Makes one wonder what the Iranians have on either Barry Obama or Joe Biden. No rational American would be this limp.
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  714. Barry Obama is totally invested in killing off this investigation of the Biden crime family for personal reasons. If they go down for, let's say their Burisma dealings - Obama will be asked if he knew Joey B was up to no good in the country Obama personally put him in charge of. He says "yes" he is complicit. He says "no" and he is guilty of incompetence. It is a no win position for Obama. He has been dreading this ever since the last election when the Republicans took control of the house.
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  715. Concur.. Under the Law of Land Warfare the Hezzies are required to evacuate the civilian personnel from the urban area before they use it for military purposes.
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  716. Amen.
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  717. I put myself through college on an ROTC scholarship. I served 24 years as an officer. Do I get a payout now because of the 4 year service debt I incurred? I don't want it. They don't deserve it....
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  718. He is one of the kids in the cubicles in the Lubyanka meme center....
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  719.  @vagingo  they get on cable tv and I will switch from fox.
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  720. They are illegally detaining the people on the bus. Kidnapping is a felony.
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  721. Was that the anthem of the USSR at the funeral?
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  722.  @scottp2290  I think putin is testing the old russian thought process that casualties do not matter in russia. That is historically how it has always been. But maybe russia has advanced since the 1970's and casualties will matter to the towns and families of Mother Russia. After all, they have to grow up sometime....
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  723.  @nemanjaredzic9534  Interesting. A couple of questions about the mission and execution of the mission. 1. How many fixed wing aircraft were able to land at the airfield and discharge cargo? 2. How far out was the perimeter pushed out to facilitate safe unloading. 3. How many units arrived at the airfield in the fixed wing birds and move out of the air bridge. 4. Did the Russians bring in SU25 Frogfoots to use it as a forward air refueling point (farp) on their missions . 5. What was the plan to establish a logbase on the airfield and how many tons of cargo moved out from it?
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  724.  @aleksandrsl4328  nice, like putin? Oops, I keep doing that to you....
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  725.  @aleksandrsl4328  yeah, let me help you out. It was actually the My Lai massacre you are searching for. End of the story is that unlike communists William Valley and his compatriot Ernest Medina were prosecuted in a military court for their actions. Convicted too. Did time. We fix our evils. You trumpet yours. Think any soviet ever did the same.
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  726.  @laverite6427  coal, baby, coal!
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  727.  @aleksandrsl4328  just checking. How do you quantify Nazis who are Jewish? Could they be nationalists? Even National socialists like Putin? Prying minds want to know..... Oops, sorry, you agree with the obvious and you might be removed forcibly from your cubicle at the Lubyanka for "reeducation"? That would suck....
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  728.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  typical soviet behavior by the Russians. Katyn Massacre anyone?
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  729.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  ...and?
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  730.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  speaking of toilets.... what is it about Russia that they cannot produce a modern usable toilet and thus their soldiers spend great time and effort looting the Ukrainians toilets they come across.?
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  731.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  ....and?
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  732.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  but the Ukrainians seem to have functional toilets worth stealing by the Russians who have none.
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  733.  @PauloSantos-zi3es  funny, but they are real. We used to make fun of them in the old Soviet union days.....
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  734.  @suzyrottencrotch5132  So the Russians pop off with BM21's taking out an entire neighborhood (THey are THAT innacurate.) in towns just for grins. Talk about war crime...
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  735. How is the borscht on the night shift of the Meme Patrol at the Lubyanka? What happens when you force a military into a populated area (Bastogne, Leningrad, Hue?) Were the sovs fightingninnLeningrad amongst the civil population war criminals? I am certain we can dig up a dozen or so 95+ year old sovs who fought there and prosecute them if you wish. After all, they are equally criminal.
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  736.  @aleksandrsl4328  please explain? Unkilled? Reichstag...? By the way, I visited the wall next to the reichstag in 1987. Also crossed at checkpoint Charlie, got to see the qualities of communismnup close..... just an aside.
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  737.  @aleksandrsl4328  yeah, after he whacked nearly a million of you. Seems communists have a tolerance for mass murder. What was the number that finally made him expendable? Way more than five.....
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  738.  Grakky TheGrakky  ohhhhh, the ones that were half peanut butter , half toffee...... The poor peoples Halloween candy.
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  739.  @aleksandrsl4328  who were working with the Waffen SS, right? Hey, you finally found a Nazi, in 1943. Fighting communists of course....
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  740.  @aleksandrsl4328  songmy? That in Alabama? Never been there. Maybe the guys in lubyanka are confusing it with My Lai. Just some help for you.....
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  741.  @Norg1  so Belarus is free to attack a NATO member and NOT suffer an article five response? Boy, the Lubyanka vodka is flowing early tonight....
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  742.  @aleksandrsl4328  salary? That is comical. Lota if communist therapy there. Let me guess, they also had art appreciation classes. For the record, all sources co servatively estimate that from 1918 to 1956 at least 1.7 million died in the gulag, mostly of overwork and starvation. And it was undoubtedly higher.
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  743.  @obisanchez5286  Yeah? When?
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  744. When we do the combat calculus of the peer forces it works out this way. The attacker loses 2.5 times as many troops to the defenders 1. So if the Russians have had 30,000 kia, you could naturally assume Ukraine to have lost 13,000. Naturally this chances in the next phase of the war when Ukraine begins the counter offensive.
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  745. No, to mobilize to get to the 2 million soldiers mark would require that a nation of 140 million and declining put into service 1 out of 70 people. The numbers are worse than that however since the Russian population is also aging out. To hit the 2 million mark in gross math would require all 18 and 19 year old russian males and about 25% of the 20 year olds. Naturally it is not that clean a statistic but it essentially gives the flavor of what a commitment that large would require. And the economic impacts would be massive.
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  746.  @aleksandrsl4328  funny. Guess that battalion is the entire department of defense because all the neo nazis enjoy serving the Jewish president. How much communist therapy have you had? Barrage battalions? That like the commissary who lined up the .aching guns to prevent the soviet army from retreating? Or is it like the penal battalions who were chained together and stomped there way through the mine fields? Or is it the chechans who are now blocking panicked conscripts from fleeing.m Your side bubba. It has a HISTORY it has to contend with.
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  747.  @aleksandrsl4328  ooooops, the satellite imagery shows the mass graves being filled in Bucha prior to the Russian pull out. The Azov guys are soooooo sneaky, sneaking in, tying peoples hands behind their back, shooting them, digging trenches, filling the trenches with the bodies and then sneaking off while the Russians guarded them. Sneaky sneaky....
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  748. I expect that the active armor materials were siphoned off to pay for a swanky dacha for the general in charge of the acquisition. After all, who did he expect they would actually fight? Vlad Pooty is now waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat wondering if his ICBMs solid fuel isn't just Cherry Jello swapped out by a general to pay for a yacht.
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  749.  @aleksandrsl4328  so white is the new red? Interesting . How about white flags, that also mean you are pro russian?
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  750.  @TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar  So the Russians get the benefits of NOT being at war. But the Ukrainians who realize it is a war must follow the rules? I guess we need to go full bore and prosecute the Russian soldiers for murder and attempted murder. THe odds of Ukraine getting their POWS back are REALLY marginal since the Russians are NOT known for doing so.
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  751.  @rjbmarchiac8693  Actually, something that the JAG types HATE to admit is that the Conventions allow for a concept called Justified Reprisal that is allowed to be used to move your enemy back in keeping with the rules of war. For instance, if your enemy massacres a group of 50 of your personnel who have surrendered, lets say lines them up and shoots them. THen you can claim a justifiable reprisal and similarly shoot a like number of your POWS that you are holding in an effort to bring your enemy back into keeping with the rules of land warfare. There are actually conditions that insure that it is carried out under a well understood basis. Sort of "I shoot him, because you shot my man" type basis. And yes it is openly codified. .
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  752.  @aleksandrsl4328  dude, face it. Russians committed the Katyn Massacre in Poland and tried to pin it on the Germans. It is what communist DO! So, let me guess, the view from Lubyanka is the civilians and children wired their own hands behind their back and shot themselves? It's gonna be tough on the Russian survivors fleeing back to ByelloRussia when they get caught. Ever research what happened to the Mexican Army that conducted the Alamo when pinned against the San Jacinto River? Not pleasant for them....
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  753.  @aleksandrsl4328  yeah, so how is Bucha playing at the Lubyanka today?
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  754.  @aleksandrsl4328  they were all slaves. It is what communism makes of a man, a slave.
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  755.  @enriqueperezarce5485  how was the russian experience political, but the US experience not?
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  756.  @aleksandrsl4328  hey, I am a retired analyst. Its the odds as I see it. Every day and every burned out t72 lessens the odds of Pooty poot from dieing in his bed of old age. Ukraine makes it to mid summer campaign season and russian success drops another 5%. By then Ukraine will have polish migs, and PGM kits.to go with their ordnance. Then the slaughter of the russian Colonels goes into high gear. "Yuri, want to command a tank Battalion? "No Sasha, I think I will keep driving the zamboni until Putin conficates it to try and haul fuel into Ukraine..."
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  757.  @aleksandrsl4328  ohhhhhh, youre a SOV hold out. Funny. The only place that communism still seems to be popular is amongst those who couldn't make due following the fall of th wall, and strangely in the US House of Representatives in the districts run by Sanders, Cortez, and tlaib. Well, you all have to grow up someday.....
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  758. Being censored for asking two questions (by the numbers).
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  759. A.) Please prove a....
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  760. ....genocide is occurring.
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  761. B2.) ...wouldn't they....
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  762. B4) ...in Israel.
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  763.  @aleksandrsl4328  right. He is a HERO based on the fact That you say something negative in public Nd away you go in.the Paddy wagon. Question for you, do you have a plan to escape when things go south and the mob with torches and pitchforks come for your team? After all, the russian public is not the monolithic population of stunned peons like the Soviet serfs were. They actually like coca cola now after all....
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  764. FORBES IS CENSORING CONTENT...
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  765. Forbes is censoring the notion hamas would...
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  766. It is foolish to think the Hammys will give even half of the hostages back. They are the only element of power the Hammys still hold. And they will seek to kidnap more.... Sadly this only will end with Hamas destroyed. Rescue those hostages you can, but do not think the Hammys will give them back willingly.
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  767.  @aleksandrsl4328  ha! Funny. By current accounts sovs are selling their tanks to the Ukrainians or fleeing for home. Gonna end all right. Putin just has to keep an eye on his friends to figure which one is going to do him like Brutus. Boy, bet he aint sleeping well.
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  768.  @GoriusMaximus  YES! Sadly if he were to tell the truth it would most likely not go the way you suspect. Lots of Perjury on the behalf of the FBI regarding the Steel Dossier...
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  769.  @matthewroy7718  Yup, I would love to interrogate them reference the Steel Dossier.
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  770. Well, she can't lie and say "no" because then she will not be allowed into the salons of Georgetown where the "best and brightest" confer....
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  771. Is she moron or what? Nice to see both California and Pennsylvania don't discriminate based on mental competence.
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  772. ​ @frontlinemedia4270 okay, so you got an income tax refund? Cool, I'll take your upstairs bedroom. Be over in a bit. Under your deiFinition your house is public property. What are we having for dinner?
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  773.  @aleksandrsl4328  gee that element that is no more seems to be stacking russian bodiesalong the roads that the red army can't seem to leave. Morale amongst the tankers and mech infantry really has to SUCK. They are clay pigeons at this point on the forest roads north of Kiev.
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  774.  @aleksandrsl4328  oh, other than the destruction of the soviet union by the US production of high quality Levis jeans, what caused old pooty to get his "i am the reincarnation of Joseph Stalin and ivan the terrible?
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  775.  @aleksandrsl4328  how ill be seen? Funny.
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  776.  @aleksandrsl4328  i still wonder of this 6000 man element called "the Azov Regiment. The sov seem to input the factors and qualities of the 7th Cavalry, waffen ss, northern route and the kwantung army all rolled into one. Guess their propaganda needed a bigger boogeyman to justify the claims if naziism. Particulalry when the president of Ukraine is a Jewish. You GUYS REALLY need to give it a rest with the whole Nazi thing. Particualry when putin is your leader. Talk about national socialist murderers....
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  777. It is interesting to note that the US lost 31 citizens on 7 October, but the White house and their press cronies say nothing. You can't even find mention of the 31 by name. Its like they simply evaporated. And the reason is clear. The Dems want to appease the Muslim population in the US for two reasons: 1.) The left does not want the violent protests on the street that condemnation of 7 October would cause by the Pally protesters. 2.) While small, the Muslim voting block in the swing states are influential. When a state can be decided by a few thousand votes, having the Muslim voters stay away from the Polls could be disasterous for them.
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  778.  @aleksandrsl4328  well, you COULD make the case that the greater 340 million slaves within the soviet union were willing to accept 12,000,000 dead. Is Russia with a a declining population of 140 million willing to lose one of ever ten citizens to effect a similar outcome?
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  779.  @aleksandrsl4328  so far to be seen, but day by day then odds in favor of Russia drop little by little. Right now I would say odds of an outright Russian victory 10%. Odds od an outright ukrainian victory coming in 2024 30%.
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  780.  @dixonpinfold2582  my own theory is that if you don't openly toe the party line you get censored.
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  781.  @janbrown9195  the current US administration does not see the US citizen as their responsibility or customer.... Their customer is the PRC, and whomever else will write a check to a Biden family member...
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  782. Needed....
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  783. Biden and his ilk can go away and respect and dignity can return to the national command authority. Then the fathers of potential recruits 75% of whom served won't be as wary to steer their kids away from the army.
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  784. i am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines? Thank you Netanyahu! Note they all wear uniforms at parades and funerals. But not in combat?
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  785. This time next year can these press minions be forced to testify before the house about the fraud they are perpetrating on the US people? Just something to think about.
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  786. The problem was that Shinseki had no knowledge of history. If he had any knowledge he would understand that the BCT focused concept had been tried by the US Army once before when it was called "The Pentomic Army". The same problems we knew would resurface in the BCT focused army was that low density MOSs training level would degrade as they were all sprinkled amongst the Brigades. We are still recovering the lost children from the Brigades and moving them back to divisions.... And I remember the laughter from the other services in Hawaii when we were forced to gather in the PACOM parking lot for our official "donning of the beret" ceremony. Humiliating....
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  787.  @aleksandrsl4328  oh, I am sure that won't be necessary after all the ukrainian volunteers get advanced training by Special Forces trainers in technical subjects. By mid summer the Russian casualty count will be approaching 100,000 and the already depleting Red Army will be being bled white. In the usual Russian style one of Putins most trusted aides will walk him by an open door where someone will step out after he is passing and hang a 9mm behind his ear. Medvedev perhaps? And then the new leadership will sue for peace. The problem the becomes what does Ukraine do with all the POWs? That gets ugly....
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  788. C'mon.... He will suspiciously suicide the day after the mid term election. Course, he won't know it. EPPS will "pull" an Eppstein before he can testify. That has got to be weighing on old Ray's mind.....
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  789. Parking deck seemed empty. Probably on its way back to get more cars. .
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  790. Kirby us pretending that he does not know the money Barry Obama and Joey Biden is fungible. In other words, if Iran was going to be forced to use their limited Tax Revenue to keep their people fed and medicine flowing- they would not have money to purchase weapons for the Hammys, Hezzies, Pallys, and Hoots. Thus for the Trump years they did not have the money to cause mischief. Then Biden gave them pallets of cash which they used to supplement their budget and it freed up their tax revenue money to support the terrorists. The fact he pretends this is not so illustrates he is a man without honor and should have his admirals rank stripped from him for conduct unbecoming an officer of the Naval Service.
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  791.  @aleksandrsl4328  pretty much everywhere. The anti soviet protests are springing up even in the east where you seem to assert the Russians are popular. So, yup, lots of support for NATO probably on the scale of the Dutch support for liberation in 1944.
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  792. Problem is we have been purchasing whole families of systems since 9/11 that are tested, fielded to units who then lock them up in connexs because they were not wanted in the first place. The wizards of smart at the pentagon and Aberdeen just race along to production at record speed and produce whether it will be used or not. Quality and cost is of no consequence. Getting it done in record time is.... We call it "Connex Bait."
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  793.  @aleksandrsl4328  maybe if it went nuclear. But in a conventional battle it would materialize much like Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. A well supported professional army with popular support of the locals would devastate a second rate poorly supplied conscript force which would surrender in droves. We always wondered what it would be like to engage the sovs in the Hof Corridor and Fulda Gap. We were pretty certain we would stack them like sandbags. Now we know we were right. Can you imagine these guys from the east making it across the river? No way. They would be too busy looting the locals ......
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  794.  @aleksandrsl4328  except to use them you have to be found . Not hard for the russians who are road bound in their mud averse t72s. Just look along the hardened roads Nd there they are. But Where are the Rangers? They are everywhere and no where. Until they pop a manpads on a landing Kamov, set off a daisy chain under the logistics convoy, or over run the regimental command post. The Russians thought the sight of tanks would cause the Ukrainians to capitulate, and they left the infantry on the farm. So there is no one out there to counter the patrols like the Ukrainians and the hypothetical Rangers.
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  795. And out comes the soviet flag again. Commies.....
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  796.  @anghuyphamnguyen3096  the sovs were relentless communist thug murderers. And the world is better off without communist thug murderers. Some day Vietnam will come to recognize that.
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  797. Its the sovs that are filling mass graves with innocent civilians victims.
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  798. FSB is simply KGB. Need to take a dirtnap like Vlad Pooty himself. But that is coming. His loyal retainers are already sizing him up.
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  799. Democrats- the courage is not in them.....
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  800. During the next republican administration all of the Washington DC field office need to be fired with prejudice, or failing that relocated to Havre Montana. They will resign soon enough after that.
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  801. ​ @drjanitor3747  How do you commit genocide on a group of people with genomes that make up 30% of your loyal citizens? Not happening.
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  802. ​ @drjanitor3747 How do you logically commit genocide on a group whos genome makes up 30% of your loyal population? Not happening.....
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  803.  @billageguy2168  Biden worried about federal jail? For his son and brother definitely. Also for all his retainers who are starting to worry about their futures. Biden will certainly be impeached since the Democrats started this impeachment war with Trump. But there is total evidence of he and his sons crimes so it is pretty formulaic. I am guessing his party will "Retire him" and pray that mollifies the public. It wont..... NATO would be disappointed to hear you state that the US runs things as the number 1. Oooooh, so the Russians are now doing "Wag the Dog" eh? Right, keep saying that to your selves. Regarding the second crossing. It happens to be going the wrong way for you to assume it was Ukrainian.. What were they doing, retreating? Regarding the 85% of the Russian Army still being in Russia. Perhaps for a man to man basis it is, but of the 140 Battalion Tactical Groups (BTG's) in the Russian Army they started with the bulk of them in the initial invasion. THe remainder were brought in as replacments. In fact a BTG from the garrison at Kaliningrad was spotted in the news as fighting in the Donbas now. And it is there tanks getting ground up now. Supposedly they are the best trained of the Russian troops, but not really showing any level of training much like the res tof the SOvs. Regarding the notion that 50K couldn't seize Kiev. Yeah, 1/3 of the Russian force. but they thought the Ukrainians would just capitulate. Reports are many of the BMPs that crossed on the first day did not have fuel, ammo, or food on board. THE SOVs DID NOT THINK THEY NEEDED IT. I think they only real purpose for the Hostimal airfield assault was in an effort to prevent the Ukrainian cabinet fleeing and organizing a resistance in the west. They wanted to bag them. But the VDV in their nice striped shirts got whacked nicely. THe S300 is not impressive, particualrly when measured against the PATRIOT, THAAD, and half dozen others fro other NATO Counties. WHile we are talking about it, it seems the 2S6 cant get anything in the form of a UAV, nor the ZSU-23/4. Definately not up to the Starstreek and other shoulder mounted systems. DO i know what they assessed? Yes, part of my old job was to determine what they were up to. Ever been to Russia, why yes, I went behind the iron Curtain in the 80's. Got to watch the SOVs up close and personal. And yes, they were moronic back then and have only slightly improved as of late. By late summer the Russians will have used up their trained maneuver units and weill be squatting and hoping the Ukrainians run out of ATGM, and hoping that the Ukrainian night infiltration patrols tonight are focused on someone else's sector. Key thing is that the Ukrainians seem to learn. But the Russians still operate as if it were 1987 in the Fulda Gap. We were going to stack them like sand bags then, the ukrainins are stacking them now. To quote Pennywise the Clown "They all float Down here...."
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  804.  @billageguy2168  you must proceed based on assessments. 1. Are the Ukrainians asking for the ceasefire? No 2. Do you think the current US administration who HAS asked for the ceasefire would rather the war had never started ? Biden and company know they are going to be mowed in the next election and this war does nothing to improve that. And Biden must stay in power because otherwise he and his family wear orange jumpsuits in federal prison. Getting a Nobel peace prize for negotiating an end helps that slightly. 3. I have yet to see any digital camo vehicles destroyed. But I have seen plenty of Russian tanks flying the sov banner. And even more sov highbrow vehicles that the Ukrainians do not use burned out by the side of the road. 4. I have seen the imagery of both crossing sites. Imagery analysis of it is telling. I have seen excellent video of ukrainian patrols who seem to be using the ranger handbook. The mark of western, and likely uS infantry training. 5. I have yet to see any form of adequacy in similar russian patrols. Mostly people standing around in the open waiting for the Starshini to give orders that anyone of them should have instinctively given. 6. I have also seen imagery of the captured russian bmp and gotta say they have no adult supervision. Particularly in the first days of the war. The common comment is that the BMP were simply serving as mobile flop houses. 7. Russian actions on contact as viewed in russian media is one step up from abysmal. No apparent crew drill training has been conducted. These guys ain't up to artep standards. 8. Kiev obviously was the intended target. If it was a distraction the would not have sacrificed the air assault troops for what could be accomplished by a feint. No. The Moronic Russians assessed that the Ukrainians would fold like a cheap suit when they heard armor had crossed the border. The politicians would flee like Biden assessed they would and the army would surrender enmasse. And then those javelin and nlaws you discounted in the hands of well led patrols started nibbling the Russians on the roads. Panic ensued and like the 1991 road of death they fled for home abandoning much key hardware. I have seen this before.....
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  805.  @billageguy2168  and you believe the sovs that they have only incurred 4K casualties in 2.5 months of being mauled on the Offensive? One thing is that the Ukrainians are winning the information war. The use of recorded imagery from their quad copters gives the lie to sov statements that things are going to plan and casualties on the russuan side are manageable. Just seeing the six sunken t72s from trying to ford the river underfire gives the lie.
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  806. ​ @drjanitor3747  While I must say I am not the best Christian in the world, I had no complaints with how I was treated in my two assignments there.
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  807.  @billageguy2168  sorry, the actualnua population states it was a population increase of 700,000 since January 2021. Roughly .04 percent INCREASE. 50,000 XASUALTY XOUNTNIS BASES ON STANDARS BALLEFIELS CALCULUS. IF 20,000NKIA, THEN LIKELY 30,000 WIA. HENCE 50,000 TOTAL CASUALTIEA. and we have A ceaseless flow of illegal aliens going across the ranch.
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  808.  @darrenmcmackin330  It is totally accurate. You have a single Brigade assigned to the western half of Canada. The problem is that it is currently 3 Battalions operating at 33% strength. In other words, a single company from each of Battalion. That equates to one full strength Battalion. A generic Battalion at full strength is 800 Men. Where is the error?
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  809.  @darrenmcmackin330  What about Cold Lake? I am unaware of any Infantry or Armor line units assigned to the Canadian Air base at Cold Lake.
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  810.  @darrenmcmackin330  Not been there, but been to Shiloh, Edmonton, Suffield, and Winnipeg. You have not successfully defended yourselves since 1990.
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  811.  @darrenmcmackin330  Please, which Infantry Battalion is stationed at Cold Lake?
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  812. Got to suck to be Wray. Everyone KNOWS he is lying and obfuscating. And inside the beltway and in Manhatten or Berkeley he will likely be cheered for it. But if he ever decides to rent a car in Oklahoma City, a boat in Florida, or a tour in The Grand Canyon, Essentially anywhere in what is termed as Fly over country he will get the once over because he obviously cannot be trusted. Wray, hope you like living only amongst the coastal elites who seem to be disappearing by the day. Maybe you can rent a room from Barry O at his mansion on Nantucket. You might have plenty of company soon......
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  813.  @billageguy2168  your assumption is this will be resolved by end of summer. No evidence of that now. We will cut the Russians a break and assume the only have 50,000 casualties of all types now, 2.5 months in. Prime summer fighting season coupled with a second winter fighting season will cause at least 250,000 russian casualties in the first year. That is if pooty has the stones to mobile conscription more than he has. If the war stalemate on a line that the Russians culminate at it will be to a ukrainian advantage withhighrvtech capabilities and a rapidly adapting force. Geeee, bubba the US did not lose people last year as you claimed. It seemed like 50% of the world passed by my ranch here in Arizona heading north trying to sneak in....
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  814.  @aniksamiurrahman6365  keep pooty from going nuclear when he is forced to do so or withdraw. Can you imagine him surviving a soviet withdrawal without getting a 9mm round to the back of the head? Russia will need a scapegoat and pooty foots the bill.
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  815. What is it about arclight that causes the post to be removed? Are we genteel, or realists?
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  816.  @Харликвен  riiiigggghhhht! So. Are the conscript kids that have been swept up "volunteers", "Mercenaries", or "auxilleries"? Interested minds want to know....
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  817.  @mmaximk  those Are not iranian flagged ships.
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  818.  @homelessjesse9453  please provide proof.
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  819.  @stevengeorges9046  wait, same guy that flattened ISIS in a weekend? Surely you meant Obama?
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  820.  @rtqii  morale issues in the Russian forces . After all, they know what their status is. The Russians effectively know they are a beaten Army.
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  821. The tanks are not proving to be decisive in this war.
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  822. Yeah, but Ukraine is on the defense and defending their homeland. An army defending home and hearth will be willing to take more than one who is not.
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  823.  @RR-in7do  the deal that guaranteed Iran Nukes by about now.....
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  824.  @speedyv6247  try Russian quad copter footage releases.
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  825.  @RR-in7do  what did I say that is inductive of Meth? Joe Biden trots out on stage, presents a teleprompter speech scripted by an Obama retainer, then gets lost trying to leave the stage while saying "oh, never mind" or trying to @hake hands with a ghost. Maybe its not us who did lots of meth.
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  826.  @Coinmancer  um, who is the little man? Its not exactly clear in your post.
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  827.  @speedyv6247  owned by the federal government? It isn't. Journalists on the other hand are self selected from the progressive side of society where they mistakenly believe that government is key to all success and happiness. Thus it might seem like they are owned by the Biden administration. But in reality only philosophically.
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  828.  @speedyv6247  yeah , so you have nothing.....
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  829. I wish they would get a copy of the movie The Best Little Whitehouse in Texas. Then cut out a segment where Charles Dunning is singing and dancing to the song "I do a little sidestep" and play it after ever evasive answer from Mayorkas. THE governor in the play has nothing on the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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  830. Please provide details. And not just apocryphal stories or rumors.
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  831.  @aworkofart9163  if you watch the go pro video the Russians shot of their air assault on Hostomel airfield it is obvious they sent in their best troops to sieze the airfield and prevent the government escaping to the west. They were even festooned with the orange and black ribbons to impress the cameras. But something they didn't anticipate happened. The Ukrainians didn't flee but fought back like tigers. And the Russians have not recovered since.
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  832.  @Anisky123  that is correct. They really don't care about the Pallys per se. The Hashemites would have treated them abysmally anyway. Their real problem is they cannot have jews or Christians show them up by being successful.
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  833.  @Anisky123  and the pallys would have been treated just as bad. But by other Muslims. The dirty little secret is the Muslims cannot bear to be compared to the jews or christians.
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  834.  @chrisko6439  And the descendants of the 480,000 jews who were in Isreal in 1939? The Muslims tend to forget they were actually there.
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  835. Don't forget the toilets. It seems the Russians still cannot produce a viable toilet when their soldiers loot them from Ukraine.
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  836.  @TRINI818  lots of space in Saudi Arabia. And it is controlled by stong man theory. The Pallys will Love living in Mecca and Medina.
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  837.  @TRINI818  Those guys? I am pretty certain they are Israeli citizens at this time. They will stay status quo.
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  838.  @TRINI818  well, last anyone checked all the Jews in Gaza were extracted in 2005. Including those who had lived there for generations. The Jews living in the west Bank are openly targeted as "settlers" even ones who have been there for time immemorial. Most of the middle east have ejected their jews into Israel.
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  839. Who are "These" people?
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  840. You are right America is pretty great. I would say you should visit sometime, but that will have to wait until Vlad Pooty is gone and the Russians pull back and atone for their transgressions. One of the great problems a military organization has is of processing sensor data and moving it to the users for action. And the Russians are MAYBE the worst at that in the world. Too much "Rice bowls" thinking. AI have always assumed it comes from the same part of SOV culture that leads to corruption in the officer ranks. But that is for another time. So, lets imagine your position is accurate. WE will assume There is a satellite system that picks out a human body via thermal imagery. We will assume that the Ukrainian infantry squad walks along an open field and selects an ambush position in an area without overhead cover. Silly but we will go with it. Where is this imagery processed? WHo has tasked this to occur? How is it deconflicted with the Sov patrols that should also be out (ooooooops, we will scratch that one as the SOvs are terrified to go out cross flot at night. Perhaps you should chastise your leaders for stealing the NVG money, and then further chastise your leadership for discounting infantry patrol training.) How do the SOVs action this target? THe usual way they work is when a patrol is found, they spend some time figuring where it is and then with a full battalion of BM21 rockets taking out multiple grid squares? Aviation? THe quick answer on that is the SOVs are no longer crossing the FLOT with aircraft as that turned out to be too hazardous to their crews. They have all but surrendered control of the air over anything but friendly lines to the Ukrainians. Nope, I am certain that very little information's getting to the user in a timely manner. Probably zero as a matter of fact. If it was then a BTG could probably make it further than a single kilometer each time they throw themselves against the wall. ANd it is FIND ME ANOTHER 10 TANKS FOR TOMORROW time. Not seeing any evidence of Russian BM21 strikes being fired in the dark on any video, even the really hokey ones put out by the Chechens.... My guess is their crews are hunkered down and praying at night like the rest of the Sov army....
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  841. @meadow9166  The phrase is a line from the 1997 movie The Fifth Element. In the movie, Bruce Willis's character Korben Dallas says, "Negative, I am a meat popsicle" in response to being asked if he's human.
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  842.  @cringegamer2075  funny....
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  843.  @Харликвен  And you know Ukraine has lost 200,000 soldiers how? Oh, the Meme leader told you. Ukrainian soldier whine and cry? Not from what I have seen. They have patrols with trained NCO's that move out with ATGM and play Pop Goes the Weasel with the Russian T72's. And the Russians STILL don't have trained NCO's which is why you don't see Russian Patrols going out to intercept the Ukrainian patrols. In fact, the Russians are terrified to fight at night. They are not trained for it, nor are they equipped for it. So when darkness falls they hunker down and pray. Gotta be the longest nights of their lives. As far as cold winter. Gonna be pretty miserable for mother Russia. Europe has faced energy shortages before. No money. No logistical support for their troops. And come November the new US Congress will start pumping oil again. Drill Baby Drill. And the US will go back to be an oil exporter. Poor Vlad Pooty. More nightmares to worry about.
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  844.  @Харликвен  Russia has already won this war? Really? I was not aware that Russia had ceased grinding away a full BTG each day for a single Kilometer of gains. I was not aware that the Russians had stopped losing all the planes that cross the FLOT. I was unaware that the MLRS rounds had stopped blowing up the rudimentary Tactical Operations Centers that Russia is trying to establish behind their lives. I was unaware that Ukrainian Patrols had stopped infiltrating and whacking whole squads of russin crunchies who run in panic. I was unaware that Russian tanks were notlonger playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" every time they move forward. After all "ROund and round the mulberry Bush, the monkey chased the weasel, out from hiding the tank came and "Pop Goes the weasel." Hahahahhah! Javelins are bad karma for autoloading tanks. I bet Vlad Pooty is not getting any sleep without the help of a sedative..... THis war is still in the first period, and not looking good for the away team.
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  845. @hesmightier  So you are correct about humanitarian law. But that doesn't count in combat The LoLW is what matters. Besides, the poetical organization that is the UN also founded the state of Israel. Hmmmmmm.
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  846. @tinnzyman  yeah, so why don't the Hammys wear their bright green headbands in combat.
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  847. @tinnzyman  I have seen their own video that they release, the pull down after about a day when they realize what it shows. The Hammys are the only ones firing 82mm Mortars and the new Special RPGs with the predestination on the from⁰
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  848.  @tinnzyman  Well, yes and no. I am now a retired officer living on.my ranch here in Arizona. But in my twenty four year career I spent far too much of it in the middle east. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, took up far too much of.my life. In fact I sadly know more about that region than people from that region know of each other countries. But I also know about Korea, the Philippines, Japan and China. And don't get me started on Europe and Russia.
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  849.  @tinnzyman  Being censored. ( So by the numbers.).
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  850.  @tinnzyman  1.) Hate to break it to you, but the Law of Land Warfare does not distinguish between conventional lawful combatants and any other category such as resistance, guerrilla, or unconventional combatants...
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  851.  @tinnzyman  4.)During WWII the French FORCES Of the interior marked themselves with armbands with a French flag and a cross of Lorraine on them. That allowed them to be fighting in a lawful manner.
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  852.  @tinnzyman  6.) Only since the Cease fire can you find Hammys adorned in their combat uniforms...
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  853.  @tinnzyman  7.) And they look like have not gotten much wear since the last time they wore them the night before the attack on on 7 October...
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  854.  @tinnzyman  Sentances 2, 3 and 5 are being censored for no apparent reason. That's MEE for you.
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  855.  @tinnzyman  2.) All sides are required to adhere to the LoLW regardless of what brought them to the fight...
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  856. @tinnzyman  Sorry I was reroofing a shed today. You are incorrect. The Hammys are not allowed to use whatever tactics, techniques, or procedures (TTP) they desire because they have a mythical carve out in the LoLW because they are guerillas. And the fact that the Hammys choose not to wear their uniforms puts all civilians in the Gaza strip at risk. Regarding the IDF possibly using an ambulance to move combatants around, I have not seen that. But if true, I disapprove. Just like I disapprove of the Hammies using hospitals and ambulances to do the exact same thing.
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  857. @tinnzyman  Guerilla fighters do not get absolved from following the LoLW.
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  858. @tinnzyman  The Hammys were very proud of their snazzy green battledress uniforms prior to 7 October. Thousands of them paraded in them each year. The mere fact they are guerillas does not absolve them of the requirement to fight in uniform. It has fallen out of favor lately, but executions of combatants wearing civilian clothes do happen. Regarding my grammer, I assume you refer to my numbered sentances. I apologize for that, but it has been forced upon my by over zealous censors at MEE who eliminate everything analytical in nature. Regarding my location. Yes, I retired to my ranch in Cochise County about fifteen years ago. And I was a soldier, not a policemen. Though I did train with the police every once in a great while.
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  859.  @Харликвен  Oooooh, the meme leader at the Lubyanka told you what the go to script was eh? If it was a diversion, why waste the best troops from the Sov forces on a n air assault to take HOstomel? If not, whcy commit three whole CAA to tray and secure from North and East? Why would they NOT make a big display of their intentions rathe rthan trying to keep that on the down low? Why have a forty mile supply convoy exposed on the roads for weeks? Parked there and getting picked apart? Face it, Vlad Pooty jacked this one up. THe entire Russian Army was under the belief that the mere sight of Sov Tanks crossing the Border would cause the Ukrainian government to flee, and the Army to subsequently surrender. But that did not happen, and now that the world knows just how pathetic the Red Army is it will never happen again. Dont be surprised when Goergia retakes their land and Russia can only sit there and watch now that the Red Army is a shell of what it was in January. Finland retaking their land from 1940's? That could be fun and I think the Red Army wouldnt even contest it until they got too close to St Petersberg (Or do you still call it Leningrad like the good litlte Sovs? Hell, Everyone wants to be in NATO now that they know there are no repercussions from VLad Pooty. When do you think Russia will dissolve and become a bunch of warring factions? Will it be before or after VLad Pooty takes a 9mm from his previously loyal staff for his failings?
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  860.  @Харликвен  then why arent they there now? The russian attack on Hostomel makes Operation Market Garden look like a model operation. Purely moronic....
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  861. Do you notice the wounded Russians in the hospital wards don't seem to have visible wounds? Can't scare mother Russia with the truth, like missing limbs or visible burns which the crews from their BMDs will have. Can you imagine a wounded warrior commercial in Russia? NO, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO FACE THE TRUTH.
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  862.  @yvonneplant9434  it is immaterial if the movie is accurate or complete work of fiction as Braveheart is. It is the sentiment depicted that has value. If Harry Potter had an applicable scene with appropriate sentiment, I would use it as well. The appropriate sentiment is that no one was willing to die in an op thought up by Jimmy Carter, and no one is willing to take a risk for Joey Biden who is only interested in skin color, unusual sexual preference, and the trans agenda. When is the last time anyone in the Biden administration addressed a group of soldiers and told them their focus was efficiently killing the enemy in order to win wars? It has never happened.....
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  863. Did you ?
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  864. My comment regarding partial birth abortion being the physical act of ripping the baby from the womb is being censored. So much for a free press.
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  865. Partial birth abortion is not ripping the baby from the womb?
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  866. And Biden did not lie?
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  867. My comment regarding Bidens lies not be characterized as such are being censored.
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  868.  @aleksandrsl4328  ummmmm, no. I think you will find NO ONE wants the soviet flag flying over them except for the diehards in the lands suffering from loss of pride in its downfall. Oh, and the U of California Campus at Berkeley. Can't forget them....
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  869. Concur, and it was rare to have enough dismounts in the back anyway. We were always short dismounts. It got so bad that I had a platoon of 13 guys two weeks before an NTC rotation. Full vehicle crews and a single dismount. We were saved the week before flying to Fort Irwin when a bus pulled up and delivered 8 dismounts to us from the Texas National Guard.
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  870. ​ @g.w.hampton5525 replace with applicants who can show a valid DD-214.
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  871.  @eliasziad7864  huh, how you figure skippy?
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  872. Face it. Fighter jocks only want to be in sexy birds they can paint flags on the side of prior to jaunting off to the bar in their flight suits. Since they disdain flight suits do much, the should just hand them over to the Army who has the burning desire for ground support aircraft. The Army will then pop a bunch of high hour warrent officers into the cockpits and go to town. That is horrifying to the Air Force because it will force them to admit they COULD finally reduce their grade plate for pilots. Horrors of horrors.
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  873. I lived on the border between the Netherlands and Germany for a while in the 90s and never got used to carbonated water with meals. Coming from the US where the water quality was comparatively high i just found it odd you would want to mask the water by making it fizzy.
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  874. So doing the math. RUSSIA IS country of 140 million people. Roughly 6 million prime conscription age males available 1 million flee. Then 100,000 KIA over the first year (humorously Russia only admits to 6,000). About 250,000 WIA of varying degrees. That is 1.35 million fighting age males gone. The country already has a declining population. This just puts that problem on after burners....
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  875.  @vsezaquilt  "And the barrel bombs keep rolling along...." Sovs will be sovs.....
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  876. Great analytical piece. Keep it up.
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  877. Lots of time wasting fluff until the 3 minute mark, then you start talking about the subject matter. Lots of you tubers do that to pad their air time. Tooo bad I got tired and turned you off.....
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  878.  @unknownalien3837  tell ya what, arrest these orange draped thugs, place them in well used porta-potties. Then park a car against the door so they can't exit for, oh let's say 24 hours. They wish to inconvenience us, then turn around is fair play. That better dx dy?
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  879.  @vsezaquilt  Sorry bubba. Not true. The Chemical weapons were all taken to Johnston Atoll and incinerated. But surprising NOT the Soviet ones which seem to find their ways into barrel bombs in Syria. WHodda thunk it that Soviets cheat. Hell, they kept German POWs until the later 1950s.....
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  880.  @vsezaquilt  Do you trust CNN? I do not. But I have been watching the transcripts of interviews with Sov Conscripts who have been caught up in the Ukrainian prisoner facilities. THey are pretty much bewildered by the whole process. Not the least of which seems to be their access to real porcelain toilets....
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  881. R the Google old days of "police riots?"
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  882. Nice.
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  883.  @chasseausanglier3390  ain't over François....
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  884. I have always been troubled by this monologs. It essentially says crimes are worthy of not reporting. What if Charley had been witness to a knifing, drive by shooting, or auto theft. Should he remain quiet about those as well....?
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  885.  @-Muhammad_Ali-  but would he be justified in keeping his silence if the three miscreants killed the headmaster dog?
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  886. Excellent!
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  887. So when is Iran going to get to 1200AD?
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  888. ​ @bornfromshadow465 tankcacceleration is slow? Whens the last time you saw a modern jet turbine equipped tank. I can't out run mine....
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  889. You wandered the countryside counting destroyed ukraimian Tanks? Interesting pass time. Frankly there have been no statistics shared regarding destroyed ukrainian tanks. Ukraine has claimed now they have MORE tanks that at the start of the war what with donations from other former soviet states and "donations" from fleeing panicked russian crews. Seeing as how dismounted squad sized patrols of Ukrainians trained by western forces in what we call "the Ranger Handbook" is the most combat effective formation in this war. My guess is that they have not had to commit their armored forces yet.
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  890.  @tingleblade4274  bull____.
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  891.  @vsezaquilt  then why do they keep showing up?
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  892.  @allengrant  yeah. If normal battlefield calculus is to be believed.... 20,000 KIA = 45,000 WIA. That is fully 45% of the original invasion force. My guess is that there are a lot of Russian infantry companies that can count the original surviving members still in formation on the gingers of both hands. Those units will take months to rebuild....
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  893.  @twelvestitches984  after all, they don't have them at home.....
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  894.  @aidenforster5892  pushing inward as in russia is in the process of internal collapse? Yeah, you can make a case for that.....
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  895.  @aidenforster5892  why would you assume Ukraine will collapse? What evidence do you have of this ? How many linear miles did the sovs advance on a wide axis yesterday? Doing some math. Russia is a country with a rough population of 140 million. They committed several CAA to the attack on Ukraine with an approximate force strength of 140,000. It was advertised as a professional force but the initial invasion had a significant conscript component since they have been having difficulties professionalizing through recruitment. If we were to make an assumption that 60,000 russian soldiers were casualties in this campaign so far (KIA,WIA,POW, DISEASE, INJURY DUE TO WEATHER(FROSTBITE, TRENCHFOOT, ) PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBILITATION , ETC) then we can compute that 8% of the russian military age males have been impacted by this war in an adverse manner. And they are attacking into a foreign land for causes they likely either do not understand or do not believe in. The second wave is now building up and the results will likely be less effective. While the Ukrainians are defending the quintessential hearth and home, the Russians have almost zero motivation or professionalism to move them forward.
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  896.  @aidenforster5892  yeah, the view from the cubicles kids in Lubyanka in their feeds is particulalry rosey. Still have yet to see them seize Kharkov. Oh and still shooting going on in mariupol. The only sov brigade outside of Kiev is the Brigade of the dead. Amazing how putin cares so little about his common footsoldier that he left them laying in rows when his troops fled back to Mother Russia. That is EATING at the Sov morale. The American axiom of "no man gets left behind" is converted to "screw Ivan, shouldn't have died, leave him, the Ukraimian Farmers will use him to fertilize the fields."
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  897. Hey, that ZSU-23-4 was a pretty high payoff target if you want to keep your UAVs up and flying. Much more valuable than a mere. T-72.
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  898. Hey you attacked THEM. WARNING TO THE WAGNER GROUP. You are prone to suffering the same fate as the SS following the Malmedy massacre. Surrender won't be an option after the atrocities you commit....
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  899.  @vsezaquilt  Nope. VLAD Pooty is a Sov from way back. He has said in interviews the saddest day of his life was when the USSR broke up. This whole war is just his attempt to reassemble the failed Soviet Union. And he is trying to do it before he assumes room temperature..... When he fails he will get a 9mm round behind his ear from one of his most trusted retainers as he walks by an open door....
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  900. They are able to spend on social programs because we have provided their security. How about NATO nation each base a division in the US southern border so we don't have to defend it for forty years?? r​ @GregAbendroth 
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  901.  @r.mucklin1703  My post asking the European NATO nations to defend the US southern border keeps getting censored. Their turn....
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  902.  @r.mucklin1703  being censored on this page.
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  903. @r.mucklin1703  the notion that Europe has been taking advantage of the US seems to get censored quite a bit.
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  904.  @r.mucklin1703  and it got censored again.
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  905.  @runswithbears3517  the statement that NATO leadership did not think they could hold is apocryphal. Also apocryphal is the statement that nato intended first use of nukes to blunt the sov advance. Actual situation showed a series of active defenses tied to obstacles that would have bled the USSR white within Germany.
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  906. Then why did the Japanese kill millions of civilians in China, Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines?
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  907.  @shermanfirefly5410  The Soviet Air Force was facing a Luftwaffe that was largely spent following the battle of Britain and the round the clock bombing with 1000 plane raids grinding it down. Not the Sovs... they were almost totally ineffective with no radar and GCA of intercept. But they did not need it as the Luftwaffe was engaged elsewhere. This is Best exemplified by Hans Rudel in his antiquated Stuka who went through the whole war plinking Sov tanks nearly at will. He didn't have to face a coordinated air defense....
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  908.  @shermanfirefly5410  a.) Casualties expended by the Luftwaffe in 1940/41 over the English channel were thus not available to fight in Barbarous and afterwards. B.) It is rarely the quality of a single aircraft by itself that matters when calculating the value of a total integrated air defense. The sovs dif not have the radar or air defense control capability to vector interceptors to target. Not as important when only facing a Luftwaffe force of perhaps 100 medium bombers. Something else again when facing 1000 plane heavy bomber raids that would have quickly overwhelmed their nascent capability.
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  909. Pretty much looks like the sovs are dying in droves for limited gains now in Ukraine, just like they would have in West Germany. It isn't about the equipment. It is the leadership of the people USING the equipment.
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  910. Not exactly correct. While nukes were always available, and they were wargamed for, they were not automatic. And from what we are seeing in Ukraine, not necessary to beat the sovs.
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  911.  @aaronpaul9188  1. I was on the ground in Germany then in the Army and we did not hold the belief you are putting forth. We knew we would stack Soviet bodies like sandbags. In Berlin we got a first hand look at our counterparts and were not impressed. 2. For a force that held a 4 to 1 advantage against the Ukrainians at the start the sovs are still not impressive. No leadership in the ranks below captain level. No ability to do squad sized operations. Frankly, they sucked then and they suck now. The Russians decided some time ago that they would base their army around a throw weight of artillery and built massive numbers if tubes. There infantry and armor shields the tubes and is supposed to exploit, but cannot. But, AND THIS IS KEY, they have awful target acquisition. So what they are limited to doing is taking out whole gridsqaures in the hope they find the Ukrainian patrol that just barbecued their Tank Company in the BTG. And they are slowly losing that firepower to counter battery fire .
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  912. This is of course nonsense. We planned to stop the sovs at the first water obstacle (in my case the Fulda) and we knew the sova would stack themselves like sandbags before us. It wasn't about the equipment so much, it was the leadership and training behind it. And we are seeing that play out in the wheatfields of the Ukraine right now.
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  913.  @charliebasar9068  concur, and their air defense network was not mature enough to respond in a timely manner.
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  914.  @runswithbears3517  It is well known in the military strategic studies field? Is it at Patrice Lamumba University?? It is not amongst my compatriots' who were all in the operational environment back in the day. In numerous exercises the defense of the Fulda River and later the Hahn RIvers . In both events we who were planning the defenses thought that the SOvs would have a huge problem trying to force a crossing of that river with the defense we were setting up, as well as the Soviet need to actually bridge both of those rivers under fire. I think our confidence was justified by the recent experience that the Russians had with attempting to cross the Donets river with a significantly higher force ratio than they would have had to cross the German rivers. And if and when they crossed the Fulda and Hahn, good for them - now they got the Weser and a whole batch of other rivers to try and force. Stacking Soviet Bodies the whole way.... I am interested in your comment about the US not being able to get forces into country fast enough. During my time at Fort Hood I had the opportunity to take part in a REFORGER. From the time we got on the plane to the time I was sitting in a POMCUS provided M2 Bradley heading East was less than a Day. Both Armored Divisions at Hood had the bulk of their Combat Vehicles and support vehicles in Storage in Western Germany. My first time in a Bradley at the CEC site was illuminating. They were all brand new with Beautifully maintained systems unlike my M2 back at Hood which was well worn from training. Had we been at actual war they would have been fully uploaded with ammunition in short order prior to our arrival. Essentially all of our hardware left behind at Fort Hood would have been turned over to a new organization to prepare the next iteration of troops as they prepared to deploy to Germany maybe a month later. Interesting to note that the SOVs documents released after the war placed my DIvision of three Brigades as an equivalent to two of their Combined Arms Armys as far as combat power. And we had two of them at Hood ready to travel. Cant remember but think My corps was rated as a Front Plus. Later in my career I had the opportunity to see the SOVs up close and personal from Berlin. NOT and impressive bunch. When a unit would travel to a local training area they would litter the roads with broken down tanks, BTR, BMP and Howitzers who could not travel the short distance from their Garrisons to LTA. And the broken vehicles took weeks to recover because the SOV maintenance capabilities were trash. Yeah, haveing to retreat to the Pyranees? APOCRYPHAL as HELL.
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  915.  @runswithbears3517  Its an ignorant statement. Why did they say they would defend all the way to the Pyranees? Because the French - Spanish Border was in the Pyranees and France at the time was part of the command structure and Spain under Franco was not. It is the equivalent of me saying I will defend the US all the way to the Canadian Border in case of a Mexican Invasion. Do I think I will NEED to? Hell no. But would I ? Sure. We would have stacked Soviet bodies on the east bank of the River in copious quantities while the US reinformcement arrived. Just think, in the time Russia has had to try and conquer Ukraine we would have had all US active Divisionsin Germany, most National Guard Divisions in Route if not in place. And new divisions being built in T,exas (4th Armored Division, etc)
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  916.  @runswithbears3517  Yes, I would defend the US all the way back to the Canadian Border if I did not have to evacuate to ALaska altogether. And this was in 1949 the document originated. Comical. You impute so much to a paragraph that has as much meaning as me saying "I will defend the earth from sharks until I need to evacuate to the moonbase. FUNNY! Lets be clear all of the NATO counter offensive planning called for the offensive to slice between two Sov fronts apprximately 30-50KM from the inter German BOrder. So, would the SOVs have defended all the way back to the Urals if they did not have to evacuate the continent altogether. Just as likely..... REALLY MOM, WE SOVIETS WERENT AS LIMP AS YOUR EYES TELL YOU WE WERE!
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  917.  @runswithbears3517  But that is nonsense. THe increase in the US Tactical and Operational Nuclear deterrent did not come at the expense of the Tactical non nuclear forces under Reagan. As far as Air Land Battle, I lived it coming into the force early to late 80's. I think the SOVs had more to fear from its premise in Operational flexibility than any Presence of GLCM, or Pershing Missiles in theater that would only fly if the sovs were stupid enough to launch theirs. AIr Land Battle caused the sovs to reconsider their own forces which were essentially blunt instruments and ponder what they could do to counter it. 40 years on the Russians still have not learned the lessons. One of the tenets of Air land Battle focused on individual initiative by elements as low as the Squad level to accomplish the overall mission. You couldnt then and cannot now find a SOV/RUssian who ever wants to see a young Sergeant lead a patrol out to do a mission. That much initiative might ruin their top down society post war. In 1988 I was a participant at a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) exercise that had Marshall Akromayev present as an observer. He witnessed as all the officers were removed from the exercise and the young E6-E5 sergeants carried on the mission of securing the objective under their own initiative with tier units. One E6 taking over as platoon leader. He turned white as a sheet because he realized in his army had nothing of the like to fall back upon. So lets say the Sovs were able to cross the fulda at a location and get a tank company across, what was to prevent the US from carrying out a similar crossing up river to drive towards the SOV rear? Under air land battle those NCOS and what was left of the leadership would be more likely to successfully cross a force, and would have more initiative in its exploitation. That is what Kept old Marshall Akromayev up at night until he shot himself post Yeltsin military Coup failure. Find one good Russian Patrol leader in the current war. Likely you cant. All the early candidates simply get hammered going straight at an objective.
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  918. WHO ARE YOUR MILITARY EXPERTS? After 24 years service as a Commissioned Officer followed by 13 more years as a DOD consultant I would stack ME against some guy you never met, but read his book. My sources are ME, My compadres who shivered in the rain with me or drank stale coffee at 0200 in a TOC waiting for something to happen, and guys I interviewed from the other side post fall of the wall. Pyranees were the first possible defensible position? That can only come out of the kids in the cubicles on Dzherhinsky Square.....
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  919.  @runswithbears3517  Marked advantage in Ground warfare? Hee Hee. I was an OPFOR Platoon leader/Company Commander for a while and got the opportunity to lead like a soviet Platoon leader/Company Commander. Really good at going straight ahead and waiting to blow up in 111 Formation. Prey you dont reach an obstacle, even Piss Off wire or surface laid mines because that is unforgiveable. Quite educational. You should try it some time.
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  920.  @runswithbears3517  You are still not getting it. You are under the impression a well cited foot note or piece of text trumps an experience. Nice if you are an academic..... I have the advantage of not being one....
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  921.  @runswithbears3517  this post covers that window. And you brought it up as the period of supposed US reliance on tactical nukes. Capiche?
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  922.  @runswithbears3517  The window covered in the video is 1989. Long after the adoption of AirLand Battle. My personal window DOES cover this window. Try again.
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  923.  @runswithbears3517  in total review of thread your comment is non sequitur.
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  924.  @ferrarisuper  an aircraft with an engine the pilots do not trust at altitude and has a service life of two flights is going to provide an interceptor force? The only reason the sovs did not get bombed into oblivion by the germans is because the Germans were used up over Britain. If the germans had the us 8th and 9th air forces starting in 1941, Russia would have been one big plowed field....
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  925.  @Brandon93951  sorry. Dont work that way...
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  926.  @cyber1243  yes, but that is a limitation without a meaning. It assumes perfect world conditions on one side without due recourse to the other.....
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  927.  @will.s4611  Hell, the Sovs were famous for their use of Penal Battalions on the offense. Want to clear a minefield to allow forward movement sinply chain the members of a penal unit together and force them forward into the mines. Boom-boom-boom. No more penal unit, but more importantly no more minefield.
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  928.  @rickc5303  concur with this assessment.
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  929.  @charliebasar9068  yup, agreed. Just saying the Sovs did not have to establish a mature air defense network (radar, flak, interceptors working together in concert) during wwii like the germans did, so it would have been tough for them to defeat the USAF.
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  930. In my view what it really would have looked like was the halftracks on firsthand late in the war would have P47s strafing the treeline followed by 105mm Howitzers firing Willy Pete into it indirectly. The crews of the AT gun would likely have departed by the time the tanks arrived. That would have been considerable time to get the orders from the infantry battalion commander, mount up, and move to the firing. No, the quick response would be the Javon and artillery buying them out.
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  931.  Craig Spain  that is correct. Mexicans living south of the border invariably do not have direct ancestors who had lived in what is now the US prior to Guadalupe Hidalgo. As such the have no more claim to the real estate than a kid living in Tashkent.
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  932.  @Morales.1192  and his descendants are still living here.
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  933.  @frankmontenegro574  what part of Arizona? My part was legally and voluntarily purchased from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.
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  934.  @luisorozco4370  and those people living in the southwest stayed and became US citizens.
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  935. Huh? I did not realize the Sovs were occupying Kiev and Lviv? Guess I better pay more attention to Vlad Pooty news. Hey Russia, you had 140 million citizens at the start of this war with a declining birth rate. What do you have now after casualties and young males fleeing the draft?
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  936. Looks like military age males with short hair moving after being searched for weapons. Prudent....
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  937.  @CatoNumbla  he might have been what we called a Candy Striper. In other words not actually SF but maybe a person who is an augmentee (though they are assigned to SF units, they usually wear Red Berets.)
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  938. ​ @One.DeSanctis. as far as I know we are.
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  939. ​ @mimi1o8 The Bidens? Hardly a new administration.
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  940.  @afcgeo882  without dismounts they are not capable of gaining and holding ground. Even CFV Bradley's had two dismounts in back to either reload or dismount and perform surveillance. Bradley's are expensive, sadly dismounts are cheaper.....
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  941. @afcgeo882  1.) I saw no evidence M1s were in overwatch. 2.) When you get within range of a possible position you do not stay mounted. Nothing ruins your day like getting hit by an RPG which sets off your Halon. 3.) We are not armor, we do not have the Mantra of "death before dismount." The Drones were being used to monitor the immediate area as the trainees moved forward on the CALFEX range. If they feared enemy dismounts being possible they would have used the Drone to canvas the treeline. They didn't so they had other motives such as observe the training.
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  942. @afcgeo882  Son, you best check yourself. In M2 crew drills you approach a defended objective and lay down supressive fire against a possible engagement. Preferably using coax since the 7.62mm is leap years faster to reload than spinning rhe turret over back deck and reloading 25mm from boxes loaded below the deck plates. You do NOT let the Bradley get out front of your dismounts because the RPGs will feast on you if you do. The crew drill for an RPG being spotted takes precedence over all other engagements. On table 8 you are trained to immediately engage the RPG team with Coax and suppress until dismoubts can engage and defeat. Only if your coax is inop do you switch to HE on the 25mm and engage. This has all the markings of a calfex event, what with the multiple cameras observing. And by the way, an RPG is NOT obsolete particulalry at the range these vehicles finally ended up at. 25m driving back and forth without dismounting troops is folly.
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  943. @kuidaorekitchen5850  cool! You NEVER did.
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  944.  @nickmack302  we were trained to do two things that I do not see in evidence here. 1.) Use the smoke grenades to obscure the discounting operation. 2.) Dismount before the objective to prevent the use of RPGs taking out the dismounts on the vehicle. They did neither. The Russians are well equipped with RPGs but none were in evidence. This was training..
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  945.  @kuidaorekitchen5850  huh? Let me know when you complete the Bradley Commanders Course at Fort Benning. I am an alumnus, class of 1985.
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  946. @PATISHAH  looked like a training event to me. But I gotta wonder why no coax fire? That M240 is a beast akin to the MG39 of WWII fame.
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  947.  @afcgeo882  I think training event .
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  948. @VoloundExpounds  hmmmmm. Not seeing a loss here. When was the last time Russians had troops on their land? And human wave tactics are making sure the Russian population decrease keeps on decreasing..... 140 Million this year. Maybe 130 Milli8n in 2035?
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  949.  @jjohn408  why was that not in the headline?
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  950. COLUMBIA HAS NO BALLS! they should decline to list her as a graduate and degree holder for this lack of decorum.
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  951. When they ask you what your pronoun is, just reply. "Oh, it's okay... I am normal."
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  952.  @arthas169  how did Biden with no charisma get 8 million more votes than Barry Obama?
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  953.  @joseywales8257  sadly no. What i have learned with MEE and other Pally Enthusiast web pages that have the censorship setti gs on maximum is you have to break it down to numbered sentances. Then do the work to assemble the coherent thought Really sad....
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  954.  @deepathomas269  Now that I look back on it, i think it really is Kamala Harris....
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  955. @joseywales8257  Triple H? The famous wrestler? He has cameras? I would watch that.
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  956. ​ @stephenholland4057  the ottomans never colonized anyone? You familiar with the term Janassaries?
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  957.  @awesomeneiss  sure, go to an urban district dem controlled and print 50,000 ballots only voting for one race and run them through the machine at 0200 after dismissing the pill watchers. Then you get a "victory". Years from now confessions will appear copping to it. But by then it is too late. Just like Harry Reid when he said he had evidence Mitt Romney did not pay taxes. When finally confronted after the election he admitted it was not true, but it was beside the point because Obama had won again. What the left does not realize is that their election antics have brought the country to the boiling point and you will find violence at the polls next time in two years. When someone is caught pulling these dem antics its going to get ugly....
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  958. Expel and deport immediately to Rafah.
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  959. Cheney never represented Wyoming, she represented the swamp.
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  960. creatures! Is a swamp creature. She does not represent Wyoming. She represents Washington DC which has always been her home...
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  961. Swamp creature!
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  962. Sinwar is wondering who is going to ship the money to his off shore accounts now. After all, the money is what is important to these guys. The resistance Ideology is simply a product they sell...
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  963. Would love to watch the next one with these two. Fun!
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  964. @EveryIsnaad IsFabricated democrats were the confederates!
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  965.  @shellyazgour838  we have a reason to be angry. Many of them in fact.
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  966. @EveryIsnaad IsFabricated the KKK AND ANTIFA are the footsoldiers of the modern democrat party.
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  967.  @kimharris8440  note, the Arab muslum people who defied the Arab governments request to flee Israel in preparation for the attack in 1948 are still there as loyal Israeli citizens.
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  968. Sinwar is simply a big off shore bank account with legs.
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  969. The Hammys really screwed this up, and I suspect they know that. The Mullahs gave them cash and told them to kidnap as many innocent civilians as possible 7 October. The Mullahs are always seeking to relive their glory days of 1979, and seizing hostages would put them right back onto the world stage with maybe another 450 days of negotiations. But then the Hammys got excited and killed 1200 people. And now no negotiation is possible. Hostages are meaningless with such a scale of bloodbath of the innocent. If the hammys are able to extricate themselves from this nightmare scenario, they surely can't flee to Iran- they ruined the Mullahs hostage fiesta.
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  970. Interesting. I don't recall you tracking the progress of the US citizens bodies who were killed on 7 October. But then again there were 31 of them.....
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  971. Double standards with us? I can't recall Al Jazeera tracking any of the US bodies on 7 October. But then again there were 31 of them.....
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  972. Well, Ya'll censor opposing opinions in your comments so you have little room to complain....
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  973. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms, how would you know?
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  974.  @Vorname_Nachnahme  my reply explaining the fallacy of your argument regarding military prisoners versus civilian hostages keeps getting censored.
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  975.  @aurancrash4654  It is like saying the Germans were right in 1939 because of transgressions in 1918, or even worse 1890. There is peace now, and you cannot go all 1918 on us.
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  976.  @aurancrash4654  It is immaterial what happened before. There was a defacto ceasefire on that day that was violated by the Hammys. If you go "1948", then there cannot be a ceasefire ever again. Ceasefires lose meaning when one can violate it based ona perceived transgression in the past.
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  977.  @Vorname_Nachnahme  Very naive story.. They could have simply evacuated all hostages to the US over the shore pier and handed them over. But they didn't. A civilian hostage gets more press than a military prisoner. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
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  978.  @ammt7692  there can be no deal. Not after the Hammys violated a ceasefire and killed 1200 people. No ceasefire is possible after that
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  979.  @basilminhas7179  my reply stating you are not admitting the truth is being censored.
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  980.  @basilminhas7179  are you saying rhebHammys have not killed 32 US citizens since 7 October? That would take quite the suspension of disbelief....
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  981.  @3311atl  or is it that they are US citizens?
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  982.  @3311atl  is it the number which is now 32?
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  983.  @3311atl  my reply stating Hamas has killed 32 US citizens is being censored.
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  984.  @3311atl  its gonna get UGLY.
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  985.  @simukhkhirani606  question for you: In 1948 when the British Empire left, should the entire land area known as Transjordan been turned over to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan?
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  986.  @simukhkhirani606  So, if they decided THEY were not Palestinian, who are you to say they were? Is it only about the naming convention?
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  987.  @simukhkhirani606  i take it you do not agree with the 480,000 number? Fine propose a number and please justify it. I have heard Pally enthusiasts who say there were no Jewish people in the region because they all mysteriously originated in Central Europe. Nonsense of course.
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  988.  @nurp4904 The three shot in the friendly fire earlier this year? Friendly fire ain't. I could also mention the Hammys little accident with their rockets about the same time that waxed a crowd when it struck a hospital. But they just claimed it was the IDF in the face of overwhelming evidence.
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  989.  @nurp4904  have i mentioned that? But I will mention that the six hostages killed this past week were killed by shots fired to the back of the head execution style. But then again I have seen Hammy supporters say they were killed by IDF snipers who shot them on purpose to give the hammys a propaganda loss.
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  990.  @nurp4904  Right, so the forensic analysis of the victims on 7 October stated that the majority of casualties died fromneither RPG fragmentation or gunshot wounds caused by 7.62mm projectiles. Neither of these are caused by Apaches.
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  991.  @simukhkhirani606  1.) Which statistic is wrong. 2.) What is the IDF doing wrong (please refer this comment using references from the LoLW.) 3.) What am I personally doing that is wrong?
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  992.  @nurp4904  last year?
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  993.  @nurp4904  Were they taking fire from inside the house?
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  994.  @simukhkhirani606  Dude there are half a dozen prayer times each day. Used to drive me nuts hearing the Muizens on the speakers when I was trying to sleep.
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  995.  @nurp4904  The Hammys attacked on Yom Kippur. Like 1973 the IDF relaxed manning requirements for their holy day. It would be like someone attacking much of the West on Christmas Eve. Attacking the US on Superbowl Sunday. Or specifically attacking a Muslim nation at the height of Ramadan
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  996.  @nurp4904  i actually watched the interview with the Company Commander who maneuvered his Merkavas into position as the Hammys began fleeing back to Gaza in trucks. What he said was at some distance he observed pick up trucks with people in civilian clothes in the bed of the truck going back to Gaza. Since the Hammys had attacked wearing civilian clothes he assumed they were the Retreating Hammys and opened fire upon them. He did not have identification of the people in the beds of the trucks but his rationale is plausible to this old tank commander. I would probably have done the same thing. Naturally the press attempted to paint him as willfully mowing down hostages, but at the time that was unknown. Maybe next time tell the Hammys uniforms on combatants exist for a reason.
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  997.  @nurp4904  Tanks don't start fires as well as gasoline....
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  998.  @nurp4904  My comments regarding my extensive experience with tanks is being censored.
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  999.  @nurp4904  my comment outlining my skepticism of the hindustsni times is being censored...
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  1000.  @nurp4904  This the same Hindustan Times that says the Russians have destroyed the Ukraimian Army, and that they have been kicked out of Kursk? We find them entertaining The fires were purposely set by the Hammys to burn the buildings down before the Hammys withdrew. Tanks are not the first thing I would use to set fires. After all, why hasn't Gaza burned to the ground? Face it, the Hammys got hurt in the propaganda world when the scope of the atrocity was revealed and are now trying g to blame everything g up to and including suicide of the Civilians
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  1001.  @nurp4904  the Kibbutz was further south and east. And the Kibbutz is a housing area for civilians any way. Why did they target it? And is Hammy Intelligence so bad they did not know a very loud and light filled concert was happening? That beggers disbelief.... They purposely struck it.
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  1002.  @simukhkhirani606  1.) In 1940 there were roughly 480,000 Jews living in the Transjordan (For some reason this stat keeps getting thrown out by censors)
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  1003.  @simukhkhirani606  Me not listening to the truth? What, Are my statistics in error?
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  1004.  @simukhkhirani606  3.) Of that number roughly 2,300,000 are Muslim Arabs who are citizens...
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  1005. 2.) In 2024 there are 9,400,000 Israelis.
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  1006.  @simukhkhirani606  1.) In 1940 there were roughly 480,000 Jews living in Transjordan, mostly west of the Jordan river.
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  1007.  @simukhkhirani606  My earlier reply was censored. Will try in seperate paragraphs to get past censors.
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  1008.  @simukhkhirani606  Roughly 490,000 were in Transjordan . Mostly west of the Jordan River. That help? Oops, almost forgot the second question. Right now there are roughly 9,400,000 Israelis. 2,300,000 of them are muslim Arab Citizens . Maybe 20% of the population.
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  1009.  @simukhkhirani606  So, there were no jews in Transjordan in 1940? There were no Christians in Transjordan? I WILL GIVE TOU AN EASY ONE. How many Jordanians were In Transjordan in 1940?
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  1010.  @simukhkhirani606  What percentage of transjordan was owned by Jews in 1940? Where was that percentage located? What percentage was owned by Christians in 1940? Where was that percentage located?
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  1011.  @simukhkhirani606  yup, the Hammys started their rocket program bout then. Lots of mad mullah money....
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  1012.  @Saba-fn5ub  my reply is being censored.
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  1013.  @simukhkhirani606  it did not matter as a ceasefire was in place.
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  1014.  @Saba-fn5ub  Why do Arabs believe they have a religious right to take civilians hostage? The rest of the world looks on in disbelief. It is completely out of bounds in accordance with the LoLW. But they do it.
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  1015.  @Saba-fn5ub  why would they kill them? Why did they take them? Arabs believe there is some sort of religious carve out that permits hostages to be taken. The rest of the world wonders what is wrong with them....
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  1016.  @nurp4904  2.3) by hammies carrying AKs.
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  1017.  @nurp4904  2.2) they were fired upon....
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  1018.  @nurp4904  2.1) when the concert goers began to flee....
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  1019.  @nurp4904  2.0) The hammies used anti tank rounds to stun the crowd.
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  1020.  @doseckes3183  What? Wait a minute. They were killed by the Hammies. Do you want to blame the LAPD for the Manson Family murders of the Tate and Lobianco families? Do you want to blame the Atlanta police for the murders committed by seriel killer Wayne Williams? The NYPD for the Son of Sam killings?
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  1021.  @nurp4904  AL Jazeera does not want a historical recounting of the actual raid and it is being.censored Such bravery....
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  1022.  @nurp4904  4.) Is that Homey or what?
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  1023.  @nurp4904  3.) Those who froze in place or were wounded were then taken hostage. At a housing area the Hammies lit the houses on fire burning those who hid inside to death.
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  1024.  @nurp4904  1.)wait a minute... On 7 October they crossed the border into Isreal, not to attack some vital military target, but to raid a rock concert.
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  1025.  @nurp4904  being censored. Will reply in paragraph form. Read by numbers...
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  1026.  @nurp4904  wait a minute... On 7 October they crossed the border into Isreal, nor to atrack some vital military target, but to raid a rock concert. They started the raid by firing RPGs into the crowd to stun them. Then machine gunned those who fled with AKs. Those who froze in place or were wounded were then taken hostage. At a housing area rhe Hammies lit the houses on fire burning those who hid inside to death. Is that Homey or what?
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  1027.  @nurp4904  wait a minute... On 7 October they crossed the border into Isreal, nor to atrack some vital military target, but to raid a rock concert. They started the raid by firing RPGs into the crowd to stun them. Then machine gunned those who fled with AKs. Those who froze in place or were wounded were then taken hostage. At a housing area rhe Hammies lit the houses on fire burning those who hid inside to death. Is that Homey or what?
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  1028.  @nurp4904  yes.
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  1029.  @nurp4904  So you hypothesize that the IDF broke into Hammy controlled turf in order to kill the hostages? Wow, the suspense of disbelief in Pally land is overwhelming.
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  1030.  @nurp4904  hummies equal hommies? What does THAT mean?
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  1031.  @samirpilipovic2885  8. And we owe you....
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  1032.  @samirpilipovic2885  4.) ...by hammies on 7 October.
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  1033.  @samirpilipovic2885  3.) That is the number of US citizens killed....
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  1034.  @samirpilipovic2885  2.) Is the number 32.
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  1035.  @samirpilipovic2885  1. To Americans the only number that is important....
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  1036.  @samirpilipovic2885  being censored here. Read by paragraph numbers.
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  1037.  @samirpilipovic2885  hate to say it, we in Cochise County care nothing about your casualties. You killed 31 US citizens. And hold 5 hostage. And you think we will reward you for that?
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  1038.  @NoisesofArchitecture  being censored for recounting details of how the bodies were discovered. Such bravery by Al Jazeera to censor the truth.
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  1039.  @Sindy-r2k  my invitation for you to visit Arizona keeps getting deleted? Why?
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  1040.  @Sindy-r2k  thats ok Come for a visit. Walk you down Allen Street in Tombstone. Go see the OK Corral. You will understand.
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  1041.  @Sindy-r2k  my reply explaining the legality of an Al Anbar Awakening type movement keeps getting censored.
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  1042.  @Saba-fn5ub  frogish?
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  1043.  @joancooley1387  And what is so unusual about that? The Brits had a choice, they could install the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan over the whole region formally known as Transjordan. Make it another monarchy that the democratic west disapproves of But the Arabs favor culturally. (They always prefer the tribal stong man approach) But tribal kingdoms fell out of favor in the democratic west so a compromise was set out in a two state solution. Israel and the hashimite kingdom of Jordan. Jordan invaded seeking to take it all. They lost. And they lost turf. It happens. Speaking of exiles.... the jews of the whole middle east were exiled to Israel from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and even Iran. Essentially punted out. RIGHT OF RETURN FOR THEM?
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  1044.  @joancooley1387  how and where am I off Track? Please be precise.
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  1045.  @irfannawas5878  Rigghhttt... Its all Israel's fault. Let me guess, Netanyahu snuck into the rock concert hours before the attack and personally killed 600 victims with a butter knife to make it look like the Hammys killed people.
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  1046.  @katina55312  i have had to break paragraphs to numbered sentences. They are supposed to only filter profanity. This goes to control of opinion.
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  1047.  @katina55312  naw, you guys can malign Isreal and the US at will, but defending them gets erased.
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  1048.  @katina55312  in 1948 a two state solution was created. But sadly they allowed the Arab nations to attack. They lost. They lost land. Thems the breaks as we say here in Arizona.
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  1049.  @katina55312  My reply citing the difficulties of Counter terrorism efforts is being censored. I guess they only want to hear the chorus?
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  1050.  @StrygwyrBS  What can you expect? Their leadership thinks of their civilian population as unexpended propaganda ammunition.
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  1051.  @katina55312  Have you ever worked in Counter terrorism? It is difficult. THis aint the movies bubba... What is it about the Arabs that they think taking hostages is some sort of religious right?
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  1052. What is it with the middle east that hostages are a religious right?
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  1053. What is it with the Arabs that taking hostages is a religious right?
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  1054.  @penyarol83  Have you ever heard of the Minnesota/North Dakota war of 2000? It involved college Hockey between the Fighting Sioux and the Golden Gophers. It gets brutal to the point soccer fans consider it violent.
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  1055.  @chatgbt-i5h  i think its the same kids who celebrated 9/11.
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  1056.  @ayeshaahmar6351  I know the truth....
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  1057.  @ayeshaahmar6351  so you know who committed 9/11, African Embassies, Peace Keeper Barracks, and Beirut Embassy?
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  1058.  @devilwanted7047  i did not approve of the Stern Gang et al. Nor do I approve of the Hammys, Hezzies, hoots, PIJONS, and Mullahs.
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  1059.  @ayeshaahmar6351  I am being near universally censored for explaining conspiracy theory runs rampant in the M-ddle E_st. I have tried to post 5 examples. They are always deleted.
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  1060.  @ayeshaahmar6351  4.) The CIA created Covid, as well as transfats, and high calorie foods.
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  1061.  @ayeshaahmar6351  3.) The Mossad did the Africsn Embassy bombings, ignore the AQ who claimed credit.
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  1062.  @ayeshaahmar6351  2.) 9/11 was caused by the CIA, ignore osama claiming credit.
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  1063.  @ayeshaahmar6351  "9/11 was done by mossad, ignore the fact Osama took credit for it."
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  1064.  @ayeshaahmar6351  I have repetitively been censored for illuminating a truth of the middle east. That truth is that conspiros run rampant in that part of the world. Something makes your side look bad, create a conspiracy to make the other side look even worse. Examples in next few posts.
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  1065.  @ayeshaahmar6351  always amazing to me how those of a certain set of beliefs in the middle east are the biggest conspiros on the planet.. Covid? It was the CIA. 7 October? It was the IDF that killed everyone not the Hammys who attacked.... Now, the soccer field killing of the 13 druze- that's IDF too. Not Hezzies. 30 yeats ago the African Embassy bombings were blamed on "The Jews" until AQ claimed credit. 9/11 was also blamed on "the Jews" until Osama claimed credit. You guys would get more self respect if you would just own it.
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  1066. I am being censored as usual. My point is that these kids have been ducking Iranian manufactured rockets their whole lives. Just last month a batch of kids were killed on a soccer field by them. You might have forgotten, but these kids havent.
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  1067.  @Dutchwheelchair  The people of Israel- Jewish, Muslim, and Christian are free. Those who fled in 1948 and 1967 and are now actively trying to subvert that freedom are not.
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  1068.  @Dutchwheelchair  since I do not speak Hebrew I am not certain, but the transcription I saw said something like "We are the faithful children of heaven who know to ask for our needs." Sounds kind of benign to me.
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  1069.  @Dutchwheelchair  got censored for simply stating it was someone whom I do not know who provided a transcribed lyric.
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  1070.  @Dutchwheelchair  another person posted it and a summation of the song/chant. And it was reportedly less than some of what our pro pally protesters on Columbia's campus have chanted. In their defense they are just morons with no real world experience.
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  1071. Poor MEE. So easy to offend.
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  1072.  @Dutchwheelchair  I speak neither Arabic ,nor Hebrew. I have heard that what is reported by MEE is not what is actually sung.
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  1073.  @Dutchwheelchair  yup, it was )2. the statement that there were 480,000 in transjordan. That offends MEE. Truth hurts....
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  1074.  @Dutchwheelchair  i am betting it is paragraph 2 that offends them the most.
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  1075.  @Dutchwheelchair  3.) And the other regional countries forced their jews to emmirgate including Tehran.
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  1076.  @Dutchwheelchair  2.) 480,000 jews were already there from Transjordan.
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  1077.  @Dutchwheelchair  so let's try it by the numbers and see what offends the censors at MEE. 1.) Just reminding everyone that contrary to popular pally opinion which believes all the jews came from Poland.
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  1078.  @Dutchwheelchair  yup, got censored for my reply. MeE is big on censoring opposing views.
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  1079.  @Dutchwheelchair  Just reminding everyone that while the Pallays like to attempt to convince the world that all the jews in Israel came from Poland etc. In reality 480,000 were from the region. And more were forced to go there from places such as Tehran. But I seem to get censored on this point.
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  1080.  @Dutchwheelchair  Just reminding everyone that while the Pally enthusiasts like to claim ALL the Jews that make up Israel arrived from Poland and Ukraine, that is not the case. 480,000 if them were from Israel, and mcuh of the Middle east forced their Jews to move to Israel to survive. Including Tehran.
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  1081. How are those Jewish students doing in downtown Tehran?
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  1082.  @faizaambah  that took like 9 editing. I think I might have worn them out.
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  1083.  @brendasmart553  they absolutely apply. In WWII the USArmy fought the early campaigns against a numerically superior Japanese force in the Philippines. Douglas MacArthur was posed the problem of moving his forces into Manila and using the city to grind the Japanese down, but also destroying the city and its civilian inhabitants. He chose to declare Manila an open city and move his forces to Bataan and fight a less effective battle. In the end his forces were destroyed. He had honor and followed the LoLW. The Hammys don't, and wont.
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  1084.  @faizaambah  Okay, will give it a try. In accordance with the LoLW all prisoners are required to be moved to a safeguarded place that is well marked to prevent friendly fire actions such as these. Camps that are either marked POW or EPW on the roof. Also, the international Red Cross or Red Crescent must be given access. Without those two criteria it must be established the Hammys bear the fault of these three deaths.
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  1085.  @UnfollowYourDreams  In accordance with the LoLW all prisoners are required to be moved to a safeguarded place that is well marked to prevent friendly fire actions such as these. Camps that are either marked POW or EPW on the roof. Also, the international Red Cross or Red Crescent must be given access. Without those two criteria it must be established the Hammys bear the fault of these three deaths.
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  1086. So, the scenario outlined by the al Jazeera broadcasters makes it plain that fault of the three persons killed is with Hamas. The LOLW states that prisoners must be safeguarded from harm. The Hammies did not do that and are thus at fault.
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  1087. ​ @segs3394 How? The Hezzies killed the Peacekeepers in the 80s Beirut bombings. No peacekeeping for you.....
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  1088. So as a 69 year old man you are all into kidnap, rape, and murder at rock concerts? I am just a few years younger than you, but I seem to recall those things are frowned upon.
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  1089. Why encourage the terrorist group hamas?
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  1090. How many Hammys were there? Now they don't wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms, how would you know?
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  1091.  @NightDark-bw3xv  Except it wasnt.
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  1092. Peace? Is that what you call the systematic enslavement of women? How insecure the males must be...
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  1093. ​ @mysticfirestarter666 Biden ain't been in charge in three years if ever. Can you say puppet?
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  1094. Who do you think is running the US right now? Joe Biden? That's funny.
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  1095. You mean teaching girls to read? How dreadful....
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  1096. Hey, I heard that the Hezzie who was responsible for the 1982 attack in the US Marines that killed 241 of them just got zapped by the IDF. When are you going to report that? You are the news, right? That is BIG news.
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  1097. Of course the Egyptians arent stupid enough to let the Pallys into Egypt. No one is that dumb after Black September...
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  1098. ​ @AnimalsLiberationNow When the Hoots sink a US Merchant ship, what will Jill Stein do?
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  1099.  @aceheart5828  i have been trying to post paragraphs 1 and 2 explaing the revisionist history regarding Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but no matter how I do so it gets censored.
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  1100.  @aceheart5828  The ICJ and ICC are political entities and provide politically influenced decisions. As a retired professional soldier I fall back on the Law of Land Warfare, particularly the US/NATO version FM 27-10. It is a guide to what and what is not legal in war time. Few people have actually read it other than professional soldiers and it is not open to the whims and vaguerries of the political winds as the ICJ and ICC are.
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  1101.  @aceheart5828  some how the censorship is worse on MEE and AL Jazeera. I never seem to get censored on western pages for same traffic.
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  1102.  @aceheart5828  paragraphs 1& 2 keep getting censored for stating the historical fact that the notion the Japanese nation was willing to surrender pre-atom bomb is revisionist history. This was presented largely by the sovs to provide a greater justification for their efforts on Manchuria than the actually deserved.
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  1103.  @aceheart5828  5.) Oh, and massive losses in and of themselves are not a genocide indicator
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  1104.  @aceheart5828  4.( what broke the Japanese was that the US could simply lay back and paste the Empire at will with no appreciable losses.
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  1105.  @aceheart5828  3.) The goal was to cause so many US casualties, the weak willed US would surrender.
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  1106.  @aceheart5828  2.) If you talk to Japanese of the appropriate Ge they will tell you the war council was planning to attack the US landings with eveything up to and including children armed with sticks.
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  1107.  @aceheart5828  1.) Good to see the leftists have arrived with their Soviet inspired "the Japanese were going to surrender because the Mighty Red Army claim.
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  1108.  @aceheart5828  Sadly I am being censored on this. Will break into numbered paragraphs to see what offends the censored.
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  1109.  @aceheart5828  wait■ Lately the Pally enthusiasts have been saying that all of the Israeli civilian casualties on 7 October were caused by the IDF. And that the Hammys were just innocent bystanders. Then, the next argument is that all of the casualties of the hostages were not caused by the Hammys, but rather caused by some peculiar IDF bloodlust to kill the hostages, presumably for the infraction of being taken hostage in the first place. Now you are saying that the HMmys killed the six hostages as a reprisal for the killings? How does any of this make any sense.
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  1110.  @aceheart5828  Wait■ Lately the Pally enthusiasts have been saying that all of the Israeli civilian casualties on 7 October were caused by the IDF. And that the Hammys were just innocent bystanders. Then, the next argument is that all of the casualties of the hostages were not caused by the Hammys, but rather caused by some peculiar IDF bloodlust to kill the hostages, presumably for the infraction of being taken hostage in the first place. Now you are saying that the HaMmys killed the six hostages as a reprisal for the killings? How does any of this make any sense...?
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  1111.  @aceheart5828  Oh good the leftists have arrived with their Soviets inspired "the Japanese were gonna surrender anyway" argument. Hate to break it to you, but the japanese i have talked to of the appropriate age were planning to attack the US landing beaches with everything to include school children. The intent was to cause so many US casualties that the US will to fight would be broken. Sound familiar? When it became obvious that we could simply lay back and pummel at will with no appreciable loss- that's what caused them to give in. Bt the way, massive losses are not an indicator of Genocide.
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  1112.  @luizantoniodossantosdossan4839  Please justify the use of the term Genocide. In WWII the US killed 3.17 million Japanese. Was that a Genocide?
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  1113. You kill 31 of us on 7 October and we are supposed to reward you?
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  1114.  @luizantoniodossantosdossan4839  which of two previous posts?
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  1115.  @luizantoniodossantosdossan4839  My reply explaining the UN is a political rather than legal organization and is limited to passing non binding resolutions, keeps getting censored.
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  1116.  @luizantoniodossantosdossan4839  Would you have preferred the UK to have turned all of TransJordan to the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan in 1948?
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  1117.  @luizantoniodossantosdossan4839  Hate to break it to you, but the UN does not have the power to pass anything more than resolutions. It is a political organization. Can the UN pass a law that says the US must turn over Arizona to Mexico on spite of the Gadsden Purchase at the treaty of messilla?
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  1118.  @Badgerbeard  Please find me the portion of the LoLW that indicates occupation in time of war is illegal.
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  1119.  @Badgerbeard  What international law is that? Are you familiar with the Law of Land Warfare?
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  1120.  @Badgerbeard  occupation? Well, the IDF moved into Gaza after an illegal invasion of southern Isreal on 7 October. Thats called war.
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  1121.  @Badgerbeard  Have the Hammys come out in the open in uniform to fight, Declare Rafah and Khan Yunis as open cities. And the civilian deaths will stop. But you won't be willing to see the Hammys get ground up. So it sadly continues.
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  1122.  @user-kb1rl5qy1k  Since the Hammy sstopped wearing their uniforms and started fighting in Civilian clothes, what did they THINK was going to happen?
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  1123.  @user-kb1rl5qy1k  Hamas stopped wearing their snazzy green uniforms on 7 October. Now they wear civilian clothes while firing RPGs. When they die they are counted as civilians.
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  1124. AL Jazeera is censoring replies.
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  1125. Replies defending the west are being censored.
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  1126. I have a proposal for the Hammys. Put all of their forces back into their snazzy green uniforms. Move them west of the coast road to the beach. Then conduct the vaccination program in peace. The IDF will even be proud to conduct the vaccinations. The IDF will set up defensive positions east if the coast road. The Hammys will be west of the coast road. Then in 72 hours after everyone gets vaccinated they can resume hostilities. I am certain the Hammys will prioritize the vaccinations over their tactical situation, right?
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  1127. When you going to demand Hamas surrender send face trial for warctimes?
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  1128. I keep asking whuch genome is targeted for eradication? I mean if we are saying a genocide is going on.....
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  1129.  @silviamunoz6863  the stopping of the war in Vietnam saving lives is totally debatable. In fact it is an apocryphal statement. You can make the case that more misery occurred after the fall of Saigon than ever occurred before. The killing fields of Cambodia, the re-education camps and the liquidation of the VC by the NVA probably killed far more south Vietnamese than were accidentally killed by US bombs.
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  1130. None of these idiots could pass a simple current events quiz regarding 7 October. They all just grew up thinking protest is what one does when one goes to college. In other words, MORONS.
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  1131. You guys are really gonna love it this time next year with all these brats on your third world street corners carrying signs saying "Will Protest For Food." You are gonna really love the blue hair, tattoo faces, and pink triangles. ENJOY!
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  1132. Still waiting for you guys to report that the guy who led the attack on the US Embassy and the US Marines and killed 241 Citizens just got whacked by the IDF. I thought you guys reported news? Well, that's big news.....
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  1133. What? What does that even mean?
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  1134. Wow, I thought like the USS Eisenhower the Hoots would have claimed to sink it as well. Hey hoots, you are zero for two now.....
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  1135.  @tanman49  the battle ship test was against the Nevada and the Captured German cruiser Prinze Eugen. Pretty certain the Russians did all their tests at navaya zehmla which was artic circle area. Don't think they had ships to spare.
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  1136.  @AffendiIthnin-m7v  where did you get that statistic? In 1991 while we were stuck in Khobar waiting to go home, the Arabs had a conversion center in the middle seeking to convert us. All they got out of it was angry female soldiers attempting to let them set Arab women free. There were no converts. Hard to convert when all you got is regression to the 7th century.
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  1137.  @tumama-hr5gh  Rome fell in 1991?
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  1138. Yeah? I won't hold my breath....
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  1139. Why? The ICC is just another hyper active leftist political organization. Why would we care?
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  1140.  @sym767  as you have noticed, the IDF followed the LoLW and evacuate over 100,000 civilians from the border battle area with Lebanon. How many have The Hezzies evacuated?
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  1141.  @son_of_alandalus  When I was there in 2000 it was a series of three story buildings in a compound about 3/4 of a mile away from the US Embassy.. The buildings surrounding it were 2 story and there was a security wall surrounding it and streets separating it from commercial and residential facilities. Back then there was adequate separation for the LoLW purposes. In other words no one had a bunker underneath an apartment building as the Hezzies and Hammies are so fond of.
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  1142.  @sym767  Twenty years ago the IDF HQ was at a place we called the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. Big walled in place with security.... You know, like it is supposed to be.
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  1143. Explain who is under occupation and who is not. For instance, a Muslim Arab who is in the IDf - is he under occupation? Or a restaurant owner who is a Muslim arab in Tel Aviv, is he being occupied?
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  1144. Hey Al Jazeera,  i am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines in 1982? Why won't you report this? Thank you Netanyahu!
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  1145. Just amazed the Pallys on thisnpage who dont seem to know what war is. I recommend they read up on rhe US attacks into Aachen, Manila, and Hue. This is no different. The Hammys thought that by taking hostages on 7 October they would get a free punch on the Israelis and then years of negotiating to get the civilians back. Rhey probably thought that because the Moron MULLAHS in Iran always harken back to rhe gokd old days of 1979. This aint 1979 and the Israelis arent Jimmy Carter. They Fu**ed Around, and now are FINDING OUT.
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  1146. FAFO
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  1147.  @sheep.herder  which is why you will never measure up as a combatant.
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  1148.  @uphill248  al Jazeera is deleting comments that contradict tbem.
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  1149.  @fan.80s_90s  ow, I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not. A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms. B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms. C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal. D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages. E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early
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  1150.  @fan.80s_90s  You know, I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not. A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms. B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms. C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal. D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages. E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early eyewitnesses.
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  1151.  @EloiseB2025  in order to get my comments to stick i have to break them up into single sentences and number them so they can be read in order. If the are presented in paragraph form the are deleted. Even so I usually have to rephrase the sentences multiple times to make the stick. That is censorship.
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  1152.  @EloiseB2025  Simple. Example: The Hammys are operating in building A next to Market B. They are wearing civilian clothes instead of required uniforms. They also have not evacuated civilians from building A or Market B because they seek to make it harder on the IDF to target and engage the Hammys. The IDF takes fire from Building A and responds with overwhelming force. Both hammys and civilians are now in Jeopardy.
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  1153.  @SadaK-tr6dm  I am saddened when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not.
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  1154.  @SadaK-tr6dm  fear of free speech.
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  1155.  @SadaK-tr6dm  E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early
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  1156.  @SadaK-tr6dm  ow, I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not.
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  1157.  @SadaK-tr6dm  D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages.
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  1158.  @SadaK-tr6dm  C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal.
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  1159.  @SadaK-tr6dm  B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms.
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  1160.  @SadaK-tr6dm  A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms.
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  1161.  @SadaK-tr6dm  by the numbers. 1. I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not.
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  1162.  @SadaK-tr6dm  ow, I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not. A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms. B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms. C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal. D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages. E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early
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  1163.  @SadaK-tr6dm  being Censored Freedom of speech is feared in the third world.
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  1164.  @SadaK-tr6dm  I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not. A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms. B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms. C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal. D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages. E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early
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  1165.  @Transformers-oe5jj  I am amused when people throw out the term "Hannibal Directive" as some sort of magical fiat that insulates the Hammys from the murder of innocent concert goers. It does not. A.) The Hammys attacked wearing civilian clothes in order to sew confusion instead of their snazzy green battledress uniforms. B.) Eyewitnesses at the concert state the Attack started with the hammys firing RPGs to try and stun the crowd. They then began firing upon thise who fled with small arms. C.) One of the criticisms of the IDF was that it was too slow to get forces to the concert area before the hammys began their withdrawal. D.) The key testimony being used by the Pallys seems to stem from an IDF Tank commander who stated in an interview that he fired upon light pickup trucks moving back into Gaza following the attack. He made the plausible assumption that the people in the trucks in civilian clothes were Hammys withdrawing. Without uniforms it was impossible to determine if they were Hammys or civilian hostages. E.) Autopsies from the concert goers show the common cause of death stemmed from RPG fragmentation and small arms fire. This coincides from the testimony of the early
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  1166.  @MansMan42069  are the hammy terrorists pariahs?
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  1167.  @MansMan42069  And The Hammies? Are they pariahs for their unwillingness to follow the LoLW?
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  1168.  @lordvader3425  sadly apparently not.
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  1169.  @lordvader3425  in the west we have been taught to not see people by racial category. Not so in the middle east....
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  1170.  @mohammedxzadoali  So you have a racial beef?
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  1171. Sounds like it is about time for the Hammies to surrender and face the war crimes tribunals for 7 October.
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  1172. How many Hammys were there? Since the no longer wear their spiffy green battledress uniforms, how would you know?
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  1173. Wait a minute... Take fire from a building -you are authorized to destroy the building. Check. Have a forward observer in a church steeple calling down indirect fire on you. You are authorized to take it out. Check. And who us responsible for the destruction? Those who used them. The Hammys. They could have stopped while they were ahead on 6 October.....
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  1174.  @Earth-Angels  What specifically was a lie?
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  1175. Who is foolish enough to think the hammys will give back their hostages? If they do it will be no more than 48% of them...
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  1176.  @timtebone  My reply stating that no peace is possible if Hamas only sees ceasefires as rearming periods is being censored. Imagine if WWII in Europe ended in a ceasefire after the west crossed the Rhine River. And Germany continually violated the ceasefire "because of 1918". There would not be the peace there is today in Europe.
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  1177. Essentially it did when the Hammys broke the ceasefire. If you say "1948" then ceasefires have no meaning.
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  1178. So, the Hammys kidnap people, kill some in the process, and there are missing. The Isrealis come across a facility in it with 100 dead bodies and take them away to have pathologists check DNA for a match. Returning the bodies that don't match for buried. HOW IS THIS EVIL? perhaps if the Hammys did not attack on 7 December they wouldn't have to do this.
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  1179. Looks like they are not accepting comments anymore.tyoes same thing three times.
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  1180. Taking bodies away to identified by a pathologist as Hostage/not hostage is now genocide? Perhaps if the Hammys did not take hostages on 7 October then this would not be necessary.
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  1181. So, it is okay to have SWAT raid his house. But it is evil to show the faces of cowards who usually wear masks as they trumpet Hammy atrocities as "resistance." I think perhaps you don't know what these words mean anymore.
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  1182.  @cherylderue336  for the record, The US never "invaded" South Vietnam. We were asked to assist in the defense of the free people of the Republic of Vietnam by themselves Technically it was the communist North Vietnam that invaded and eventually enslaved the South. With lots of Soviet help by the way. And now Russians are dieing by the scad trying to enslave another free country. Makes you all warm inside to see those communist T72s play Jack in the box from American built ATGMs. Karma is a bitch.....
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  1183.  @emmanueltugume249  what suffering from NATO have you suffered from? And you are okay with Ukraine being enslaved by Vladimir Putins jack booted thugs? Interesting.....
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  1184.  @cherylderue336  no, putin decided to start WWIII when he attacked the free citizenry of Ukraine. Perhaps he should simply have spent his time in office introducing indoor plumbing to his citizens. Reference technology as a portion of GDP i had no idea what percentage the US is at looked it up and found the US is 9.3% of GDP as technology. Is that good? No idea. Do I endorse Belarus? Not particularly but at the same time they have not personally attacked.
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  1185.  @cherylderue336  hey, all good mowers need gasoline to keep efficiently cutting the grass, right? And here is uncle Sam with a 3 gallon cannof fuel to keep it going. See that the Russians have been summoning reservists to recruiting stations to prepare to mobilize? First lie - no conscripts will be fighting in Ukraine. Second lie- things are going well. Third lie- Reservists won't go to Ukraine.
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  1186.  @cherylderue336  want to know a REAL concern that Ukraine has? THey keep getting NEW weapons systems that require training. SO a unit that started with Stugna, then got NLAW, then got Javelin, and now is using Panzerfaust III. THose guys have done more trianing on systems away from the flot than the entire russian army has in ten years..... Takes them away from the FLOT when they could be up there. But on the plus side they are mowing the russian army when they get back to the FLOT.
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  1187.  @cherylderue336  CHeryl,sure you can still manufacture the tank hulls, but whatcha gonna do for the chipsets that make the nascent night vision gear, and gunnery computation systems to work? THey arent being exported to russia (GOod for us, same chips made by Taiwan also can be used in cars like the tesla) Aovstal falls? You mean it is still fighting on? BOy, that was supposed to fall in February. THen March, then April. Yesterday they said "We have entered the irons works" only to not actually do it. You guys have built an Alamo situation for yourselves. Watch out - your version of San Jacinto is on the way. HInt- dont flee to the swamp....that doesnt end well. Russian morale shows no cign of improving. Patrols still not going out, russian troops still squat in previously secured areas and wont stir at night. At the squad level the Ukrainins are winning this and that is all that matters. Regarding ammo, yeah we had shut down the Javelin production line a couple years ago. Now it is being re-opened. And product improvement will be made on the new series. OOOPS.... Better wrap this up fast or the next version of Javelin will be produced. But the real key thing is the openness in the west to discuss this. THe Russians wont even tell their own people how many of their children have been fed into the mobile crematoriums hopper. I watched a russian news agency yesterday say that only 1,300 Russians have died. HA! You have lost nearly that many tanks alone. Actual number by all reliable analysts is probably 28,000 with 50,000 WIA. Out of 150 actual BTG Russia had at outset, the vast majority have been rendered combat ineffective after Kiev. IN the area near the ukrainian border the sovs are trying to fit the remnants of two of the survivors into one effective unit. But they dont have time to do the integration training. Not that RUssians actually train much. Rusisans use dumb munitions - iron bombs. The US is providing smart munitions that allow for better effects with minimum weapon use. One GMLRS will take out a battalion TOC vice 500 russian 122mm rockets taking out a whole grid square.
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  1188.  @cherylderue336  Hell, we are GIVING them to the Ukrainians. Russia actually does NOT have the materials to make the weapons. And lately we are discovering that the Russian equipment is totally fabricated. Like the side reactive armor on the Russian t72 tanks that are being discovered to be actually egg cartons. Some general in the MOD got a hefty payoff to certify that gear. Also the orlan Drone RUssia has been trumpeting for the past five years a fixed Canon Camera facing straight down with a 50mm lens and an aquafina water bottle for a fuel tank. High school kids here in the states do better.... and latest word from the Tank factories is that they dont have the parts to build any more. So other than AK's whatcha gonna create? All the little green men (SPetznaz and KGB kiddies, ) that were inserted into Ukraine are probably going to depart back to home station before they get swept up. Who decided this war would start? Why of course it was old Pooty.
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  1189.  @cherylderue336  Ukraine will take it back. Using 155mm Excalibur, GMLRS, SWITCHBLADE, PHANTOMS, NLAWS, JAVELINS, TOWII , incredibly accurate tactical intelligence, and most importantly a well trained NCO corps taught by Ranger Grads and SAS instructors that Russia has no response to. Key question for you. Is Russia willing to lose 250,000 kia, 750,000 Wia, and 20,000 POWs over the next two years? The Ukraine is willing. Is russia? For a war of conquest of a land they don't have right to? If so, can the Americans invade Vladivostok?
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  1190.  @cherylderue336  with the world support they currently have how is Crimea not wrested away from a collapsing russian military?
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  1191.  @humanity6097  doubtful. But it sure as hell is under attack by Vlad Pootys Nazi/Commie Sov thugs now.
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  1192.  @sinoroman  not so much. Russia is losing BTG' by the kilometer, and is trying to cobble together BTG's that got mauled up around Kiev and push them back into action without integration training. THAT is a recipe for disaster. It will get worse when conscripts are openly shipped into country rather just on the sly as they are now. I saw in the news a t90 from the Kalinan garrison unit got fried in Easter Ukraine. That means pooty is poaching units from hot spots to try and make good his losses. Ukraine becomes more combat effective by the day, Russia dwindles....
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  1193.  @sinoroman  imagine reading only Pravda. You would know that no conscripts are in Ukraine. Massive ground gains are occurring. Almost no casualties on the russian side but the ukrainian army is destroyed. The British SAS is present regimental, and that the Ukrainian Army dresses like the Waffen SS and is mowing down thousands if their own citizen's near Kiev. Question- what does victory look like for the russians? What is their end state for victory?
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  1194.  @sinoroman  Not seeing evidence of Russia winning. As of yet I have not seen a Russian Tank Company attacking online in 111 formation and making significant ground games. Instead I see them attempting to hide their tanks from Javelins and my favorite new device - quad copters carrying anti armor hand grenades. THe infantry poor Russian formations seem stalled at best, and when they stick their necks out to gain a bit of ground they get hammered.
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  1195.  @sinoroman  russia slowly choking on casualties. For a declining population of 140 million and decreasing a loss of 28,000 KIA is significant. In two months? Thats something they can't keep up for six months......
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  1196.  @Omega0850  yup, 7.62mm by 39 instead of the 9mm. He can take is pick
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  1197.  @voya8480  sadly for russia turkey has closed the bosporus to russian shipping OOOOOOPS!
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  1198.  @p_owlow  who can say? They were so proud of their tanks and now we discover that their side mounted reactive armor was made of egg cartons. Somebodybembessled the money for that. Perhaps their SS missiles are made of ground up cigarette buts since who would expect to ever need them, right? Maybe their nuclear devices are made of depeted uranium instead of plutonium. Whi knows what a military kleptocracy tries to get away with. I bet that question is eating at pooty.
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  1199.  @unduloid  i am from the southwest. Too bland....
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  1200.  @feero9680  not so big. 140 million people with a declining birthrate. Roughly 40% of the US Population. Andntheirnmilitarybisnnotnwhatbit was in 1991 sizewise.
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  1201.  @nathjus  naw, pooty is running out of propane for the mobile crematoriums. That gives him deniabilty with the families. "What happened to Ivan? I don't know.....who is Ivan?"
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  1202.  @ThatIcelandicDude  the cult of the tank has come back to bite russia in the ass They have not invested in light infantry training in their force and thus are getting mowed by well trained and led ukrainian light infantry squad patrols.
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  1203.  @koreshFedi  yea, we in the US fight nazis like pooty. Whats your point?
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  1204.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  been keeping an eye on the map since the start. Significant ground gains over the past month have been blue rather than red. Sorry.....
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  1205.  @ThatIcelandicDude  Ohhhh good. More untrained conscripts for the grinder. THe Ukraninas get more trianed as the war goes on, the Russins inject cannon fodder. Finland all over again.
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  1206.  @BoleDaPole  HUGE GAINS? Hell, they are losing what troops they have drip by drip by ambushes conducted by superior squad sized patrols. RUssins are now saying that they wont go forward and are loathe to leave their perimeter in hours of darkness because the Ukraninians use Night Observation Devices (NODS) whereas the RUssian brass sold theirs on the black market. THis aint going to end easy for Russia. Giving odds that Pooty gets one behind the ear in less than three months. EIther that our he will die on the table getting his cancer surgery.
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  1207.  @theirishempire4952  That is correct. And Germany came to the table because the economy in Germany could no longer feed the soldiers at the front.
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  1208. Islamists care not at all for the people they call "Victims ". If they did then 90%+ of the Islamic countries wouldn't exist. Islamists only seem to grow concerned when either Christians or Jewish can be blamed. They care not a whit when an islamist commits an atrocity.
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  1209. ​ @azmagaref did not realize defending yourself from Pally, Hammy, and Hezzy attacks was racist. Guess all the neighboring countries must be racist as well....
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  1210.  @salehothman449  they are doing this for money. Iran funds them to create chaos.
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  1211.  @sepek51  i seem to recall it was the Arabs who attacked in 1948 and were stopped by the dogged defenses of the fledgling Jewish state. Oh, and then pretty much the same happened in '67. Oh and let's not forget '73 when they once again attacked on a holy day. And in between it was suicide bombers, rocket fire at schools and all the other typical islamist atrocities. Of course there was return fire because sadly islamists only respect overwhelming strength. See Hama rules for a lesson on what is actually valued in the Islamic world....
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  1212.  @salehothman449  me needing education? I think it is YOU who seem unfamiliar with the situation.
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  1213.  @zhen159  1. Russia will sit this out since they are taking 1950s vintage tanks out of storage to try and fight for putin regime survival in Ukraine. 2. China only supports that which makes China stronger. This doesn't. 3. Turkey doesn't care. 4. That leaves the whackjib mullahs of Iran who are spending Joe Bidens ransom money to pay for all this chaos . They really do have the demented belief that the world's future in Islamic. I know. Hilarious.
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  1214. Huh? Explain.
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  1215.  @Reader456  try again.
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  1216.  @Reader456  yeah? I recognize the word internet.
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  1217.  @Reader456  and now you have a pair of rings.....
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  1218.  @Reader456  doesn't the word thick have the letter "c" in it?
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  1219.  @Reader456  so.. Thick high Bye to you as wellll.
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  1220.  @Reader456  i have been a soldier for over two decades. What is Dieper Soldier?
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  1221.  @farshot2713  ahhhhhh. DIAPER SOLDIERS. He is one of those cases of arrested development where they never get older than 8 years old mentally.
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  1222. Hell, they got a cut of the money. Thats how it is there. Most graft fueled region on the planet.
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  1223.  Imgladandrew gillumisnotmykang386  and like old Jesse James, Pancho only did the Robin Hood act to further his own cause. Both of them liked the positive press, but liked money and power more....
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  1224.  @steerwheelholder6060  Following Villas defeat at Agua Prieta he began losing his forcibly conscripted force as he moved first to Naco and then south and west to Hemosillo. In order to keep what was left of his dwindling force from deserting him, he promised the remainder of his force that the could loot, murder, and rape their way through the hermosillo as they desired. The attack started off well, until his bandidos lost interest in fighting and took him up on his bargain to steal, rape and murder. The opposing force took advantage of this and staged a counter attack - ejecting Villas troops from the city with heavy casualties. Essentially a forerunner to his disaster at Columbus.... So your comments about him being a hero to the common man in Mexico illuminates that life is not so sacred down there.
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  1225. Pancho Villa. Leader of Mexican Graft. Whi needs a friendly government when you can lead a rein of terror instead.
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  1226.  @vivavilla1342  what was the total population of non native american people in the area ceded to the U S as part of the treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo? How many were deported following the treaty? By the way, if you asked those same people today they would undoubtedly tell you "thank God the US took over California, new mexico, arizona and texas. Oh, by the way. I live in the Gadsden Purchase area that Mexico was eager to get rid of. It's now worth more than Mexico itself.
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  1227.  John D  Force feeds you democracy? Please explain.
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  1228.  maria chavez  He stacked them like cordwood. Villa was a violent murderous thieving thug. He drafted uneducated farmworkers into his band and used them like cattle. Almost soviet in style. Key attribute was they could perform as firing squads. Yeah, a prince of a guy....
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  1229.  @Pacific-qu7en  please prove this.
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  1230.  @ToeMoss0612  decentralized weapon production had been achieved in Japan. There remained no real Civilian areas. The nature of the two nuclear weapons missions were not markedly different than other missions flown in Germany and japan.
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  1231.  @gg-uq6zm  why dont the Venezuelans pull a Nicolae Ceausescu on Maduro? That's the goal, right?
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  1232.  @anthonyfootball80  Wow! You have certainly had the Maoist "therapy." Illegal taxes? Medical murder? Executing civilians? Please prove all three.
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  1233.  maria chavez  I did not know Angel's lined up civilians and shot them by firing squad. I guess that is s very Mexican angel....
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  1234.  @gg-uq6zm  why cant the socialist paradise of Venezuela manufacture it's own medicine? Where in Yemen has the US massacre Civilians. Be precise please.
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  1235.  @maurovillarreal2037  killed off all the native Americans? This Will be news to my cousins who are native Americans. I must tell them next time I am on the phone with them....
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  1236.  @maurovillarreal2037  the exploitation phase of the English colonization effort ended shortly after the founding of the Jamestown colony when the few dandies who had embarked on the ships to search for gold where forced by starvation to work in the fields. The largely religious colonists who came as part of the English colonization desired the farm colony model following Jamestown so that is what took root.
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  1237.  @maurovillarreal2037  the key difference between the Spanish and English efforts were the purpose of the colonies themselves. The Spanish used a colonial format called "exploitation colonies" which did specifically that. Find goods or other wealth and ship it home to spain (gold, silver, etc) No thought to improve and make permanent a colony, just keep finding the valuables and send it home. Graft of the first order. The English on the other hand used the Farm Colony paradigm where the intent was to come to stay irrespective of gold and silver and serve as a market for for good from England to be traded. Those two specific differences in style of colonizing directly impact how the US and Mexico are set up and operate today.
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  1238.  @maurovillarreal2037  Being that the Apache were nomadic athapaskan people, they started in Alberta and over the course of 400 years moved down the rockies to Cochise and Graham Counties and the mogollon rim areas. In those moves they fought everyone(Crow,.Blackfoot, Ute, Pueblo, Zuni, Navaho, yaqui) enroute (Think the movie The Warriors from 1979.) If you research noted Warriors from.Apache history you will see they were nearly wiped out by the Mexicans. A case can be made that life in Mexico was tougher than on US reservations. Kidnapping of women and children was a pretty universal as pect of native American culture. As was slavery of the captured males.
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  1239.  @maurovillarreal2037  except that the Mexicans actually waged war on the tribes in the Sonora and Chihuahua area, including tribes that were not apache. Reference buffalo, while Buffalo was on the menu, it was not as integral to the Apache as it was the plains Indians (Cheyenne, Sioux, Comanche etc)due to the tribes living in the sky Islands where deer and antelope were more plentiful.
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  1240.  @maurovillarreal2037  are you asserting that the US based Apache have been wiped out like the Mexican bands? That will surprise a couple of my friends here in Cochise County who are pretty sure they are alive. Regarding the comment about this part.of the US that used to be Mexico..... yep, Mexico needed graft money to spread around so they sold my particular part of territory to the US since they saw no long term value in it. Now they are envious of what we have done with it.
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  1241.  @maurovillarreal2037  sort of like the genocide of the apache in Mexico?
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  1242.  @maurovillarreal2037  hmmmmmmmm.... Genocide? Give it a shot. ..
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  1243.  @maurovillarreal2037  name a country that did not have slaves at some point. Or fought battles of territorial expansion. Regarding the attacks while people were sleeping. Please research Mad Anthony Wayne at stony point. Let me know what you find. Shot people in back? I call back to the classic western: "You shot that man in the back..." "His back was to me..."
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  1244.  @maurovillarreal2037  totally agree. But I don't recall George Washington lining civilian Tories up, rifling their pockets, and shooting them. Only execution I can recall that he ordered was of Major Andre who was caught receiving the plans of the fortifications at West Point from the traitorous Benedict Arnold. Andre was of course caught wearing civilian clothes which marked him a spy. Maybe you can help me with this.....
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  1245.  @maurovillarreal2037  please name one country that has not allowed slavery in past 250 years.
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  1246.  @maurovillarreal2037  ...and Mussolini made the trains run on time. ..
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  1247.  @maurovillarreal2037  once again I encourage you to study the Abu Sayyid of the Philippines. The technique in question is called "making the grass grow." Smart terrorist groups realize that the economics of the area they operate in directly impacts their ability to feed their troops. Simply stealing everything including the seed corn feeds your terrorist band for now, but what about next season? Stupid terrorists eat everything they can take from the locals, but they don't last (nor do the locals they take it from, see Somalia for example.) It's a delicate balance of only taxing what is really available for now versus feeding in three months. I have seen terrorist groups who spend their ransom payment money paying local merchants for past debts in order to allow for things like sacks of rice and flour to re enter the economy. They do not do this out of altruism, but out of personal economics. And Villa is a perfect example. A man willing to line up unnocents for theft, rape, and murder is not one to operate from altruism. Why was old Pancho whacked ala Sonny from The Godfather? Because his opponents suspected he was reimerging from Chihuahua to get back into operations. This ain't George Washington we are talking about....
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  1248.  @maurovillarreal2037  much like the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines whom Villa closely mirrors, the money given to the poor was simply purchasing credit for theft of supplies and conscripted poor soldados which he dragged off the haciendas (read the testimony of the captured soldados in the Deming court). Essentially it was a large scale logistics effort. He cared about the poor only as long as they could provide him a bag of rice or horse fodder down the way.
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  1249.  @maurovillarreal2037  villa was in this game for personal gain. Nothing more or less. He was even able to be bought out of it with a hacienda in the end.
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  1250.  @maurovillarreal2037  do you think President Wilson even took note of it? Or do you expect that a brutal thug like Villa would have expected him to? Villa expected all to think as he did and he rarely noted his own losses in suicidal charges of his cannon fodder. the real reason villa attacked the train was to give his recently conscripted band of soldados a lesson in "lead or gold". The lesson was "here, have the plunder from these engineers (gold). And remember that if you turn on me or try to defect you will be lined up and shot (lead)" It also allowed him to put them on the same complicit moral plain . A thug is a thug.... Similarly he had his soldados execute the rape of namiquipa to get back at one of his senior officers who's name escapes me defected. Namiquipa was his hometown and where his family was. Like I said, a thug is a thug.
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  1251.  @maurovillarreal2037  but we depend on the actual research to teach us the history of those two wars rather than depend solely on word of mouth. You know the actual history of the marine unit that raised the flag on Mount suribachi due to the unit records and histories in the national archives. The gentleman you met can have his claims verified by referencing him against company rosters and casualty rolls. In fact. Us units keep such accurate records you can usually determine location and cause of death or wounds for the casualties. On the other hand Villas officers rarely knew the names of the conscripted cattle the threw at the enemy, and cared nothing for keeping records of anything besides the loot taken. They needed that in order to split the spoils...
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  1252.  @maurovillarreal2037  and you will never find a villista telling his grandkids "hey, I took part in the great rape of Namiquipa" or, "yeah that was me as the guy on the end of the firing squad who shot the civilian engineers on the train from Durango, in fact here is the pocket watch I robbed from the really scared looking guy before we shot him." Instead you get mostly apocryphal stories of a supposed peoples revolution with the great Pancho Villa.... But the documented history tells us what really happened... Sadly with graft being the major goal the true history has to come back to Mexico from outside.
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  1253.  @maurovillarreal2037  so a kid of 110 today was a five year old Winchester toting revolutionary in 1916? Now that is hard core......
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  1254.  @maurovillarreal2037  also, being that the attack was in 1916, a baby born during the attack would be 105 years old. No way an infant was a Villista back then.
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  1255.  @maurovillarreal2037  1. Yep, the court records of the trials at both Deming and Silver City of the Viilistas captured at Columbus and during the following months are a prime source of information. 2. Regarding the wealth of the victims, do you really consider the farmers in the Colonia or the residents of the hotel and residents at Columbus to be rich?
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  1256.  @maurovillarreal2037  yeah? Tell me one thing in a daily sitrep, after action Review, intelligence summary, or intelligence Report from two months on either side of the Columbus Raid that was knowingly fraudulent. As far as Villa not wanting journalists around, that is simply because having coverage of things like the Mormon Colonia murders, the Durango train murders, mass rapes at Namiquipa, failed mass rapes at Hermosillo, and bone headed frontal mounted attacks into fixed emplaced machine gun covered wired trenches. Imagine if the press had covered it better, a normal man would worry about his conscripted soldados hanging a 30-30 round in his back..... But then again his army couldn't read.
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  1257.  @manormanman7092  what have I cited that stems from word of mouth? Even the verbal testimony of the captured Villistas tried in the Deming and Silver City courts must be considered written testimony as it was subjected to cross examination on the site as well as the testimony of the Villistas themselves. The other verbal evidence that I can think of comes from the your Mormon woman kidnapped off the Colonia who was tied to a horse and forced to accompany Villa to Columbus. She was interviewed immediately after she was abandoned by the fleeing Villistas who fled from the debacle that was the Columbus raid. The information she provided was copied down on the spot and preserved. No such information exists from the Villista perspective because the Villistas had no burning desire to preserve the history. And things have not changed much since in Mexico.
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  1258. Nonsense. I trust it because I know the process under which it is created. In jobs I held in my military career I was trusted to capture the accounts of what happened and ensure it was accurately logged down. Unit daily journal entries, after action reviews, reports to higher all had to be accurate depictions of what had actually happened and what the current situation was. Failure to accurately depict that information was worthy of relief for cause or even a court martial. It would guarantee the end of your career in any case. As a history instructor I had access to these products from the 13th Cavalry with your journals, AAR's, etc. Those contemporaneous accounts were kept for historical purposes and are the best historical account of the situation back then. Also, the contemporaneous accounts provided by local, national, and international news reportin g totally backs up those military journal entries. The only thing that does not jibe with those written accounts are the stories told by an old man around a Mexican campfire who legend says was at Columbus simply because he is one of 5000 old men who claim to have been one of the 300+ Mexican survivors of the fiasco. These apocryphal campfire stories if the wily Pancho are what are unbelievable. Need more?
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  1259.  @maurovillarreal2037  well, a phrase like that is impossible to even debate as it has no meaning.
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  1260.  @maurovillarreal2037  denying what specifically?
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  1261.  @maurovillarreal2037  1. The GM jobs in Detroit were moved to Georgia and Tennessee were the business climate was less union impacted. 2.) The money was allocated to Puerto Rico, but sadly much like Mexico the graft ridden climate of all former Spanish exploitation colonies insured the funds were ripped off by the political leadership of Puerto Rico. In fact they are still finding where the pols in Puerto Rico tried to hide the money as of now. PUERTO Rico, while not as bad as Mexico Makes the South side of Chicago look positively virtuous. 3.) The Coronavirus is not as bad as the press has made it out to be. In fact for normalized population in the US it has a 99.9% survival rate. In fact it was the desired who sought to stop him from the earliest actions including the travel ban by calling him a racist for seeking it. 4.) The coverage of the virus HAS been largely free Nd designed for political actions by the left and their hand maidens in the press. 5.) The China trade issue is the first time we have actually sought fair trade with the chicoms and the soy issue lasted three weeks prior to the trade agreements. Biden, the chosen Manchuria candidate will seek to go back to the way things were when all manufacturing jobs fled to communist China. He is OWNED BY THE CHICOMA NOW. 6.) The covid stimulus as currently passed does virtually nothing for US citizens, while doubling or tripling payouts to illegal aliens, and funding leftists programs around the world. Almost nothing in that pork laden bill is designed to alleviate US suffering. All the dems have tondo is remove the foreign spending and the 1800 dollar credit for illegals and he will sign it into law. Probably would jack up the 600 dollars to 1000 dollars per taxpayer for it. 8.) He did nothing to divide the country. It was the scum on the left who sought to divide the country along.racial lines. They will not be forgiven. Got more? Bring it on.
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  1262.  @maurovillarreal2037  so the brits should put Jack the Ripper on their money? The Germans put Hermann Georing? We should put John Wayne Gacy?
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  1263.  @maurovillarreal2037  how would he be a traitor? Please be clear.
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  1264.  @maurovillarreal2037  sure, just make sure everyone down south knows Villa was a thieving murderous thug. That's the start.
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  1265.  @maurovillarreal2037  well, its up to you to get thr truth out. It's either that or Mexico will never advance to respectability...
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  1266.  @maurovillarreal2037  agreed. Sad you can't admit old pancho does not deserve to be considered a hero.
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  1267.  @maurovillarreal2037  what?
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  1268.  @maurovillarreal2037  i am not the one who thinks known thug, murderous rapist Doroteo "Pancho Villa" Arongo is a hero.
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  1269.  @maurovillarreal2037  oh, I know of our challenges with socialism/communism and all of its variants (green party etc) And we are working to eliminate them. Can Mexico say the same of the cartels?
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  1270.  @maurovillarreal2037  prove it please. 1.)Harassed women. 2.) Discriminated 3.) Crazy 4.)covid 5.) Russia. 6.) Dividing the country.
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  1271.  @maurovillarreal2037  it was a great event. Showed a democrat politician who would be quite at home in the graft of Mexico versus a counter puncher who will fight for his supporters.
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  1272.  @maurovillarreal2037  Mexico has a larger racial poblems than the US. It is just not advertised as much. Dirty little secret is that regardless of all leftist machininations, the US is about a racially neutral as any nation on the planet. The worst thing you can say about someone in the US is to call them racist. Fight is on then. Mexico? Not so much. The Indians were massacred just as much, the escaped African slaves were treated just about as poorly. Same with asians. And Europeans are also treated poorly if they do not have enough supposed native blood in them. Want to know why Trump does so well? It is because he fights back when his followers are called racists. Romney wouldn't, nor McCain, nor even the Bushes. They wouldn't fight the accusation of their followers so the followers felt unnappreciated. And they didn't vote. McClellans all of them. Trump is a Grant. At least he fights.
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  1273.  @maurovillarreal2037  NONSENSE! he was just like Capone and James. He was seeking a bigger piece of the pie. When he "retired" he moved into a mud hut with his wife, and dismissed all his retainers, right? Nope.... Hacienda, with a coterie of retainers to keep up the thievery. After all, taking valuables all by himself was too small scale.
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  1274.  @maurovillarreal2037  yeah, more to the story like his mass rapes in Namiquipa, frequent murders of innocents, and constant thievery. Look, I can say Jesse James and Alphonso Capone were very bad people who needed to assume room temperature far earlier than they did. Why can't you admit that about old Pancho? I guess Mexico has not matured enough to look at subject matter honestly.
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  1275.  @maurovillarreal2037  poverty has nothing to do with violence. Poorest places in America (pine ridge, Devils lake. Johnstown etc) have virtually no crime. What does cause crime is the dissolution of the family unit. Boys raised in two parent hoiseholds are far more likely to not commit crime, and move out of poverty swiftly. Racial problems, as said before are marginal and only being used by one side of a social/political debate as a manner to hide actual party intentions.
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  1276.  @maurovillarreal2037  The key is cultural and stems from which type of colony was instated. Mexico = Exploitation Colony where anything of value was sent back to Spain with no thought to actual value in colonizing. US = farm colony where population was designed to have a self sustaining populous, often religiously based. Exploitation Colonies, especially former Spanish ones to this day are brutal, graft ridden hell holes where international norms are not followed. Farm colonies were more successful at providing mores that conform to what is considered normal. And by the way, poor people are insulted when you insinuate the are more likely to commit crimes.
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  1277.  @maurovillarreal2037  i am confused by your question marks. Are you asking?
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  1278.  @maurovillarreal2037  he was a murderous thug long before he became a self serving, So called revolutionary. Poverty had nothing to do with it.....
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  1279.  @maurovillarreal2037  and if Mexico stopped trafficking it would improve the situation markedly. I rather enjoyed the debate. As far as the racial problem it is largely overblown, and done so by the poverty pimps and race hustlers who seek to use our differences to build factional strength. But in reality their efforts to use it grow weaker each year. Where I am, the worst thing you can call someone is a racist. That is indicative of where we now are as a country...
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  1280.  @maurovillarreal2037  sure they changed the president of Mexico. And they got a communist guy who led the repression of the cristeros, hanging thousands of them from telephone poles for their faiths. I have a theory that baked into Mexicos cultural DNA is an inherent need for a massive blood letting every 20-30 years. It is probably born of a cultural mother of Aztec ritual sacrifice mixed with a cultural father of Spanish exploitation Colony practices. Thus the common man expects to be ripped off from the side that is the Spanish influence, and massacred in whole job lots by the Aztec side of the culture.
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  1281. And he spent their little conscripted lives like water in mounted attacks against entrenched enemies with barbed wire and machine guns. But he didn't care, he would simply drag replacements in the form of conscripted soldados off the next hacienda he came to. Life was cheap in Mexico back then.
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  1282. Please provide proof of this.
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  1283.  Mayan Empire  Nonsense. Following his debacle at Hermosillo, Villa in the following year thought he would move through the northern Mexico area trying to live off the land by raping, murder, and theft from those he thought could not hurt him. As he moved, as was his usual pattern, he press ganged farm workers into his bandidos. Even so his force tha arrived in Columbus numbered five hundred strong. The next day after the ill advised raid with its shockingly high casualty rate, he had 326 survivors fleeing south to hide from a possible persuer. Within 4 months the US Army had further attritted that force to a maximum of 156 scattered about Southern Chihuahua. VILLA himself was hiding under every bed he could find as he fled south. After coming out from under the bed following the US Army departing for France. VILLA resumed his practice of conscription of poor farm workers into his force to try and reestablish some form of power. And of course he took the ultimate pay off in the form of his own hacienda(very Mexican) prior to Obregon wracking him ala Sonny Corleone from the God father. Part 1. And this is something to be proud of?
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  1284.  @redemption882  didn't need to. After the raid and Punitive Expedition, villas 500 man force was attritted to below 150 surviving members scattered about Chihuahua. Pancho himself was relegated to hiding under the beds of Southern Chihuahua. Really says something about the Mexican federal army that when the US departed for Europe they were not able to whack what was left of old Pancho. This despite outnumbering what was left of his band by a factor of 100?
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  1285.  @darthchingaso3613  and again I state at which point were innocent civilians lined up at the boarding school, had their pockets rifled through to steal valuables? And then executed by firing squad?
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  1286.  @darthchingaso3613  No, but neither was racism against any other ethnic Group. For instance, did you know that Louis Riel led a murderous rampage against white Europeans by the Metis? Give it a read sometime. People think the history of the Manitoba/North Dakota border area was always peaceful....
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  1287.  @darthchingaso3613  i have done historical staff rides on much of the Indian wars: Little Big Horn, Rosebud, Wounded Knee, The Washita, Minnesota Massacre, Killdeer Mountains, Apache Pass, just to name a few. In no case do I recall the US Army lining up men, women, and children - Rifling through their possessions. And then killing them by firing squad. While Indian families were occasionally killed in the midst of combat actions, it was not done in any way near the savagery of Pancho Villa and his murderous thugs.
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  1288.  @colonelvonmincher3543  Interesting. Have you ever been to the Wounded Knee Battlefield? I have. Impossible to claim the Miniconjou were lined up, had their pockets rifled through for valuables and then summarily executed as Villa routinely did. Instead they were in the process of being disarmed by a very wary 7th Cavalry who 14 years earlier were decimated by these exact same tribesmen. When Black Coyote refused to turn over his weapon and fired it became an all out free for all. The 7th Cavalry had deployed in a formation in a half moon around the Indians and had fire superiority, but still managed to lose 25 soldiers out right killed and several more died of wounds . This is not on par with the Villistas atrocities as recorded.
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  1289.  @theguythatcoment  looks like you can't give me a grid to those mass graves of the Cherokee nation that occurred after 1918. So, we will broaden it for you. Now we will accept mass graves from 1910 until now.
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  1290.  @theguythatcoment  please, give me a grid to the mass graves of the Cherokee nation from, oh let's say 1918 to 1926. You say a genocide occurred then. I will hold you to it.
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  1291.  @DwightChaosontheRonimsPath  Bull.... I have seen war. I have a 24 year career as an officer prior to retiring. I have been deployed to war zones enough. And I can tell you your statement that everyone acts evilly is bull.... As I said before can you find evidence Villas three nemesis i listed did the evil actions i listed? They did not. Villa was unusually evil.
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  1292.  @natalialuisdevaldivia1632  specifically what invaders are we speaking of?
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  1293. @Reivaj L my particular part was purchased....
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  1294.  @darthchingaso3613  name an incident where the US lined up native Americans, took there possessions. The executed them via firing squad
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  1295.  @orlandomorales2033  talking Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Would you have preferred Operation Downfall and its attendant casualty estimates of several Million Japanese civilian casualties on Honshu alone?
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  1296.  @orlandomorales2033  so telling the truth about the thug and murderer Villa is now equated to hatred of Mexican people? Wow.......
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  1297.  @curio8093  Obsessed? Would not characterize it as such, but will explain my interest as: 1.) My family has roots in the southwest border area extending back to the 1870's. In fact my paternal grandfather had stories involving setting up tents for the army during the build up to the punative expedition at the age of ten to make some small amounts of cash for his family. 2.) As a young captain I was tasked to do terrain walks for even younger officers which caused me to have to research the Raid on Columbus in order to teach the lessons learned in the 1916 time frame. 3.) My research taught me that the facts of the situation were not taught south of the border and instead a hagiography of the supposed great Pancho Villa had taken root. 4.) Like other similar hagiographies of patently evil men, they must be confronted with the truth or we don't learn from history which to those of us historians is anathema. Got to fight it. 5.) Likewise I also fight against similar crimes against truthful history involving such evil figures such as Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, and of course Hitler amongst others. 6.) I will say my location here in the southwest and previous duties have made the personal study of the 1915 to 1920 situation here easier to accomplish. That help?
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  1298. Yeah. By then the Mexicans will have stories saying Pancho was the first to walk on the moon and touch down in the Marianas Trench.
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  1299.  @collllroossk  thanks much for your observations. I agree that the comments boards often take on a "wish it were so" on this subject matter.
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  1300.  @labcoat_0  you one of those guys who thinks aliens killed JFK and Apollo 11 was in a Burbank Soundstage?
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  1301.  @labcoat_0  when an organization has a wealth of documentary evidence in the form of aar's, staff duty logs, trial testimony etc, then it defeats some campfire stories told 50 years after the events which have no similar backing. It is "bringing receipts" as it were.
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  1302.  @hectorcornejo1468  the extremes magnify the fallacy of your position. Accurate telling of History is usually not debatable . Lately it has become fashionable in academe to say everything is fungible, but that is simply rot. For instance do you know of anyone who disputes the fact that as part of Operation Market Garden, airborne forces were dropped into The Netherlands on 17 Sept 1944? Would you deny that Henry Ford produced automobiles? That Arizona was made a state in 1912? It would be intersting for you to take a contrary position, and then be forced to defend it. Regarding my background. In fact I got a minor in History. The army saw fit to have me instruct military history blocks of instruction to young officers. Good enough?
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  1303.  @hectorcornejo1468  And the absurd claims used in the popular Mexican verbal history of: 1.) Villa captured US airplanes by having his troops dress as Federal troops. 2.) Villa eluded US troops by having his horses shod backwards. 3.) The US Army sold Villa ammunition that was filled with sawdust. 4.) The Ravenel Brothers sold him similar ammunition. 5.) Hundreds of US troops were hanged from the trees in La Palomas by Villistas victorious in their Columbus Attack. 6.) Villa suffered 0 casualties in his Attack. 7.) Villa ordered his troops to cut off the ears of the US troops after they were captured In Columbus. 8.) Everybody in Chihuahua seems to have a great grandfather who was in on the attack at Columbus, and they all seem to have survived, lived to old age, and covered themselves in glory (Stolen Valor anyone?) These Dont seem to draw any fire? Talk about revisionist history as well as absurdist history.
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  1304.  @hectorcornejo1468  it illustrates your absurd point perfectly.
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  1305.  @hectorcornejo1468  you are right. The Roman's settled Antarctica, the Peruvians landed at Normandy in 1944. And Mexicos capital city is Oslo.
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  1306.  @hectorcornejo1468  so, because you state SOME historical facts have been proven untrue, then all history is in jeopardy?
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  1307.  @hectorcornejo1468  please provide an instance where documented history was disproven by a campfire oral history.
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  1308.  @hectorcornejo1468  in history it is proven, available documentation trumps hearsay. That is an absolute. It is why so much is known of the waffen SS in WWII, they were documenting fanatics.
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  1309.  @hectorcornejo1468  2AD and 1CD vet here from over 24 years of service prior to retirement to my family ranch here in AZ. I served as a history instructor for a bit and used to focus on the actions here around the southwest. One thing I learned is something that is written down beats campfire stories.
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  1310.  @hectorcornejo1468  Do you have proof that the Villistas in the Silver City and Deming Jails were tortured or otherwise coerced? It amazes me that pwople south of the border are willing to write off legal testimony in a legal court. But totally willing to believe great grandpa Pedro when he says that space aliens attacked the cavalry in support of the Villistas....... Of course old Pedro was 5 years old in 1916-17.
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  1311.  @hectorcornejo1468  There is a total lack of written logs, testimony, or journals from the Villista side of the argument. Likely because of the nature of the Villista army itself that was not trained per se. What is available is Maud Wrights interviews, and also the testimony of the Villistas captured immediately following the raid who were tried in the Deming Court. A second group of Vilistas were similarly captured later in the campaign and likewise tried in a Silver City Court. Largely those three sources concur with each other and provide a pretty good accounting of what happened. It seems every family in Chihuahua has a grand pappy who was on the raid who told the grand son by a campfire of his deeds during the raid, but 99% of it is crap when compared with known facts. For instance, it seems common lore in Chichuahua is that Villa purchased ammunition from the Ravel Brothers store in Columbus, a place he was not known to go to before, nor have any dealings with previously. Common records from U of T archives show his previous ammunition purchases were made from contractors in San Antonio who provided the ammunition at Rio Grande crossings south of San Antonio where the contractors were from. thus, a more plausible reason for selecting Columbus was he thought it was ripe for the picking since he believed the 13th Cavalry was only 30 or so soldiers the night he attacked. He gave guidance to attack, the hotel, store, bank and the corrals holding the cavalry horses.
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  1312.  @hectorcornejo1468  actually we have pretty good data reference what occurred and motivations. Best example was the interviews with Maud Wright who was the Mormon woman kidnapped 9bdays before in a raid on a Mormon Colonia in Mexico and abandoned at Cootes Hill outside of Columbus when the Villistas fled in panic. Her testimony was that Villa spoke of the raid as a way to force Germany to support the Villistas. She also spoke of the desire to sack the town to replenish villas coffers. We have the logs and after action reviews of the 13th Cavalry that paint a fairly decent picture of the battle itself and the pursuit to the border. I recommend the book "The General and the Jaguar".
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  1313.  Ocala pistolero  my family history is similar. My family ran a series of stores in southern New Mexico territory starting in the 1870s and moved about the southwest finally including me here in sight of the border in Cochise County. MY grandfather who was born in El Paso set up tents for the Army as a teen in El Paso during the punitive expedition and his older brother served a a farrier for the Cavalry from then until after World War I. I myself served as an instructor for officer Basic Course lieutenants and part of the duty was to do terrain walks explaining the battles from Picacho Pass in the west to the Mexican Civil Wars in the east. Part of the training was to do a "ride" of the Columbus battlefield and discuss what led up to it, what occurred, and what happened afterwards. The US side has much in the way of primary source material to refer to in preparation for those events. Sadly the Mexican side has almost nothing to refer to other than testimony in the Deming and Silver City courts, and witness testimony of the kidnapped Mormon woman who was present on horseback through it all until the Villistas unraveled and fled. In the years following the raid on Columbus many apocryphal stories appeared without any basis of fact from the Mexican side that largely try to explain in larger meme what the villista goal was. None of it has any basis to it. I have had people say that their grandfather was on the raid and helped hang hundreds of US Soldiers from the trees in Puerto Palomas. This is of course comical as there was a full accounting of US Losses from the raid which numbered roughly a dozen, and there were no trees in Puerto Palomas then. Its also interesting that much like families in the US who all seem to have someone who claims to have been a Navy Seal, every family in Northern Mexico has someone who claims they were on the Columbus Raid. Amazing when you consider that of the 500 raiders who started, by the end of the day there was roughly 345 left. Six months later that was whittled down to less than 100. But the camp fire stories got passed down and that is what passes for fact south of the border. I recommend a book called "The General and the Jaguar" which does an excellent job laying out what is known about the raid itself.
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  1314.  Ocala pistolero  the Mexican folk lore of the ammunition is NOT that the soldiers sold Villa hot ammunition that caused a compromise in the Winchesters, rather the common campfire story is that the soldiers sold villa 30-30 Winchester ammunition that had saw dust instead of propellant. 1.) If Villa purchased ammunition without test firing random lots of the ammunition then he was a moron. 2.) If villa had purchased the ammunition and discovered the fault in the ammunition and paid for it anyway he is a doubly a moron. 3.) Resource material from the University of Texas system actually tracked Villas ammunition purchases and all of them that are recorded occurred at the eastern Texas border with Mexico. These purchases were made from contract companies in San Antonio and were delivered on schedule. I scoured that listing looking for any purchases in New Mexico and Arizona and there were no e. The stories involving ammunition purchased from either the ravel store or the 13th Cavalry are apocryphal at best.
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  1315.  Ocala pistolero  so, the theory goes that the soldiers sold ammunition from supposed army stockpiles, but substituted ammunition that had no powder in them. If I were to go to you in your national guard unit and said " hey Ocala, I need you to steal 7.62mm x 39mm from your national guard stockpile and sell it to villa, could you have done it? Next question is that the need for 30-30 Winchester would have been at a minimum 3 truck loads or 6.pallets. Could you have gotten that much 7.62mm x 39mm to sell to villa from your guard unit? Nor could the 13th Cavalry circa 1916.....
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  1316.  Ocala pistolero  I ask about the 7.62mm x 39mm ammo because like the 7.62mm x 39mm ammo which rhe US army does not use nor stockpile, the Villistas used 30-30 Winchester for lever action rifles. Likewise the US army did not stockpile nor use .30-30 Winchester ammunition. This US soldiers would not have access to ammunition to feed the Villistas lever action rifles. At the time the US Army used 30-06 ammunition for their Springfield and Enfield rifles. So the answer is the Army cannot have had soldiers supplying Villa.
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  1317.  Ocala pistolero  yeah? How many pallets of 7.62mm x 39mm did you steal and sell online?
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  1318.  @gerardoresendiz6731  a more likely reason was he thought Columbus was a target that offered easy pickings to feed and pay his 500 man band of Villastas. He had no source of money to "pay" his troops or fund their logistics. The stores, bank, and hotel offered rich pickings. The military camp offered his troops remounts of well fed horses . And since he thought only a skeleton crew defended it they would brush them aside and take what they wanted. This fits Villas bandit pattern where he offered his troops the opportunity to rape pillage and murder following an attack that he had established in Namiquipa, hermosillo, Agua Prieta etc. This is a far.more likely rationale than some theoretical desire to claim coup on the US for past transgressions.
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  1319.  @fLowMage21  still alive and kicking
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  1320.  @fLowMage21  they are in hard copy at the national archives in Washington DC. You can read them in person, but will have to wear the cotton gloves to protest them from skin oils.
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  1321.  @pavan923  more likely in keeping with his past history of attacks at Namiquipa, Agua Prieta, and Hermosillo he was using the attack on what he considered a lightly defended but likely lucrative target to solidify his control of his army. This theoretically would allow his troops to loot the town and especially the bank and the mayhem would also solidify his control. But like Hermosillo and Agua Prieta it did not work out that way. He never learned.....
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  1322.  @voa23  are you talking of the history of the Plymouth colony? In that case it is essentially true. In fact the local tribe put the settlers on land that had been fallow due to disease wiping out the tribe that had been there prior to their arrival. Helps to study the history mon frer.
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  1323.  @truthministries77  such as? I have reviewed the daily logs of the 13th Cavalry that were compiled each day by the staff duty officer from the time along the border. The Villistas could neither read nor right and did not show much inclination in the first place. So which side has the better paper trail?
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  1324.  @truthministries77  what justification is needed to thump a batch of thieving, murdering, rapists like the Villistas?
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  1325.  @truthministries77  yeah, like the parts of Villa promising his bandidos that they could rape, thieve, and murder the residents of Hermosillo to encourage them in their attack. But then again the Mexican public school service probably doesn't teach that.
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  1326.  @shahnazkausar9646  of?
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  1327.  @tomlyons8440  sadly you really don't know that because there is zero evidence of the arms sale story, and much evidence disproving it. A more plausible reason is that Villa wanted to keep his fractious army of conscripts together by using his tactic employed previously at Hermosillo. Promise his sodados they could thieve and rape and murder once they have arrived on their objective. The villistas were in the process of doing just that when they got mowed down by the machine gun platoon.
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  1328.  BeastW  would be more fair to say Hollywood reflects an aspirational version of America. What does your country reflect?
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  1329.  BeastW hmmm... on the timeline of the great War the USSR and US entered the war within a couple months of each other. Without US support in the form.of Irplanes, tanks, trucks, artillery, ships, aviation fuel, food let alone financial support,, etc the sovs are defeated in 1942. Add to that the need for a diversion of German forces in 1943 to France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy the critical sov summer offensives of 43 and 44 dont happen. Add to that that by late 1945 the sovs, their population and economy were largely spent even after being propped up by the west. i don't seem to recall the massive sov army landing on Honshu. When did that happen? To invade the first of the Sakhalin Islands they had to borrow the US Navys LSTs and other landing craft and tanks and personnel to that island which was a short skip and a jump from the soviet mainland. Then they did not give those ships back until 1952. The US staged unprecedented amphibious and airborne invasions the like of which the sovs bungled when attempting their own versions.
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  1330.  BeastW  you jest, right? England, France, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Japan, North Korea, China, and the USSR would beg to differ with you. Regarding North Korea the war started at the 38th parallel and last time I checked my camp in south Korea was north of that when I was assigned there in the 90's. Regarding Cuba, we freed them from Spain in 1902. Same same the Phillipines. Reference Vietnam, until a POLITICAL calculation was made by dems in 1974 the war had been won and the south was free from the shackles of communism. If during the final offensive a tri ship arc light strike had been conducted at Long Bihn it still would be free. Politics are as ruinous as graft in the former exploitation colonies.....
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  1331.  @victoriateague9012  what wasnt?
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  1332.  @alexsantillan8685  which battles involving us forces prior to 1974 did the NVA/VC win?
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  1333.  Pedro Ruiz  how so?
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  1334.  @stone0234  hmmmmmm, if they were officially invited, then they were not technically illegal.
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  1335.  @bp5439  so she feared the Villistas? Plausible.
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  1336. Does not compute. She would not go back to Columbus because who would ride? Villistas?
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  1337. Good to see the Hammys found their snazzy green vattledress uniforms again.
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  1338. ​ @AbdulhameedFaridah  Hey Syria took their chances with soviet tanks in both '67 and '73. Lost both times. So zisrael now has a buffer on their north with good high ground. Sucks to be Syria. FA and FO...
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  1339.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  You got something against Poles? I really liked the ones I met.
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  1340.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  Geeee.... Islam starts in Mecca /Medina, and then the conquest begins with the move north. You know, conversion by conquest is big around there. But you have to have somebody conquesting....
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  1341.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  I mean, we here in the US will let the mullahs talk to Punxsutawney Phil if it will get em to leave people alone.
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  1342.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  Stories like a Ground Hog will come out and talk to the Mullahs when all the Jews are gone. That kind of story?
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  1343.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  Like there is a ground hog that will come out of a cave and speak to the mullahs when all the Jews are gone. That kind of story?
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  1344.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  the Hammys have moved to Poland? I don't recommend that.
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  1345.  @RabbiShlomo-hb5ee  Right. So the Pallys are going to move south to Saudi Arabia, right?
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  1346. How many Hammys were killed.?
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  1347. What will she do when the Iranian led Hoots attack a US Merchant ship in international waters?
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  1348. My post stating they killed 31 US citizens 7 October is being censored. Why is that?
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  1349.  @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  well, according to the logic of the Protest world, the residents of Isreal are all just occupied Muslim Arabs. Since you have admitted you are not a resident of Israel, how can you be occuppied?
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  1350.  @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  then you are NOT OCCUPIED.
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  1351.  @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  So you are an Isreali Citizen who lives in Tel Aviv? I liked Tel Aviv when I was stationed there. Great Beaches. Decent surfing.
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  1352. @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  Really? So you are an Isreali Citizen then? Where do you live?
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  1353. @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  Define illegal occupation. Then make your case for it.
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  1354.  @SawsanYasen-nu5vo  then he has absolutely no room to ask for the US to stop delivering weaponry to Israel.
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  1355. Will you demand Iran stop shipping arms as well?
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  1356.  @Sheila-hs3hs  Is kidnapping US citizens an injustice?
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  1357. MEE censors opposing thought. Welcome to the MEE echo chamber.
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  1358. Hey MEE. Why are you censoring my position that they should not have killed zuS citizens?
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  1359.  @ahmeda.3198  Hey MEE, why is the notion that they should stop killing Americans a censorable offense?
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  1360.  @ahmeda.3198  Then why did you bring her up in the first place?
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  1361.  @ahmeda.3198  My Mom worked as a nurse in an emergency room. She often saw the results of what damn fools got up to.
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  1362.  @ahmeda.3198  Interesting. Particularly since I doubt he will be able to write any thank you notes anytime soon.
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  1363. And then get this..... His employer "Fired Him..." Ha!🤪
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  1364. Aint these The same guys who claimed they sank the USS Eusenhower? Gotta watch these Hoots. If we aren't careful they will claim they sank the island of Oahu.
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  1365. Tell you what I want a follow up on here. "Please list the 31 names of the US Citizens killed by Hamas on 7 October." Here in the US they are keeping that from us....on purpose.
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  1366.  @Mingle00007  Yeah, you got no logical answer. I get that from folks in your position a lot....
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  1367.  @rockinflemingo3075  Try thinking logically instead of hyper emotionally. You will get more done.
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  1368.  @rockinflemingo3075  keep the emotion out of it. Think logically instead. It will set you free.
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  1369.  @zoo-xibbitjayne2081  yeah, that whole Imshallah attitude is corrosive. I watched Saudis mouth that word before going and getting run over by a semi.
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  1370.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  I have been censored four times in posts replying to you. Nothing out of bounds. Just no freedom of speech.
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  1371.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  Well, I am in Cochise County Arizona, but I looked up the Texas Penal code for you since I go through there for time to time. The state of Texas typically charges criminal trespass as a Class C, Class B or Class A misdemeanor. The penalties for these offenses are: a fine up to $500 for a Class C misdemeanor: jail time up to 180 days and a fine up to $2,000 for a Class B misdemeanor; and jail time up to one year and a fine up to $4,000 for a Class A misdemeanor. The state of Texas usually charges criminal trespass as a Class B misdemeanor if there are no aggravating or mitigating factors. An example of an aggravating factor would be the offender carrying a firearm. When a trespass is on agricultural land, and the trespasser is apprehended within 100 feet of the boundary of the land, the state may charge the offense as a Class C misdemeanor. The state may also charge the offense as a Class C misdemeanor if the trespass is on residential land and within 100 feet of a protected freshwater area, such as a navigable stream. The state may charge criminal trespass as a Class A misdemeanor if the offender committed the trespass in a habitation, shelter center or on a Superfund site, or within a critical infrastructure facility like a refinery. The state may charge criminal trespass as a Class A misdemeanor if the trespasser carried a deadly weapon while they were trespassing. The Texas Penal Code provides that a property owner or other person who is lawfully on the property may use force, but not deadly force, to stop an act of criminal trespass. This means a person may not shoot a trespasser. There are exceptions to this rule, but the person using a firearm must not shoot the trespasser solely to prevent an act of trespass. Hope this helps.
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  1372.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  Thank you for the attempt at clarification. YOu will note that the "Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the AUTHORITY of the hostile army." covers the appropriate ground for an attacking army. Makes one wonder if: does it apply to the Cypriots being occupied by Turkey since 1970's? The communist CHinese occupying mainland china since 1948? Mexico's occupation of Chiapis? THe Russian Occupation of the eastern Island of the Svalbard Archipelago? Danes with Greenland? Nigeria with Biafra? South Sudan/Sudan? Russia with the Sahkalin Islands? England with Scotland England with Northern Ireland Ireland with England since half the population is there. England with Wales. Russia with Finland. Indonesia with Timor. Indonesia with New Guinea. India and Pakistan?
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  1373.  @redalert3727  That is not an accurate statement. BUT for sake of argument. Did the Hamas combatants occupy Kfar Azza on 7 October for any length of time?
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  1374.  @redalert3727  let's work a bit more on this notion of occupation: 4.) Did Hamas "Occupy " the areas exterior to the Gaza strip when they crossed the border in their 7 October attack? Even for a short period? 5.) Were the IDF troops defending that border area "occupied" when surrounded by the Hamas combatants? 6.) Were the IDF troops which were being "occupied" no longer subject to the LoLW since occupiers in your view have no rights of defense ? Careful with this one. Its a "sticky wicket" as my Brit counter-parts used to say.
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  1375.  @redalert3727  You keep mis defining the term Occupier? Let me see if I can sus out your rock bottom position a bit more. 1.) Does the IDF Currently "Occupy" Tel Aviv? 2.) Does the IDF currently "occupy" the areas of Rafah that the Hamas combatants are fighting from now and no IDF soldiers are within sight of. 3.) Did the IDF occupy Rafah on 6 October 2023?
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  1376.  @redalert3727  You are partially correct on this. The LoLW is a codifying of all the accepted laws so the combatants have a unifying document to adhere to. It also is the training material used to prepare NATO and other allied combatant forces. THere is much law accepted in whole or in part by societies across the world. THe US led the way in discriminating all of the various applicable laws and put together a manual to allow for it to be accurately and judiciously employed. I invite you to review FM 27-10 and get a good user guide understanding. You can find it online. FM 27-10 is periodically updated to apply the new changes as they come out. We also now use digital training of it to allow the younger generation to adapt it. Our allies have similar documents that they follow as well, and JAG officers regularly conduct combined training with them to seal gaps.
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  1377.  @redalert3727  Good Sunday morning. My post replying to you was censored for some unknown reason. It is untrue to state that there is a differing case for combat based on Occupier/Occupied. It does not exist but lately has been popularized in postings. Both sides are required to follow the rules. Just because someone views themselves as occupied does not absolve them of the requirement.
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  1378.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  you will find the Geneva accords have not changed much since wwii. Some additional details regarding displaced persons based on lessons from 1945. Everything else still applies
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  1379.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  4.) Now, if the Hammys did not want or could not provision all of their forces as well as the Pally civilians they could have followed the LoLW and conducted a NEO to move them out if the battle area. Then stayed away from where the civilians were evacuated to. In 1942 the US forces were given the problem of Manila. They solved the problem by evacuating all the US/PI combatants to the Bataan peninsula and declaring Manila an open city. This removed the immediate danger to Manila and took away their responsibility to provision it. This help your understanding?
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  1380.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  3.) The Germans also held the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey far behind allied lines. The Wehrmach had the responsibility to feed itself and the civilians trapped on the island. The allies did not send cargo ships to feed both the Wehrmacht and the british civilians until hostilities ceased.
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  1381.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  2.) A proper reading or definition should give the position that the occupier is the side that currently controls the ground and thus has responsibility for it. Hamas currently occupies about half of Gaza and thus has responsibilty to administer and feed that area. Isreal is not responsible for the care and feeding of that area. During WWII the Allies trapped a sizable German force with significant civilians in the Ruhr Pocket. Were they responsible to feed both the Wehrmacht and civilians? No.
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  1382.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  Once again a rather lengthy explanation of the LoLW has been censored reference responsibilities of the "Occupier. " I will break it up into shorter chunks and we will see what gets through the censors. 1.) In short you are misapplying the definition of "occupier" likely due to a fad in the mideast that references a never seen before international law that supposedly absolves the "Occupied" of any responsibility of the LoLW. This is patently untrue.
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  1383.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  The Problem is you are misapplying the term Occupier. You are inferring from the latest fad in the middle east that Isreal is an occupying army in total. And thus Israel is responsible for feeding everyone everywhere. People are also parroting back statements that have the effect of saying the Occupier/IDF is an illegal combatant and that Hamas is absolved of any requirement of the LoLW. Somehow a never referenced international law allows this. Sorry, this is a misread. Areas that Hamas controls are responsible for the logistics of the local population.(one of the reasons they should have conducted a NEO and moved them to safety.) Isreal us responsible for administering to those areas they control. In WWII the allied armies surrounded the german forces in the Ruhr Pocket. Were they responsible to feed the Wehrmacht and any residual german civilians trapped inside there? No. The Germans occupied the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey until wars end. Were the Allies supposed to conduct a landing to feed the Wehrmacht and civilians trapped in the islands? No, the responsibilty did not fall on them. If you need more information we can apply the example of the US forces in the Philippines in 1942 and the decision to declare Manila an open city and thereby move all defenders out. Once that was accomplished the US/PI defenders no longer had responsibility for Manila. That help.?
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  1384.  @redalert3727  The aid convoys come through IDF controlled checkpoints. No shooting needed. Those who use AK-47s to raid the convoys are from the Hammy side. Videos of combat zones are unlikely to sway me as I have been in three major warzones in my 24 years in uniform. I can probably identify the problems at a distance now due to witnessing much in my life. Sunni versus Shia in '91. Kurd vs Turk in '91 Sammy vs sammy in '93. And back to Sunni versus Shia in '04. And at a distance Haitian vs ton-ton Macout. If you think I will be stunned by video....
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  1385.  @redalert3727  actually the LoLW makes no distinction using this Occupier/occupied term you use. The fact that one side is operating in an area the other deems to be occupied does not give them special rights to violate the LoLW. That is just hooey. The refugee camps are only provided special protected status as long as Hamas does not set up positions there. But Hamas seeks to provide themselves security as well as propaganda photos of wounded and maimed civilians so they go to the refugee camps.
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  1386.  @redalert3727  the destruction of food, fuel,, water, and electricity in an enemy held position is not in and of itself a warcrime. I assume you refer to Rafah? First of all, the Hammys were responsible for rhe safe evacuation of civilians from the battle area via a vis the area they have selected to defend. They did not do this for political reasons. In world War two the Allies sought to destroy electrical generation capabilities in Germany in order to weaken the defenses of the Wehrmacht. This was not a crime. In Vietnam the USAF destroyed North Vietnamese power plants to reduce the Norths ability to fight. This also was not a war crime.
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  1387.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  My reply has been censored for some unfathomable reason. It seems I might know more. I instructed young US soldiers on the LoLW prior to my retirement. While the IDF has not been spotless in this war. I can say they have adhered far better to the LoLW than Hsmas has. Even discounting the actions of 7 October, I can make far better cases for warcrimes on the Hamas side than the IDF.
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  1388.  @redalert3727  The IDF is not responsible to provide supplies of food, fuel, etc into the area controlled by their enemy. At the same time I can make a case that the hammys have been looting aid convoys as they are allowed in and controlling those supplies for their own benefit. A good historical parallel is the Habr Ghidr clan of Somalia sought to starve their opposing clans in the summer of 1993. Mohammad Farah Aidid raided all the UN and US provided supplies with the goal of only providing it to Somalis who were friendly to his clan. Don't like Aidid? You do not get a bag of rice. Say good things about Aidid? You get some flour. This is what led to the famous Black Hawk Down mission that October. There has been supplies brought in , but the Hammys have made further missions in too dangerous. They even fired upon the over-the- beach pier crew as it was being assembled.
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  1389.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  okay, give me ONE WARCRIME. don't say that 7000 exist, give me ONE with all of the known data. Let me give you a hint: flattening sn apartment building, even one with civilians still in it is not a warcrime IF there was a possibility Hammy fighter's were using the building. Why is that? Because it was hamas responsibility to evacuate the civilians from the area they had selected for defensive positions. It is more likely the crime exists on the Hamas side in cases like that.
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  1390.  @DEonaraR  i call them terrorists because by definition the are. As far as money, I cannot recall doing anything in my 24 year military career where I did something for a cut, bigger piece of the pie etc. The Hammys do. Perhaps that is more due to the nature of the arabic/Spanish colonial influence. But it is present.
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  1391.  @TheIsraeliHasbaraManual  i am commenting because I wish to see things done in accordance with the accepted Law of Land Warfare (LoLW.) I see the IDF is mostly following the LoLW. The Hammys are following it not at all. So therefore I will not condemn the side following the rules.
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  1392.  @JohnyWicky-f1g  i cannot recall voicing those concerns nor using those words. I am a retired professional soldier who will usually empathize with those who are acting more professionally. I have significant experience with both the IDF and other armies of the region.(Egypt, Jordan, Saudis, Kuwaities, turks) And I have monitored the usual regional terrorist cells (Hammys, Hezzies, Hoots, Pijons and the IRGC.) Initially you watch the terroristsband think they operate out of ideology. Then later you realize it is all for profit. Is that enough about me?
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  1393.  @JohnyWicky-f1g  1.) I am not Jewish. 2.)I am not complaining about being a victim. I am in Arizona. 3.) I do know who is at fault for not following the LoLW. That is the Hammys.
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  1394.  @Sundancer09  begin? Bubba, I retired in 2009. Lots of schooling In Those years including law of war.... Now out on the ranch enjoying life. How about you?
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  1395.  @Sundancer09 I agree, the Hammys are childish. They attack and kill 1200 people, then moan and cover their behinds like a child about to be spanked. They could surrender after all....
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  1396.  @olgakessel4101  he was trying to escape before it was impossible. He needed to get to his Mad Mullah Money and died trying to get out of Gaza. Oh, and he NEVER wore a uniform by any appearances.
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  1397.  @Nournor199  You know, it shows a lack of character to simply assume everyone you meet online is some form of Isreali Stooge who offers state approved propaganda. This particular cowboy hasn't been in the US Army since 2009. In my 24 years of service I saw more lack of character in the middle east than one could wish to see around the entire globe. And that ain't "Hasbara". So grow up.....
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  1398.  @compassionateheart8652  how do we know he had a limb blown off before he got zapped by a tank main gun round?
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  1399. Working better? He started with 45,000 Hammy Combatants in Oct 2023. He was down to maybe 10,000 at the time of his death. Sunwar was forced to break and do a breakout during which time he was spotted and killed. I think his organization us crumbling. Everyone is now wondering where Sinwars Offshore accounts are so they can be the first to get to the MD Mullah Money. This is hardly "Working".
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  1400.  @PhalisoBringerOfDoom  they seem To want to edit my reply that he was highly likely above ground and moving towards the border to escape to his Mad Mullah Money. Altruism wasn't in the cards for this guy.
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  1401.  @PhalisoBringerOfDoom  No. How did he lose the arm? On the run..... Going to get that Mad Mullah Money off shore....
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  1402. Why does MEE fear free speech?
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  1403. @SD_chat8comment361  c'mon MEE, why can't I use the same word he does? Why censor me, but not him?
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  1404. @SD_chat8comment361  being censored for saying   I keep trying to figure this out. Pally enthusiasts keep calling the IDF "the diaper force. " Yet it is their side that wears the white diaper like garment oh their head and shoulders. Projection?
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  1405. @SD_chat8comment361  I keep trying to figure this out. Pally enthusiasts keep calling the IDF "the diaper force. " Yet it is their side that wears the white diaper like garment oh their head and shoulders. Projection
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  1406. @SD_chat8comment361  I keep trying to figure this out. Pally enthusiasts keep calling the IDF "the diaper force. " Yet it is their side that wears the white diaper like garment oh their head and shoulders. Projection much?
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  1407. Ever notice Medela Benjamin never protested the 7 October attack, nor the 9/11 attacks? She is not interested in real atrocities. Shame.
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  1408. @Khadija39952  Not the ones in the IDF i worked with. Pretty equitable relationship. You talking about the Depo Provera scandal of ten years ago? Yeah, that is bad. Now let's talk about the Saudi punishment for adultery depending on the marital status of the offender: Unmarried: The punishment is 100 lashes. (OUCH!) Married: The punishment is stoning to death. (20 years ago stoning used a bucket loader- real OUCH!) Funny thing was it was never the males who seemed to be punished....
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  1409. @thetriumphsprint  Nonsense. I was assigned to Saudi in the 90s. Saudi is more racist than virtually everywhere else I have been. As far as Islam, THEY SAY they are the standard bearers of Islam. The keeper of the two holiest sites in Islam. Ever seen how a Saudi treats someone from Sri Lanka? Or ever seen them treat a Bangladeshi like he is in chattel servitude? Somebody brought in from Java? Oh, and let's not get started on the Sammies. They are treated as sub human there. I have also been assigned to Israel twice and found them to be a far more accepting society than any of their neighbors. Arabs, druze, Kenyans, Europeans, etc. They even put up with this old cowboy 🤠.
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  1410. @wayne9585  more along the lines of: 1. You (Israel) might be involved in a firefight from your front porch with the local streetgang (hammies and Hezzies). 2.) But your neighbor (Saudi) has kids tied up in his basement. Which one is more deserving of judgement.
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  1411.  @simukhkhirani606  what i said is it WOULD have made a good resort. But now it has been transformed into Dresden in 1945. Nobody wants that chunk of real estate now.
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  1412.  @simukhkhirani606  What a shame no one wants Gaza now. The population of Gaza squandered what could been a vacation spot rivaling Waikiki in favor of Mad Mullah Money. I know I would have preferred Dudes in boardshorts surfing and women in Bikinis sunning themselves on the beach rather than Hammys firing Rockets....
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  1413.  @simukhkhirani606  the report was from Human Rights Watch. Not exactly an Isreal Friendly group.
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  1414.  @simukhkhirani606  On your behest i just read the human rights watch report discussing casualties from 7 October. The most common Causes of death (COD) listed from the music concert are is listed as small arms bullet wounds and fragments from RPG fire. This jibes with the eye witness accounts who said the attack at the concert began with rockets fired from the rapidly approaching Hammys firing at clumped concert goers. Then fleeing civilians were fired upon with AK/RPK fire. Those too stunned to move were then kidnapped on the spot and moved off. The housing areas reported casualties from AK fire (summary executions ) and from fires designed to burn the living taking shelter in the safe rooms those living in the Gaza Envelope were required to install. There is no mention of casualties from either hellfire missiles or 30MM chain gun fire from AH64. But I must say both of those weapons would not be the most effective weapon in this case.
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  1415.  @simukhkhirani606  Please prove this. Provide an interview with an AH64 gunner from 7 october saying he purposely engaged civilians for some reason. This reminds me of the Arab public claiming that 9/11 was done by the jews because "Arabs don't have the technical skills to do it." That was a sad attempt at self vindication.
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  1416.  @simukhkhirani606  I don't think anyone wants Gaza. It had promise. They could have turned it into the Waikiki of the eastern Mediterranean. Think of that, dudes in Boardshorts surfing while chicks in Bikinis catch some sun would be very attractive. But Mad Mullah Money beats hard work.
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  1417.  @simukhkhirani606  In the Law of Land warfare their is no seperate delineation between war and this category you call resistance. Combatants are required to mark themselves in a distinctive manner to prevent confusion with common civilians During WWII the French Firces of the Interior (FFI) that took to the streets to fight the Germans after the invasion of Normandy wore white armbands marked with the FFI symbol to cast themselves as proper combatants. When the US invaded Afghanistan it was determined that Al Queda would wear black turbans. What do Hammys wear?
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  1418.  @simukhkhirani606  Okay: Let's run this to ground. The Hammys fielded a military force that in the days leading up to 7 October wore Olive Green Battle Dress Uniforms with bright Green headbands. They advertised that they had a military of 30,000 combatants ready to engage the IDF. Then on 7 October the Hammys took off the Uniforms in favor of civilian clothes in order to confuse the situation. Most of the attackers on 7 October wore dark slacks and non descriptive civilian shirts. Only one video I have seen showed the famous bright greennhead band. On the other side of the question is the IDF which nearly universally wears the standard IDF green uniform with Kevlar helmets and boots. The IDF on one occasion used a male andnfemale wearing civilian gas to surveill the three hostages. But that is the only case I can find of an infraction on the IDF side. The notion that the IDF is not doing enough to delineate between their military personnel and Isreali civilians is preposterous. Couple that with the IDF following their LoLW and evacuating civilians from the immediate surroundings of vote Gaza and Lebanon puts that to rest.
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  1419.  @simukhkhirani606  There have been reports from the rock concert. The veracity of these reports is unknown. The question then becomes: If a kidnap victim is accidentally killed by the police, who is held responsible for the death? Answer: the kidnappers are liable and the crime is elevated to a capital felony offense. So if I were the Hammys I wouldn't trumpet this to loudly. They still die in the end.
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  1420.  @simukhkhirani606  Something to consider is/was the role money plays in terrorist operations against Israel. In the 1990's the common terror act was suicide bombings from the west Bank against civilians in Tel Aviv. They were wholly financed by Saddam Hussain who paid $40,000 for each successful attack. And there were a lot of them. When was the last suicide bombing in tel Aviv? What happened? SADDAM WAS REMOVED AND THE MONEY LIKEWISE STOPPED. Fortunes are won and lost in the terror game in the middle east.
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  1421.  @simukhkhirani606  Yes , those attacks almost universally followed a rocket attack towards built up areas within Isreal. The pattern that was established was as follows: 1.) Iran would get a boat load of money. 2.) Iran would pass the money to the financiers for Hamas in Qatar. 3.) The Qatar cell would pass the money to Sinwar and crew in Gaza with rocket parts. 4.) Sinwar would ratchet up Havoc incorporated in Gaza and fire towards Israel. 5.) The IDF would then launch a strike on a point of origin of the rockets and suspected rocket storage area. 6.) Peace would temporarily return until the next boat load of money would arrive. And peace was largely what existed on 6 October. Imperfect ,but I equate it to the DMZ between the ROK and nK.....
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  1422.  @simukhkhirani606  you miss the point. On 7 October the Hammys attacked across rhe border with the direct aim to massacre, kidnap, rape and hold captive members of a housing area and rock concert. The response is being conducted in a fairly legitimate manner in accordance with the law of land warfare. I am fascinated by the meme coming out of the middle east that "Resistance" authorizes a combatant to violate the LoLW in some way. It does not. And those who say it does are simply trying to justify murder.
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  1423.  @simukhkhirani606  If the hammys do not evacuate the civilian populace in the buildings they have set up defenses in then they are the responsible party. What is worse is the hanmys move in to the designated areas to lure fire there. That is evil of the first magnitude.
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  1424.  @simukhkhirani606  You are missing the point. An army that does not fight in uniform, nor evacuates the non combatants is responsible for just this devastation. I have been on the ground fighting in urban environments. You fire at movement and into windows of buildings you are receiving fire from. You build up fire superiority and then maneuver on it. If you feel you can't gain fire superiority then you simply drop the building and move to the next.
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  1425.  @simukhkhirani606  key word is average. A twelve year old weilding an RPG is thus canceled by two year old statistically.
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  1426. Amazing how one has to modify a statement to get a posting to stick on this page.
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  1427. Will they consider him a Non-combatant when or if he gets hit???
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  1428. Two weeks ago hamas released video of 12 year old boy firing an RPG longer than he is tall at an armored bulldozer. Hamas using children.
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  1429. Censorship of reports of Hamas using children in combat.
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  1430. Replies are being censored.😮
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  1431. Being censored here...
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  1432. If only the Hammys would surrender and face the war crimes tribunals this could all be over.....
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  1433. How many Hammys were there? Since they are all wearing civilian clothes now instead of uniforms i guess we gotta say "all of them."
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  1434. Which tribe?
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  1435. @tobiashardy1620  intersting. So, does Gaza border two different nations? Which one has the higher walls? Which border allowed cross border tragic to merchants and workers? I have been to two seperate concentration camps in my life (Belsen in the Brit zone, and Dachau in the American Zone) i saw nothing like Gaza there.
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  1436.  @vivalaleta  Okay, tell me what I have wrong. Be precise please.
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  1437. @tobiashardy1620  Sadly, this is how this breaks out. In 2005 Israel agreed to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the withdrawal of all their troops, settlers, and even the indigenous Jews from Gaza in exchange for a permanent peace. That absolves any claim prior to 2005. The Hammys attacked on 7 October, and now there can be no ceasefire because the Hammys have proven that Ceasefire is a meaningless term to them. End game....
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  1438. Does this young woman admit the Hammys openly broke the ceasefire on 7 October, killed 1200 people, and kidnapped 220 others?
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  1439. So you are into genocide? But only if you can pick the side that gets eradicated?
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  1440. @happytimeharry363  you miss the obvious difference. One speaks to total casualties. The other speaks to US casualties. As a US citizen, she should at least care about the now 32 US citizens killed by the Hammys. Perhaps she really does not consider herself an American?
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  1441. Does this young woman admit the Hammys killed 31 US citizens and kidnapped six others on 7 October?
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  1442. ​ @23shan  Were there 480,000 native born Jewish residents of the Trans-Jordan mandate in the 1930s?
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  1443. What will Jill Stein do when the Hoots attack a US flagged commercial merchant ship?
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  1444. Well, after all Ukraine did not cross into Russia and murder 1200 people at a rock concert....
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  1445. I guess I am just an American....
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  1446. FAFO.
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  1447. Gonna censor me today MEE?
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  1448. So when the Hoots attack a US merchant shio, what would Jill Stein do about it? Probably apologize to the Hoots for the Carbon Dioxide caused by the explosion....
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  1449.  @thomastemmerman7276  Why am I being censored for saying that I liked Israel, except for the morons in the bomb vests?
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  1450.  @thomastemmerman7276  Being censored for reminding that hostages have limited value when the action of gaining their release allows for even more hostages being taken and killed. Hammys should not have done 7 October. That sealed their fate.
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  1451.  @thomastemmerman7276  Here is the deal. A ceasefire was negotiated in 2005 for peace. One side did not hold to it and continued to rocket Israel in exchange for limited strikes on Points of Origin. (POO) It was not ideal, but is was in place. Until 7 October when the Hammys invaded which abrogated the ceasefire. Point to think about is if you cite 1948 as anything other than a historical point, then no ceasefire is possible because thus one side is always allowed to go "1948" on it.
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  1452.  @thomastemmerman7276  Well, on 7 October it was all about kidnap, rape and murder.
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  1453.  @thomastemmerman7276  Ceasefire? Why would Israel want to reward Hamas with a ceasefire.?
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  1454. @NightLion889 explain?
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  1455.  @The_S_Soldier  well, I am not familiar with Mossad, but back in the 90s I had reason to travel to the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv not far from the beach. It was a full city block surrounded by a wall to segregate civilian from military processes in accordance with the LoLW. I doubt the Mossad is any different since you want security.
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  1456.  @thesilentpearl8575  prove it.
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  1457. How many apartments housing civilians have been constructed over Mossad HQ? None you say. Then I guess it isn't an issue....
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  1458. ​ @theglovedone47  how do you know what religion he is?
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  1459. Hmmmm. Looking through the LoLW for the category of resistance fighter...... ....nope, not finding it. Only lawful combatant and unlawful combatant. Anything else I can help you with today?
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  1460. H, Bin Ladin was working on that. Also that ISIS clown Abu Bahar al Bagdadhi. "Don't cry Abu..." awesome Shane Gillis skit....
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  1461.  @insomnia113  You know, I have heard that term applied over the past two months, and when I ask what "Hasbara" means, no one can tell me. Let me guess, like all the others you don't know either? I guess I will just have to content myself to a nice sweet Ice Tea on the back porch of the ranch, while I wait on your reply. Take your time. Its good tea....
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  1462. Dude, do you know why none of the Arab nations take in Pally refugees? Its because they are terrible guests..... Always trying to usurp power and take over.
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  1463. Wouldnt it be more accurate to say his families casualties were thevresult of Hamas war on Israel? After all it was Hamas who started it on 7 Ocober by breaking the defacto cease fire.
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  1464. Real simple.... The Hammys surrender and face the Warcrimes Tribunals. Then it is all over.
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  1465.  @bvanzetti2755  Nothing wrong with an 8th grade education. Me? Did Post Grad level myself. But learned the most out in a Desert, watching....
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  1466.  @BertB-qt9mx  Who bought my lunch today?
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  1467.  @macmagoo3587  naw, lots of illegals crossing the border down here. Sadly too many of them are supposedly fleeing the middle east. But they head north across the ranch, likely headed for Minneapolis or Deerborn.
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  1468.  @macmagoo3587  you abhor bullies, but seem to approve of the Hsmmies. Hezzies, Hoots. And PIJons. Don't think you would last long in Cochise County.... Still waiting for you to tell me who my handler is. I been looking high and low for him/her all day. Let me try some word salad. "HUMANITY IS FOR HUMANS" Boy, that was fun.
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  1469.  @macmagoo3587  what does that word salad even mean? Are you a speech writer for the Harris Campaign?
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  1470.  @macmagoo3587  Then who is my handler? I have never even seen such a thing. Because no one come out to my ranch and tells me what to think or say.
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  1471.  @macmagoo3587  he gives me hope for the power of logic in mankind.
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  1472.  @anwaralisayed9767  have you ever watched Kennedy debate someone? Don't let the accent fool you. He devastates people.
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  1473.  @Wildgrowsthenature  not exactly certain. But people in the middle east seem to think they control all of us....
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  1474.  @ChrisAlbertH47  that supposed Elmer Fudd Sounding goober could debate you to death.
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  1475.  @macmagoo3587  then please tell me who it is i am supposedly dealing with.
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  1476. She just couldn't openly say i don't support Hamas. She had to obfuscate and confuse. Is that because other Arabs would take retribution?
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  1477. And who would that be?
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  1478.  @Humanitylost224  wait a minute. Gaza was controlled by Egypt until they lost it in 1967? And they did not want it back when peace was signed. I wonder why...
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  1479. Hey MEE, still afraid of free speech on your site?
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  1480.  @jurjyzaidan5540   @jurjyzaidan5540  During a 24 year Military career I found myself bounced around the middle east far too much before retiring. I have worked with: Iraqis, Jordanians, Egyptians, Saudis, Syrians, Turks, Kurds, Israelis, and Tunisian's. Spent far too much time worried about the Iranians. I traveled about the Middle East more than 90% of Middle Easterners. Wanna talk Koreans, Filipinos, Australians, and Kiwis I can have a go with them as well Now my ranch looks into Mexico and surprisingly I know them the least, even though my family has been here for seemingly forever
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  1481.  @jurjyzaidan5540  During a 24 year Military career I found myself bounced around the middle east far too much before retiring. I have worked with: Iraqis, Jordanians, Egyptians, Saudis, Syrians, Turks, Kurds, Israelis, and Tunisian's. Spent far too much time worried about the Iranians. I traveled about the Middle East more than 90% of Middle Easterners. Wanna talk Koreans, Filipinos, Australians, and Kiwis I can have a go with them as well Now my ranch looks into Mexico and surprisingly I know them the least, even though my family has been here for seemingly forever.
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  1482.  @jurjyzaidan5540  so, you know about Falwell and are supposedly an Egyptian? Try again. I am not buying that. I suspect you are a garden variety US Liberal out making trouble.
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  1483.  @jurjyzaidan5540  In what manner is the first Amendment trampled upon in my country? Now compare that to your supposed country and by extension the entire middle east?
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  1484.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Hey MEE, how come he can openly insult another poster, but I am limited on reply ? Some MEE favoritism going on here.... As stated before some people are not ready for the 1st amendment....
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  1485.  @jurjyzaidan5540  MEE why censor any further mention of YA?
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  1486.  @jurjyzaidan5540  censored
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  1487.  @jurjyzaidan5540  I did not realize that Yasir is actually Saint Yasir and the world shall hear no ill....
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  1488.  @jurjyzaidan5540  but you are allowed to question my parentage? Guess ya'll aren't ready for free speech.
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  1489.  @jurjyzaidan5540  MEE is censoring further comments regarding Yasir Arafat.
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  1490.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Interesting. You can insinuate improper comments about my parentage and MEE fails to censor it. I present a fact about Yasir Arafat and it gets censored.... I guess the middle east is not ready for the first amendment after all.....
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  1491.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Got censored for illustrating the point that the supposed leader of the "Palestinian" people was an Egyptian Grifter who made huge bank on the dead bodies of the people of the region. Just like the Hammys and Hezzies are.....
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  1492.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Got censored for illustrating the point that the supposed leader of the Palestinian people was an Egyptian Grifter who made huge bank on the dead bodies of the people of the region. Just like the Hammys and Hezzies are....
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  1493.  @jurjyzaidan5540  I see you got spun up. Thats the hallmark of being trapped in an illogical quandary. Just illustrating the point that even those who claim to be the dispossessed are not all that they seem. The leader of the PLO was simply a grifter from Cairo with no actual claim. But boy did he bank some coin out of the lives he sacrificed. He turned the PLO into a money machine. Just like the Hammys and Hezzies....
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  1494.  @jurjyzaidan5540  So it is a racial thing with you? So sad. We will work on bringing you into the new, multi ethnic First world. Perhaps you can come visit Tombstone Arizona and see first hand how it works. And by the way , your logic just excluded Yasir Arafat from rightfully calling himself a Trans Jordanian.
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  1495.  @jurjyzaidan5540  Dude, I have read after action reviews of the Invasion of Normandy that are shorter than your post. We must really work on your logical brevity.
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  1496.  @jurjyzaidan5540  so, you aren't Palestinian? But are an egyptian? ....And so was Yasir Arafat. (See, I was able to bring it back around to the subject at hand.)
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  1497.  @jurjyzaidan5540  uh huh. So this is about a catfish??
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  1498.  @jurjyzaidan5540  i recommend you get your countrymen together and conduct a focus group on this subject because the Egyptians i met during Desert Storm were careful to te me that Arabs are from the other side of the Red Sea in, of all places "Arabia." Stunning i know. And when I taught Arab military students in the Late 90s one was careful to tell me that they were the heirs to a culture something like 5,000 years older than Arabic culture. Naturally that freaked out the Saudis and Jordanians in the class. Funny, he got support from our lone Isreali and the Ugandan in that class. So, I guess where you are from is not as important as what you bring to the table. A very American thought.....
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  1499.  @jurjyzaidan5540  And neither are Egyptians. I have had many of them that I have worked with remind me that they are not Arabs, they are EGYPTIANS. The Descendants of those who built the pyramids. In fact, many claim that they cast out the Arabs way back when...
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  1500. Whats your point? After all Yasir Arafat was Born in Cairo Egypt.
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  1501.  @mohammedxzadoali  Fear of free speech is an illness.
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  1502.  @mohammedxzadoali  Once again being censored....
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  1503.  @mohammedxzadoali  for some reason my response is being censored. Let is see if this is acceptable. I encourage you to watch the film. It depicts the PLO led Munich massacre and then moves forward to the reprisal attacks carried out against the PLO.
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  1504.  @mohammedxzadoali  i encourage you to watch the Movie, it is quite good. But a short synopsis: The Palestinian Liberation Organizations wing known as Black September assauls the dormitories holding the Israeli Olympic Team at the Munich Olympic Games. The German Federal Police attempt to stage a rescue attempt and all the Israeli Athletes die. The Israel Government then launches a covert operation depicted in the movie killed targeted PLO leadership figures worldwide. Pretty much what is happening now.
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  1505.  @juror6  what? Try again.
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  1506.  @kolavithonduraski5031  so me saying the Hammies are committing atrocities puts me in Jeopardy of residing in Hell? Wow, that's strict.....
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  1507.  @kolavithonduraski5031  And my freedom of speech hardly compares to the Hammies atrocities on 7 Oct...
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  1508.  @kolavithonduraski5031  Not sure why you are allowed to reference the Almighty in a wrathful way, but I am not allowed to say he gave me my freedom of speech. Second post incoming....
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  1509.  @kolavithonduraski5031  I think the Almighty has more sympathy for my God given freedom of speech than the Hammys kidnapping, Rape, and murder on 7 October.
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  1510.  @kolavithonduraski5031  Yeah,? I think the Almighty is more forgiving of my speech than the Hammys Kidnapping, raping, and murdering.
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  1511.  @kolavithonduraski5031  are the Hammies cueing up for their actions on 7 October?
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  1512.  @Adam-rp6vf  okay, explain how the Hammys ARENT violating the Law of Land Warfare then.
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  1513.  @mariahewitt9787  Have you ever been in a friendly fire incident? I have. It ain't friendly.
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  1514. Hocking what?
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  1515. There would be more water if the hammies hadn't dug up the pipes to make rockets.....
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  1516. How does a poor refugee get 5000 dollars?
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  1517. Saddle up! Let's ride....🤠
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  1518. Why did you guys kill 31 US citizens on 7 October? Why do yoi still hold five hostage?
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  1519.  @TexasSniper-cy8uq  I personally encourage you personally to boycott all US invented and designed products. Computers, TVs, internet, cell phone networks, etc
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  1520. Judge us? Most of the aid that flowed into Gaza came from the US taxpayer via the UNWRA. And how did the Gazans treat us? They killed 31 US citizens on 7 October and still hold five hostages. SADDLE UP! Dad is coming home in January.🤠
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  1521. Heavy duty Censorship going in here.
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  1522. 7 October. Mention it and get censored.
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  1523. ​ @veracochastarr7250  Hey, spent may years in North Dakota. Take your racial hate somewhere else.
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  1524. Not a good parallel. South Dakota did not launch five seperate wars on Minnesota and lose everyone of them. South Dakotans did not try and subverting the governments of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska. An Iowa and get tens of thousands of people killed in the process. That's why it should be Gaza and not South Dakota..
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  1525. I wonder what the children of Israel feel after 10+ years of sirens, rocket impacts, and worries about Hammies crossing the border. I guess it balances out.
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  1526. Wait a minute. The Hammys had a force of 48,000 uniformed combatants before 7 October. Their leaders got paid a load of mad mullah money to institute Havoc Incorporated. And ten months later they are living war of the rats style in an ever shrinking enclave. Using their civilians as mobile propaganda ammunition. And they might have 18,000 combatants left. I don't think anything about Israel has been shattered by this.
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  1527. Wait a minute. Is this guy insinuating that gas xhambers have been erected, furnaces used for crematoriums? Nonsense. This is war fair and simple. Its just the aggressor is getting beaten badly. Sorry Hammys, you could surrender....
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  1528. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in battle, how would you know?
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  1529. How may Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green uniforms, how would you know?
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  1530. Thses the same guys who staged Black September in 1971? Maybe they should be a bit more intraspective.
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  1531. Absndon nationalism? Well, that worked so well for them in 1939 -1945....
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  1532. Maybe if the Hoots stopped taking the Mad Mullah Money to attack shipping, they would not need to be down at the gulf?
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  1533.  @firstname-u8b  for some reason MEE is censoring my reply asking if you think there is a Holocaust going on aboard that destroyer?
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  1534. @firstname-u8b  and your evidence that a Holocaust is going on aboard that destroyer is....?
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  1535. Looks like he is mimicking the old french post WWI film reels of "shell shocked" veterans.
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  1536.  @AtheistEve  so you aee allowed to protest the destruction of the hammys, but not 7 October. Not politically correct?
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  1537.  @AtheistEve  He had plenty of time to say 7 October was abhorantly evil. He didn't want to.
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  1538.  @AtheistEve  nonsense. He had time all October to take to the cameras and condemn the Hammys massacre on 7 October and demand they surrender to face war crimes tribunals. But he did not. Because he doesn't see 7 October as bad. It all breaks down to "First world bad, Third world good" mindset. Very prevalent in leftist circles since the 1950s.
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  1539.  @AtheistEve  Nonsense. He could have stood in front of cameras in October 2023 and told the world he was horrified of the Hammy Massacre and that he backed the military to gain justice. Also fpr Hamas to immediately surrender, release Hostages, and face war crimes tribunals. But that aint sexy to an old time lefty like him.
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  1540. Hey MEE.  I am hearing the IDF whacked the Hezzy responsible for the Beirut marine Corps bombing massacre that killed 241 US Marines? Thank you Netanyahu Why aren't you reporting that?
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  1541.  @ryanachmad9054  that there are no hammys hiding in Arizona? No. But haven't seen one yet.
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  1542. Why would Hammys be hiding in Arizona?
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  1543.  @nyaatarara  Curious.
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  1544. MEE is doing MAX Censorship again.
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  1545. Why do the hammys value their people at 1/60th of a human being??
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  1546.  @AdamSahr-cj4kf  I am not aware of any casualties on the Gaza front. And if they did wouldn't that be held against the Hammies? After all one would assume that they were the ones who inflicted such casualties? That is a conundrum...
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  1547.  @nisardar2652  MEE fears opposing thought.
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  1548. ​ Nonsense. I counted 50 military age males in matching underwear all between the age of 17 and 28. Those were combatants.
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  1549. ​ Lots of Hammy combatants surrendered en masses about six months ago in the North of Gaza after they had been cut off from supplies. They are still in POW camps.
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  1550. ​censored.
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  1551. ​ @Beladonna24 censored.
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  1552. ​​ @Beladonna24  MEE doesn't want you to know that Precisely, in 1948 the highly armed Pan Arab Army pushed the lightly armed Isrealis as hard as the could. And again in 1967. And then again in 1973. The Hammys tried it in Oct 2023. And each time they shoved, they ended up losing ground. If only they had not attacked in 1948.....
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  1553. ​​ @bellaontau4585  Being censored for saying That that is why they will not release all the hostages. It is the only leverage they have at staying alive. And they don't care about Pally civilians.
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  1554. Have the Hammys resumed wearing their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat? No? Tough on all those civilians then ...
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  1555.  @aurancrash4654  how did the US create the problem of the Islamo Fascist Mullahs?
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  1556. Why?
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  1557. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms, how would you know?
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  1558. Exactly what crime do you anticipate has been cimmitted?
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  1559. Wht no memorial for the 1200 Isrealis who were the actuL victims of 7 October? Its like having a memorial for Al Queda on 9/11. Down-right insulting to history.
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  1560. What do they think about the Hammys killing 1200 concert goers on 7 October?
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  1561. Oppressed? Like the 1200 concert goers killed on 7 October? That kind of oppressed?
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  1562.  @chompythebeast  the fact that the Pallys are unwilling to follow the LoLW tells you all you need to know. And people wonder why they have been cast out of the Arab Nations.
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  1563.  @chompythebeast  the fact you won't follow the LoLW tells us all we need to know about the pallys in general. No wonder they are not welcome in the Arab world.
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  1564.  @chompythebeast  yup, I agree. The hammys need to put their uniforms back on. Move out of Rafah and Khan Yunis. Declare those two cities as Open Cities. And defend in unpopulated terrain. You know, be real men....
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  1565.  @chompythebeast  Were they in uniform?
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  1566.  @chompythebeast  The international symbol for land mines? Not sure, but hope you backtrack the way you came without setting one off...
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  1567.  @chompythebeast  Legal- uniformed combatants Illegal- civilian attired combatants Legal - taking of military personnel a lawful prisoners. Illegal- taking civilians hostage for ransom. Legal-cleating civilians out of battle areas before setting up operations. Illegsl- setting up operations in and amongst civilians. Glad I can help.
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  1568.  @chompythebeast  Excuse me. You are incorrect. The Law of Land Warfare is the codified rules and regulations involving the proper conduct of modern war. Feel free to research the US version online. It is FM 27-10. It will outline what us legal and illegal. In the next post I will provide a cheat sheet.
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  1569.  @chompythebeast  i have been censored five times for a simple recitation of the Law of Land Warfare explaining this. Fear of free speech...sigh.
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  1570.  @chompythebeast  my reply is being censored. 1.) The IDF wears recognizable uniforms in keeping with the LOLW. This prevents civilian casualties by honorable forces. 2.) The Hammys took their uniforms off on 7 october and seek to hide amongst the civilian populous. This is in violation with the LoLW. This leads to civilian casualties.
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  1571.  @chompythebeast  Completely wrong. Note the IDF wears identifiable uniforms as combatants in keeping with the Law of Land Warfare. The Hammys took theirs off on 7 October and are thus illegal combatants. Game. Set. Match.
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  1572. How many were Hammys? Since the Hammys stopped wearing their snazzy green uniforms, how would you know?
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  1573. Gonna censor me today MEE?
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  1574. Getting repetitively censored for no reason.
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  1575.  @KatieScarlett2353  Getting censored for saying he has done cosmetic level attacks against low value targets.
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  1576.  @KatieScarlett2353  Very little.
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  1577.  @KatieScarlett2353  Getting censored for saying Biden has dropped a few bombs in very cosmetic attacks...
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  1578.  @KatieScarlett2353  Being censored for saying Biden has done damned little. He dropped some bombs for cosmetic purposes...
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  1579.  @TruthBeTold6573  in sert the words " she is a hopeless liberal"
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  1580. Being censored for saying she is a clueless liberal.....
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  1581.  @TruthBeTold6573  ....for the carbon dioxide caused in the planes explosion.....
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  1582.  @TruthBeTold6573  ....who shot down a commercial airliner full of passengers.....
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  1583.  @TruthBeTold6573  ....who would apologize to the mullahs.....
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  1584.  @TruthBeTold6573  ....she is a liberal apologist......
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  1585.  @TruthBeTold6573  Being censored for saying.....
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  1586.  @edgarvonboltzmann7465  But I am an American saying what I said.
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  1587. These were the guys that destroyed the original greenhouses in a fit of rage when the Jewish farmers were removed in the early 2000s. I watched video of them destroying it all in child like freak out sessions. Sorry, not feeling sorry for you now....
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  1588. Hey MEE, its gotten to the point I have to use pig Latin to get past your censors. Aren't you EMBARRASSED BY THIS?
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  1589. Let me see if i get this straight. 1. The US builds the pier at great exlense to the US Tax Payer. 2. The hammys on shore take potshots at the crews building it. 3. The covoys come ashore and are immediately looted by armed Hammys. 4. And the US is the bad guy in this scenario?
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  1590.  @paulaheady8990  Zero in uniform. But the guys with the AKs are Hammys none the less. We can't get the Arabic press to say a single Hammy has gotten whacked......
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  1591. How many Hammys were there.
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  1592. MEE censors anything said in response.
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  1593. Yup, MEE is censoring calls for an investigation into the murder of 31 US citizens by the Hammys.
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  1594. Think they will do an investigation of why the Hammys killed 31 US civilian citizens on 7 October?
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  1595.  @HM-px5ei Curious, what did you learn?
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  1596.  @HM-px5ei  yup, as usual I am being censored......
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  1597.  @HM-px5ei  just curious. What do you think YOU learned about 7 October? That the IDF killed all 1200 people? That seems to be big in Pally circles....
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  1598. There were thousands of witnesses on 7 October. Ya'll disregarded them.....
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  1599. Yup, as usual, MEE is censoring comments regarding the 31 US citizens murdered by the Hammys.
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  1600.  @gabrielproulx6316  Says who? During my career I helped ensure that the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact did not surge west and enslave western Europe. I spent may nights making sure the Norks did not attack South across the DMZ and enslave South Korea. In 1991 I was part of the force that kicked Saddam out of Kuwait, and later helped prevent his Baath Party from massacre the swamp Arabs of the Mesopotamia. We countered the Islamo Fascist Terrorists in the wester pacific. Made sure some if them floated away. Freed Iraq from Saddam Hussein, and after the Al Anbar Awakening turned it back over to the Iraqi People. Spent many a night watching the US/ Mexico Border to intercept drug runners before the current administration decided that was okay to import. All in all, not bad. Better than any Euro Nihilist.....
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  1601.  @gabrielproulx6316  What did you just say? I am a mercenary? I am not. I served for 24 years in the US Army before retiring. I am now on my ranch. Please what other charges do you have to make
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  1602.  @gabrielproulx6316  Interesting. I always ask for you to refer back to the LoLW and tell me where it references "resistance" fighters. Also tell me what carve out from the rules exist for said "resistance" fighters. Which rules from the LoLW are they immune to? For instance, are they allowed to take hostages for ransom?
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  1603.  @gabrielproulx6316  what? Germany in WWII? Huh? Clarify please....
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  1604.  @gabrielproulx6316  Mercenary? Oligarchs? Sorry man. Come out of the basement. The pentamerate ain't running the world, nor are the illuminati.....
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  1605.  @doseckes3183  And yet you still won't reply regarding the three terrorist attacks which killed massive numbers of US citizens: 1. BEIRUT 1983 - 240 US murdered 2. AFRICAN embassies 1998 - 220 US murdered. 3. 7 October - 31 US murdered.
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  1606.  @doseckes3183  And he knew it how? The guys in the AFVs that I reference getting hit by the Apaches at first thought they were under fire from Iraq AT guns. Then when the survivors were dismounted they saw it was fire from above and behind them. Then they understood. The Apache jocks only understood who they were engaging when the troop commander called the TOC and relayed who was being engaged. War is like that. Friendly fire ain't friendly. But it happens. No one actually answered my earlier question of why the IDF would purposely engage a US Surveillance platform.?
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  1607.  @astral_haze  Interesting. Who said that is my viewpoint? I am a strong believer in respecting the Law of Land Warfare (LoLW). It is something I have witnessed the IDF attempting g to adhere to. The LoLW is not something the Hammys respect nor adhere to in any way. If you wish to debate that facti will be here.
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  1608.  @gabbycarter965  then, please explain: 1. why the Hezzies attacked the Beirut Marne Barracks. 2. Why the AQ attacked two US embassies in Africa 3.) Why the Hammies killed 31 US citizens at a rock concert.
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  1609.  @gabbycarter965  so, express your theory on why the IDF in the midst of a hot war in Egypt would engage an NSA surveillance vessel whose data was likely being provided to the MoD in Tel Aviv ?
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  1610.  @DarthVader-ir1bx  so the three terrorist attacks weren't intentional atracks?
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  1611.  @MarkWinterrowd  What will Jill Stein do when the Hoots attack a US mrrchant ship and kill US citizens? Probably say sorry to the hoots....
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  1612.  @TheOsmanly  US troops are fighting in Gaza? And do we have space aliens 👽 fighting with us? How about Bat Boy? The rest of the Marvel Multiverse?
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  1613.  @OnEaNdOnE783  What? Fattening someone up as justification for kidnapping? You are kidding right? Almost something out of the Mr Pither sketch in Monty Pythons flying circus. You really don't get it. In the Islamic world kidnapping of innocents is just the price of doing business. Here that gets the bad guys killed....
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  1614.  @pei-sanlai8013  ...and...
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  1615.  @OnEaNdOnE783  When a prisoner is released they tend to "Shine Bright."
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  1616.  @khanoomgoli148  Because the Hammys are trying to flip the script and blame Isreal for all the things they Hammys did on 7 October.
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  1617.  @chompythebeast  Alex Stein will be free?
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  1618.  @Nxssxh  those replies have left the individual terrorists and focused on the groups themselves. And it keeps deleting them by name.
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  1619.  @Nxssxh  my replies over the past two hours have been repetitively censored for unknown reasons...
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  1620.  @Nxssxh Being censored for unknown reasons. So individual examples won't cut it? Then let's go to group level for you to research atrocities: 1.) The Abu Sayyaf Group 2) THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 3.) The Lasker Jihad. 4.) The Lasker Taibbi 5.) The Jemaah Islamiya 6.) The Misuari Renegade Group. 7.) ISIS. 8.) Al Queda 9.) The Taliban. I am fairly certain any of these will individually provide enough atrocities to far outweigh the US.
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  1621.  @Nxssxh  B.) A guy named Isnalon Hapilon used to kidnap women and "marry them" R♤PING them until their ransom was paid. He also said HIS RELIGION said thats how it should be.
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  1622.  @Nxssxh  B.) Another bad guy named Isnalon Hapilon used to kidnap women and "marry them" sexually assaulting them until their ransom was paid. He also said the K0r@n said thats how it should be.
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  1623.  @Nxssxh  B.) A guy named Isnalon Hamilton used to kidnap women and "marry them" raping them until their ransom was paid. He also said the K@ran said thats how it should.be
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  1624.  @Nxssxh A.) Looks like Abu Sabaya was too heinous a character to get his crimes published. In brief, he kidnapped people and held them for ransom. When the ransom did not come in he Beh--ded them in accordance with his religious teachings in the k0ran.
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  1625.  @Nxssxh    D.) These guys used to sink ferries filled with civilians because they were normally Christians. Since most of the people could not swim they drowned in short order
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  1626.  @Nxssxh   @xzayuhhh  C.) Another guy named Jainal Antal "Professor" Sali used to torture the hostages for pure pleasure and religious reasons.
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  1627. B.) A guy named Isnalon "Musab" Hapilon used to kidnap women and "marry them" raping them until their ransom was paid. He also said the Koran said thats how it should be.
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  1628.  @Nxssxh  A.) Abu Sabaya used to kidnap westerners and hold them for ransom. When he didnt get the money, he beheaded them. He used to say the Suras in the Koran said that was just fine...
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  1629.  @Nxssxh    How do I define bad guys? I guess the best way is to give examples of bad guy behavior:
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  1630.  @Nxssxh  Getting censored here. You can say what you did about America, but my reply gets deleted. So I will reply in paragraphs to see what does not get past the censors
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  1631.  @Nxssxh    Being censored here.... How do I define bad guys? I guess the best way is to give examples of bad guy behavior: A.) Abu Sabaya used to kidnap westerners and hold them for ransom. When he didnt get the money he beheaded them. He used to say the Suras in the Koran said that was just fine. B.) A guy named Isnalon Hamilton used to kidnap women and "marry them" until their ransom was paid. He also said the Koran said thats how it should be. C.) Another guy named Jainal Antal Sali used to torture the hostages for pure pleasure and religious reasons. C.) These guys used to sink ferries filled with civilians because they were normally Christians. Since most of the people could not swim the drowned in short order
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  1632.  @Nxssxh  How do I define bad guys? I guess the beat way is to give examples of bad guy behavior: A.) Abu Sabaya used to kidnap westerners and hold them for ransom. When he didnt get the money he beheaded them. He used to say the Suras in the Koran said that was just fine. B.) A guy named Isnalon Hamilton used to kidnap women and "marry them" raping them until their ransom was paid. He also said the Koran said thats how it should be. C.) Another guy named Jainal Antal Sali used to torture the hostages for pure pleasure and religious reasons. C.) These guys used to sink ferries filled with civilians because they were normally Christians. Since most of the people could not swim they drowned in short order. Yeah, these are what I call Bad guys....
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  1633.  @coffeelover5134  Sadly this is the only platform I know. My daughter tls me I am too old to learn new ones🤠
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  1634.  @coffeelover5134 Has the US Army killed civilians overseas? Sure. At Schweinfurt the US bombed a ball bearing plant and civilians were incidentally killed. At Ploesti the US bombed the oil works and civilians were incidentally killed.. Both of these examples are with keeping of the Law of Land Warfare. At My Lai Vietnam, a company of soldiers went out of control and massacred everyone they could find. That was not in keeping with the Law of Land Warfare and the US Army prosecuted those responsible and they did time for that warcrime. When is Hamas going to prosecute the kidnapping, rape, and murder from 7 October?
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  1635.  user-jp9en9sk8p  Funny you should mention it. The people of Vietnam have largely got fond memories of the US. Always happy to meet an American on the street. Privately they are not too happy with the communist party there. I imagine in about eight or ten years you will hear from the Afghanis the same thing where they thought the highlight of the last twenty years was the US presence. The low point in the cities is the Talis who are not thought highly of. The people who fought the US were usually from elsewhere who came to wage Jihad.
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  1636.  @Dayumboy1014  under the Law of Land Warfare the IDF has not made any significant violation s. They are not purposely killing children as you state. The Hammys are not evacuating the Civil populous as is required of them before setting up a defense so fault lies with Hamas.
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  1637.  @PrioUtomo-jm3xs  nonsense.
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  1638.  @NHussein-yr8st  the US Navy Construction Battalions (SeaBees) are the ones who assemble the pier on the water and move it to the beach. The are not allowed on shore for political reasons. The Hammys shot at them over a week ago and they were not allowed to return fire .
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  1639. Exactly what inhumane act has the US done. Be careful to list them.
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  1640.  @torilea8104  Please explain the logic behind this statement.
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  1641. Please explain the logic behind this statement.
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  1642.  @moraymac2922  as long as they wear identifiable uniform items to distinguish themselves from civilian non combatants.
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  1643.  @chompythebeast  Would have been happier if I said "Hey, Rashida Tlaib, how you doing?"
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  1644. Hey Sirhan-Sirhan, how you doing?
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  1645.  @MrBoy-mk3sn  Did you ever study the history of the Yom Kippur war of October 1973? Syrian and Egypt planned their attack on the high holy day of the Religious calendar. The IDF had the bulk of the troops on leave in the cities rather than on the Golan Heights and Sinai Desert. Intelligence collection was at a low ebb. My best allusion to it is US forces on Christmas Eve. Minimal manning. The IDF in Oct 2023 was in an identical condition. And compounding that is the Hammys had set up a pattern that led people to believe if something came. It would be rockets rather than a ground attack. And the analysts missed indicators changing that perception. Regarding the initial attack, the paragliding element was unexpected and successful in gaining insertion behind IDF lines. The walls were breached and that is when the FAVs came through. Later more hammys came across in light trucks. Key to note that obstacles are only obstacles if they are covered by effective fire, and in this case they were not due to the minimal manning issue. If you have time and horsepower, any obstavle can be breached. Need more analysis?
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  1646.  @pei-sanlai8013  and......?
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  1647.  @MrBoy-mk3sn  Oooohhhhhh. I get it. It wasn't Hamas, it was Colonel Mustard in the library with the revolver.....
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  1648.  @taoafro1740  well, one thing I would agree with you is that if Joe Biden had not flown an aircraft full of pallets of cash to the Mullahs in Iran. None of this would have happened. So Biden is at fault for enabling the Iranian terrorist leaders to fund Havoc Incorporated.
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  1649.  @razzaquemerchant5184  that doesn't even make sense.
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  1650.  @baruwankuinaruwanku3187  You have a conundrum to face: 1.) The hammys broke a ceasefire 7 October to do their attack. It was not a perfect ceasefire at the time but it was in effect. 2.) Being that the hammys broke that Ceasefire using the now famous "because of 1948" excuse, there can never be a ceasefire again. After all the Hammys will just keep saying "1948" as they fire. Guess the hammys got to ride the lightning this time.
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  1651.  @maashamaasha8395  Okay, I have figured it out. MEE will not allow for a generalized depiction of what occurred during the attack on 7 October.
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  1652.  @maashamaasha8395  i know the region is not big on music, perhaps that was another reason. Fun is not allowed.🤨
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  1653.  @maashamaasha8395  the hammys attacked the concert to kidnap as many westerners as possible. Those they could not kidnap were machine gunned as they fled.
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  1654.  @maashamaasha8395  This has been blocked by MEE. You make it sound like the crime committed by Hamas was sneaking into the concert without a ticket.
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  1655.  @maashamaasha8395  Regarding the IDF continuous targeting of the Hammys, the Hammys at the same time have been continuously attempting to target Israel with rockets. They arent very good at it, But they dont get extra points for trying. While the IDF target points of origination. THe Hammys target soft targets such as schools and shopping malls. Which is more evil?
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  1656.  @maashamaasha8395  When you do a comprehensive analysis of the LoLW you will see that the IDF is largely following the rules. The Hammys are not following it at all. In fact it seems they use the LoLW as a guide of what they would like to try next. I could list some examples if you would like.
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  1657.  @maashamaasha8395  It is surprising to those in the middle east that there are actually rules of warfare. I recommend you search under the title "The Law of Land Warfare." (LoLW). I used to teach the subject to young officers who were starting their career. It is a pretty comprehensive guide to what is permissible and what is not.
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  1658.  @maashamaasha8395  You make it sound like the Hammys were guilty of trying to sneak into the concert without a ticket... They attacked to kidnap as many westerners as possible. Those they could not get a hold of because they were fleeing were machine gunned in the back by the Hammys.
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  1659.  @maashamaasha8395  I will reply in chunks to ry and get something past the censors at MEE.
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  1660.  @maashamaasha8395  As usual for MEE postings my responses are being censored. Fear of Free Speech is very telling..
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  1661.  @maashamaasha8395  You make it sound like Hamas was guilty of sneaking into the concert. They kidnapped as many people as they could, and machine gunned those who they couldnt because they were fleeing. Then they burned families alive in their safe rooms in their houses because they could not get to them. I know it is a surprise to those in the middle east, but there are rules to war. And Hamas follow none of them. You can look them up on line under the topic of the Law of Land Warfare. You will find a pretty comprehensive rundown of everything you are not allowed to do. I used to teach the subject to young officers and concentrated on scenarios they might be put into in their career. I personally think the Hammys go through and find things that are proscribed and then say "Hey, lets try that." You will find a whole chapter under "Justifiable Reprisal" in the older documentation that kind of sums up the whole effort to get the Hammys to follow the rules.
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  1662.  @andycaziiz947  so your point is?
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  1663. What was that message? Attack rock concerts and then flee home to momma with your hostages?
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  1664. Wait a minute. Combatants taken off the battlefield are one thing. Civilians kidnapped on 7 October are another When will these guys go look at the hostages in Gaza?.
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  1665.  @kirkdougherty8690  you know, I keep hearing that "Hasbara" term, but no one can tell me what it means.... 🤠
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  1666. Hmmmmm.... then why are there 2.3 Million Muslim Arabic citizens in Israel?
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  1667.  @abdulazizalzut8963  Funny.
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  1668.  @hildaswafford8226  You up in Tucson?
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  1669.  @hildaswafford8226  Um, the last earthquake anyone noticed around here was May 3, 1887.
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  1670.  @hildaswafford8226  So is California..... Thankfully we almost never get EarthQuakes here on the ranch.
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  1671.  @hildaswafford8226  😶
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  1672.  @hildaswafford8226  😶
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  1673.  @hildaswafford8226  Mexico City? Right. I don't go there. Too crowded.
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  1674.  @hildaswafford8226  JC as in James Cash Penny. Founder of JC Penny's Department stores? Not sure they had covenants in Wyoming in the 1870s. But sadly my History of Business is not as complete as it could be. Do tell.
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  1675.  @hildaswafford8226  okay, you say so. 😶
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  1676.  @hildaswafford8226  Prester John, the Fabled and mythical Crusader of Africa? Not sure how he intersects with either the Somali Civil War or the current situation of Gaza. Please enlighten me.
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  1677.  @hildaswafford8226  NAH? Non-Appropriated Human?
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  1678.  @hildaswafford8226  amazing that Utube is putting history lessons off limits.....
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  1679.  @hildaswafford8226  3.) Speak well of Aidid, you get a sack of rice. Don't speak well of Aidid, you get nothing.
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  1680.  @hildaswafford8226  4.) And the enemies of Aidid starved in their thousands.
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  1681.  @hildaswafford8226  3.) They did this to exhert social control of the population. Speak well of Aidid, you get a sack of rice. Speak poorly you get nothing.
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  1682.  @hildaswafford8226  2.) If you are you will remember the Habr Ghidr Clan under Mohammad Farah Aidid did the same thing by raiding and looting the aid convoys.
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  1683.  @hildaswafford8226  1.) Are you familiar with the Somali Civil War of 1993?
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  1684.  @hildaswafford8226  i am being censored again so i will one more time break into sentences to see what gets through.
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  1685.  @hildaswafford8226  Did you study the case I laid out for you of the Somali Civil War of 1993? If you did you will realize that the Habr Ghidr Clan under Mohammad Farah Aidid did the exact same thing. They raided and looted the aid shipments so they could control who got the supplies. Speak well of Aidid? You get a sack of rice. Speak poorly of Aidid you get nothing. And the enemies of Aidid starved in their thousands.
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  1686.  @hildaswafford8226  single white female 50? Do I have that right?
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  1687.  @hildaswafford8226  I read the story yesterday and from memory i recall: The five bodies that were recovered were two military and three male civilians. They had not released the forensics on the cause of death, but it was believed they died on 7 October or shortly there after. I don't recall where. It is not unusual for the terrorists to make off with bodies since the bodies have value to people in the civilized west and can be ransomed. Its always the money they want.
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  1688.  @hildaswafford8226  The over the shore pier was initially installed by the US military at great expense. While it was being assembled the Navy personnel took fire from Hammys on shore, but refrained from returning fire. When the trucks pulled onto shore but were still in sight of the pier armed Hammys began looting the trucks rather letting them proceed to the distribution point. It was determined that it was no longer safe to perform that mission and operations ceased. Are you familiar with the Somali Civil War of 1993? Similarly the Habr Ghidr looted the UN supplies to control the population. It did not end well.
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  1689.  @hildaswafford8226  not sure what this is reference to. Perhaps the comment involving the IAI assistance in building UAVs? Regardless it is/was valuable assistance.
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  1690.  @hildaswafford8226  This weekend the IDF recovered five bodies of hostages taken from the concert. There is a question as to when the hostages died. It is generally believed either at the concert or shortly afterwards. So much for healthy release.
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  1691.  @hildaswafford8226  not speaking of the theft of technology. The Isreali IAI corporation worked very closely with US companies to assist in the design and building of the US UAV programs. Things like that were a cooperative effort.
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  1692.  @hildaswafford8226  5.) The IDF did allow for humanitarian relief organizations to operate including the US over the shore pier. That was until Armed Hammy combatants began looting the convoys to control the supply. There is no requirement for the IDF to supply their enemy during a siege.
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  1693.  @hildaswafford8226  4.) The civilians have been instructed by the IDF to move to safe areas. The corrolary is that Hamas should establish an Open City Policy for those areas and prevent Hammy troops from entering, or residing in or near those areas. This they do not do. When the civilians move, the Hammys follow. They intend to hug the civilian populous like a flak jacket.
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  1694.  @hildaswafford8226  3.) Hospitals and mosques should not be attacked out of hand. But the converse of the rule says the Hammys should not use those facilities which they have been proven to universally do. Once they are occupied by a military force they lose all protection. Tunnels beneath hospitals have provided AKs and ammunition as well as covered and concealed transit routes.
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  1695.  @hildaswafford8226  2.) Both sides have much to answer for regarding treatment of prisoners/hostages. But at least the IDF evacuated detained individuals from the battle area.
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  1696.  @hildaswafford8226  to prevent censorship i shall reply by subject area 1.) No evidence the IDF has targeted civilians. And since the Hammys stopped wearing their snazzy Green battle dress uniforms on 7 October it must be assumed that they have done this purposely. The Hammys have also declined to evacuate civilians from the battle area which we assume they do to gain a temporary tactical advantage in the confusion. If you take fire from a building and destroy the building it must be assumed that the defender has safely evacuated the residents.
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  1697.  @hildaswafford8226  Why indeed i do. In my former life before retiring as a military officer to my ranch here in southern Arizona, I used to teach brand new military officers in the subject matter of FM 27-10 The Law of Land Warfare (LoLW). There have been numerous treaties on proper conduct in wartime and some of the treaties contradict. So the US and other allied nations codified the best understanding of what is legal vs illegal in wartime. The US understanding is FM 27-10. I have tried to enumerate the rules Hamas has violated, but it gets censored.
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  1698.  @chompythebeast  my post encapsulating all the rules Hamas has violated (a pretty substantial list) has been censored.
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  1699.  @hildaswafford8226  i have been censored for some reason for specifying the numerous rules Hamas has violated.
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  1700.  @hildaswafford8226  Really? So what rules are those they have violated?
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  1701.  @hildaswafford8226  actually , we in the US used to get technology of value from the IDF as well.
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  1702.  @chompythebeast  Well, that's a shame.
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  1703.  @chompythebeast  REALLY? So the Hammys: 1.) Fight under the leadership of competent military authority? 2.) Fight in a recognizable uniform to distinguish themselves from civilians? 3.) Safely evacuate civilians from any area determined to be used as a battle position or other military use? Refraim from moving into areas determined to be open cities for purpose of civilian safety? 4.) Do not take hostages from the civilian.populous for political concession or ransom. 5.) Follow all the rules in the LoLW regarding prisoner treatment, and exchange upon conclusion of hostikities? 6.) Adhere to proper conduct during cease fires? 7.) Refrain from the seizure of civilian food stuffs. 8.) Refrain from using minor children in combat. 9.) The purposeful murder of non combatants not connected to an attack on a military target? Its been a couple of years, but ask if you need help on these.
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  1704.  @chompythebeast  so, this resistance tou speak of. It follows the rules of war?
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  1705.  @hildaswafford8226  Ah the term Resistance. .... Very fanciful for a money making/wealth accumulating endeavor as Hamas is currently involved in. I have grown so weary of terrorists wearing the garb of ideological warrior when they are anything but.
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  1706. Its because when the civilians evacuate the Hammys follow them in contravention of the Laws of Land Warfare. This is the Hammys fault. They could deare Khan Yunis and open city and pull out all their fighters. But they wont.
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  1707.  @hildaswafford8226  Ahhhhh the racists are out in force today. I will clarify earlier statement that the Iranians did ship s large quantity of AK's and 7.62mm ammunition to Hamas, but they were intercepted by the US Navy as well as some destined for Yemen. These weapons were eventually provided to Ukraine. The interesting question comes, "Did the Iranians take those weapons out of hide, or did they import them and pay for them using Barack Obama money. I would be surprised if they used actual zirsnian funds....
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  1708.  @hildaswafford8226  the real thing Irannprovidws si money to the qatar penthouses of the Hammy financiers who move some of that funding to off shore accounts of the Hammys in Gaza.
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  1709.  @hildaswafford8226  materials such as design, propellant, and fusing.
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  1710. The water is scarce and the streets are filled with sewage because rhe Hammys dug up the pipes to make weapons. Maybe the civilians shouldn't have let them do it.
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  1711.  @chompythebeast  i always get accused of being a bot because of my analytical positions. That and something called a hasbara. At first I thought they were talking about the Hasbro Company..... You know, the maker of GI Joes....
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  1712.  @chompythebeast  Am I a bot? Funny, I just came in from the monsoon rain here in Cochise county. I don't feel like a robot...
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  1713.  @the__source  I have a ranch on the Mexican border. For the past four years I have been told that the immigrants who cross my ranch going north are Defacto Americans Are they?
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  1714.  @the__source  I live on my ranch here on the Arizona/Mexico border. For the last three years I have been hearing from the administeation that the groups who have crossed my land going north are defacto Americans. Are they??
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  1715.  @the__source  For the last three years I have been hearing from the American left that the myriad of Illegals who cross my ranch land down here on the border looking for easy benefits are also Americans. ARE THEY?
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  1716.  @the__source  Question for you. One of my neighbors married a Mexican woman and had a daughter. They divorced and the woman returned to Mexico where she and daughter live today. Is the daughter an American?
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  1717.  @the__source  They aren't Americans? HELL, I have heard for the past three years that everyone who crosses my ranch land here in the southern border looking for a handout is essentially an American. But you say actual AMCITS ain't? Thats the damdest thing I ever heard.
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  1718.  @the__source  i don't believe that.
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  1719.  @the__source  2) Killing Americans is perceived by Americans to have dire repurcussions.
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  1720.  @the__source  2.) Murdering Americans used to be frowned upon. (Come on censors, let this one through )
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  1721.  @the__source  these guys make it too restrictive to post. The other side can do all the river and see genocide talk, but me say it bad to kill Americans gets removed.
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  1722.  @the__source  2.) Killing American Citizens used to have repercussions.
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  1723.  @the__source  1.) I don't care if these Americans were Santa and his elves who lived at the North Pole.
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  1724.  @the__source  3.) A new president is coming 20 January.
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  1725.  @the__source  here we will see what offends the censors. 1.) "I don't care if the US Citizens killed were Santa and His Elves who live at the north Pole.
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  1726.  @the__source  censorship on the March. Either the page dislikes Santa Claus. (Could be?) Or saying killing AMCITS is bad is not approved of. (More likely)
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  1727.  @the__source  my post reminding you the Hammys killed 31 US citizens on 7 October keepsngetting censored.
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  1728.  @the__source  So, you forgot the Hammys killed 31 US citizens on 7 October?
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  1729.  @chompythebeast  Interesting. You do realize that In 1948 the Trans Jordan colony of of the UK and previously the Ottoman Empire was divided between Israel and the kingdom of Jordan? And you realize the Islamic Arabic Countries declared war, ordering the local Muslims to leave Isreal so it could be destroyed? Some Arab Muslims expecting to be rewarded left, others stayed and rode out the 1948 war? Those who stayed were considered citizens? Those who left?, well that ship sailed. The Arab Islamic nations try again in 1967. And again in 1973? Each time Isreal built up a buffer of land as a protection after thrashing the Arabic Muslim Nations? Where is the colonizing after the departure of The UK?
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  1730. Maybe the Hammys should not have killed 31 US citizens on 7 October.....
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  1731. Hmmmmm. Its like they forgot Black September 1971....
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  1732. IF THE HAMMYS WOULD EVACUATE THE CIVILANS FROM THE BATTLEZONE AS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUES!
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  1733.  @luphuong5239  sheeple? Sound like something from that part of the world.
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  1734.  @luphuong5239  Steeple? Sounds middle eastern...
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  1735.  @luphuong5239  sheeple? Sounds very middle eastern.....
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  1736.  @luphuong5239  more details please.
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  1737. Yeah? More accurate depiction would be the US has prevented massacres 5× that since 1941. Including the 9 Million Jews in Israel that the MEE would like to see gone....
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  1738. Pretty tamencompared to what the professional Pally protesters did to the Jewish students going to Class last fall. Maybe you guys shouldn't try to compete in the "we get treated bad" Olympics.
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  1739. Probably shod have stayed and become Israeli citizens.....
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  1740. Yeah, Pallys are amazingly unpopular. Says something about the ones who departed Israel with promises by the Pan Arab Army that they would prosper. Instead of staying and riding out the 48 war.
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  1741. MeE, don't you feel shame at your outright partisan censorahip?.
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  1742.  @saiqhai9968  8.) No wonder they are unpopular..
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  1743.  @saiqhai9968  7.) IRAQ IN 2003..
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  1744.  @saiqhai9968  8.) They cause trouble where ever they go.
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  1745.  @saiqhai9968  7) Iraq in 2003.
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  1746.  @saiqhai9968  6.) LEBANON 1970-1985.
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  1747.  @saiqhai9968  5.) KUWAIT in 1991.
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  1748.  @saiqhai9968  4.) SYRIA In Hama in 1982
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  1749.  @saiqhai9968  3.) JORDAN IN black September 1971.
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  1750.  @saiqhai9968  2.) Everywhere they go the soq confusion and try to take over....
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  1751.  @saiqhai9968  1.) The Pallys are amazingly unpopular....
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  1752.  @saiqhai9968  Nope. ME E is censoring me on this, so by the numbers.
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  1753.  @saiqhai9968  Nope, everywhere the Pallys go they sow confusion and try to take over. JORDAN black September of 1971. SYRIA Hama 1982. KUWAIT 1991. Iraq 2003. LEBANON 1970-1980. THEY HAVE WORN OUT THEIR WELCOME EVERYWHERE.
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  1754. What is it about MEE. I get alerted by You Tube of a thumbs up, but they never seem to be counted? Why would they want to encourage free thinking after all....
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  1755. @JDshao stuff i can post on Al Jazeera does not survive on MEE. And that is saying something.
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  1756. @JDshao UTUBE allows for contributors to set criteria for censorship and MEE has their maxed out.
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  1757. @JDshao even my reply saying it IS MEE gets censored.
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  1758. @JDshao looks.like.paragraph 4 offends them even when it is broken down into a single word.paradigm. it describes an obviously preventable traffic accident.
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  1759. @JDshao.... amazing what lengths you have to go to to post a comment that counters MEE position.
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  1760. @JDshao.... so just read by the numbers....
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  1761. @JDshao MEE HATES OPPoSING THOUGHT and censors anything..
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  1762.  @kareemaaziz8839  4.3).... coming back from delivering a heavy armored vehicle....
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  1763. @JDshao read by the numbers. Start at one and go to two etc. MEE hates opposi g thought and censors it as much as possible.
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  1764.  @kareemaaziz8839  1.1.) used to see Saudi Drivers pulled up behind us on Tapline Road,
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  1765.  @kareemaaziz8839  1.) Back during the gulf war....
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  1766.  @kareemaaziz8839  being censored, so by the numbers...
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  1767.  @kareemaaziz8839  5.) It was a great lesson to us who had never seen such irrational behavior....
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  1768. 3.) ... before they blindly pulled out into opposing traffic.....
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  1769.  @kareemaaziz8839  2.) ....mouth the words "Imshallah"
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  1770.  @kareemaaziz8839 1.) During the gulf war we used to see Saudi Drivers pulled up behind us on Tapline Road...
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  1771.  @kareemaaziz8839  I am being.censored for relating that (by the numbers)....
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  1772.  @kareemaaziz8839 I am being censored for saying in 1990, I used to see Saudi Drivers pulled up behind us on Tapline Road, mouth the words "Imshallah" before they blindly pulled out into opposing traffic. On one occasion they were immediately flattened by a semi coming back from delivering a heavy armored vehicle to the Saudi/Iraq border. It was a great lesson to us who had never seen such irrational behavior...
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  1773.  @kareemaaziz8839  I used to see Saudi Drivers pulled up behind us on Tapline Road, mouth the words "Imshallah" before they blindly pulled out into opposing traffic. On one occasion they were immediately flattened by a semi coming back from delivering a heavy armored vehicle to the Saudi/Iraq border. It was a great lesson to us who had never seen such irrational behavior.
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  1774. MEE is censoring posts that disagree with their orthodox views.
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  1775. Apparently MEE is not interested in free speech.
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  1776. ​ @nadirah323 The mere attempt to remind everyone that the Hammys murdered 40 US citizens on 7 October at the rock concert is being censored.
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  1777. ​ @nadirah323  We didn't steal anything. So why did you kill 40 US citizens at a rock concert? You hold 5-8 others hostage. Are you trying to start a war?
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  1778. ​ @nadirah323  We didn't steal anything. Yet you killed 40 US citizens at a rock concert and hold 5-8 others hostage. WTF?
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  1779. They would be safe if the Hammys stopped following them and trying to use them as living body armor. But the hammys don't have honor.
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  1780. How many Hammys were there? Now that they don't wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat, how would you know?
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  1781. The Pallys FA, and are now Finding out.
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  1782. Well if Rashida Tlaib is any indicator, Palestinians dont know much about civilization....
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  1783. Censoring the word Hamas
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  1784. Censoring anti hamas messages.
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  1785. Freedom of speech?
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  1786.  @mdikbal5139  Hate to say it but the Arabic nations have not been happy with the Pallys since Jordan in 1971.
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  1787. Because Egypt knows the history of Palestinian refugees and does not want it to happen there.
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  1788. Because Egypt knows the history of Palestinian Refugees and they don't want it.
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  1789. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their spiffy green battle dress uniforms, how would you know?
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  1790. On a couch?
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  1791. You all going to get involved for the hunt for Sinwars Cash Stash? I think it is in numbered Swiss Bank accounts filled with Mad Mullah Money just like Arafat. No wonder he was negotiating so hard for his own life, he had so much too look forward to in his future villa in the South of France
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  1792. 4.) And Havoc Incorporated gets stood up full time.
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  1793. ​ @tonying59 3.) And the the protestors/rioters get their taste of the money.
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  1794.  @tonying59  3.) Then the mullahs send money to "Professionalize" the protestors/rioters.
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  1795.  @tonying59  2.) The mullahs forward money through Qatar to the Hammys, Hoots, and Hezzies.
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  1796. 1.) Obama and Biden send pallets of cash to the Mullahs on cargo planes.
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  1797.  @tonying59  Hey MEE, why are you censoring my comment about US money to Iran?
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  1798.  @tonying59  my totally accurate reply stating the Obama and Biden administrations provided plenty of influence money in the form.of pallets of cash on planes to the mullahs got censored...
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  1799.  @tonying59  yeah, I agree. The Obama and Biden administrations flew plane loads of cash to the Mullahs who then spread the money around the world paying for terrorism and protest/riots.
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  1800. You only think that because she parrots back the gibberish about genocide that the Pally enthusiasts brought up. Note she said nothing about the Genicide inherent in the statement "From the River to the Sea."
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  1801. Sounds like the Mullahs when they have a sack of US Dollars....
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  1802. Hey MEE, still censoring us, Eh?
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  1803. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat anymore, how would you know?
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  1804. Well, the Hammys could surrender and face the war crimes tribunals. That would end it....
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  1805.  @zaidal-hindawi1784  hate to break it to you, but I ain't a bot. Actual live human here on my ranch You guys got to get over this Hasbara thing. Just because we contradict you don't mean we aren't humans.
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  1806. Hey MEE, did you teport on the Hammys firing on the US DoD team building the obverse the beach causeway this summer? No you did not....
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  1807. The IDF conducted a NEO a week ago and evacuated the civilians from the area. See Hamas? thats how adults do it.
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  1808. Hey MEE why are you censoring the simplests posts?
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  1809.  @ravenousruby6407  mee fears free speech.
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  1810.  @ravenousruby6407  8......hostage.
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  1811.  @ravenousruby6407  4.....replace a.....
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  1812. 7. ......US......
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  1813. 4......to.......
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  1814. 3. ....volunteer....
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  1815. 2. ...could....
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  1816. 1. You...
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  1817. 3......4 US......
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  1818. You cN always surrender your citizenship and move to Rafah. Others would love to take your place here.
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  1819. Downhearted? There is video of Hammys surrendering to the IDF. Guess THEY are downhearted....
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  1820.  @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  my opposing thought is that this is simply modern warfare. Perhaps you are not used to any type of warfare but perhaps tribal....
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  1821.  @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  They censor free speech and thus I need medical help? How illogical.
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  1822. Why does MEE outright censor opposing thought?
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  1823. Hey MEE, are you embarrassed that you relentlessly censir all opposing comments? I am now forced to parse my commentsvinto individual numbered words to get them to stick. I would be embarrassed if I was ya'll...
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  1824. @guidodenexterblokland1610  You obviously have no experience in fighting modern war. The Hammys operate from civilian occupied buildings, when a family has a Hammy at their window and he fires upon the nearby IDF patrol the patrol responds. Usually with a 120mm round through that window, followed by 7.62mm coax fire. And everyone in that apartment gets hit. Whose fault is that? The Hammys of course because they have the responsibility to safely evacuate all civilians before using their domicile for a battle position.
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  1825.  @Brother-faisal514  then why did they kill children on 7 October?
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  1826. ​ @coolandhelpfulgadgets look at the numbers that don't stick. That is MEE protecting you from opposing thought. I would be embarrassed if I were you....
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  1827.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  5.5) with 31....
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  1828. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  sad that I have to do this to get past MEE censors.... 3.)..... 1 2 0 0 +.....
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  1829. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  3.) .... 1200+....
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  1830. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  6.) ....US Citizens.
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  1831. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  5.) ... Including 31....
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  1832. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  5.) .....On 7 October 2023.....
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  1833. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  4.) Civilians were killed....
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  1834.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  ....3.) 1200+.....
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  1835.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  2).....have concurred that.....
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  1836.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  1.) Independent casualty counts....
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  1837.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  MEE censoring, so back by the numbers....
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  1838. @coolandhelpfulgadgets  4.) ...did you not think there would be a reaponse?
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  1839.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  3.) 7 October......
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  1840.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  2.) ....1200 people....
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  1841.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  1.) The Hammys killed....
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  1842.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  being censored again. So by the numbers...
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  1843.  @coolandhelpfulgadgets  the Pallys could have surrendered the Hammys to the war crimes tribunals.....
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  1844.  @excelcraft_solutions got censored again. not sure you can justify that position. Were your children descendants of the Ottoman Empire?
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  1845. @excelcraft_solutions  So you agree the Jews belong on their land in Jerusalem and the MUSLIMS BACK in Mecca.
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  1846. @_Michelle_  the bad guys always thought so. ..
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  1847. @BlackShadow-k5w  Umm, what?
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  1848. @sadia8057  With such a limited vocabulary, are you certain YOU are not the robot?
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  1849. @harrietsnodgrass9429  sigh, not again....
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  1850.  @harrietsnodgrass9429  Typical ME resident. Cannot and will not accept blame for even the most obvious. In sept 2001 the common refrain was that the Isrealis did 9/11. Sad....
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  1851.  @sadia8057  it is sad to think the only way you can interact with opposition is to claim i must be a robot. Perhaps you could grow up and face the real world....
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  1852. @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  Oh Lord, another guy with a robot symbol for his avatar is telling me I am a robot. Excuse me, i am going outback to watch the fantastic Arizona sunset and listen to the football game.
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  1853. @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  the DoD has a differing opinion.
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  1854. @scarlettkhan9667  i have never heard Master race except from the SS. Oh, I have heard it about a certain religion stemming from the 700AD time frame....
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  1855. @scarlettkhan9667  Then perhaps their parents should not be attacking rock concerts and housing areas?
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  1856. Providing more detail than that gets censored.
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  1857.  @Brother-faisal514  then why did one part of the "children" murder the other part at a rock concert?
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  1858. Paid both? Obama and Biden?
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  1859.  @tachikoma7757  It makes me happy.
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  1860.  @tachikoma7757  By the way, you failed to capitalize the first word of your sentance. But I will let that slide since it happens to me as well....
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  1861.  @tachikoma7757  And you dispute this ?
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  1862.  @tachikoma7757  so you equate victory from being a grammar Nazi?
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  1863. @tachikoma7757  who?
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  1864. @tachikoma7757  i am not saying Obama and Biden were smart....
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  1865. ​ @tachikoma7757 i am not saying it was wise to pay off Iran. Clearly Obama and Biden were not wise men....
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  1866.  @tachikoma7757  For some reason you equate US having military bases cooperating for governments around the world to funding terrorism by Iran.
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  1867.  @tachikoma7757  not sure why MEE censors that I state my value and worth stems from 24 years in uniform before retirement, followed by years out on the ranch with the family. What does yours stem from?
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  1868. @tachikoma7757  Naw, I got plenty of Value and Worth from my 24 years in uniform prior to retirement. The ranch and my family provides the rest. 🤠
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  1869.  @tachikoma7757  paid off to the world's sponsor of terrorism. Why does MEE censor that?
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  1870.  @tachikoma7757  sorry I deflated your opinion of self worth and value. You will feel better. Simply study logic. It helps.
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  1871.  @tachikoma7757  yeah, in two word groups. MEE HATES when logic is presented....
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  1872.  @tachikoma7757  who sponsors the most terrorists? It ain't the US. But they use the money we gave them....
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  1873. @tachikoma7757  Simply look up Biden pallets of cash.
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  1874. @tachikoma7757  Bribing? Think payoff to be left alone....
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  1875.  @tachikoma7757  5. ....est $6 Bill
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  1876.  @Mondolfo17  4. ....To Iran...
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  1877.  @Mondolfo17  3.....pallets of cash....
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  1878.  @Mondolfo17  2.) .....aircraft with....
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  1879.  @Mondolfo17 1. Biden Flew
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  1880.  @tachikoma7757  not allowing me to state Biden Flew Pallets of cash to the Iranians.
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  1881.  @tachikoma7757  in 2016 Obama flew a plane with Pallets of cash to Iran. Numbers are sketchy....
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  1882.  @tachikoma7757  Joe Biden flew cargo planes with pallets containing 6 Billion dollars to iran two years ago. Where did that money go?
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  1883.  @Mondolfo17  because what the Hammys are doing with their civilians is wrong.
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  1884.  @tachikoma7757  Iran dwarfs AIPAC.
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  1885.  @tachikoma7757  " The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. These organs vote simultaneously but separately. In order to be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies. This sometimes makes it necessary for a number of rounds of voting to be held". Sounds awful political to me.
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  1886.  @tachikoma7757  Iran?
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  1887.  @tachikoma7757  funny, you are allowed to call me, the only one with a seemingly familiarization with the LoLW incompetent, but I am censored for using the Patronymic for the leaders of Iran.
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  1888.  @tachikoma7757  M ♡ l l ♤ Hs
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  1889.  @tachikoma7757  as is the UN writ large
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  1890.  @tachikoma7757  it is.
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  1891.  @tachikoma7757  mullahs.
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  1892.  @tachikoma7757  Aipac is TINY compared to the Mullahs alone.
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  1893. @Mondolfo17  Why? Could it have to do with Petro dollars flooding the voting members of the UN?
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  1894.  @Mondolfo17  My reply is being censored. MEE fears free speech.
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  1895.  @tachikoma7757  You forget that the ICC and ICJ are political organizations. They have no portfolio to prosecute. The LoLW is not under their perview.
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  1896.  @tachikoma7757  so your position is ALL Hammys are operating in destroyed buildings. Well, aren't I relieved. They aren't. They consider civilians to be unexpended propaganda ammunition.
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  1897. @Mondolfo17  1.) 7 October occurred when the Hammys abrogated the ceasefire agreed to in 2005 and atracked. 2.) The Hammys attacked a housing area and rock concert with the objective of kidnapping women and killing me. Civilians. Not military. 3.) The response comes as the IDF attacks Hammys who are "Hugging" the xivil populous. Big differences.
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  1898.  @tachikoma7757  i forgot that he was found in a trench on the outskirts of Rafah. He wasn't? He was found in a building? Oops.
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  1899.  @tachikoma7757  yup, the Hammys should have declared Rafah and other built up areas Open Cities and evacuated their troops to non populated areas.
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  1900.  @tachikoma7757  well, two points. The Hammys occupy much of Southern Gaza. Do the casualties there fall at the feet of the Hammys? Of if you are talking about the greater concept of Israel- Is Pakistan an occupation zine since the same forces that recognized the creation of Israel did the same to Pakistan?
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  1901. @tachikoma7757  no, the Hammys are the targets. But the Hammys do not adhere to the Law of Land Warfare and keep their troops out of populated areas.
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  1902. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat, how would you know?
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  1903.  @pembebulut2781  So far the Mullahs control the situation by funding Havoc Incorporated. They don't want the violence to stop . Ceasefire? With the mullahs in charge that is a meaningless concept.
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  1904.  @pembebulut2781  because Hoots, Hezzies, and Hammies do not adhere to ceasefires. They do this for Mad Mullah Money.
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  1905. @tzaidy  which genome specifically is being eradicated?
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  1906. ​ @pembebulut2781 What will Jill Stein do when the Hoots attack a US merchant ship?
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  1907. The Hammys could surrender....
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  1908. If only the Hammys would surrender and face the warcrimes tribunals this could all be over....
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  1909.  @Layla-z8r  the Hammys could surrender and it would all be over.....
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  1910. The IDF has targeted Hammy combatants in accordance with the rules of war.. The hammys are who prefer to use their population as shields. The Hammys leaders have already admitted that the population is just a form of propaganda ammunition.
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  1911. Did the Hammys kill 31 US citizens on 7 October? You can be quiet now.
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  1912. The videos of Armed Hammies looting the trucks don't lie. Just like Somalia in 1993. Hammys control the food, they control the populous.
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  1913. How many Hammies were there. Since the Hammies no longer wear their snazzy green uniforms, how would you know.
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  1914.  @Aamina-fb3mn  Islam thrives in s tribal environment. It is spread by conquest. Tribe versus tribe, Shia vs Sunni vs Suffi.....
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  1915.  @Aamina-fb3mn  You could make the point that in keeping with the Saudi Flag, it is all a military occupation of the Region. Other wise freedom of religion would exist there.
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  1916.  @Pale_Kingg  makes one wonder how much that guy clears each year off that bogus post.
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  1917.  @crafterianinks7219  lots there. So it is wholly a racial beef for you? In that case should we in the US deport all persons from Organization of the Islamic countries? I would say no. Reference peace in the middle east, during WWI. You forget the Ottoman Empire was heavily invved and got slammed by of all people the Saudis. Also open warfare in Syria, Iraq, Gaza, ETC. Hell I have done staff rides all across the middle east studying WWI. (Beersheba was my favorite- dint have to worry about the bomb vests guys there.)
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  1918.  @crafterianinks7219  thanks for the argument.
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  1919.  @kakarote100  Hey, you better not let the residents of the "Dog Pound" hear you badmouth the Browns. They'll strand you out on the Ice of Lake Erie.....
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  1920.  @kakarote100  Cleveland Browns? They beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-29 today.
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  1921.  @Jessewb786  a couple of questions. 1.) What genome is being eradicated? 2.) If Israel has 2.3 Million muslim Arabic citizens, how can the eradicated a supposed Arabic genome supposedly native to the area. Are the murdering them as well? 3. Regarding how we see ourselves, it does not matter what you think of us, you will call Uncle Sam when you get in trouble. 4.) And the fact that the religion in question causes havoc wherever it resides, is also not in question.
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  1922.  @kakarote100  better tell the Kuwaitis they aren't free. They were thinking Saddam is gone and dead. The French? Wow, I wish we had bases in the south of France. Netherlands? Well we do have some guys at SHAEF in Belgium. Tunisia? Algeria? Libya? Denmark? Luxembourg? Austria? Philippine? New Guinea? China? The Russell The Solomons. Boy, looking for them all. They must have gotten lost going there....
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  1923.  @Jessewb786  yup, censored on that one. MEE doesn't like honest history. A Cancer? Touchy touchy I must say my US Army has done more for freedom around the world over the past 50 years than anything else on the planet. We have failed in our attempts to free two particular nations, can't win em all. As far as tour claim of Darwah, it doesn't work out that way does it? East Timor? South Sudan Jolo? Mindinao? And that's just the last ten years. Catholics send elderly nuns. Mormons send teenagers in cheap slacks. Islam sends Abu Musab.
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  1924.  @Jessewb786  oh my, a cancer? Touchy touchy. My US Army has freed half of the worlds population from despots. And sadly in a couple of places we have failed and they are still enslaved. Can't win them all.☹ Regarding tour notion of Darwah. Doesnt really work that way does it? South Sudan? East Timor? Jolo? Mindinao? Those are just the ones from the past ten years. Conversion or the sword. That is what we see. The catholics in the past ten years send elderly priests and nums to run missions. The Mormons send 18 year old boys in slacks. Islam sends Abu Musa and his friends....
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  1925.  @kakarote100  Dude, it was 1991 in the Khobar Towers. It was located in the Fest Tent that also contained the PX where we bought Gatorade and Oreos. We had to go beyond them to get the pogey bait. Names? Do you Think I remember the names of the clerics they put in that tent? They spoke English fairly well. Pretty educated. They started with answering questions about Islam, but then invited you to join them if you let them get there . No takers that I could tell because Al Khobar, Ad Dammam, Dharran, and Hafir Al Baton were all the evidence we needed as to what we wanted. And the US female troops needed only to look at the UBMOs to know that wasn't what they wanted. Funny thing is ten years later we brought Saudi Officers to the states and trained them. We did not do the same to them. Here you can believe in God, Allah, or the Great Kazoo and none of us care.
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  1926.  @Jessewb786  The religious leaders told us they were. THey were quite open about it. Funny, they REALLY pushed it on the black guys who paid attention. THe Black women in our unit were absolutely not having it. I don think the clerics were ready to the level of opposition the US black women put in their way. Telling them they couldn't drive, were limited to second class citizens, etc did not FLY at all.
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  1927.  @Jessewb786  As Usual I am being censored for saying I was in Mecca as part of a Military meeting in the 90s. The Sauds were quite careful to remind me I could not go see the Kabbah and had to stay at the conference area. While in Khobar Towers the Saudi Culture center clerics who were seeking to convert us made it Plain we were not supposed to hold Mass or protestant church services anywhere visible in Khobar, and definitely not outside the compound. I was lucky to depart days before the truck bombing. I was also lucky to miss out on the Sbarro attack by leaving. I guess I was lucky. Others were not. I guess one could feel unwelcome.
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  1928.  @tengkualiff  Actually in September 2001 I saw a low key mosque just outside the Vatican. I remember it because I was stuck in Rome due to 9/11 and it seemed incongruous. I also remember seeing the flurry of Mosques that were erected in the US shortly after 9/11. (As well as Confucius Institutes, but that is another thing.) We allow in. You dont. Who is more open?
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  1929. MEE is not allowing a discussion of the generic conquest approach employed by !5|♤m. Fear i guess.
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  1930.  @kakarote100  i am familiar with history going back to the Cenozoic Era. Wanna talk plate techtonics?
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  1931.  @crafterianinks7219  Forced conversions were not rare, and putting non compliant to the sword wasn't either. Why is Apostasy a capital crime in much of the middle east.
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  1932. You familiar with a group called the Abu Sayyaf Group? Lasker Jihad? Jemaah Islamiya? Lasker Taibbi? AL queda? IsIS?
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  1933.  @Jessewb786  Okay so when can the Catholic Church build a Cathedral downtown Mecca? Can we build a Synagogue on the grounds as a property sharing accomodation. I know a batch of good Mormon families out here in Cochise County and I will call them up and have them send their kids to Medina as Missionaries since Jessewb says Islam is peaceful. I know a fantastic Buddhist temple in Seoul which can ship a 4 ton bell and a dozen monks to Riyadh . I always enjoyed hearing theirs rung when I was there.
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  1934.  @crafterianinks7219  Nonsense. Unlike the Christian new testament dogma, Islam had nothing of the like for apostles to stir forth and spread. Ever wonder why the Saudi Flag is the way it is? Why is the Christian symbol what it is?
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  1935.  @crafterianinks7219  Muslims simply kill the non- compliant, enslave the compliant, take multiple women as wives to change the genome of the populous. Hardly the peaceful paradigm that modern Islam seeks to display.
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  1936.  @Jessewb786  Islamophobia? Please justify that comment.
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  1937.  @Jessewb786  Okay, the Moors invaded because their faith called on them to spread by conquest. Convert them to a faith, then put those to the sword who disagree. The same reason conquests occurred in North Africa, Sicily, Spain, Southern France, the Balkan, turkey, Southern Russia, eastern Africa, and all the way over to the Sulu Archipelago.
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  1938.  @Jessewb786  Did the Moors invade in 711AD?
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  1939.  @rsync9490  Much like Islam, MEE fears competing views.
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  1940.  @rsync9490  I am going to assume you have not spent time in the Islamic world like I did in my 24 years in uniform. You are probably a college kid or something. I recommend you look up the Term Apostasy in the Islamic world. You will find it is punishable to this day by death in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Somalia, and a whole host of smaller countries. In others converting someone is illegal and punjshable.
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  1941.  @rsync9490  nonsense. Those who sought to leave the faith were put to the sword.
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  1942.  @rsync9490  sigh. Being censored again. Trouble is I can't get people from The MEE to admit "Slam-I" was spread by conquest.
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  1943.  @rsync9490  Nice of me to admit it? Well isn't that special.... The thing is you can't get people in a certain part of the middle east to admit their religion was spread through violent conquest. And I am further disappointed that MEE goes to such lengths to censor it.
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  1944.  @rsync9490  2. (Being forced to use pig Latin to get this one through) "Slam-I" coverted by violent conquest starting 711AD. (Hope you know pig Latin, because this should be AMAZINGLY EMBARRASSING for MEE.)
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  1945.  @rsync9490  3. Spain Reconverted by Violent Conquest all the way to 1492AD. That is how history works.
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  1946.  @rsync9490  2. |5L♤M coverted by violent conquest starting 711AD.
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  1947.  @rsync9490  1. You cannot excuse a previous historical wrong by pointing to a later historical wrong.
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  1948.  @rsync9490  yeah, MEE has censored now five attempts to reply to you. So, by the numbered sentances again....
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  1949.  @rsync9490  As usual MEE is censoring my reply. NOthing controversial. Simply saying you cannot allow for an earlier historical wrong by pointing to later. That is now how history works. Islam converted by violent conquest, which later led to a reconversion by conquest. THats history baby.....
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  1950.  @rsync9490  Sure, but it isnt as clean as you portray it. The nature of the beast is that you cant alleviate a historical wrong by forgiving a later wrong. Islam forced conversion on many, and later there was a reconversion of some. It is the nature of history.
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  1951.  @rsync9490  probably would be more effective to say the Moors who invaded Spain in 711AD fought a combination of local tribes who continued until the Moors were finally ejected in 1492AD.
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  1952.  @tengkualiff  3.....Islam's....
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  1953.  @tengkualiff  2.... a reaction to .....
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  1954.  @tengkualiff  1. Crusades were....
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  1955.  @tengkualiff  reply being censored .
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  1956.  @tengkualiff  the crusades were a reaction to Islamic military conquest.
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  1957. He crusades were a response to Islamic military conquest.
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  1958.  @FR33_PALESTIN33  When you massacre the crowd at a rock concert, guess what? You are a terrorist....
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  1959.  @finnjacobsen684  I concur with that.
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  1960.  @finnjacobsen684  frankly I see no forward movement in Islamic societies today. They still revel in simple tribalism, and insist education focus on religious aspects of those societies. I was in the middle east for many years and was amazed that the Dear Abby equivalent in their newspapers discussed things like the proper minimal ablutions prior to attending mosque. Kidnapping, graft, payoffs etc...
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  1961.  @finnjacobsen684  frankly I am surprised THAT didn't get censored. Nearly everything else I post is and I have to go to great lengths to make it stick....
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  1962.  @ArtiZetl  civilization? The Caliphate was hardly civilized. Power of the strong man never is.
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  1963.  @finnjacobsen684  the higher education is first rate. Next Fall I will get my bachelors in Kidnapping from Rafah Polytechnic. Then go on to get my masters in Graft from Qatar State University.....
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  1964.  @ArtiZetl  i am being censored for saying nonsense. Why can't MEE allow free expression of views? Because their approved views are brittle....
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  1965.  @ArtiZetl  Nonsense. What has Islam brought to the Middle East other than insulating the natural tribalism that is present? Gotta tell you, I am really excited about getting my masters in Kidnapping at the university of Rafah, followed by my residency in financial graft at Qatar Polytechnic.
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  1966.  @Anatolia07  if our friends at MEE valued freedom of speech and allowed posting without censorship you would have gotten that all in a singular post. But they don't so I have to break it down to individual sentences. Perhaps you should call on MEE for freedom of opposing thought ?
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  1967.  @Anatolia07  4. Shortly after M's death these invasions began in all directions including into the Balkans, turkey, Russia, Europe, Africa and all the way to the Sulu Archipelago.
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  1968.  @Anatolia07  It seems paragraph 4 is what particularly offends MEE. SO, here we go with the rephraseology efforts to sneak by the censors.
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  1969.  @Anatolia07  6. And the perennial call for Sharia law to subsume the US constitution in places like Deerborn
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  1970.  @Anatolia07  4. Shortly after Muhammad's death these invasions began in all directions including into the Balkan, turkey, Russia, Europe, Africa and all the way to the Sulu Archipelago. Otherwise they are eliminated.
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  1971.  @Anatolia07  2. Islam was never a religion spread by evangelism. No matter how that was desired to be the perception.
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  1972.  @Anatolia07  As usual I am being censored. So, as usual we will do it by the numbers.....
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  1973.  @Anatolia07  thank you for the Islamic sales brochure. It is NOT how the rest of the world experienced Islam. Islam was never a religion spread by evangelism. No matter how that was desired to be the perception. The spread was accomplished by warriors invading, conquering, and subjugation. (See Saudi Flag for example) Shortly after Muhammad's death these invasions began in all directions including into the Balkan, turkey, Russia, Europe, Africa and all the way to the Sulu Archipelago. And it follows the precept that slave religions feed the tax base. Otherwise they are eliminated. Why else is there not a Catholic cathedral In Mecca, nor missionaries moving through Saudi? And the perennial call for Sharia law to subsume the US constitution in places like Deerborn?
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  1974.  @AbdullahSheikh-jd1yj  Now that is comical. So th world will revert to a 700AD paradigm? I dont THINK so. it is spread only by conquest and the ability for their conquest faded in 1492AD.
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  1975.  @ArtiZetl  Nonsense: Census figures say that In the late 1930s there were 480,000 Jews in the transjordan region alone.
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  1976.  @Anatolia07  Ahhhh. Being censored again for asking if you were one of the guys I encountered in the 1990s who destroyed Jewish archeological sites? I was assigned there for the DoD and the IDF took us to lots of archeological sites in our off time. We were bored at the time, but understand it now.
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  1977.  @Anatolia07  What? Are you one of those folks who secretly goes out and destroys the Jewish Archaeology sites and claims no one was ever there? When I was assigned to Israel 20+ years ago that was a big thing. The IDF always was "Persuading" us to go check out the sites. We were bored, but ten years later it became obvious why they were persuading US DOD personnel that the Jews existed in the Holy Land all the way back. To this day the "Pallys" can be found using Sledgehammers on old gravesites, etc. If you can destroy it, you can destroy the past.
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  1978.  orientalgirl8926  i don't get censored on the US based pages.
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  1979.  @Darkmouse20001  Absolutely correct. You can make all sorts of racist claims against Israel. They let that through. But you provide data against Hamas and Iran and you get censored.
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  1980. How many hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green uniforms how would you know?
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  1981. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battle dress uniform with bright green headband, how would you know?
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  1982. Just political correctness running amok.
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  1983. I guess they shouldnt have declared tribal war on a modern warfare capable nation. FAFO.
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  1984. How many Hammys?
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  1985.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  being censored for asking how specifically you proved a point?
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  1986.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  how specifically did you prove any point?
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  1987.  @layinlow77  perhaps I am the one with the superior knowledge?
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  1988.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  Hey, maybe they shouldn't have attacked on 7 October.
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  1989.  @layinlow77  if the Hammys had declared the civilian occupied areas as Open Cities, and had moved out to the open areas, this would not have happened. But they wont.
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  1990.  @PowerChord-p3u  I would say the Hammys are the ones who just won't get it. Park your self at a school? Likely the school gets destroyed. But then, they want that.
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  1991. Why do the Hammys set up positions near them?
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  1992. I think I would prefer them to learn the periodic chart of the elements. Perhaps by singing Tom Lehrers version it would help....
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  1993. Being censored by MEE for asking how many Hammys were in or on the convoy. Not an unusual question since lately armed Hammys have been hijacking the convoys to control the food.
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  1994. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat, how would you know?
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  1995.  @justiceforallopressed  right.... So we know the Hammys claimed to have 48,000 trained uniformed combatants in the days leading to 7 October. They took off their uniforms 7 October. Maybe 30,000 have been put out of action by the IDF. That leaves 18,000. Their lines have been tightened by IDF advances. Where did they go? Did the Hammys lie about their numbers on 7 October? Or are they all dead now? Or are they being whittled down a bit each day by operations just like this?
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  1996. How many Hammys in civilian clothes were there?
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  1997. Sounds like it is about time for the Hammys to surrender and face the war crimes tribunals.
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  1998. Soccer? Well, at least its not a real mens sport.....
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  1999. The Hammys could surrender to face the war crimes tribunals and this would all be over!
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  2000.  @New.Beginnings88  so you approve of kidnapping, rape, and murder of people attending s rock concert? Good to know.
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  2001.  @KH_FYM  i think it was a great homage to Scotts portrayal to Patton. All he missed was the phrase "grease my treads with their Guts"
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  2002. ​ @KH_FYM That was a truly wonderful summation of a theme from the opening of the movie Patton. Impressive.
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  2003. About time the Hammys surrender and face the war crimes tribunals.
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  2004. Gonna censor me today MEE?
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  2005.  @paulcorrigan8530  I have had to edit it down to single sentances. When I put them together they get deleted. Read them in numbered order.
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  2006.  @aar7580  3.) So, so sorry Gaza, you are on your own.
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  2007.  @aar7580  2.) So, WE LEARNED OUR LESSON...
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  2008.  @aar7580  But you are right. We learned our lesson. No more peacekeepers for the Hammys, Hezzies, Hoots, and PIJons.
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  2009. 2.) Now you wonder why we dont care what happens to the Hezzies?
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  2010. You threatening us? I wouldn't do that if I were you...
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  2011. And?
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  2012. Yup, dispatch the Hammys, Hoots, and PIJons and ya'll will be free.
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  2013. Hey MEE, gonna censor me today like you have for the past week?
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  2014. They had to deal with the Pallys before. It didn't end well....
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  2015.  @obtuse1291  Sir: It is unbecoming for you to reference the Palestinian Shemmagh as a diaper no matter how much it looks like one..... Please refrain from it.
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  2016.  @nisantadalabehera3638  That is called encircling your enemy. The key is to prevent your enemy from escaping to live another day ala the Falaise Gap in 1944 France. It wouldn't be a problem if the Hammys adhered to the LoLW and fought wearing uniforms. But they don't, so how could you trust that the refugees flowing south were not Hammys?
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  2017. Just saying that if the Hammies wanted to fight a War, they should have evacuated the civilians from the battle areas first.....
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  2018.  @Alec-jo7ic  huh? BIRMINGHAM?
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  2019. Was the US bombing of Schweinfurt in 1940s genocide?
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  2020. Two things confuse me about that region of the world. 1.) The belief that taking hostages is at all acceptable. 2.) The tribal belief that combat must result in "fair casualties". In other words, if Hamas kills 1000 then the IDF should be limited to 1000. Their society needs to grow up and away from this.
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  2021.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  ...... Havoc Incorporated.
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  2022.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  ...... purchase influence as well as......
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  2023.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  ....... planeloads of cash to Iran......
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  2024.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  that the Obama Biden.....
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  2025.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  i get censored for saying....
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  2026.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  I get censored for stating that ○bama B|d€n plane-loads of cash to |ran purchase influence as well as Havoc |ncorporated.
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  2027.  @Sylvia-ps8tg i get censored for stating that ○bama B|den planeloads of cash to Iran purchase influence as well as Havoc Incorporated.
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  2028.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  i get censored for stating that Obama Biden planeloads of cash to Iran purchase influence as well as Havoc Incorporated.
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  2029.  @Sylvia-ps8tg  Its all based on poor decisions by the Obama/Biden administrations. The gave the Iranians plane loads of cash and that cash gas been sprinkled around the world buying influence and at same time buying terror.
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  2030.  @joannfawaz  well, the Hammys could surrender and face the war crimes tribunals..... That would stop it.
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  2031.  @mat_max the textbook definition of terrorist is someone who uses or advocates the use of terrorism as a means of coercion. Terrorism is defined as the unlawful use of violence or the threat of violence to achieve a goal, often politically motivated. Terrorists use violence to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, or to influence government policy.  Note the term unlawful. Now refer to the LoLW and rethink your position.
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  2032.  @StevenKershaw  not in accordance with the LoLW.
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  2033.  @mod2306  Cowboys are mourning and soulful? I was a soldier for 21 years, not really soulful and definitely not mourning. I haven't had a "officer" since my retirement in 2009. And hardly Hasbara. Here in Cochise County we don't hardly know what that is.... 🤠
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  2034.  @mod2306  my reply stating conversion by the sword is well founded is of course being censored to save your tender sensibilities....
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  2035.  @mod2306  right. You can bring up an expert saying one thing. History says another. Even the Koran preaches spread by conquest. Why else were Moors in Spain, Turks in Vienna, and Islam spreading to the Sulu Archipelago....
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  2036.  @mod2306  we could say the same about the crowd who spread conversion by the sword starting in the 700AD time frame. Now they have AKs....
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  2037.  @zoned7609  they are engaged be ause the Hammys hug the civil populous. When a crowd move to a zone of refuge, it is not long before the Hammys set up amongst them. In fact T the start of the week the Hammys admitted one of their Brigade Commandeds was killed while in a refugee center where he had set up shop.
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  2038.  @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  Says the guy who has a green robot as his symbol? What is it about your side of the issue that they assume everybody and everything that contradicts your very narrow world view MUST be some sort of Isreali plot. I aint Israeli. I aint a Robot. I dont even knwo what this Hasbara thing is. So deal with it.
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  2039.  @ferdia78  sorry, you seem to have fallen into the old notion that anything that terrorizes is thus a terrorist attack. Simply not the case if you reference the LoLW. The pagers were surreptitiously provided to key Hezzy mid level managers with ithe intended effect being that a simultsneous strike could be conducted on them essentially incapacitating the mid level from conducting operations at a key moment. Interesting to me is that the explosive charges were limited to a strike intended to wound rather than kill. Think of this as a very precise sniper attack on all mid level leaders at once. Was it terrifying for those who witnessed it? Perhaps. But that was not the intent any more than the Schweinfurt raid was a terrorist attack. Regarding the use of the term "Occupier " right now the IDF occupied portions of Gaza. But so do the Hammys.
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  2040.  @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  you are insinuating this old cowboy is a bot. Not true compadre....🤠
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  2041.  @5pAcEiNvAaDeR  You assuming I am a computerized something or other? Not me. Bubba. I am all too real.
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  2042.  @annesaunders3851  You do realize that there were 480,000 Jews in Trans-Jordan in the 1930s, right?
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  2043.  @dabombdawg3033  Being censored for saying, well then the Hammys certainly bear responsibility for their invasion and brief occupation on 7 October.
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  2044.  @dabombdawg3033  so you agree the Hammys are at fault for their invasion and occupation on 7 October. Thank you.
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  2045.  @The_S_Soldier  It is the responsibilty of the defending force. They have two options to adhere to the Law of Land Warfare: 1.) Evacuate the civilians to a safe location. Then keep your troops from those areas. Or... 2.) Maintain the civilians where they are, declare the built up areas as Open Cities, and move your troops to the unoccupied space outside of the towns. The second was the option selected by Douglas MacArthur in WWII during the defense of the Phillipines. He declared Manila an open city to save it, and moved his troops to the Bataan Peninsula.
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  2046.  @The_S_Soldier   @The_S_Soldier  Nonsense. Hypothetical: A Hammy sets up position on an apartment to fire an RPG on a passing patrol. A family is in the apartment with him. He pops off the RPG. And the IDF patrol returns a withering fire that devastates the apartment to eliminate the Hammy. The family is killed. Who is at fault on accordance with the LoLW?
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  2047.  @dabombdawg3033  Nonsense. Hypothetical: A Hammy sets up position on an apartment to fire an RPG on a passing patrol. A family is in the apartment with him. He pops off the RPG. And the IDF patrol returns a withering fire that devastates the apartment to eliminate the Hammy. The family is killed. Who is at fault on accordance with the LoLW?
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  2048.  @The_S_Soldier  Nonsense. Hypothetical: A Hammy sets up position on an apartment to fire an RPG on a passing patrol. A family is in the apartment with him. He pops off the RPG. And the IDF patrol returns a withering fire that devastates the apartment to eliminate the Hammy. The family is killed. Who is at fault on accordance with the LoLW?
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  2049.  @The_S_Soldier  i understand the AI portion. That is simple. But simply stating the number of US casualties on 7 October in specificity gets censored. Why would YT do that if for no partisan purpose? No, this has MEE written all over it.
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  2050.  @The_S_Soldier  and how does YT know? There is more to this....
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  2051.  @The_S_Soldier  If they are DoD provided laptops, sure. But if they belong to the Public Health Service, then no.
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  2052.  @dabombdawg3033  Please provide details. Sadly, since The Hezzies and Hammies refuse to evacuate civilians in the battle area as they are required to, then civilian casualties can be expected.
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  2053.  @The_S_Soldier  so the international crowd at the music festival are now all "Settlers?"
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  2054.  @dabombdawg3033  I. I saw those videos and only the person who had them was injured. 2. These were hardly surplused. They were very new to the Hezzy force. It can be expected that those who had these devices and the later tactical rsdios were Hezxy mid level leaders.
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  2055.  @The_S_Soldier  why can I swear, use personal invective and outright attack somebody in the crudest manner on a hockey page. But am forced to break sentances into three parts on MEE posts? If it is YT then it is st the behest of MEE and I call for them to champion our free speech rights.
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  2056.  @dabombdawg3033  unfortunate. but then again the Hezzy combatants were required to seperate themselves from non combatants in accordance with the LoLw. The IDF has evacuated something like 100,000 civilians from the battle area. Why can't the Hezxies? Much like land mines, while unpopular are not illegal.
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  2057.  @The_S_Soldier  1.) If Russia and England were at war, and the laptops targeted military personnel exclusively, then no. 2.) If the nations were not at war, then yes. 3.) If the laptops were distributed to the public. Then yes.
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  2058.  @INCREASE.THE.PEACE.  Please make your case that the IDF is a terrorist organization. Please reference the law of land warfare (FM 27-10) for your legal reference.
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  2059.  @johnmorris3972  1.) The IDF operates outside of civilian areas in uniform. 2.) The IDF has evacuated civilians from the battle area. 3.) The targeting is an order of magnitude for focused than the Hammy Hezzy rockets. 4.) Are you making the case that the pagers were simply openly distributed to the public?
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  2060. 2c. The iDF engaging...
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  2061.  @johnryan3102  3b.  .... find it convenient to believe that
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  2062.  @johnryan3102  3a. And the people of the middle east....
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  2063.  @johnryan3102  2d. .... the crowd.
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  2064.  @johnryan3102  2b. .... all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by....
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  2065.  @johnryan3102  since the are censoring the second sentsnce i will break it down to individual phrase level. 2a. Half of the press from the region has been reporting that ....
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  2066. 2. The press from the region has been reporting that the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd. And the people of the middle east find it convenient to believe that
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  2067.  @johnryan3102  3. And the hammy enthusiasts of the middle east find it convenient to i that
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  2068.  @johnryan3102  2.  @johnryan3102  The press from the region has been reporting that all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd.
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  2069. 3. And the people of the middle east find it convenient to believe that
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  2070.  @johnryan3102  2. Half of the press from the region has been reporting that all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd.
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  2071.  @johnryan3102  1. Hey bubba, speak for yourself.
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  2072.  @johnryan3102   @johnryan3102  Hey bubba, speak for yourself. Half of the press from the region has been reporting that all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd. And the people of the middle east find it convenient to believe that
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  2073.  @johnryan3102   i am being censored for saying  Hey bubba, speak for yourself. Half of the press from the region has been reporting that all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd. And the people of the middle east find it convenient to believe that
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  2074.  @johnryan3102  Hey bubba, speak for yourself. Half of the press from the region has been reporting that all the casualties at the Nova concert were caused by the IDF purposely shooting the crowd. And the people of the middle east find it convenient to believe that.
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  2075.  @dabombdawg3033  For instance, if the soviets had found a way to make my PRC-77 explode in my back, would that be a warcrime?
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  2076. Not in accordance to the Law of Land Warfare.
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  2077.  @ESO529  I keep hearing this term, "Hasbara." I have nothing to do that, and certainly have never read any manuals for such. A bit of information on me. I am a military retiree with 24 years Service who is back on his ranch in Cochise County within sight of the Mexican border. I have traveled the world, and seen it all. I get offended when I see people post things I know is historically untrue. If I post about something you have said it is likely because I know it is flawed.
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  2078.  @ESO529  4 hours ago you seemed to care.
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  2079.  @ESO529  ....and what about Islam was in any way attractive to the non believers? Other than polygamous marriage the rest of it was a downer....
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  2080.  @ESO529  .....needless to say there is a reason the Saudi Flag has a sword on it. And what do our friends the Islamists do with unbelievers?
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  2081.  @ESO529  nonsense. I wrote a fairly detailed post describing the Islamic conquest, but it was censored by or friends at MEE . Soooo, (next post)
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  2082.  @ESO529  so what spread Islam other than the Sword on the flag? I seem to recall it being spread to Spain by conquering Moors who put those who resisted to the sword. They were kicked out in 1492. Let's see, they invaded France and did the same until getting waxxed at the battle of Tours by Charlemagne? The conquering Islamists were stopped in Romania by Vlad Tepes in horrific battles. Battle of Vienna? You almost got Into Germany but were stopped. It was not a peaceful spread into Indonesia and southern Philippines. How about Pakistan? They plundered there way into there. Now you have the Islamists attacking west into Sub Saharan Africa to conquer the Christians. That ain't propaganda, that is History.....
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  2083.  @JPVillalobos27  nonsense again. The New Testiment was written after the Disciples traveled into some very harsh parts of the world to spread the message. Several were killed along the way in such hospitable locations as Rome, Greece, Turkey etc.
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  2084.  @Roger-go6jc  So your end result is interminable bloody warfare between a triumvirate? Or are you using the US Native American pre Columbian model? Hate to break it to you but that was about as bloody an affair..... Chippewa vs Sioux, vs Sac and Fox. And the Apache moving all the way from Southern Canada to Arizona. Fighting all the way.
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  2085.  @craig3567  why does everyone call this poor old cowpoke a "Hasbara". 🤠
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  2086. Have the ICC submitted arrest warrents for the member of Hamas who participated in the 7 October massacre? How about those who planned the illegal strategy of failing to evacuate civilians from the battle area in accordance with the LoLW? Oh, I forgot, the ICC is a political organization.
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  2087. MEE, have you no shame in your censorship? I am down to individual words to get past your censorship.
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  2088. I sm being censored for saying that by now they know the 7 October attack was the ultimate folly. Did they think we would reward them for killing 31 US Citizens?
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  2089. Only if you are a hezzy, hoot, hammy or PIJon.
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  2090. How come you can say death to America, but I get censored if I explain the Law of Land Warfare in any detail?
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  2091. Why does MEE fear free speech?
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  2092. What is it about you guys that you condone kidnapping people and holding them for ransom? Give em back and maybe the bombing will stop.
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  2093. Klein condemn the murders of 31 US citizens on 7 October? The Kidnapping of 6 others?
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  2094. How many Hammys were there? How would you know since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat?
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  2095. When I was assigned to Israel is the 2000 time-frame a common occurrence was for Arabs in the area to destroy Jewish archeological sites in areas they controlled and claim they were never there.
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  2096. Hey MEE, gonna censor us again today?
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  2097. Gonna censor opposing views again today MEE?
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  2098. This could all be over if the Hammys would surrender and face the War Crimes tribunals.
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  2099.  @ca-ku1ql  Yeah? How does the world know? The Hammys no longer wear uniforms. The Hammys ARE the local government of Gaza so they can report what they like. 10 dead bodies carrying AKs can be reported as a kindergarten class and no one can verify it. The press has gone 100% woke and won't report anything the Hammys don't want. And why waste bombs on a kindergarten class when everyone would rather hit Yaya Sinwars thugs?
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  2100.  @ca-ku1ql  My reply asking how you knew there were no Hammiea around due to the fact the Hammys have not worn their snazzy green uniforms since before 7 October has been censored. This is on purpose of course. Typical.
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  2101.  @ca-ku1ql  Since the Hammys stopped wearing their snazzy green uniforms with bright green headbands on 7 October, how would you know?? And that is the point. Al Jazeera and MEE all refrain from counting Hammy casualties, undoubtedly putting them in the civilian casualty buckets.
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  2102.  @handibode  I will never win a monster? Well, I hope not. Where would I put it on my Ranch here in AZ?
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  2103. Gee the Hammys could surrender their leaders to face the war crimes tribunals. And then they could go back to actually using the cooking oil for food. They must not actually be starving as we have been told.
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  2104. You attack? You lose.
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  2105.  @smulin01  apparently history is not your thing. Look up the Island of Manhatten and the purchase made for it. Also, if you look at the Plymouth colony you will find that they were guided by the local indians to their eventual colony location which had been occupied prior by a tribe that died out.
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  2106.  @smulin01  I do not recall the US at any time trying to "Own" North Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Please detail those purchase attempts please.
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  2107.  @ccan276  the US of A?
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  2108.  @wiosna102  so, we own Gaza now?
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  2109.  @tigerlily5318  So you admit that there are Hammy financiers in Qatar penthouses, Just maybe not this guy?
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  2110. Is he one of the financiers in the Qatar penthouses taking the Iranian money? They live awfully well....
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  2111. @notknown6605  funny, those who stayed and rode out the wars are now loyal Israeli Citizens. I guess they chose wrong.
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  2112. Maybe they shouldnt have attacked in 1948, 1967, 1973, and 2023?
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  2113.  @SonGoku31213  5.) That is where you find the targeting of children....
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  2114.  @SonGoku31213  4.) I HAVE witnessed such atrocities by the various terrorist groups in the region.
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  2115.  @SonGoku31213  3.) I have worked with many of the Arab nations and also was assigned to work with the IDF 2 times. I have not witnessed what you speak of, nor have you.
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  2116.  @SonGoku31213  2.) Kid, before retiring I spent 24 years in a US Army uniform. I lived all over the world, and in some of the nastiest places you could imagine.
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  2117.  @SonGoku31213  1.) "I know NOTHING of how this world or war operate?"
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  2118.  @SonGoku31213  okay, MEE is censoring my reply again. So by the numbers.....
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  2119. @SonGoku31213  typical, MEE is censoring my reply. "I know NOTHING of how this world or war operate?" Kid, before retiring I spent 24 years in a US Army uniform. I lived all over the world, and in some of the nastiest places you could imagine. I have worked with many of the Arab nations and also was assigned to work with the IDF 2 times. I have not witnessed what you speak of, nor have you. I HAVE witnessed such atrocities by the various terrorist groups in the region. THAT is where the targeting of children is purposeful
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  2120. @SonGoku31213  "I know NOTHING of how this world or war operate?" Kid, before retiring I spent 24 years in a US Army uniform. I lived all over the world, and in some of the nastiest places you could imagine. I have worked with many of the Arab nations and also was assigned to work with the IDF 2 times. I have not witnessed what you speak of, nor have you. I HAVE witnessed such atrocities by the various terrorist groups in the region. THAT is where the targeting of children is purposeful
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  2121. @SonGoku31213  "I know NOTHING of how this world or war operate?" Kid, before retiring I spent 24 years in a US Army uniform. I lived all over the world, and in some of the nastiest places you could imagine. I have worked with many of the Arab nations and also was assigned to work with the IDF 2 times. I have not witnessed what you speak of, nor have you. I HAVE witnessed such atrocities by the various terrorist groups in the region. THAT is where the targeting of children is purposeful.
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  2122. @SonGoku31213  so you insinuate the targeting was purposeful to kill children? Knowing how targeting is conducted that is ridiculous.
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  2123. Who is this guy kidding?
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  2124. When are they going to read the names of the 31 US citizens killed by the Hammies during the 7 October attack?
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  2125. Right, because freedom always loses out to rligious nut jobs.....
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  2126. Doubt that was The reason.
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  2127. @IQ_SIX_PRO  we have seen the helmet mounted video of an IDF soldier walk down a hospital hall, then go down a series of stairs until he reaches a spot where another IDF soldier pulls a plastic wrapped AK off a table and shos it to the camera. Later in the same video an IDF soldier walked down a tunnel towards another room in the tunnel where a white board was positioned for briefing purposes. Now, I do not read Arabic. Could they have been giving a class down in the tunnel on proper care for diabetics? Sure. But why would they do that 20ish feet below ground?
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  2128. @IQ_SIX_PRO  that would be the case if the Hammys were wounded. But sadly they have demonstrated over and over again that they use the basements of hospitals to store weapons and ammunition. And if Armed Hammys take up residency and set up defenses then the hospital loses its protected status. Its also known that they use the buildings as entry ways into tunnels and command and control facilities.
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  2129. How many Hammys were there? Since they no longer wear their snazzy green battledress uniforms in combat, how would you know?
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  2130. Well, since Journalism died in 2016 he has a point.
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  2131.  @JustAnotherYouTubeCommenter  yup, thus islam crawls back to mecca.....
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  2132.  @stephenelliott7112  not really, Arafat was offered his own homeland, but Arafat paid his bills using mad mullah money in exchange for strife. What was he going to do, accept a country and then be forced to run it? He wasn't game for that....
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  2133. It did start 7 October because there was a ceasefire set in 2005. The Hammys broke that for Mad Mullah Money. If you ignore that there can never be a ceasefire again because the words are meaningless.
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  2134. @rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290  Once again I have to ask, why would the aggreived nations (US and Israel) of the 7 October atrocity desire to have a ceasefire? When the Hammys give back the 5 US Hostages, and atone for the 32 killed on 7 October, then perhaps there should be a ceasefire. Until then a ceasefire only serves as a rearming period for the Hammys. And I am hardly a robot nor child. I am a retired military officer with 24 years service. Perhaps to might consider that next time?
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  2135.  @janka5233  that equals a "YAY!"
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  2136. Still trying to figure out which Genome is being eradicated. Since Muslim Arabs indigenous to the country make up 2.3 million of Israel's loyal citizens, how can THEY be the target of a genocide?
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  2137. Perhapa if rhe UNWRA staff had not been complicit in the 7 October attack, they would have some credibility now. But they did. So they dont.
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  2138.  @marlboro-t5w  free free Alex stein?
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  2139.  @marlboro-t5w  Free Free Alex Stein?
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  2140. Gee, if only the Hammys would surrender and face the war crimes tribunals it could all be over.... Sounds like the IDF is still providing the "door knocker warning" before targeting buildings. I wonder why the MEE "Journalist" didn't follow up with a question asking if there were Hammys hiding amongst them?
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  2141. Still censoring opposing thought MEE?
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  2142. This is fascinating.... The hammya kill 31 US citizens on 7 October. Now they want consideration?
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  2143. Preventing freedom of speech? Well ain't that rich. MEE has been censoring my posts for two weeks. Maybe it doesn't mean what they think it does.
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  2144. The Mullahs will fight to the last man. As long as those men are hired Hammys, Hoots, Hezzies, and PIJons ....
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  2145.  @LizGreen-k9t  THe Nakba was a result of the Pan Arab armies directing civilians to evacuate the area they intended to attack so they could use artillery and other heavy weapons. THey attacked when the state of Isreal was recognized . Then they LOST. (Three times = bad idea) Those Arab Muslims who stayed and did not evacuate are now citizens of Isreal. As well as Christians, Druze, and even a Budhists I met. I was TDY to Israel twice in my military career. I studied the area while there. Perhaps you should as well?
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  2146.  @LizGreen-k9t  Wow, so if every Arabic Muslim were evacuated (750,000) in 1945, then how are there 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim citizens of Israel today? That is a .....Stumper. The Pan Arab Armies that attacked in 1948 upon the recognition of Israel were from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt and Jordan. Saudi Arabia dispatched forces that fought under Egyptian command. THey lost and lost turf. Essentially the same cast of characters fought again in 1967 and lost. And once again lost turf. Want to talk of a Nakhba type event? After the 1948 war the Arab nations essentially dumped their indigenous Jewish population into Israel. My assignments to Israel familiarized me with the region quite well. In fact, I used to teach foreign officers from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt in my last assignment.
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  2147.  @LizGreen-k9t  Being censored for posting that if all 750,000 Arab Muslims were displaced in 1945, how are 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim Isreali citizens still present? The Pan Arab Armies that attacked Israel in 1948 were from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, some groups from Lebanon, and some Saudis who fought under the command of the Egyptians. They were the ones who removed the Arab civilians in order to allow an unfettered attack in 1948 . They lost, and lost turf as usually happens in war. Then they tried again in 1967 and lost even more. And in 1973.... Seems my training in the region is more than adequate...
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  2148.  @LizGreen-k9t  Yup, being censored (so, by the numbers...)
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  2149.  @LizGreen-k9t  1.) If all 750,000 Arab Muslims were displaced in 1945, how are 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim Isreali citizens still present?
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  2150.  @LizGreen-k9t  2.) The Pan-Arab Armies that attacked Israel in 1948 were from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, some groups from Lebanon, and some Saudis who fought under the command of the Egyptians....
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  2151.  @LizGreen-k9t  3.) They were the ones who removed the Arab civilians in order to allow an unfettered attack in 1948...
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  2152.  @LizGreen-k9t  4.) They lost, and lost turf as usually happens in war. Then they tried again in 1967 and lost even more. And in 1973...
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  2153.  @LizGreen-k9t  5.) Seems my training in the region is more than adequate...
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  2154.  @LizGreen-k9t  note the missing analytical sentences 1 & 3 that are not allowed in discussion. Sentence one discusses population statistics in 1945. Sentence three discusses Pan Arab evacuations.
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  2155.  @LizGreen-k9t  the evacuations were part of the War of 1948. The Pan Arabs informed them that they would attack. It was known to be coming.
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  2156.  @LizGreen-k9t  Deny? No. As stated before the Pan Arab Armies had a vested interest in evacuating those who were friendly to them. Do you deny 2.3 Million Muslim Arabs are citizens of Israel?
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  2157.  @LizGreen-k9t  question for you. In 1948 there were 150,000 Jews living in Iran. Today there are only 8,000. Can you say Nahkba in reverse?
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  2158.  @LizGreen-k9t  so in 1948 there were 60,000 Jews living in Egypt. Today there are 60? Where did they go?
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  2159. @LizGreen-k9t  In 1948 there were 30,000 jews in Syria. Today there are 4. Can the descendants of those 30,000 people move back to Syria and reclaim their family homes?
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  2160.  @LizGreen-k9t  The Nahkba was an evacuation from the perceived battle space at the request of the Pan Arab forces. Fo you deny the Jewish population was moved out of Syria, Egypt, Iran etc?
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  2161.  @LizGreen-k9t  in 1948 there were 30,000 jews in Syria. Today there are four. Hmmmmmmmm.......
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  2162.  @LizGreen-k9t  I HAVE ANALYZED THE SITUATION GOR YOU IN THE 1940S. You want a yes or no answer which is not representative of the situation on the ground in the 1940s. Now a question for you. Do you believe the Middle eastern countries dumped their Jewish population into Isreal starting in 1948?
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  2163.  @LizGreen-k9t  still no answer.
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  2164.  @LizGreen-k9t  being censored for saying you will not accept the analysis of the situation on the ground in the 1940s. And instead wish a yes/no answer which does not adequately cover the situation.
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  2165.  @LizGreen-k9t  Now will you admit that the Arabs and Persians dumped their Jewish community into Israel starting in the 1940s??
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  2166.  @LizGreen-k9t  for some reason MEE will not allow me to publish population statistics from Syria 30,000 to 4.
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  2167. MEE is censoring further analysis. I guess they don't like the analytical trail.
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  2168.  @LizGreen-k9t  Censored.... no profanity....
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  2169.  @LizGreen-k9t  Censored. Just data.
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  2170.  @LizGreen-k9t  Looks like MEE is protecting you from data and analysis.
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  2171.  @LizGreen-k9t  Syria???
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  2172. @LizGreen-k9t  I think if I were you I would be on the phone to the Egyptian, Iranian, syrian, and jordanian embassies then and ask them why they evacuated people prior to the attack. Then get on the question of why their are no jews in their nations anymore?
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  2173.  @LizGreen-k9t  1.) Syrians 1948= 30,000....
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  2174.  @LizGreen-k9t  2.) Syrians 2025 = 4.
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  2175. @LizGreen-k9t  Don't want to live there? Wow! That requires an amazing level of therapy to get to that point...
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  2176. @LizGreen-k9t  Well that's better for simple people with limited range of analytical skills.
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  2177. @LizGreen-k9t  Wait.... you think I lack information on the Middle East? In my 24 year career I spent far too much time in the middle east. First time was during Desert Storm in 1990-1991. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait.... Then it seemed every two years I would roll into another country to do something or other. Jordan, Israel, Egypt back to Iraq and Kuwait a couple times. Going to the middle east on a vacation is not in the cards now that I am retired. Something scenic and exotic like Johnstown Pennsylvania come to mind because it's people are honest and not quarrelsome. Perhaps you should explore the situation from the other side of the coin? Because you haven't up to this point.
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  2178. Hamas has no intention to adhere to the ceasefire. If they were trust worthy they would not have done 7 October..
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  2179.  @MeMyselfAndI-oy2zf  comment about knifings being censored.
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  2180.  @SlimPickings-i1f  Smarter than the average bear.... But highly trained which is even better.
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  2181. Well, at least she is not the US hostage executed in the tunnel after being forced to send a video taped message to the family.
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  2182. Did Deif get blown to a cinder?
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  2183. @MeMyselfAndI-oy2zf  already knifings happening.
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  2184. Many hammys were there?
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  2185. For some reason I get notifications of thumbs up postings. But they never seem to actually give me a thumbs up.... Now THAT is a weird bit of censorahip.
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  2186. Is this like the Palestinians trying to get rid of the Jews "From the River to the Sea?"
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  2187. But was he ever executed in a tunnel for the crime of watching a rock concert?
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  2188. @pervezalam1451  seeing as how Palestine did not exist and all of the residents were authorized to be Israeli citizens, this is moot.
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  2189.  @Prime-val  why? Did we attack a rock concert 7 October 2023?
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  2190. @muichirotokito5624  Since there was a ceasefire established in 2005, nothing before then counts. Much like how The Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War of the 1800s and World War 1 did not count regarding legality of WWII in 1939. If you want peace, and agree to a ceasefire, past grievances count for naught.
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  2191.  @muichirotokito5624  thank you for your reply . The difference is between lawful and unlawful combatants. Those who fought the Germans out of uniform were deemed unlawful combatants and when captured were executed. Those who donned the armband of the resistance with its French flag and mark of rhe Maquis were deemed legal combatants. You will note that prior to the 7 October attack the Hammys were very proud of their spiffy green battle dress uniforms that they wore in parades. But since 6 October they have ceased wearing them and thus are no longer legal combatants. While the IDF would be in the right to execute thise who are captured, they have not done so.
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  2192. @Prime-val  they withdrew in order to secure peace. If you are saying that was not binding then the Israelis would be within their rights to re enter the Gaza strip, seize the devastated land, evict the remaining populous, And begin rebuilding. And.maybe we will finally get a decent surfing resort on the beach there.
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  2193.  @Prime-val  are you saying the Hammys withdrawal from Northern Gaza is akin to the Warsaw ghetto? I see some parallels.
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  2194.  @Prime-val  the fact Gaza became a ghotto is no more a failure of Israel than the fact Cuba became a failed state is the failure of the US. Failed states policies lead to failed states.
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  2195.  @Prime-val  Well, being they were all being deported via rail to the death camps it is hard to say the situation was tenable. Unlike in 1948 when those Arab Muslims who stayed in Isreal were citizens. Those who complied with the Arab nations request to evacuate and allow them a free hand in the attack on Israel then became other nations problems.
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  2196.  @Prime-val  Hmmmmmmmm. 1.) The first point is that your position is that the Jews of Israel are all descendants of the European jews who fled to Israel. This is not the case. In the 1930s there were approximately 480,000 Jews already living in Jordan/Transjordan. Therefore they did not uniformly suffer the Holocaust. But since the chants of "From the River to the Sea" offer a look to the desired future of the Mullahs they can see the writing on the wall. 2.) I am looking through imagery of Israel and cannot find the following: Death camps. Ovens. Mass graves . Perhaps you could point them out for me.
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  2197. @Prime-val  Yes, and the 1948, 1967,and 1973 wars were all thwarted arab/muslim attempts at ethnic cleansing. I see no evidence of ethnic cleansing on the israeli side- in fact the 2,300,000 Arab Muslim citizens of Israel belie that claim. Just curious, are there 2,300,000 Jews in Saudi Arabia? Iran?
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  2198. @Prime-val  so you would be against the chant of " From the River to the Sea?"
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  2199.  @Prime-val  and how is Israel ethnically cleansing when it has 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim Citizens? Hmmmmmm......
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  2200. I recommend you give the US citizens back right now. Or its gonna get ugly. Like Arclight ugly.
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  2201. And the Isrealis were forced to bury many as a result of the Hammys breaking the truce on 7 October. I guess truces didn't mean anything to the Hammys. Until they do there is no point to them. And the rubble will keep bouncing.
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  2202. So it seems like the Hammys dug into the back of their closets to find the snazzy green battledress uniforms with bright green headband that they hadn't worn since 6 October 2023. The uniforms are brand new only worn for special events. Why wear them out when you fight in polyester slacks and polo shirts....
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  2203. Strange kind of censorship. Get notified of a raised thumb that never shows up in the posting. Guess you can't show contrary opinion approval either.
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  2204.  @SadaK-tr6dm  2.) being censored for reminding you the kibbutzs were attacked as well.
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  2205. ​​ @Invalidpoint  Except in the 1930s prior to immigration to Israel there was something like 480,000 Jewish residents of Trans Jordan. By the way there were a whole batch of various Christians there as well. And now 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim citizens live in Israel. How many millions of Jews and Christians live in Saudi Arabia or Iran?
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  2206.  @Wort.der.Wahrheit  Arab terrorism
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  2207. ​​ @N.Mpenwarrior  They can recommend, but Egypt realizes the problems involved in dealing with the Pallys...
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  2208. ​​ @websitemartian  The Hammies had Gaza for 18 years. They could have turned it into a beach resort paradise. Instead they took money to fire rockets and attack rock concerts.
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  2209.  @SadaK-tr6dm  2.) A recitation of arab attacks prior to Isreali independence is being censored.
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  2210.  @SadaK-tr6dm  i am being censored for asking Why are Palestinians in the US? Including one who is a US Congresswoman...
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  2211.  @DomeCapColonizer-u4h  yes i have. You just won't admit it.
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  2212.  @SadaK-tr6dm  looks like MEE is protecting you from "dangeroua" data.
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  2213. @DomeCapColonizer-u4h  So, you have a racial beef?
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  2214. @federrico-uo6gv  So it is a racial beef for you? What is the racial purity line you will establish to allow to be residing there? If a Pally marries a Japanese woman, can their kids live there?
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  2215.  @federrico-uo6gv  So it is a racial beef for you.
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  2216.  @federrico-uo6gv  after all, Israel has a polyethnic population made up of Arabs, jews, druze, christians. Just a thought. If you could wave a wand and the Pallys were put in charge of Israel. What happens to the Arab Muslim citizens? What happens to the Christian citizens? What happens to the Druze citizens? What happens to the Jewish citizens? And how about my friend who was the budhist?
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  2217.  @federrico-uo6gv  My comment asking the following was censored. ( by the numbers)...
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  2218.  @federrico-uo6gv  1.) If you could wave a magic wand and...
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  2219.  @federrico-uo6gv  4.) What would you do with the following:
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  2220.  @federrico-uo6gv  5.) The Arab Muslim citizens?
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  2221.  @MeMyselfAndI-oy2zf  censored...
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  2222.  @federrico-uo6gv  7.,,) The Druze citizens?
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  2223.  @federrico-uo6gv  8.) The Jewish citizens?
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  2224.  @federrico-uo6gv  9.) My buddy the budhist?
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  2225.  @federrico-uo6gv  Looks like MEE is protecting you from a hypothetical they don't want you answering.....
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  2226. @federrico-uo6gv  So, since you don't seem to need sentances two and three which get censored..... What do you propose to do with the current occupants of Israel?
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  2227.  @federrico-uo6gv  and by the way, calling me a zio doesn't fit. You can call me a retired soldier. Or you can call me a current rancher...🤠
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  2228. @federrico-uo6gv  So, should the Republic of Korea go back to the 38th parallel that was established also in 1948? Or should they keep the current border which moves freedom significantly further north due to the results of the Korean war? Should Russia give back Kaliningrad to Germany which they took in 1945? Should Poland be reunited with Germany as it was in 1918? Should England take back Ireland as it was until the 1920s? Should North Vietnam give back South Vietnam? Should the Philippines go back to Spanish control?
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  2229. @federrico-uo6gv  I guess the Jordanians shouldn't have gone to war in 1967....
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  2230. @federrico-uo6gv  Just saying it's hard to be labeled a zionist cowboy. Something just doesn't meld. Not like Pally Enthusiast-Gender Studies Professor. THAT FITS...
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  2231.  @federrico-uo6gv  Nope doesnt fit when you conceive of a cowboy 🤠 doing what you imagine I do. Now, Gender Studies Professor/Pally enthusiast . That fits all day long.
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  2232.  @federrico-uo6gv  You never told me what you proposed to do with the current occupants....
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  2233.  @federrico-uo6gv  I think current cowboy beats Feminist Poetry Professor/Pally Enthusiast.
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  2234.  @federrico-uo6gv  Why won't you tell me what you proposed to do with the current occupants of Israel?
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  2235. @federrico-uo6gv  A.) You did not comment on what you wanted to do with the current inhabitants. That tells me it would not be a poular answer in the public view. B.) I have been retired from the Army since 2009. C.) The ranch is nice this time of year. Snow on the mountains....
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  2236.  @federrico-uo6gv  Still waiting for that plan of yours. What do you plan to do with the current inhabitants of Israel?
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  2237. @federrico-uo6gv  Okay, so what do you do with the Jews who immigrated there from Iran in the past 30 years?
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  2238. @federrico-uo6gv  how about the 29,996 who fled Syria?
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  2239. @federrico-uo6gv  Can we then demand the Palestinians agree that Christians, Jews, Druze, and my Bidhist friend have rights? After all the Hammys have been advocating their destructiin.
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  2240. @federrico-uo6gv  stole? I keep asking if the Russians should leave Kaliningrad which they Similarly "stole" from Germany. Should the Republic of Korea be forced to withdraw to the 38th Parallel because they similarly "Stole" from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in 1953?
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  2241.  @federrico-uo6gv  I have been censored two times for this post now. So by the numbers.
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  2242.  @federrico-uo6gv  1.) By palestinian held areas i assume you mean the west bank and Gaza?
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  2243.  @federrico-uo6gv  2.) I would leave them alone.
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  2244.  @federrico-uo6gv  4.) After all they have a propensity to launch Havoc.
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  2245.  @federrico-uo6gv  5.) Which i watched first hand in 1999-2000.
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  2246. @federrico-uo6gv  I stole? Dude, I was a small child and in the states so I took no property from anyone. But it does bring up the question of what would be your response if the Jordanians, Syrians, and Egyptians had been more successful in 1967. Let's say they took all the land up to 1KM from the ocean surrounding Tel Aviv. Would you now be advocating that they fall back to the pre 1967 war boundaries and return the stolen land? Some how I doubt it.
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  2247.  @federrico-uo6gv  The Palestinians offer NO solution to my question of what do you propose to do with the current occupants??
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  2248.  @federrico-uo6gv  and since you did not illuminate what you would be willing to accept if the Pan Arabs had won in 1967 it is a meaningless discussion of the results of that war...
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  2249.  @federrico-uo6gv  and I keep asking, should the Republic of Korea give back all real estate north of the 38th parallel to the DPRK??
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  2250.  @federrico-uo6gv  you think I am a robot? This old soldier/cowboy is both insulted and charmed that you think I am that precise. Just wondering why the people on your side of the argument assume those on the other side are robots?
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  2251.  @federrico-uo6gv  the Pan Arabs enslaving of the people living there? That is precisely what they planned to do.
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  2252. @federrico-uo6gv  The area around the wailing wall? Hors de combat my friend.
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  2253. @federrico-uo6gv  why would they, they won them in combat when the Pan Arab armies attacked. Like two times.
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  2254. @federrico-uo6gv  it was called Gaza.... Then they jacked that up for Mad Mullah money....
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  2255. @federrico-uo6gv  except for every attack one way prior to 1948, there was one going the other way. Mostly led by sub groups of Muslim Brotherhood.
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  2256. Question: If you were able to conquer Israel. What will you do with the 2.3 Million Arabic Muslim citizens that now call Israel home?
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  2257.  @SadaK-tr6dm  2.) (A recitation of history of Muslim terrorism in 1948 keeps getting deleted).
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  2258. @Naomi-de2ps You really have not thought this through have you?
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  2259. Now nicknamed as "fertilizer."
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  2260. Time the Hammys: 1.) Are not wearing uniforms . 2.) Are ambushing from what looks like a civilian use building. Did they successfully evacuate all civilians before assuming their ambush position? If not all civilian casualties are their responsibility.
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  2261.  @fadyalqaisy  popular resistance unpopular resistance. It don't matter. There are ramifications to people dressed in civilian garb shooting at soldiers. During both Iraq and Afghanistan the US went to Great pains to allow for turbans to be listed as uniform items, though we did not need to. The fact that the Hammys do not evacuate civilians then puts the onus on them when civilians are killed Time for the Pallys to play in the big leagues.
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  2262. Note the lack of uniforms and the mask. Illegal combatants. This doesn't end well for them.
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  2263. Since none of the three people that were firing the mortars checked the azimuth after the first round fired, we must assume they really don't care how accurate they are firing. Nor did the last two wear any form of uniform. And people wonder why "civilians" are being killed in high numbers.
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  2264. None of the individuals depicted on this video were wearing an identifiable uniform item. And the pallys wonder why the supposed "civilian" casualty rate is so high.
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  2265. See they have spiffy green uniforms with bright green headbands. Why cant they fight in them?
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  2266. Hammy or Hezzy?
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  2267. Another guy in civilian clothes popping off mortar rounds. Qhen the counterfire gets him the Pallys will claim he was a civilian just walking down the street to the mosque...
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  2268. We have yet to see the Hammys dressed like the cover photo when they are on combat. Its because when they die the hammys can claim they were unnocent civilians.
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  2269. My analysis of the video is being censored: Video depicts a civilian dressed Hammy using what appears to be a possible SVD7 rifle. 1.) Sniper fires at an unidentified target in the building next to him. Was it IDF or civilian he engaged. Unknown. 1.) If IDF then the building will be brought down with a PGM strike. 3.) All civilian casualties in this case are either directly or indirectly on the hammys.
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  2270.  @SadaK-tr6dm  4.2) Today there are 4.
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  2271. 4.1) Did you know there were 30,000 Jews in Syria in 1948?
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  2272.  @JonMartinYXD  my quick research shows undetermined land mines killed most....
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  2273.  @SadaK-tr6dm  2.) Were you aware of the terror attacks that were going on at the same time against the kibbutzs and other Jewish communities? Why are there 2,300,000 Arab Muslim citizens of Israel? Did you know there were 30,000 Jews in Syria in 1948? Today there are 4. Where did they go?
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  2274.  @JonMartinYXD  but were they effective on the targets they were employed against. In my experience they were.....
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  2275.  @SadaK-tr6dm  Why are there Pallys in North America? Why is one of them a US congresswoman?
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  2276.  @SadaK-tr6dm  Ethnic cleansing? What do you think Hamas wants to do??
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  2277.  @SadaK-tr6dm  5.) Where did the 29,996 go.?
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  2278.  @SadaK-tr6dm  4.) Did you know there were 30,000 Jews in Syria in 1948? Today there are 4...
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  2279.  @SadaK-tr6dm  3.) Why are there 2,300,000 Arab Muslim citizens of Israel??
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  2280.  @SadaK-tr6dm  2.) Were you aware of the terror attacks that were going on at the same time against the kibbutzs and other Jewish communities??
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  2281.  @snakethepeg7828  only in mesko esai....
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  2282. Bill, do you have the LUXURY of not using them?
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  2283.  Ciaran Butterly  lot of hard work by citizens built that first world nation. Sadly being pushed back down the scale by the progressives.....
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  2284. Artillery dpicm for the US was designed to penetrate thin armor roofing and destroy SOV tanks. Pretty effective at it
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  2285.  @SadaK-tr6dm  1.) Probably lots of places. Including staying in Israel....
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  2286.  @SadaK-tr6dm  Being censored for stating.... by the numbers...
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  2287. @SadaK-tr6dm  Probably lots of places. Including staying in Israel. Were you aware of the terror attacks that were going on at the same time against the kibbutzs and other Jewish communities. Why are there 2,300,000 Arab Muslim citizens of Israel? Did you know there were 30,000 Jews in Syria in 1948? Today there are 4. Where did the 29,996 Jews go?
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  2288. ​ @kittytrail  if they don't burn, they can....
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  2289.  @SadaK-tr6dm  do you believe that the Republic of Korea should give back everything north of the 38th parallel to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea? After all, that is what the UN established in 1948.
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  2290. ​ @3o3tigger  Richard Dunnigan in the book "how to make war" states the key truism that ownership of the battlefield after the fight is key in modern war because the winning side owns the equipment to repair. To soon to know if Either Ukraine or Russia will hold this particular chunk of ground.
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  2291. ​ @ThirthyDollarPants  not what we have seen so far. How many breaches were attempted in this vicinity?
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  2292.  @SadaK-tr6dm  being censored for reminding you the kibbutzs were attacked as well.
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  2293.  @tomk3732  not much change between bmp1 and bmp2 other than the replacent of the low velocity 73mm cannon with the high velocity chain gun. Bmp 3 is more akin to a m113 with turret . But even it is too low slung for survivability against a mine.
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  2294. @SadaK-tr6dm  Are you aware the Muslim Brotherhood sponsored attacks on the Kibbutzs then as well?
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  2295.  @sincitycapital  i liked it. Did what I needed to do
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  2296. Well, those of us retired from the warfighting business realize those were wars. The Israelis allowed Arab Muslims to stay and become citizens. Those who left did not become citizens. The Pan Arab Armies attacked in '48 and lost some turf. Then they attacked again in '67 and lost more. Then in '73 the pan Arabs tried for a third time and finalized the losses. No one was really fighting for the Pallys, and after Black September of '71 and Homa of '82, no one even wanted them around. Hence the lack of support from the Arab nations. 2,300,000 Arab Muslims are now Israeli citizens. How many Jews are citizens of Gaza, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?
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  2297. @SadaK-tr6dm  So the 1948, 1967, and 1973 wars never happened?
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  2298. That's like saying the Germans won WWII because there are still a few Germans left in Germany.
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  2299.  @sincitycapital  Yeah, back in the 80's they allowed a PX truck to pull up a couple days before we went into the box, and then again the day after we returned to the dust bowl. We all came back from the NTC looking like refugees. on the Tower Air 747s. We did not notice the smell, but the aircrews surely did. Many of my troops were greeted at the door to their quarters with a hose and a garbage can by their wives. The old Vietnam Vintage Jungle uniforms we wore went straight into t he garbage and they got a a good hosing off before they were allowed in the house. I was assigned to the NTC in 2004 and things were much softer. I only had to go into the box twice, and lived in the BOQ's. No maneuver training at all. All road clearance procedures from FOBs that were located in places I had battled through in the 80's.
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  2300.  @sincitycapital  THe OC's told me it started WAY before Fort Irwin became the NTC. So, maybe even 1940 when it was a headquarters of the desert training center for General Patton.
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  2301. Did the performance depict the tribal war going on?
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  2302.  @user-ye2dk4ty9i  Yeah? THese the ame engineers who made the engine blades on the MIG-25 out of untempered steel? Every time it took off to chase the Blackbird it destroyed yet another set of engines for NO return on the investment. I will give you mighty Soviet Engineers some big hints. 1.) Try not treating the guys in the BMP's as cattle on the way to a slaughter house. Perhaps put a decent set of EO/IR sensors on it instead of just the sov crap you did. 2.) The autoloader on modern sov tanks is CRIMINAL. Perhaps invest in the crew and have a loader rather than a powder keg for your three man crew to sit on. 3.) It also helps to not have graft ridden plutocrats in charge of the development of the systems. If your guy building your cheap tanks has a 300 foot long yacht, your crews GONNA DIE. THos three hints will do well for you. But it just is not in keeping with Sov culture.
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  2303.  @marcwittkowski5146  "POP SMOKE!"
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  2304.  @industrialman8296  Sure, say that now. W were not allowed to use it in training because it smoked out the live fire ranges and was considered a safety hazard to safe training. We did see demonstrations however and it is about as good as it gets.
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  2305. Still getting notifications of thumbs up that never seem to end up with a raised thumb. Strange kind of censorship....
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  2306. Kinda like how MEE censors opposing thought?
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  2307.  @federrico-uo6gv  6.,) the Christian citizens,?
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  2308.  @vlad78th  did not know that.
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  2309. ​ @iguesss i did not realize it was the zjewish people blocking traffic on the bridge. The one guy I got a look at looked like a tubby Asian beta male. I guess he might be Jewish though but not likely.
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  2310.  Ry Allen  um, no. This Trump supporter does not root for russia. Try again.
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  2311. ​ @ronniekregar3482 Virtually no gun violence here in Tombstone Arizona, and everybody is armed.
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  2312.  @HatsovPenske  Well that gets blown away when you take the foolish places that are doing the guaranteed income approach still are killing each other off. Access to money has NOTHING to do with it. My guess is we are poorer out here in Cochise County but far more responsible than any socialist paradise.
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  2313.  @diannalaubenberg7532  concur with that statement. Here we still have weapons, but we also have a far more stable community family life. More dads in homes showing good examples than the Southside of Chicago, or New Orleans, Baltimore, Philly etc.
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  2314.  user-lo2xh6vs8e  your point is?
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  2315.  @ThatMichaelTGuy  if you restrict cars, only the criminals will have them.
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  2316.  @anonymoussources8803  and we don't allow them to have cell phones, copy all communications, no sharp implements, and only food you can eat with a plastic spoon. No steak for you, eh?
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  2317. 9999⁹99⁹999876
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  2318. Biden says you need an F15 to defy the government. Is he really saying he is willing to bomb the American people so you best behave the way he wants you to?
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  2319. It wasn't just the US ​ @Peter-ed9zi 
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  2320. The part of the US that I live in was freely sold by Mexico to the US in the Gadsden purchase....
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  2321. FREEDOM!
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  2322. You kidding. After Russia folds, the Ukraine will become the next West Germany. Prosperous and a direct participant in the EU.
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  2323. Hey, please provide proof. Photos will be fine.
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  2324.  @Sammy-be5dc  hey, just put in a link to an image of a destroyed HIMARs from a credible news source (obviously not PRAVDA, RT, or Izvestia,)
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  2325.  @Sammy-be5dc  sad? Skeptical. Particularly of a guy with pro russian views with the Non-de-plume of Sammy who is parroting obvious russian disinformation. Curious. What is the Lubyanka postulates killed these HIMARs? This should be amusing.
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  2326.  @Sammy-be5dc  So your side lasted HOW long in Afghanistan? Funny, how.many sovs died in the tunnel? I will take that comparison all day long.
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  2327.  @Sammy-be5dc  pretty simple read. The sovs lasted shorter and incurred more casualties. Try again.
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  2328.  @Sammy-be5dc  numbers? What Numbers? Its all in accordance with what your meme leader puts out at the shift change. We have provided 4 HIMARS. ALL STILLNON THE JOB.
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  2329.  @Sammy-be5dc  Four from the US, perhaps more from the UK. More enroute but not there yet. No destroyed and I challenge you to provide bumper numbers or imagery of destroyed himars. And I am retired so I got plenty of time..... got a full week before my next trip to Vegas. Oh, and WHAT is killing these mythically destroyed HIMArs of yours?
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  2330.  @Sammy-be5dc  so once again I see no proof of destroyed HIMArs. By fiat we have established that there are zero casualties od HIMARs systems. Thank you for your amusing efforts....
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  2331.  @Sammy-be5dc Well then it should be easy for you to provide the newspaper name, date, and author. Because General Milley is on record saying that of the four we provided all are stillnin operation. I am personally not wild about the man so please prove him wrong.
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  2332.  @Sammy-be5dc  so you and the meme leader couldn't find anything to back up your statements huh? I expected as much.
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  2333.  @Sammy-be5dc  the burden of proof is on you, not me. You made a claim not backed up by evidence that 6 supposed HIMARS have been destroyed. I have asked you to back up that fanciful claim, but you tell me the burden of proof is on me. This is a logical fallacy. (Is this guidance from the Meme Leader? If it is tell him its not going well so far)
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  2334.  @Sammy-be5dc  Null response, Akin to saying "Look it up in the encyclopedia". Therefore there are no losses to HIMARS. Better luck next time. Enjoy the morning Borscht on the second floor.
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  2335. SARCASM?
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  2336.  @dirgeslatki3637  make sure you have your flip.flops when you go to Bangladesh. Otherwise the flood waters will cause your feet to rot off. Jungle rot is a tough mother******.....
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  2337. And they are learning it is all Soviet era trash.
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  2338. Its not even worth the HIMARS round. It has such a slow rate of fire (1 round per minute), short range, and inaccurate as hell....
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  2339. Vlad Pooty has begun to run out of MRBM. He has had o start using very expensive SAMS with no payload t in non doctrinal modes due to his shortage.
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  2340. @DON'T KILL ME So you want to see Russia GLOW? All those Minuteman Missiles in the US midwest are always ready. Unlike what seems to be the Soviet capabilities.
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  2341.  @noneshere  please provide this proof here and now. Don't say "you can Google it" because when I do i find crap. Tall tales like the guy who supposedly destroyed on shooting into the second floor of a building with his AK. Even the Russian public doesnt believe that nonsense.
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  2342. THey could bring peace if they would hang a 9mm round in Vlad Pooties ear, then pull completely out of Ukrainian and Georgian lands. THat is how peace will return.
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  2343.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  Huh? THey have been popping what they have at cities. THey have been using they to level apartment buidlings . They are of course - morons.
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  2344. SARCASM?
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  2345. Looks like they got the message. Pay up on defense or kiss the US goodbye from NATO. Gonna have to sell the butter to buy the guns...
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  2346.  @j.dasilva4567  with a name like J Silva one would assume you are from the western hemisphere. But with a comment regarding glory to Russia that is strictly eastern block. How was your night on the second floor of the Lubyanka last night? Meme leader trading you well?
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  2347. By the way, only National socialists in evidence are the tattoos on the Wagner group mercenaries Vlad Pooty is employing.
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  2348.  @j.dasilva4567  Russia, the country completely run by oligarchs and strong men, will save the world? Ha! Hahahahah! Cough, Hahahahaha! Can't breathe, you are killing.me.... Only a truly dedicated Sov could even utter this. So I know you live in Dhzerhinsky Square. Enjoy tonight's borscht.......
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  2349. Even their rocket assisted rounds dont go far enough to getino the operating areas of the HIMARS. This is all for internal consumption in India because they have purchased 40 years of Soviet era trash....
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  2350.  @noneshere  the Russian kids in the cubicles of the Lubyanka on the night shift have been saying for about a month that the Ukrainians have lost HIMARS. Of course they offer no proof. And the Ukrainians and NATO keep confirming all the HIMARS are still on the job. I guess at this point destroyed HIMARS has entered religious fervor in the Russian society. Much like "The New Soviet Man" is just around the corner. Funny.....
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  2351. @Fred Freddy please inform me of any errors I have produced.
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  2352.  @noneshere  Hmmmmmm.... MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (MLRS). Firing m30 and M31 rounds are guided. Burnout of rocket occurs in flight and then guidance occurs using GPS. (GMLRS) try again.....
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  2353.  @cesariushervelazco8  The Story postulates that they Russians will hunt the HIMARS using this. It does not have the range. It is an Apples (HIMARS) to Crab apples COmparison. THe RUssian is an Apple, but it is small and sour and little fruit.
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  2354. @Fred Freddy 1.) Yes he did. 2.) Yes he did. If not, what is his grand and glorious scheme to handle covid? Wear masks?
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  2355.  @harrierr628  Proof of this statement? It is accepted that Russia has lost between 60,000 and 100,000 casualties of all types. Are you saying Ukraine has lost 600,000 and 1,000,000 Casualties of all types? That defies belief. Standard battlefield calculus is that the side on the offensive suffers 2.5 times as many casualties as the side on the defense. Thus if the Russian has suffered 60,000 casualties, then the Ukraine could be expected to have suffered 25,000 give or take.
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  2356.  @vanlalsailo4139  no, but I am more apt to believe the US DOD, NATO staff, and the Institute for the Study of War all of which place the Russian casualties in the 20,000 KIA, 40,000 WiA ballpark. What is Russia admitting to right now? 3,000? Right....
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  2357. 18KM with rocket assisted rounds.
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  2358. How is this s counter to the HIMARS? It can't range even halfway to where the HIMARS are operating. This video seems to be for public consumption to allay the public fear in India that they gave spent 40 years buying soviet trash.
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  2359. @Fred Freddy its Biden who has said and is saying he is going to shut down the economy until Covid goes away.
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  2360.  @carmenortiz5294  That is very nice. It is also immaterial to the point I made. ALl the countries that have purchased Soviet/Russian military trash over the past 40 years are all looking at the current situation in Ukraine regarding the equipment they have purchased and observing that they have WASTED their money. THe Hindustani times is putting out a story that tries to equate a garbage selp proelled mortar and equating it with a the HIMARS as a panacea. THe panacea is not for the Russian troops who are getting "Steel Rain" falling down upon them, but rather the Indian public which spent hard earned currency on the Russian Trash that they no know will not last long in a war with US equipped Pakistan. T-72s will frisbee their turrets. MIG-29's will not be able to cross the FLOT and make it home. All their artillery will get crunched under HIMARS counter fire. Sucks to be an Indian Politician and have their public reviewing your military purchases. But dont feel bad. EVERYONE is looking in their motor pools and trying to find a way to do a trade in for F-16s, Javelins, and MLRS.
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  2361.  @carmenortiz5294  I cannot recall Russia invading any nation that is prone to produce a Latin American Name like Ortiz. Nicaragua perhaps? The Sandys had some Soviet advisors for a while until the Contras whacked em.
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  2362.  @carmenortiz5294  aparrently you do. Old Che murdered all the darker skinned Cubans he came across in his time in Cuba. Quite the racist. He deserved his fate. And regarding Puerto Rico, sadly its Spanish infused culture of graft is what inhibits is progress. It ain't us, its you.
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  2363.  @carmenortiz5294  apparently you do. And frankly we would have sent Puerto Rico on its way but then the Puerto Ricans would have no money to graft off of. And they would be Haiti. And the leaders of Puerto Rico can't have that.
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  2364. Its all SOviet era trash. Flying turrets, crashing Helicopters. and Artillery that cant hit targets smaller than cities.
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  2365. VLad Pooty caused this war in his irrational desire to reform the Soviet Union.
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  2366. @Fred Freddy shutting down the US economy is a rational plan?
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  2367.  @6971robi  How so? A little history lesson for you since we no longer actually teach history in schools. During the civil war Lincoln had a series of commanders of the Union Army that were all exactly like Romney and McCain. They loved the positions they were in as far as the press following their every move and talking of their future careers, but were loathe to actually fight. They didn't actually feel the need personally to fight as they didn't care about the slaves, nor really care about the union. George B McClellan actually sought to muddy up any sort of victory for Lincoln due to a desire for himself to come out with a more positive outlook for his own 1864 presidential run. But none of these commanders took the fight to the confederacy in any meaningful way. Following Gettysburg Lincoln found his general who would fight for him in Ulysses S Grant. Like Trump, Grant was considered uncouth by standards of the day, dressed like a junior officer, and he drank and smoked. But he WOULD Fight. When asked if he would remove Grant from command for all of his indelicacies that the press found disturbing, Lincoln replied "i can't lose him, he FIGHTS." We have had all of our dandies (Bush 1, 2,&3, McCain, and Romney) but we have found the man who will fight for us against the Progressives and like Lincoln we can't lose him.
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  2368.  @samempstreet379  Currently US Meachanized and Armored divisiions have 120 mm smoothbore mortars that have a maximum ranges of approximately 7,200 m to 9,500 m, when firing conventional HE mortar projectiles. So yup.
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  2369.  @samempstreet379  oh, irony. We don't get that much round here.
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  2370. I wonder how much of Wallace's stance is purely based on real estate values. Wallace has always lived in DC and presumably is invested in his towns prosperity. Trump was a danger to that prosperity by moving many a government salary away from the bloated DC. Property values would be certain to decline and thus the need for bloated salaries.
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  2371. what? Explain.
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  2372.  @unoriginalname4321  The Russians planned to cremate the few casualties they planned to have. it would give them deniability of loss. I think they are out of propane at this point....
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  2373. naw, the enlisted get vaporized int he mobile crematoriums near the front lines. That way they can have plausible deniability that there were casualties. In fact, the only way the families at home know if they have losses is if their commanders or comrades violate protocol and call home to tell the families that "Vanya" is dead. Think they might get in trouble for that.
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  2374. The Obamas have a huge estate on the island. I am certain Barry could set up a tent city out back and use his book sale money to feed them for a year or two. You know, show that he actually cares....
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  2375.  @fishcane1  then why fly the flag of the USSR from their tanks.?
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  2376. I like Gabbard. She is more liberal than me. But she is not a corrupt nutbag.
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  2377.  @Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent  explain.
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  2378. Far too gentle
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  2379.  Untold  only part if me is from the europe. Couple that with my native side and Let's just say I am well rounded.
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  2380.  @Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent  so since I am a meld of races and genetic material I am propaganda ? Whoda thunkit
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  2381. Yeah, I remember the 70s and 80s when the sovs spread disinformation about us. Read about the sovs providing seed money to both the Vietnam protests and the nuclear protests in the Mitrokhin Archive. Then they lost the race.....
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  2382.  @72marshflower15  How does one "Purge" Land. A very soviet word choice.....
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  2383.  @72marshflower15  just saying your use of the term is highly reminiscent of the guys i used to stand and stare at on the grenze. Very soviet. Much like the Ukrainians say everything is "shot down." I suspect that phraseology Is part of their culture. I suspect "purged" is part of yours.
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  2384.  @72marshflower15  doubtful.
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  2385.  @72marshflower15  right....
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  2386.  Untold  actually, the fledgling American or colonial army by the end of the war proved to be the equal to the British army. Trained by von Steuben the ncos he trained were dispatched to the remainder of the army to pass along lessons learned. But even more important was the lessons learned by the British that were taught to them by the western fighters that had spent decades in small unit tactics and raids in the western portions of the colonies. The use of skirmishes, ambush, raids etc. You need to look no further than Saratoga, cowpens, kings mountain, etc. In fact the royal rifle regiment owes its existence to lessons learned by the brits while in the americas.
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  2387.  @72marshflower15  sure, if you hadn't used the word "purged" i would assume just an aging Sandalista, but the word choice is telling.....
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  2388.  @72marshflower15  uh huh...... I never see you at the group sessions....
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  2389. I used to work at a NPR afiliate station to put myself through college in the 80's. I knew they heavily accented the news back then. (Yay Sandinistas! Boo Reagan! Etc ) It was bad back then, but coming back from everseas tours i couldnt even come close to rectifying what i had seen in theater and what i was hearing on my car radio.
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  2390.  @TheAmphicyon  SOmething to note is that people in Russia will find each other. Its a kinship of loss. As time goes on and casualties pile up it will happen. What can Vlad Pooty do, shoot the mothers when they wail in the streets? Very russian....
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  2391.  @allennguyen4456  Likely the Russians have not even been checking to see who they got left. And the guys who would be checking are likely vaporized as well. In the typical Soviet style the lead tank in the column is usually the company commander and when he gets cooked there is little command and control other than the first platoon leader who then moves to the front in the column and repeats the process. Very unlike the Western approach.....
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  2392.  @davidgutierrez3312  members of soviet units that were surrounded, surrendered by their commanders, and somehow survived the german POW camps were none rhe less dispatched to the gulags by the commies.
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  2393. ​ @HatsovPenske more than all the socialist policies it has two real factors that reduce fun violence: 1.) A cohesive population. 2.) Fathers in the family.
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  2394.  @Willy_Tepes  I even get censored for saying "those afraid of free speech".
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  2395.  @Willy_Tepes  Being censored for saying I am being censored by the weak minded who fear freedom. Aint that a Catch 22....
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  2396.  @Willy_Tepes  Who is censoring me? Those with weak minds who fear freedom of speech ability to persuade.
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  2397.  @OG_Garou  nonsense. The Hammys, hezzies, and hoots are very proud of their snazzy green battledress uniforms when it is time for a parade or funeral. But then switch to civilian clothes to fight. They do this to sow confusion in the battlefield and gain a temporary advantage. It also provides them propaganda ammunition when their bodies are miscountedcas civilians.
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  2398.  @Lifes-little-moments  i have noticed a very different standard between posts created by Pro Pally authors, and those if us from an outside view.
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  2399.  @007kingifrit  you posted the west had lesser values. The censorship prevented a totally coherent explanation of the superiority of the western values in that we show up to help. No one from the region involved shows up for anything but dinner.....
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  2400.  @yousseftrab3615 I have begun marking all the posts that get censored for content.
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  2401. I have begun marking all the posts thatbget censored for content.
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  2402.  @yousseftrab3615  this page censors everything not pro pally.
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  2403.  @yousseftrab3615  this page censors anything that counters the prevailing pro Pally position.
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  2404.  @yousseftrab3615  censored.
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  2405.  @yousseftrab3615  censored.
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  2406.  @yousseftrab3615  censored.
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  2407.  @yousseftrab3615  amazing, being censored for saying the Hammys desire civilian casualties for propaganda purposes.
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  2408.  @yousseftrab3615  as usual being censored for discussing the Hammys failure to adhere to the Law of Land Warfare.
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  2409.  @yousseftrab3615  using your people as unexpended propaganda ammunition is brainwashed.
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  2410.  @yousseftrab3615  Allowing your people to be used as unexpended propaganda ammunition is brainwashed.
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  2411.  @yousseftrab3615  As usual, being censored for presenting a financial accounting of the Iran/Hamas link..
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  2412.  @yousseftrab3615  nonsense. Note they only fight when Iran gets money? Its a con. The Mullah send money to the Hammy Financiers in Qatar. They keep 20%. They move 80% of the money to off shore accounts for Sinwar and crew. And Havoc Incorporated goes to work.
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  2413.  @muzamilraza49  the politics of oil money.
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  2414.  @muzamilraza49  i have to use that because if I mention the name of the sole book they use it gets censored. By the way, been there....
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  2415.  @muzamilraza49  Apparently it is highly encouraged in your Holy Book as well which I am not allowed to name by the censors......
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  2416.  @muzamilraza49  No, I see that all over the Arabic world. Amusingly it is usually against other Arabs. Hama Syria 1982. Jordan 1971.
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  2417.  @muzamilraza49  I'll tell you why. Diversity of opinion in your world would make it tumble down like a house of cards.....
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  2418.  @007kingifrit  7.) Kidnapping in encouraged in the holy book.
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  2419.  @007kingifrit  8.) And education must be limited to head slamming.memorization in the Madrassah.
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  2420.  @007kingifrit  now let's talk about.your regions values. 6.) Tribal warfare is cool
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  2421.  @007kingifrit  who has weaker values?
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  2422.  @007kingifrit  4.) Who provides nearly all the modern medicines research? The US.
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  2423.  @007kingifrit  3.) Tribal warfare is wiping out an entire tribe in Africa and rge aid shipments are getting looted. Who shows up to guard them? The 10th Mountain Division. Haiti goes Ape? The US 18th Airborne corps.
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  2424.  @007kingifrit 2.) A giant tsunami wipes out an Indonesian coastal town. Who shows up to use the aircraft carriers generators to power the rescue efforts? The US Marine Corps.
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  2425.  @007kingifrit  1.) Nonsense. A hurricane hits and demolishes a coastal town who shows up to assist? The US Navy.
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  2426.  @007kingifrit  being censored again. So bu the numbers.
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  2427.  @muzamilraza49  yeah, the are censoring another post. Why can't ya'll have freedom of speech?
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  2428.  @muzamilraza49  no. The truth was apparently to tough on ya'll brittle minds....
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  2429.  @muzamilraza49  censored.
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  2430.  @muzamilraza49  censored.
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  2431.  @muzamilraza49  Good LORD. they are censoring my reply stating the funding is extra-congressional and thus un constitutional. Afraid of the truth- censors??
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  2432.  @muzamilraza49  like who? BIDEN? OBAMA? they are one worlders....
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  2433.  @muzamilraza49  our Navy. They follow the LoLW. Don't mess with our boats. See the Fat Electrician for details.
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  2434.  @muzamilraza49  no, the funding to Iran comes without congressional approval. Straight from Obama/Biden treasury officials to the Mullahs. No congressional action involved.
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  2435.  @Tomshayer007F07  so most of the world is getting attacked?
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  2436.  @Tomshayer007F07 I am being censored for saying nonsense. The hoots attack international shipping. Sometimes kidnapping the crews.
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  2437.  @redseayouth9119  Wow, you can see from the numbered patterns in the posts that I am not allowed to link Hammy activity to their payment.
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  2438.  @redseayouth9119  6.) A description of the current.funding pattern from the US to Iran leading to the current war is being censored for no reason.
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  2439.  @redseayouth9119  6.) The Hs do everything for mad mullah money. There is no ideology here.
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  2440.  @muzamilraza49  6.) The H's do it for the Mad Mullah money and nothing else.
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  2441.  @redseayouth9119  4.) Obama flies a cargo plane into Tehran loaded with Pallets of cash and six months later the Hammys have a Fiesta with rockets.
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  2442.  @redseayouth9119  3.) Track the timelines.
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  2443.  @redseayouth9119  2. Nonsense.
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  2444.  @redseayouth9119  4.) The H's do it for the Mad Mullah money and nothing else...
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  2445.  @redseayouth9119  2.) Barry Obama flies a cargo plane into Tehran loaded with Pallets of cash and six months later the Hammys have a Fiesta with rockets...
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  2446.  @redseayouth9119  1. You think the Hammys, Hezzies, and Hoots do what they do for ideological reasons? Nonsense. Check the timeline.
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  2447.  @redseayouth9119  being censored for no reason. So, by the numbers.....
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  2448.  @redseayouth9119  You think the Hammys, Hezzies, and hoots do what they do for ideological reasons? Nonsense. Track the timelines. Barry Obama flies a cargo plane into Tehran loaded with Pallets of cash and six months later the Hammys have a Fiesta with rockets. Then Biden flies another plane in with more Pallets of cash and six months later the Hammys swarm across the border on 7 October. The H's do it for the Mad Mullah money and nothing else.
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  2449.  @muzamilraza49  Being censored for stating the Hammys commit terror in exchange for mad mullah money...
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  2450.  @muzamilraza49  yup, being censored for reciting history from 1940.....
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  2451.  @muzamilraza49  Then why can't the Pallys admit the Hammys are simply thug terrorists on the Mullahs payroll? There is some wisdom for ya.
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  2452.  @muzamilraza49  foreign? There were 480,000 of them there in 1940. Thats more than the number of people in a whole scad of US states The Arab world likes to tarvthe Jewish people as all being from Easter Europe, but it ain't true bubba.... You could now say the same thing about the people who claim to be Pallys, lots of them are from Jordan, Saudi, Yemen, and even Egypt.
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  2453.  @muzamilraza49  orange juice?
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  2454.  @duckpotat9818  i disagree. It might motivate them to cause heinous atrocities, but what I have seen is when the money dries up, so do they. The ISIS guys in particular.
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  2455. Yeah, the Hoots are in it for the pay. Just like the Hammys and Hezzies. They do it for Mad Mullah Money....
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  2456.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  Millions? Please provide a cost accounting for this hyperbolic statement. The USA has done more to establish freedom around the world than any other organization in world history.
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  2457.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  sooooooo.... freedom is not a natural urge? I got some guys in 1776 who would disagree with you with everything they had.
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  2458.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  the Russians hold NOTHING secure. Most of the destroyed convoys you see video of are the LOGPACs coming forward. Imagine if US forces in Iraq lost the majority of convoys coming out of Kuwait and going to Bagdhad. At least the USAF could have launched a Berlin Airlift or Khe San Scale relief effort. But the Russians still have not asserted air dominance. Hunger and long distance walking is in the future for the old Russian Motorized Rifle Divisions. Maybe a week away.....
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  2459. Translation: you are getting shot up by hidden javelin and NLAW gunners, and react terribly to ambush.... can't wait to replace you with Syrians, Chechyns, and the Wagner Group. Stop eating, returning fire, and stay inside the burning tanks and my supply problems are solved. After all,, I won't have to send more propane for the mobile crematoreums...
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  2460.  @c123-i6n  After a while it becomes cultural.
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  2461.  @c123-i6n  yeah, you approach someone in Moscow to do a man on the street interview and you are likely to get one of two responses. The older people will rote parrot back the line put out by Pravda because they have been conditioned to do that, or else .... The younger people will respond with "i am not political" and move on. They know bad things can happen, they are just not sure what it is so they don't take chances. This comes from having 100 years of repression under the cheka, kgb, and now FSB. Talk about a conditioned public. I am betting those parents you hear know the real deal, but are terrified someone is listening and they could end up in the basement of Lubyanka for something their son said.
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  2462. The Russians know this poorly executed attack on Ukraine is disastrous for them on so many levels. Putin gets whacked and patrushev puts out it was all pootys fault . And then pulls his troops out. Better hope all the little green men in donbas and Crimea have good travel plans or they are gonna end up burned at the stake.
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  2463. Operation Praying Mantis II.
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  2464. Familiar with the US definition of "proportional"? You are about to be....
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  2465. At the beginning of the war the Wagner troops were more advanced than the common Sov troops they supplemented. Those troops have been fritterd away. Now its the convicts who have no training and no loyalty to each other. And they are dieing in heaps. Looks like that position had a liberal poundi g by artillery
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  2466. SIGH, all those fornians who have noticed how jacked up their homestate is due to its politicians social and environmental policy have begun moving to Arizona. Problem is they never learn and now want us to ruin our state like they did back where they came from.
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  2467. ​ @gloomy5487 my guess is m777 howitzer using HE with Prox rounds. That and interlocking machine guns. This is reminiscent of WWI for the Russians.
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  2468. ​ @gloomy5487  by victory you mean what?
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  2469. Wanna bet he gets whacked before he can be called to testify before the next congress?
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  2470.  @gladysamundsen6796  censored again.
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  2471.  @gladysamundsen6796  being censored for repeating the word "obliteration."
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  2472. ​ @susanschutz260 Obliteration.....😊
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  2473. Hey foxnews, I just Uninstalled your app. I was not able to see a single article this morning because of your pay wall. Sorry. Not putting up with that.
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  2474. Why isn't anyone in the press asking Barry Obama if he knew Joe Biden was a crook as vice president? I wanna see Barry O squirm on that one. Either he admits the truth and says yes and is thus corrupt himself. Or he says he didn't know and thus is incompetent. Dilemma from hell....
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  2475. 11 dead Americans? That should mean 11 MOAB dropped in the heart of khan Yunis . But Biden ain't go the stones for it.
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  2476. Need a very savvy lawyer to draft a property transfer for all the factories and both Ben and Jerrys houses to any of the tribes in the immediate area. Then challenge them to sign immediately. Then inform them they need to clear off the property immediately. They won't sign,and might even have you escorted off the property. It is then you will discover Ben and Jerry are simply parlor pinks searching for social standing in the land of political correctness.....
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  2477. I would ask how Tucker knows the Ukrainians are losing 7 men for every Russian loss? This does not compute when the standard calculuses of combat are analyzed. The Russians have been assaulting dug-in infantry positions, often in towns and villages. The Russians long ago lost their overwhelming advantage in firepower and thus have been forced to do dismounted assaults into rubbelized terrain with increasingly less trained infantry. And in a corps that had virtually no NCO 's to start with. Standard battlefield calculus states the Russians SHOULD be taking 2.5 casualties for every Ukrainian. That should hold until the controlling factors change. I cannot imagine a defending force that is dug in taking 7 times the casualties of the attacking force unless the Russians had a fire power advantage not seen since the US participation in Vietnam. Tuckers claim of 7 times the casualties just does not hold up.
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  2478. Glen needs to start thing counter-intuitively like a thug. Doesn't have to be Vlad Pooty who ordered it for Russians to have done it. Pooty is hanging on by a thread and others are willing to help him over the edge if they can take over....
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  2479. I am betting the Clinton's and Obama are calling New York to telling them to NOT book Trump. Because when they do it the gloves come off. The only way the next administration does not arrest them is if they flee to south America and hide. I can't wait to see Hilary in an orange Jump suit....
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  2480. Think Hunter knows how close he is to getting Epsteined?
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  2481. My guess is Bill and Hilary were there to get blackmail material from epstein against anyone they could use it against. Someone get both of them deposed about watching videos there....
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  2482. He's a dolt, and she is a snake....
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  2483. Who show strength.
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  2484.  @englishbob9492  8.) The M♡llahs....
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  2485.  @englishbob9492  5.) .....Bouncing.....
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  2486.  @englishbob9492  3.) The Hostage crises ....
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  2487.  @englishbob9492  10.) ....Who show strength.
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  2488.  @englishbob9492  10.) ....Who show dtrength.
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  2489.  @englishbob9492  9. Never bother those....
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  2490.  @englishbob9492  7.) .... In Iran....
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  2491.  @englishbob9492  6.) The Mullahs
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  2492.  @englishbob9492  5.)... bouncing In Tehran.
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  2493.  @englishbob9492  4.) ...with the rubble....
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  2494.  @jeffhampton2767  false
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  2495. That earns a big old "SHACK!" Target Destroyed!
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  2496. Why aren't the press asking two specific questions. 1. Did Barack Obama know of Joe Bidens corruption during his tenure as Vice President? 2. Is he using that as blackmail material to cause biden to do all of the harmful anti American actions such as opening the border. Such activity is out of character for one, but not the other....
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  2497. The key is that the Clintons were users of Epsteins Blackmail material. It was well known that Lolita Island was wired for sound and video for just that purpose. And the blackmail materials disappeared. Maybe in Hillarys bathroom with the bootleg server?
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  2498. I would recommend to democrat leadership they rethink this. 1.) Trump gets arrested guarantees his win in 2024. 2.) The fact he was arrested on spurious charges frees him up to arrest the entire Biden Crime Syndicate. 3.) Then the Clinton's go down for pedafile Island. 4.) It will be about a day later the Pelosi wear orange jump suits for insider trading violations. Third and fourth order effects have never been big in progressive circles.....
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  2499.  @macdonaldmaurice  during his presidency the parked their army on their southern border and shut it down as well as allowed remain in Mexico to go into effect. Defacto cutting traffic to a trickle. It worked. Then moron Biden came into office. By the way, what is legal about saying Mexico would cooperate?
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  2500. If we had a real president the mask wearing thuhs would be immediately detained. Those who are actual students would have their immigration status reviewed. Immediate deportation for all immigrants swept up in this nightmare. Thise who are not students would be arrested for criminal trespass and conspiracy charges. Immigrants would be immediately deported.
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  2501. We need to drain the swamp creatures from the FBI. And I have a plan.... Shortly after the Republicans take back control of congress: 1.) Subpoena the entire 34 man force dispatched to Roger Stones home for the pre-dawn raid. 2. Force Wray to sit at a separate table without a microphone and put him on split screen camera while each member of the raid team is interviewed. 3. Start the interview with yhe most tangentially associated personnel on the periphery and ask them why they were deemed necessary to be in or on the water or perimeter etc. Who directed them to be there and what their mission was. 4. Then progressively move towards the lead of the team until you get to the door knockers. Ask them who directed them to go in the way they did (M4s at ready, etc) for an aged person and his octogenarian wife. Along the way you will uncover who is pulling the strings. Find those people ad subpoena them for the next days testimony. 5. Ensure you get every look of embarrassment on Director Wrays face and save that. 6. Unravel the leadership and every decision that led up to why a pre dawn raid of an old man was required. 7. If someone refuses to testify remind them that lack of candor is cause for removal of security clearances and thus removal of employment. 8. Then have Wray testify and replay each embarrassing clip and his reaction to it. If he goes back to the old trope that he or any of the other can't testify about on-going investigations , then announce what his or their current loaded salary rate is and state that that commensurate amount is being removed from the FBI Budget and will be instead provided to the state level investigations agencies such as the GBI, CBI, State Police etc. They can more likely be trusted with the funding. And also announce that it is doubted that any one of the state wide agencies would be willing to employ personnel who displayed lack of candor while under oath. My bet is that after you do this the first time for Roger Stone, the trigger puller level people in the other investigations will be EAGER to sell out the political hacks.
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  2502. What comes after Lawfare? Warfare. And the dummies on the left just don't get it that it means their end.
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  2503. Losing office is not the problem. He has to fear the fate of Lavrentia Beria....
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  2504.  @jwhiskey242  give em some cash. Also preempts vlad from attacking them, right?
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  2505.  @nutrylzone367  it is an interesting question to see if the value of human life has risen in Russia since WWII. I am thinking that Putin is betting that the Russian public will still accept massive losses without complaint. He has been sheltered from popular opinion since before the fall of the wall. But the past 30 years have done much to inject some western mores into old mother Russia. Time will tell....
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  2506.  Green Epee  make your cas for that. After all it was old Hunter Biden that is taking money from both*Ukraine and Russia) Can't be said for trump.
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  2507.  @GlobalTrader9  i think it was figurative.....
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  2508. Hey Fox News. I just uninstalled you on my phone. I could not see a single article today because of your paywall. So you are gone.
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  2509. She said closeted. What she didnnot realize is something i have known about the liberal members of my extended family for forty years. You cant talk to them. Nor can youndebate them. They only have one recourse and that is to call you a racist. So you just realize they have an illness they cannot recover from and you treat them as if they are in a mental health institution- you dont point out that their mother is not a Buick. You just dont talk aboit it.
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  2510. Anybody think to Ask Barry Obama if he was aware that Joe Biden was squeezing the Ukrainians, Russians, and Chinese for money via Hunters companies.
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  2511.  @Myleanfitness  then what is the issue?
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  2512.  @inspectorgeneral9175  except they didn't. Most video shows the capital police opening doors and allowing them to stroll in. Only significant violence was the protester shot in the neck by the keystone cop. Unlike the summer of violence that preceded it in Portland and MSP.
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  2513.  @ab8588  the shooting occurred in a parking lot and the public street so the nature of permission to be at the used car lot is immaterial. Ooooh, who asked the BLM and Antifa thugs the day previously to burn the other used car lot? Thugs....
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  2514.  @ab8588  what is a LARPer? Common armed citizen?
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  2515.  @ab8588  actually, the owner of the used car lot DID ask for help. The night previously the mob burned his lot and all its inventory at another location. And the authorities did nothimg to stop it.
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  2516.  @danepatterson8107  which is why the citizen must be armed and prepared to defend himself and others.
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  2517. And Mark Kelly is not a crank?
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  2518. Also in Mexican High School classes.... "Graduate most likely to graft to $1 million..."
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  2519.  @eldangster1616  the culture of Mexico readily accepts and even triumphs in graft. This is universally common in former Spanish exploitation colonies.....(Mexico, El Salvador, Philippines, etc,)
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  2520.  @aldinewestfield5821  Patton made contact with three Villistas including a commander named Cardenas while out on a foraging mission. He was able to kill all three and bring the bodies draping the hood of his vehicle to allow for identification. Since at that point in the campaign the Villistas had been dispersed, one could make the case it was an exceptional effort.
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  2521.  @moiseschavez1447  rationale was to ensure future incursions could not occur again an to punish those who committed the atrocity in the first place. Check the block on both counts. A truthful telling of the situation would likely say that Villa was down to the low double digits from a force that numbered 500 during the raid on Columbus. Hiding under the beds of Southern Chihuahua had an impact after all....
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  2522. @The Icon of Sin and got axe murdered by the NKVD.....
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  2523. From personal experience, try to stay upwind of the non catastrophic kills.
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  2524.  Arun Sathyan  okay, then tell pooty to attack Lithuania. The Americans alone would destroy that russian front. Give it a try bubba....
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  2525.  @amonamarth6616  INteresting. Standard battle field Calculus says that the force on the offense (Russia) takes roughly 2.5 times as many caualties as the side on the defense (Ukraine). Add to this some factors: Russia has one thing on its side , non precise artillery to saturate a grid square with huge amounts of BM-21 fire, 2SI and 2S3 rounds. But no real good way to do target acquisition to aim that artillery. THey have no well trained light infantry go to forward and do that target acquisition. The ukraininas DO have that and are using it very well. Using those factors I would say the calculus gets bumped up to 3 casulaties for the russians to 1 for the Ukraininas. Now, adding innocent civilians into the mix it might be 1 to 1 since the russians are blowing up civilians with satruation strikes on cities and towns. Tell me where I am wrong.
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  2526. ​ @amonamarth6616  Interesting. Standard battle field Calculus says that the force on the offense (Russia) takes roughly 2.5 times as many caualties as the side on the defense (Ukraine). Add to this some factors: Russia has one thing on its side , non precise artillery to saturate a grid square with huge amounts of BM-21 fire, 2SI and 2S3 rounds. But no real good way to do target acquisition to aim that artillery. THey have no well trained light infantry go to forward and do that target acquisition. The ukraininas DO have that and are using it very well. Using those factors I would say the calculus gets bumped up to 3 casulaties for the russians to 1 for the Ukraininas. Now, adding innocent civilians into the mix it might be 1 to 1 since the russians are blowing up civilians with satruation strikes on cities and towns. Tell me where I am wrong.
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  2527. ​ @amonamarth6616  Interesting. Standard battle field Calculus says that the force on the offense (Russia) takes roughly 2.5 times as many caualties as the side on the defense (Ukraine). Add to this some factors: Russia has one thing on its side , non precise artillery to saturate a grid square with huge amounts of BM-21 fire, 2SI and 2S3 rounds. But no real good way to do target acquisition to aim that artillery. THey have no well trained light infantry go to forward and do that target acquisition. The ukraininas DO have that and are using it very well. Using those factors I would say the calculus gets bumped up to 3 casulaties for the russians to 1 for the Ukraininas. Now, adding innocent civilians into the mix it might be 1 to 1 since the russians are blowing up civilians with satruation strikes on cities and towns. Tell me where I am wrong.
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  2528.  @amonamarth6616  Interesting. Standard battle field Calculus says that the force on the offense (Russia) takes roughly 2.5 times as many caualties as the side on the defense (Ukraine). Add to this some factors: Russia has one thing on its side , non precise artillery to saturate a grid square with huge amounts of BM-21 fire, 2SI and 2S3 rounds. But no real good way to do target acquisition to aim that artillery. THey have no well trained light infantry go to forward and do that target acquisition. The ukraininas DO have that and are using it very well. Using those factors I would say the calculus gets bumped up to 3 casualties' for the Russians to 1 for the Ukrainians. Now, adding innocent civilians into the mix it might be 1 to 1 since the Russians are blowing up civilians with saturation strikes on cities and towns. Tell me where I am wrong.
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  2529.  @HATCH5T  when the remainder of your forces is tied down on the Finish, Turkish, iranian, afghani, and Chinese border, all they can likely spare is that which has been mulched in Ukraine.
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  2530.  @HATCH5T  eac h russian border has several combined arms armies who are responsible for its defense. Of 280,000 acrive soldiers in the russian army they committed 140,000 or roughly half to the invasion of Ukraine. Largely that force is now spent and the russian army is now plugging together units from all across the force. To do this you will remove all of the dismounts from the MRBs on the Chinese, iranian, finish and Turkish borders. All of the loaxers from artery units, and crewing some tanksnqith two instead of three men. Such hollowing out of their forces is dangerous for obvious reasons. Hell, the garrison at Kaliningrads tanks hulks have been spotted in the Kharkov area. This is not 1944 and the soviet union has access to 340 Million people. RUSSIA now has a declining population of 140 million and is pressed hard to provide replacements.
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  2531.  @HATCH5T  okay, let's run the numbers shall we? Total number of personnel in the Russian military = 900,000 TotaL number of active personnel in the Russian army = 280,000. Number of conscripts supposedly immune from serving in Ukraine = 210,000. The remainder are navy, air force, and strategic rocket forces. Hence why they are bringing in contractors, foreign mercenaries etc.
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  2532.  @HATCH5T  they are fighting on their home turf for hearth and home. They weren't supposed to mobilize? Easier to fight for something you love than to go steal a toilet.......
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  2533.  @TrueBlue_01  latest was severodontstk was back in play again.
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  2534. @Cam EnLigne we talking Walter Durante of the disgraced New York Times?
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  2535. Well, there are some parallels and lessons to be learned regarding guns versus butter policy.
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  2536.  @DmzZero  so, they are already assembling t62 to ship forward to BTGs that they will stuff untrained cannon fodder into. Gonna be a big day when the first t62 hulk is identified on the battlefield. It isn't the tank that is a shortage, it is the trained crews and units. This is what Vlad Pooty is having trouble fielding now. Untrained units get mowed down in firesacks..... And t62s play pop goes the weasel to DRAGON, and LAWs. And there is more of that out there than Pooty has tanks and crews.....
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  2537.  @walterthecat2145  whos country was starved?
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  2538.  @MaxBangBan  Sure thing skippy, the day after you guys whack Vlad Pooty with a 9mm behind the ear.
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  2539.  @maxgross5059  soooo. What is the weather at the Lubyanka this morning?
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  2540.  @maxgross5059  interesting. You have a westernized name. Do you speak both Russian and ukrainian. That is a tall order for a euro.. Other than in about a six square block area of mariupol where is the russian army actually on offense? Actual movement please. Most recent movement of the russian army was the rapid and panicked evacuation of the Kiev area where they abandoned huge assets in order to flee.
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  2541.  @brentbisig517  hell, when hanging around the back of my Bradley on its ramp I took off my Kevlar.
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  2542.  @brentbisig517  could be but something to consider is one of two other potentials. During the gulf War we had guys who shot everything in abandoned Iraqi battle positions just to see the effects. I was perfectly happy to scoop up an Iraqi clone of the SVD-7 sniper rifle instead of destroying things. Wasn't able to bring the actual rifle home, but did get to keep its pptics as a souvenir. The other potential is a bit more formal in nature. During the gulf War we heard from a couple of bradley crews that their 25mm sabot rounds were penetrating older russian built tanks (t55, t62, etc) from its frontal armor. To verify this the took some versions of the russian tanks and shot away at them to see the effect. And got confirmation that way. Perhaps someone is just shooting the helmets to either ruin them or see if they really do protect. Just some thoughts....
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  2543.  @warefareinnutshell5330  yeah, tell a tanker he is getting a heat round in his rear and see how much a sense of humor he has.....
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  2544.  @jaqsummit5442  dod will screw it up. Trust me. Long experience with the p-gon says all progress is made in spite of rather than because of that place.
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  2545.  @cyriil2.0aril11  except at their current loss ratio they will culminate by the end of the month. Then they will lose more trying to hold what they have taken. And their supply lines will get ambushed and IED'd until they got nothing left to defend with. And when Vlad Pooty gets one behind the ear he will become the fall guy for the next regime to blame its failures on.
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  2546. Wow, a new destroyed mtlb. I hadn't seen one since March. Figured Pooty had lost them all trying to recover all the broken Sov trash near Kiev.
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  2547.  @constitution_8939  you got that right. 1991 was a long time ago but just the smell....
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  2548.  @josecarlosdasilva7483  Tagalog? Sorry, never learned it.
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  2549.  @dazhdbog1  the west will rebuild the Ukraine. Who will rebuild the russian economy?
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  2550. This reminds me of the photos from the falaise gap.
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  2551.  @cadilacdesert  Not really. Like the jews they have been fleeing. In 1948 there were 30,000 jews in Syria. Today there are 4.
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  2552.  @cadilacdesert  being censored for saying the Christians have fled over time just like the Jews. In 1948 there were 30,000 jews in Syria. Today there are estimated to be four.
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  2553. Amusing that the Hammys can fight a 14 month war in civilian clothes, and then suddenly find their snazzy green uniforms with bright green headband in the back of the closet on the day the ceasefire starts. Can you say LoLW violation?
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  2554.  @cadilacdesert  1.) The Christians have fled Syria over time just like the Jews.
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  2555.  @cadilacdesert  2.) In 1948 there were 30,000 jews in Syria...
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  2556.  @dinero187  I am not seeing any evidence that the sovscare making any efforts to prevent civilian casualties. Evidence is quite to the contrary with them killing civilians out of hand.
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  2557.  @lilcourtny08  yeah, looks like the Russians did not get the memo.....
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  2558. 1.1) Christians have fled Syria over time ...
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  2559.  @cadilacdesert  1.2)... just like the Jews.
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  2560.  @cadilacdesert  z 2.1) In 1948 there were 30,000....
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  2561.  @cadilacdesert  2.2.) .... jews in Syria.
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  2562.  @michaelbull9428  just outright censorship here today. Fear of freedom of speech will destroy those who fear it most.
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  2563.  @brownwarrior6867  yeah, I agree. Fantastic place. But frankly too damp for me. Reminds me of the weather in Scotland. Always seemed to be a mist in the air.
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  2564. Yeah, the Russians have so de-emphasized their infantry due to the Cult of the Tank that they have no trained troops for this. The Ukrainians are eating their lunch. Did anyone see any evidence of NCO leadership as they reacted to fire? I did not.....
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  2565.  @NamesAreRandom  agree to a point. If the Russians were using two step firing positions and the tanks and btrs were in the lower you have a hard time knowing exactly where to aim. Also the increase in depth provides some limited shielding from the air bursting heat round which might dissipate the force of the heat jet. Downside is digging a two step takes far longer than the simple hull down.
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  2566.  @michealkelliher8428  the problem is essentially a training and doctrine issue. The Russians are following old soviet doctrine that discourages initiative. That is why the Russians squat in the kill zone waiting to die. The ukrainiansnwere trained by NATO to take the initiative and send out squadnsizednpatrils to flank the russian MSRs and destroy everything moving west and east. Once again the russian response is to squat there and die. They rarely even return fire. They used Chemicals? Things going tonget really ugly for pooty poot now.
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  2567. And the Russians are wondering why their infanteynis getting its lunch eaten is nearly all engagements. The Russians Mobix is lucky to SEE an AK47 before beingnmarched to Ukraine let alone train as part of a unit.
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  2568.  @QuantumMechanic_88  that coupled with the fact the muddy fields prevent movement off the road, and the ukrainian disputed squads CAN move through the woodlines on them.
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  2569. Wrong. The t64 is higher in priority than the downscoped t72. Back in the 80s we were told the higher priority units got t64 rather than the cheaper t72.
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  2570.  @OberleutnantKäther  its a jack in the box nightmare regardless.....
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  2571. The Russians have no history of following the geneva conventions norms. They simply execute prisoners. Of the 91,000 germans taken prisoner when stalingrad fell, about 6,000 finally made it back to germany- some taking 20 years . That is a survival rate of 6% in russian captivity.
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  2572.  @АндрейПономаренко-ф7г  in prison now, right?
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  2573.  @stevebuckley7788  there is no evidence of massive ukrainian casualties. But there is evidence the Russians have stalled due to massive losses and horrid maint stats.
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  2574.  @АндрейПономаренко-ф7г  Julian assisnage? Who?
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  2575. Not the same at all.
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  2576. Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead!
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  2577. Anybody else think that is a 2S1 self propelled howitzer? Maybe a 2S3?
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  2578.  @ultimatepu5h  You have to wonder if the Russians just invade places to get the porcelain toilets which they cant seem to make back home in mother Russia.
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  2579. Please provide proof of two things. 1. All soldiers in the steel works are Nazis. 2. Civilians are being forced to stay in the steelworks.
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  2580. I have heard rumors that the term life insurance provider that has been the main lrovider of the Hamas leasership is considering pulling out of the Hammy market.....
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  2581.  @Disorder2312  the sovs were even worse.
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  2582.  @henrynagelberg  it is slightly more professional than the red army. The sovs were worse....
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  2583. The professionals -Ukrainians. The Ragamuffins- Russians.
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  2584. I MISS the old 8 inch howitzer when they fire. You can feel it deep in your chest even when they are 5 miles away. And if you are on the gun target line forget about it.
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  2585.  @MarioRoggeroE  proof?
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  2586. Russians get very little actual training other than moving in formation. The oldest and most experienced guy in an armored crew in russia might be 24 years old....
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  2587. Ukraine is within their rights to perform a justified reprisal in this case. Best example is the immediate execution of 200 Soviets from Russia. The problem is that when the Russians have their POWs repatriated at the end of the conflict they will simply deport them to a gulag or shoot them in the back of the head in keeping with their style. Sovs don't want former POWs hanging around Moscow. So what would be an effective justified reprisal that would not do what the Russians want to do in the first place?
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  2588.  @westwindsailer  Russian/Sov Standard Operating Procedure id for their returning POWs to be greeted by an armed guard who escorts them into captivity in the gulag. Can't reward those not willing to die for the regime with freedom after all.
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  2589.  @luiscasillas9853  I think the French, Belgians, Dutch, Danes, norwegians, West Germans, Austrians, Filipinos, Guamanians, Marshall Islanders, and Malaysians would disagree that the US Military makes things worse. After all, was it the Mexican Army that liberated Dachau? Has the Mexican Army liberated ANYTHING?
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  2590.  @omareli08  yeah, lots of main battle tanks them cartels got.... The only hope the cartels would have in the face of a US invasion is to move to Puente Arenas Chile and hide.
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  2591.  @paintballjunkie65  it's not a question of spending money to get rid of the cartels. Mexico as a country has an economy fueled by graft. As a nation it is predisposed to operate in manners that cartels are more natural, and legitimate government impossible.
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  2592.  @NesRuA  Mexico has shown no sign of being willing to launch a guerilla war in it's own interest. If it had such a warrior mindset the cartels would have been strung up years ago. Sadly, the mexicans would only undertake such an action if a graft like mechanism would allow the to make a personal profit. Can anyone imagine a Mexican strapping on an explosive vest and attacking a US tank in a suicide attack? Its laughable- like the ferengi say, "There is no profit in that."
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  2593.  @jonathanjames2162  No, they would flee. There is no profit in dying in front of an M1 tank.
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  2594.  @teknando9196  journalistsb, priests, mayors, politicians, losing soccer teams, I could go on and on.
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  2595.  @dawgp00p74  if the culture changed, if the inherent graft were to go away, Mexico would explode economically. Education levels would soar, the socialist policies would turn to business friendly. And poverty would become an almost voluntary thing But the culture has to change.... And the populous is comfortable with the graft, in fact they prefer it.
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  2596.  @VPMore  with what would Mexico take them out?
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  2597.  @hineraable  is?
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  2598.  @noclu4u384  okay? I am trying to decipher what your point is.
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  2599.  @rileysmith9843  explain.
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  2600.  @rileysmith9843  huh? More detail please. From where would such a bolt from the blue strike occur? What would it consist of? What would it target? When did STRATCOM get distablished?
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  2601.  @T.N.S.L.P.P.B.N.T.S.O  unless you consider the people filling the mass graves as having mental illness. Juarez in particular.
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  2602.  @Thorenss  nothing racist stated in that posting. It is you who makes a racist conclusion.
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  2603.  @spikefivefivefive  And an economy totally fueled on graft.
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  2604.  @elindiocosmico2783  Thanks to fracking we got enough oil.
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  2605.  @deadlichaos  actually the bulk of Mexico's economy is derived from the remittances from the US. If we were to shut down wire services sending US dollars back to central Mexico the Mexican economy would implode in a weekend. That's why Mexico cannot survive the wall....
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  2606. What aggressive language you talking about sweet pea? Seems only people making aggressive speeches is old cancer ridden Pooty....
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  2607.  @bigg2988  The Proto-Sovs in Russia Led by Putin dont really care about the ethnic Russians. THis is all about reinstating the Soviet Union. THe Fall of the SOviet Union was crushing to Putin and the rest and they are boiling for it to rise again.
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  2608.  @ishkel  how? Russian Air force has yet to even dent the Ukrainian air force. Imagine if F15, f16, f18, f22, f35, tornadoes, saabs, and a10s sweep the Red Air Force from the skies. The MIGs and SUs wouldn't even take off.
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  2609.  @xsiri3022  why isn't russia picking on someone our size? Cause Pooty gets the 9mm round from behind faster.
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  2610.  @daniellowry660  Russians were found flying the MIGs over North Korea. They died in droves. And they had sent their best pilots. You know, the ones who had been trained to take off AND land their aircraft....
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  2611.  @ishkel  trying to understand you. Have the Sovs gained air superiority over Ukraine? The answer is no. In fact the have stopped attempting to penetrare deeply over Ukraine because their losses have been excessive ( and morale of the pilots SUCKS). Are you arguing that the red sir force pilots who fly 30% as much as the NATO pilots are superior? Are you saying sov style pilots who fly GCI are more effective than Nato pilots who are not GCI?
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  2612.  @ishkel  I assume you are living behind the iron curtain and Putin has censored what you are able to see? If the Soviet union does not still exist why do your tanks fly the flag of the USSR as they crossed the border into Ukraine? The flag that enslaved most of eastern europe and I faced down in the 1980's and 90's? Because Putin STILL is a Communist and so is a large part of the Russian populace. Last I saw Ukraine is still putting interceptors into the air and is patrolling their airspace. ALso the Ukrainians are still using ADA assets to keep the Sovs from deep penetrations. (Morale of the Russian Pilots GOTTA suck. TOo many comrades ended is flame son the ground (Not unlike their tanker brothers.) Nobody has heard of US and UK pilots with combat experience? The power of make believe if massive behind the curtain. Our pilots get 3X the number of flight hours that a Russian pilot does, and most senior have combat experience. In fact, US sortie generations by the US over Syria DWARFED Russian sorties. So try again.
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  2613.  @xsiri3022  WHAT? So Putin has burned off 25% of his available Battalion Tactical Groups and they will take at least four months to integrate replacements of men and material. And he has to keep roughly 1/3 of his forces watching CHina, Turkey, Afghanistan etc. I am guessing FINLAND could fry whats left of the Red Army in the west all by itself. Russia want to go there? you HAD a populous of 140 Million, but it is declining. That rate of decline is going to speed up now that the Russian economy is tanking, and the available fathers are getting cremated in the Ukraine.
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  2614.  @kevinmccabe7263  going off russisn performance in Ukraine the Danish Expeditionary force would seize the whole of it in day.
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  2615.  @haroonlegends567  the current russian maintenance of their equipment in Ukraine leave open the question of whether the Russian missiles would even launch. I mean, someone sold the reactive armor for their tanks that turned out to be egg cartons. How do we know the missiles aren't made of used cigarette butts?
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  2616.  @haroonlegends567  Sooooooo, the Ukraine should just bend over and give up the real estate they have lost so far? In exchange for murdered civilians and their eastern land Ukraine should kow tow to Pooty who is bent on rebuilding the Soviet Union with himself as the Generalissimo? Sorry, this war needs to continue until all the Russians are ejected from all Ukrainian lands including crimea and RUssias economy is ruined for its evil it has done.
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  2617.  @alexandern4403  What makes you so sure sparky? Pretty sure after what we have seen over past two months the any of the NATO army groups would devastate Russia in a weekend. Some day TRAIN your soldiers. They last longer that way....
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  2618.  terel morul  so, because Vlad Pooty has some nukes we should cease resisting his aggressions? If that is the case shouldn't russia cease attacking because the US has nukes? I will let you have some time to ponder that one.....
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  2619.  @richardyatesyates3893  how about the clips of Russians surrendering?
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  2620.  @DmzZero  Yeah, it will be a wonderful day when we start identifying the burned rusting hulks of T62 on the battlefield. THen it will be T55's. And both of those can easily be destroyed by both Dragon and LAWs rockets as well as everything else made since 1970. And those weapons litter the ground around the world. No, the key right now for the Sovs is they are trying to put together the remnants of broken BTG to bring in untrained crews and untested leaders and throw them against what is truning into a coherent Ukrainian defense. Bad Days for Vlad Pooty....
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  2621. Thats home. Few people in that neighborhood have NOT seen the smugglers.
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  2622. The Pollock are a Scottish clan originating from south of Glasgow.
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  2623. I notice now that the shooting stops the hammys put on their snazzy green battledress uniforms with bright green headband that says "I am a meat popsicle " in arabic. Uniforms dont look like they have been worn since 7 October 2023. Because they havent.
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  2624. Unless russia radically changes their culture to divert from its graft base, they won't be able to invade much if anything. We saw the bulk of the russian army failed within sight of their own border for lack of adequate logistics. Why? Because the supplies and spares acqiured for the purpose were siphoned off to fund yachts and dachas. Nothing has changed since 2020. They are recommissioning tanks built before my birth to try and equip their army which is still suffering from the cult of the tank. And their untrained infantrymen are being equipped with body armor suitable for laser tag. No, the Russians are going no where until they change their culture, and that is not going to happen under Vlad Pooty.
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  2625. FAFO
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  2626. Its the press that requires shame. They gave up objectivity when I was a journalism student in the 80's.
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  2627.  @manottamb  so now they are up to 3 BC?
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  2628.  @TigruArdavi  Ukrainians already have Bridgehampton further north so a crossing is only needed by the sovs. And they ain't doing so wellll.....
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  2629.  @tiagomagalhaes7032  perhaps some nato members since they needed to keep a stockpile in case of contingency operations (russia invading someone etc)
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  2630.  @Turbo999be  i see no evidence that Ukraine even attempted to take Snake Island. I do see evidence the Ukrainians struck it.
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  2631. Concur. And the product improvements the sovs have made seem to be illusory such as a communications system that relies upon civilian CDMA cell phone infrastructure and reactive armor that is actually egg cartons in bags....
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  2632.  @patchan1467  ahhhhh, the shorebird is a great place to get a steak right off the grill.....
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  2633. That comes next week. I do hear the soviets, er Russians are getting intelligence reports of the Ukrainians beginning to field the latest John Deere tractor, the 9RX . Their tank crews have been the tp flee when it makes an appearance....
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  2634. Perhaps in the south. Exactly reverse of what happens in the north. The trees are leafing and the light infantry are now a creeping.... As the Devils Brigade used to post on kill cards and leaflets. "THE WORST IS YET TO COME."
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  2635. Note that the IDF in the video are wearing their olive drab battle dress uniforms in accordance with the LoLW. Also note that the Hammys are not wearing their spiffy green BDU uniform they march around in in parades. Instead the hammys wear civilian clothes so they or their dead bodies can be misidentified as civilians.
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  2636.  @dakedakinson64  same guys take popasna that are now floating downstream? To quote Pennywise "they all float down here..."
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  2637. Note, no military uniform on anyone.
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  2638. The pallys owned Gaza. Then they wasted it.
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  2639.  @karl5056  so the russian army in Syria was allowed to create a viable NCO corps without interference from Moscow? Just gonna be more sovs, but with suntans. And they will die in droves just like the ones before.
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  2640. Who? No one i have heard of.
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  2641. Examine the imagery of the strikenon Nevatim i would say the Iranians "sprayed and Prayed" in their targeting. Of the dozen or so missiles used perhaps one actually damaged something. Saddam had that level of accuracy in 1991. Not precise nor effective.
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  2642.  @redhatuncleputzin9772  Reagen? Comparatively his worst day was better than Jimmy Carter, Barry Obama, and BRANDON on their best day.
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  2643.  @OmniAlthegreat  arabs Have always been big on the power of the suspension of disbelief.
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  2644.  @tropicaldimitri7374  Concur. THe Russian invasion has culminated, though they might not be smart enough on the sov side to know it yet.
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  2645. If the russians lose a BTG every other day in order to gain those 3KM they will be combat ineffective by June.
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  2646.  @johnnysgaminglab2126  in 48 hours the sovs lost 2 BTG in horrendously botched river crossings. That means two battalion sized elements of 1000 personnel each likely lost 50% of their force to KIA/WIA/POW. Both BTG are likely being coded out and the survivors are probably being parceled out to other bunged up BTG. That WONDERFUL for morale.
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  2647.  @attilamarics4808  not the ones smoking after the battle....
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  2648.  @sk-pd8zw  oooooh, some Italian Hummus with warm pizza bread from California Pizza kitchen would be good about now. Wonder if The Hammys meant to name themselves after a bean dip?
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  2649.  @malvinapushkova2386  Sure, if I were to insert 20,000 western oriented little green men into Gorky, and start ejecting all the Pro Sov people I bet I could get them to file to become the 51st state.
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  2650. THe Hammys?
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  2651. How is Trump a Putin Ally? While Barry O was supplying blankets in 2014, Trump started providing Jaevelins- arguably the most effective weapons system the ukrainians have and allowed them to hold off the Sovs in the opening days.
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  2652.  @Factexplorer007  under the genius leadership of Brandon.
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  2653. Face it, the Mullahs gave the Hammys a bunch of the moron Bidens money and told them: "Hey, slip across the border and murder a whole bunch of people, then kidnap more and it will be 1979 all over again with a year of negotiations for hostages". The Mullahs you see are always reliving their hay day of 1979 against Jimmy Carter. But they were wrong . This action now ensures the destruction of the Hammys. Oops.😮
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  2654. Doubtful.
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  2655. Well, the Hammys could have released the hostages on 8 October . But they didn't . At this point one has to assume the Hammys have killed them and are now looking for a way to flee Gaza since the heat is on. Sinwar in particular is wondering how to get out and tal his off shore bank account.
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  2656.  @teresrlove  Russians do not value their soldiers who have surrendered. They never have. During WWII when the released prisoners who survived German POW camps returned home they were largely packed off to Gulags in the hinterlands to disappear from anything but their families memories. Soldiers who surrender are not valued by the Sovs.
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  2657.  @OmniAlthegreat  okay, show me the imagery of the hundreds of IDF casualties lined up in hospitals. There aren't. You cant.
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  2658. The Russians won't. They never have.....
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  2659.  @Jocelyn-075  Your point?
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  2660. This is just the Mullahs cleaning house. Removing their "Problem Children" as it were.
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  2661.  @hamishbash7483  and the commies who wear the red white and blue of the Russian Flag on their uniforms but fight under the red banner of the USSR? What should happen to them,
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  2662.  @OmniAlthegreat  Show me the imagery of a damaged MoD. It didn't. So you cant....
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  2663.  @robmule4647  Only Russians putting this out, largely to justify abhorrent use of non PGW weapons in a heavily urban environment. An American would use a very precise strike using a hellfire to take out an individual room with enemy combatants in it. THe Israelis would use a door knocker on the roof to alert the residents before they use a similar hellfire to take out another room. The Russians use a six system battery of BM21's to shoot 230 122mm Unguided rockets that obliterate a grid square and everything in it. Latest estimates say Russia has killed 10,000 Ukrainian civilians in the Mariupol area through similar attacks. So dont tell me the defenders are doing anything LIKE what the Sovs are up to.
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  2664.  @OnEaNdOnE783  ....and.....
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  2665.  @smilebehappy6102  So far I am seeing evidence that we will run out of Russian Captains before the Ukrainians run out of Sergeants. Vlad Pooty, gonna get a 9mm Behind his ear for this screw up.
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  2666.  @thomaslaubli1886  if I was the Russians I would trade him in on someone capable. Maybe that guy who cleans public restrooms in the Gorky train station? I hear he is available....
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  2667.  @spaffyjimble2317  i don't know the legal requirements? Bubba i used to teach the Law of Land warfare to young officers. I am guessing you are the one who is unfamiliar with it. You never did answer, why won't the Hammys declare Rafah an Open City as asked earlier?
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  2668.  @spaffyjimble2317  i don't understand the legal requirements? I don't think that is the case. Under the law of land warfare it is the responsibility of the element deciding to defend in civilian facilities to safely evacuate all of the non combatants before endeavoring to defend there. IF they cannot safely evacuate the civilians they are not allowed to defend there. Best example is the US defense of the Philippines in 1942. The US decided they could not safely evacuate the residents of Manila so they declared it an open city and moved to the Bataan peninsula to defend there. Could they have defended Manila and forced significantly more casualties on the Empire if Japan? Undoubtedly. But would not be the right thing to do. Now, the Hammys should either safely evacuate the citizens of Rafah, or declare it an open city and move elsewhere to defend. But they ain't got the stones....
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  2669.  @spaffyjimble2317  you speak as someone who does not understand the inherent concepts of the Laws of Landwarfare. Regardless of who is the supposed owner, the combatant seeking to use the urban terrain to defend against an attack has an inherent responsibility to safely evacuate the civilians from said facilities before setting up a defense. So, letsnimagine I am a Pennsylvanian and I seek to use Philadelphia as a defensive position against attacks from Maryland and Delaware. It is my responsibility to safely evacuate the civilians from Philadelphia before I set up the defenses. If I do not, any casualties encountered are my responsibility. This is regardless of the causality of the war. You will note that during WWII the US and Filipino governments defending the archipelago from Japanese attack very deliberately and quite honorably decalred Manila an open city to prevent carnage to the civilian populous. Instead they moved their defenses to the largely unpopulated Bataan Peninsula where they fought it out. If the Hammys seek to reduce civilian casualties they could declare Rafah an open city and move out to defend an un occupied city. Their choice. Personally, the hammys don't have the stones for it.
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  2670.  @JayJay-xy5ch  Hey Jay Jay, how is the night shift at Lubyanka? THe cubicles must be getting old....
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  2671.  @byttlejuice145  please provide evidence of ukrainian atrocities. Its time to put up or shut up....
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  2672.  @rcristy  Hannibal Lecter?
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  2673. What they are really worried about is that the Pallys will be deposited on them....
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  2674. @Janna Green The Russians killed the Polish Intelligentsia and military leaders at Katyn so there would be no opposition to their rape of Poland. It is a pattern followed by the Russians forever.
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  2675. Typical arab, justifying piracy. A new daddy is coming 20 January. See Operation Praying Mantis for details.
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  2676. @Janna Green Sadly, I doubt they will have much luck in a war crimes trial that Russia cares nothing about. But on the bright side they are fostering a climate in the Ukrainians that will rival the US in the Post Malmedy Massacre days where no SS prisoners were taken , or the Texans after the Alamo when they took few prisoners at San Jacinto. Its going to get bad for old Mother Russia,,,,,
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  2677.  @HeroyUlitze  then please provide the evidence.
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  2678.  @ОльгаСвиридова-т5п  probably, but what is interesting is that there is not one country the Sovs moved through that did not suffer tremendous atrocities at their hands. Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Hungary, czechoslovakia, the Balkan, Austria, Germany, mongolia. China, and Japan. For God sake about the only place they did not cause atrocities was the Vatican. Mostly because they couldn't find it. That much atrocity is more than official policy. It is inherent in the culture.
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  2679.  SCPython  please provide proof. Only video I saw involving shooting people in legs was of a ukrainian btr that was engaging a Russian BMP. The dismounts were standing behind the BMP trying to figure how to deploy. The Ukrainian gunner engaged the vehicle. The noticing the dismounts legs between the tracks he bounced rounds into them. Good shooting in my opinion and totally fair since the Russians were not attempting to surrender at the time. Sooooo, try again.
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  2680.  @ОльгаСвиридова-т5п  I do not see it. Try again.
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  2681.  @ОльгаСвиридова-т5п  no idea
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  2682.  @HeroyUlitze  Then by all means, show me the light. Please prove the Ukranians are mistreating the Russian POWS rathe than what I have seen.
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  2683.  🇿Russia in Ukraine war videos  What videos.
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  2684. Following russian tradition, the released russian POWs will not be greeted as heroes, rather they will be packed off to the Gulags. I wouldn't want to return to russia knowing what will happen to me....
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  2685.  @cve4a1  1. Neither side has released numbers of POWs to the Intl Red Cross to my knowledge. 2.) 7,000 I assume also takes into account the large number of Ukrainian civilians forcibly deported to the east by the russian forces. What is the modern Russian word for Gulag?
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  2686. How are things in the lubyanka tonight?
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  2687. Yes, they are concentrating theirnforces for a single attack. Gonna get ugly for the russians when they encounter dpicm.
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  2688.  @rcristy  Hey, you take fire from Hammys, you return fire. And some times you use overwhelming force. If the Hammys do not follow the restirctions of the law of land warfare and evacuate the civilians before using their building, then it is Hammy fault.
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  2689.  @junegoddarddevon8306  do you ever think the Islamic terrorists (Hammys, Hezzies, izzies,Pallys, IRGYs, and Hoots) will ever be fair? Or will they operate on their 7th century AD code of Justice meets graft.
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  2690.  @prophetspath.319  narrative? Truthful history is truthful history.
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  2691. I am still surprised. Starting to think the Russians are "sandbagging" their attacks.
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  2692. Well, the fighting seems to be xontinuing.....
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  2693. This war will not be an artillery duel. It will be a targeti ng duel. The Ukrainians are much more effective in their infiltration and patrolling. Particularly in movement to set up quad copter positions to enable precise targeting for Excalibur rounds. The Russians only go as far as their vehicles take them. So they can only see the next hill. And then they saturate that hill and hope for the best outcome. This war is being won by the ukrainian sergeants.
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  2694. I see fentinyl has found its way to your position in the lubyanka.....
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  2695. Think we should ask Vladivostok if they want to be part of Alaska. Just as viable.
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  2696. They will flanknit to the north. The sovs are too slow to react othwr than sprint for home ala Kiev.
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  2697.  @orlock20  oh, and the GPS guides artillery shells are a relatively new thing. Think 20 years maximum vice 30.
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  2698. ​ @arizonajo2791  and in Arizona. And half of our medical specialists come from Canada
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  2699. Just hammys taking control of the food. If they control the food, they control the populous.....
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  2700.  @mohammadhossain7336  I have worked with the IDF before on exercises. While few reserve formations are ever to the level of readiness of their active counterparts, the IDF does not do a bad job on that. The Isreali reserve units we encountered were older, used equipment in the late 90's we had retired in the 60s, and had less opportunity to regularly train. That we expected. But to a man they all seemed to be combat veterans to a point that we in the US Army in 1999 were not. Lebanon had absorbed much of the IDF back then. One thing that directly impressed me was their mission planners for air strikes had superior ability to shape their missions to reduce collateral damage. They could plan the mission to drop one building, and leave the building next to it virtually unharmed. All based on very complex parameters of flight path, angle of release, point of impact, and fusing. We learned much. In the current conflict I see evidence that they have maintained those skills and even gone a bit beyond where we had observed them. Problem is, and I have direct experience with this, when your own casualties are starting to mount and the bad guys are firing from a 5 story building- you don't have time to be so surgical. You drop the buildings on the bad guys.
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  2701. Two things to consider from an old soldier: 1.) Never under-estimate the level of graft within terrorist groups in general. The deeper you dig in them the more you discover a personal profit motive controls everything. Follow the money. The biden administration sends a cargo plane of cash to the Mullahs in Iran. The mullahs send it with instructions to the Hamas big wigs in the penthouses of Qatar. Qatar puts it in numbered offshore accounts for the Hamas leaders in Gaza with the mullahs instructions attached. And Havoc Incorporated launches its operations for the year. You were right to say the Hamas leaders are hanging out in Rafah for the time it comes to escape. But they also have the desire to link up with their money in the offshore accounts. They all want to be Yasir Arafat who got endless streams of cash and lived the good life ending up in paris. 2.) The second thing is regarding the Gaza Civilians is they have zero to gain from this as they will not be in on the graft stream, particularly when the Hamas leaders split the scene. They will be left with a city that looks like Cologne in 1945 and has no path forward . If the Isrealis could find a way to foster an Al Anbar Awakening it would give them the hope of an end to hostilities after they turn on the Hamas leaders. Just some thoughts....
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  2702. ​ @OrionOsiris777 hammys are not to be trusted of course.
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  2703.  @MssAKI1992  we don't kill our illegal aliens.
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  2704. Pregozhin is seeking to keep the Wagner forces vital. Why attack a rubbled area like bakhmut with high capability western armor? Gives them nothing but risk....
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  2705.  @charlespancamo9771  no projection that I am aware of. But being that Russia is attacking and Ukraine is defending, russian casualties should be higher. Perhaps by a figure of 2 to 1.
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  2706.  @charlespancamo9771  Yeah, I dont think it is a knowable at this point. I would guess that while Bakhmut has been surrounded, it can be expected that the Russian Casualties are still substantially higher than Ukranian. The ukranians are dug in and defending. From what I can tell the untrained Russian Troops are simply battering ahead at great cost. THe casualties for the Ukrainians would soar IF they break and try to do an uncoordinated withdrawel.
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  2707.  @plota1.6  censored.
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  2708.  @plota1.6  Why can I not reply to this?
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  2709.  @mi.k.2776  has to be more bald for Nosfaratu, but MOJO Jojo on the other hand. And he even has a turban.....
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  2710.  @jillhetherington6040  Being censored three times on this as well.
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  2711. Vlad Pooty needs to be careful going past open doors. Very soviet to shoot him behind the ear with a 9mm round as he passes one. And then they can blame everything on him for incompetence.
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  2712. @jillhetherington6040  Are Canadians allowed to have medical insurance?
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  2713.  @jon_wholesale  concur with that.
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  2714. @akiblue  I have seen that happen as well. Not sure why. Think perhaps it is geographic in nature?
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  2715. Being censored for mentioning censorship? This is Unsat.
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  2716. ​ @NixonThr336ix  Friendly fire isn't friendly man. We just saw that again with FA-18s last week.
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  2717. ​ @AbuBakr-gm6bf  Hmmm.... Everything larger than a surfboard on the beach in Hootland might just disappear...
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  2718.  @NixonThr336ix  Friendly fire ain't friendly, as the recent FA-18 crew discovered.
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  2719.  @NixonThr336ix  Ummm. No. I sense a falsehood afoot. There is no Fat Electrician episode regarding the USS Liberty. Why do you have to spread misinfo....?
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  2720.  @akiblue  will tell my primary Care Manager she is imaginary next time I go there Then will ask how her Mom up in Manitoba is doing.
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  2721.  @NixonThr336ix  There is no Fat Electrician episode featuring the USS Liberty.
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  2722.  @NixonThr336ix  Being censored for reminding there is no such Fat Electrician episode.
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  2723.  @NixonThr336ix  being censored for (by the numbers).
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  2724.  @NixonThr336ix  1.) There is no such FE episode.
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  2725.  @NixonThr336ix  2.) I doubt one is even in Production.
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  2726.  @akiblue  Being censored for saying I will tell my PCM in Palominas that she is a figment of my imagination. Then I will ask how her mom up in Brandon is doing...
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  2727.  @randmiller88  yeah? Not really. His book sales wouldn't cover those properties as well as upkeep.
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  2728.  @randmiller88  Hey Rand. Why won't Bernie give away two of those houses to the poor he so laments? And how about moving a dozen Illegal aliens to live with him in the third house?
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  2729.  @randmiller88  hey Rand: Why doesn't Bernie give away two of those houses to the poor he so laments? And why doesn't he move a dozen illegal aliens into the third house with him so he can walk his parties talk.?
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  2730.  @randmiller88  Looks like my reply is being censored. So I will list the response in order and determine what is the Censorable item.
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  2731.  @randmiller88  1.) Why doesn't Bernie give two of his houses away to the poor he laments?
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  2732.  @randmiller88  2.) And why doesn't he move a dozen illegal aliens into the third house with him in keeping with his political parties position??
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  2733.  @randmiller88  ahhhhhh.... so that's it. Here is the answer to the censorship. 2.) Why doesn't he move a dozen Illegal.......
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  2734.  @randmiller88  .....aliens into his house in keeping with the position of his political party??
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  2735.  @randmiller88  2.) The answer to the censorship question is that if you mention the people who enter the country illegally you get censored.
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  2736.  @akiblue  Right, I will tell my PCM down in Palominas that they dont exist. Then I will ask how her mom in Brandon is doing.
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  2737. Do you want to improve the acquisition process? Do away with Colonels with hope for promotion as Program Executive Officers. Those guys will lie, cheat, and steal to get their product fielded because that is the key to promotion and getting that star.
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  2738.  @BuriedUnkind  Got Censored for saying Imagine being a medical specialist north of the border and finding out you can make an extra $111,000 a year south of the border.
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  2739.  @BuriedUnkind  Most of your medical specialists look to the south and see that they can make an extra $111,000 a year in the states. They decide with their feet.
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  2740.  @TheBassSlayer62  trying to insulate yourself from market forces will always fail.
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  2741. How is it that no one has insisted on a proof of life for the hostages? My bet is a significant number are already dead...
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  2742.  @MssAKI1992  censored.
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  2743. Putin just raised the stakes. The common russian will be the one who pays for it. Massacre on the order of the falaise gap is in the offing. Doubt the Ukrainians will take much of a chance accepting surrenders of the conscripts.
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  2744.  @icthulu  only at Christmas.....
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  2745.  @EndThisWar  Being censored so will respond in numbered order...
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  2746.  @EndThisWar  1.) "Simple Brain?" My, I have not heard that since the RIs at the Darby Queen informed me of that in 1985. That takes me back.
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  2747.  @EndThisWar  2.) Prior to the European immigration to Transjordan in the 1940s it was estimated that 480,000 jews lived there. Were they the Zios you refer to??
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  2748.  @EndThisWar  3.) In 1948 there was a power struggle over land and some Arabs stayed, some left. This was further amplified by the Pan Arab armies imploring the Muslim Arabs to evacuate so they could get unfettered firepower for their impending 1948 war.
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  2749.  @EndThisWar  4.)The Pan Arabs attacked and had the bad manners to lose, and lose more land in the bargain...
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  2750.  @EndThisWar  5.) Those Muslim Arabs who stayed became Israeli Citizens and live there today. Those that left became the problem of those who asked them to evacuate.
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  2751. @DivineProphetessCoral Sonny Jim? That me?
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  2752.  @MuhammedArshad-z1b  they much more clasely adhere to the Law of Land Warfare than the hammies do. 1.) they wear uniforms in combat. 2,) They evacuate civilians from the areas they seek to use in their defense. are just the first two that come to mind.
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  2753.  @EndThisWar  Simple Brain? My, I have not heard that since the RIs at the Darby Queen informed me of that in 1985. That takes me back. 1.) Prior to the European immigration to Transjordan in the 1940s it was estimated that 480,000 jews lived there. Were they the Zios you refer to? 2.) In 1948 there was a power struggle over land and some Arabs stayed, some left. This was further amplified by the Pan Arab armies imploring the Muslim Arabs to evacuate so they could get unfettered firepower for their impending 1948 war. 3.) The Pan Arabs attacked and had the bad manners to lose, and lose more land in the bargain. 4.) Those muslim Arabs who stayed became Israeli Citizens and live there today. Those that left became the problem of those who asked them to evacuate.
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  2754.  @EndThisWar  Your Bio? Probably like mine.....
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  2755. @Lithiumbattery Really quite simple, it is called failing to adhere to the Law of Land Warfare...
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  2756.  @princesekyere9679  absolutely.
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  2757.  @nicmacovei I will take it personal. Sorry, but some guy in a kaserne in west Germany did not have the access I did.
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  2758.  @nicmacovei  well, just ask anyone in the former east germany what the roads were like when they went to the field in the local training areas. Also, ask what the roads were like when the sovs entered czeckoslovakia in '68. Before my time, but the old timers used to talk about it. Or you could just listen to some old DAT for your information like you are now.
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  2759. Ahhhh, so the truth comes out. A sovifile. Things were NOT better back then.
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  2760.  @nicmacovei  yes, the Russian Army of today is slightly more professional than the GSFG. IT WAS EVEN WORSE UNDER COMMUNISM.
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  2761.  @nicmacovei  been there? Yup. Berlin....
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  2762.  @nicmacovei  flip coins? Hey man, you asked. I saw the sovs from Berlin. (Specifically east and west Berlin). They did not impress us then, scarcely more impressed now. I had the opportunity to participate in a MOUT demonstration for Marshall Akhromayev in 1989 at Fort Hood. After watching a unit of US NCO's clear a village he and his staff were quite chastened. They knew they were outclassed. Oh, also been on an old soviet Foxtrot submarine about ten years ago and was even Less impressed. Made the Gato Class parked next to it look like the set of the Hunt For Red October.
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  2763. @NSNG1540  The Law of Land Warfare requires the side defending to evacuate non combatants including prisoners from the area the have selected for their defense. Thus, civilian casualties incurred in bombing of Hammy battle positions are the Hammys fault. But they don't care.
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  2764.  @paulusbari3538  putin is not a comedian? You mean he ACTUALLY believes Ukrain is full of Nazis? Wow, he needs to up his dosage of lithium then. ...
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  2765.  @andyturbo Being censored for saying it Looks like I am more aware than you. The Hammys have been attempting to trade bodies to the Israelis with no proof that they are alive. And they have devalued their populations lives to essentially 1/60th of a human being through their antics. Proof of life today!
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  2766. @andyturbo  I am being censored for remarking that I am more aware than you on the situation. The Hammys have been negotiating in bad faith by offering to trade bodies for prisoners without a proof of life that that body is alive. Couple that with their devaluation of their own population and you can see this does not end well.
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  2767. Except they committed the Katyn Forest massacre against the Poles in 1939. They even tried to stick that one on the Germans.....
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  2768. What is to be confused about. ? If you are here illegally, pack up and go back to where you came from before we have to come find you.
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  2769. ​ @beeha8133 nonsense.
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  2770. I still wear a pair when I go hiking. I had to have them resoled. I love those boots.
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  2771. Familiar with the movie Munich?
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  2772.  @tombombadil8709  except imagery shows that the mass gaves were dug and filled before the sovs retreated. If the much vaunted "Azov Battalion" filled the graves they are sneaker than ninjas on a fog filled moonless night dressed in all black. Wondering how they kept the gunfire quiet though?
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  2773.  @tombombadil8709  1. Satellite imagery. 2.) Dod and commercial imagery available for a fee. Why prevent the sovs from. Presenting? Likely to deprive them an avenue to stall their own political prosecution until the time is right. Desire will to be to get the truth to Eastern europe.
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  2774.  @tombombadil8709  everything is in the timing. Assemble all the data (coroner time of death, ballistics, eye witness statements, confessions from. Surviiving Russians, imagery of the site at times in question to include mti of vehicles departing . Then present to the UN and watch the Russian delegation be pulled apart in chunks as they try to insinuate it was the UKI's. Ever seen what the crowds did to Mussolini? Ooooh watch that.
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  2775.  @andyturbo  Being censored for commenting on modern versus tribal warfare.
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  2776.  @geeman4399  russia is not like the USA. They have a long way to go to be that good.
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  2777.  @colanitower  how do they get the t62 towards the front?
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  2778.  @geeman4399  please account for the statement that 1 million Iraqis were killed. I will wait for your answer from the lubyanka.
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  2779.  @colanitower  so they park the trains in russia as close to Ukraine as they can get.? Then what. Just leave them on flat cars collecting dust?
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  2780.  @colanitower  yeah, they are training drivers. Russia doing that? Real key is when the Russians abandon a tank the ukrainian farmers equipped with John Deere tractors hault it away. Sovs have John Deere tractors? "Nothing runs like a deere".
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  2781.  @MrJ9191  war ain't over yet Pancho. Sovs have expended their first line BTGs for amazingly little ground gain. Now those forces which are at reduced capability will be picked apart by a superior cohort of ukrainian light infantry which will go out at night , Infiltrate , set up atgm ambushes, and calls for fire. Its over for the sovs. They just don't know it yet. But I suspect Vlad Pooty does. The stress is killing him.
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  2782.  @MrJ9191  1. Totally agree Biden is senile. But he does not have to worry that one of his loyal retainers is going to hang a 9mm behind his ear. Vlad Pooty does. 2. All concerns Pooty had vis a vis Ukraine were manufactured in order to move towards the restoration of his beloved USSR.
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  2783.  @colanitower  already established that the John Deeres Run. The trains not so much. And if you leave the tanks on the flat cars you have accomplished what spefically?
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  2784.  Router X  I have no idea what you are trying to convey in your posting. But I think you are happy that Finland and Sweden are now aligned with NATO. I am glad for you.
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  2785.  @andyturbo  So, you believe the simple act of taking a hostage immobilizes a nation from reacting to a vicious attack? You are then a proponent of tribal warfare. Sadly we are modern.
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  2786.  @CB_GAMES777  Except for the real US Built MLRS. Wait until they start roaring.....
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  2787.  @jdg9999  okay, let's hash that out. Standard battlefield calculus holds that the force that is in the offense usually takes 2.5 times the casualties of the defender. I see no evidence that would modify that calculus. Therefore if the Ukrainian have suffered 10,000 kia since the war started, the calculus says you can expect 25,000 Russian KIA. So how many casualties do you think the force on the defense has taken? We can do the math....
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  2788.  @planetmikusha5898  the key is that Stalin had access to a much larger population base than Vlad Pooty. After all, Russia itself is 140 Million and Declining while also aging out. That is the Russian nightmare....
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  2789.  @planetmikusha5898  true, but the Russians cannot afford a protracted war that reduces the potential for popation stability. Best example I can give is one side of my family is Scottish. The Scottish keep a record of all the members of the Clans. Pretty extensive documentation. The clan losses in WW1 run to about eight pages. The clan losses in WWII are contained in one page. When you do the analysis of that it tells you the outsized losses in WWI led to a shorting of potential fathers for the soldiers from the clan in WWII. The same thing has happened in Russia before and is happening again. Couple that wife fewer children being born in bad economic times which are ramping up and you see Russia us destined to have an escalating decline in population. And the Ukraine is not the only place Russia has to maintain a force. But as of three months ago the have been depleting forces from the Kaliningrad, Finnish, Georgian, Baltic, Mongolian, and far eastern borders to maintain BTGs in Ukraine . Of 170 BTGs in the Russian Army 140 have been committed to Ukraine. Bad days for Russia ahead.
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  2790. Vlad Pooty is a soviet to his soul.
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  2791. @bensonselebogo2768  they aren't doing a proof of life because their power is totally invested in being able to produce live hostages. And they probably got like 50% of what is claimed. That happens? Gaza gets real familiar with MOABs.
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  2792. Ma duece on the front line.
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  2793. They are already in recession due to disastrous Biden social spending policies. The cavalry is coming in November. And Biden will be in jail by next fall. He and his son can have adjoining cells just down the hall from Hillary Clinton.
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  2794.  @faisal-ca  no, the money printing came at the direction of the Dems. For Gods sake we were sending checks to illegal aliens....
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  2795.  @siberiancossack5627  horsesh!t. After the Russians have absorbed a year of IEDs and EFPs Vlad Pooty will absorb a 9mm behind the ear. The resulting change of leadership will blame all its ills on him and pull back to try and rebuild. Oh, and somehow absorb its losses in an already shrinking population base.
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  2796.  @NewOrleansSeptember  MLRS M30 rounds are tearing up the shell that is the Russian Army. It is more likely Russia will try for a fighting withdrawal than go an inch closer to Kiev. And if I was president of the US Russian cities would start absorbing an ATACM s round for every indiscriminate terror round popped at the Ukrainian populous. But I would aim at governmental buildings instead of shopping malls like you thugs.
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  2797.  @jmbpaz  Russia will be glad to have an ever dwindling population.... 140 million now. 135 million in ten years. But you will have a large supply of looted toilets from Ukraine.....
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  2798. @bustaniyaedeni  did you see last week that there was an inter tribal firefight in Gaza over the aid trucks that came through? One group of Hammies shooting the other group for the bags of rice. Very telling.
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  2799.  @mitchyoung93  no evidence of that other than what comes out of the second floor of the Lubyanka meme writers. After all, Russia is drafting Ukrainians from the Donbas and throwing them untrained and largely in armed out there. The are surrendering since the do not see it as their war.....
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  2800.  @mitchyoung93  studied Russian in the 80s. I have lost near all of it by now.
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  2801.  @victorzvyagintsev1325  why can't Russia seem to build a functional toilet? After all, the Sovs seem to be stealing every one of them they come across....
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  2802.  @truthfinder7064  how is the borscht in the cubicles of the Lubyanka tonight? Is the meme leader treating you well?
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  2803.  @samsungtap4183  what fire bases did we build in Ukraine?
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  2804.  @victorzvyagintsev1325 1. mass graves in Bucha during the short russian occupation. 2. Indiscriminate use of bm21 fires massed on population centers. 3. Deportation of innocent civilians to the east from captured towns. 4. And, littering the ground with sov corpses which the cant seem to pick up and take back to mother Russia where they came from.
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  2805.  @victorzvyagintsev1325  boy i can. Fewer sovs to worry about. More porcelain toilets and fewer outhouses. Actual scientific acheivement rather than stolen from the west. And a population less willing to put up with soviet thugs like Vlad Pooty and his murderous thugs.
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  2806.  @victorzvyagintsev1325  you do realize it was made in South Korea and final assembled in Russia? After all, LG stands for the South Korean Brand "Lucky Goldstar".
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  2807.  @victorzvyagintsev1325  lose the entire high school class of 2022 like you did the class of 1941.
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  2808.  @harryflashman4542  seems to be killing plenty if Sovs for a defense that does not seem to exist. Can't wait til the Sovs get a taste of the M30 rockets. The Iraqis were terrified of them and nicknamed them Steel Rain.
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  2809.  @duncansmith7562  and every day the shrinking russian population loses more potential fathers for the next generation as well as what 80,000 WIA. NOTE. Interesting that Vlad Pooty has not been seen pinning a medal on an actual legless, burned tanker fried by an ATGM. Why is that? After all, George Bush was well known for his bedside visits at Walter Reed. Guess the answer is the Russians are not as accepting of casualties as they think they are.
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  2810.  @samsungtap4183  1. The defenses were not created by the NATO forces, rather the superior corp of NCOs that are performing active defense missions were trained by the west. 2. I have yet to see anti tank ditches, triple strand concertina, or emplaced barriers that you see in the area 1 of South Korea. Limited ww1 style trenches have been dug, but I do not see anything ground breaking in their use. 3. What does totally reflect the western training that they have received is the superior squad level patrols that actively go out and harass the SOVs with reconnaissance (total props for using commercially available quad copters), Anti tank ambushes, and L shaped Ambushes. Makes a Benning School for Boys Grad proud 4. The real key is that the SOVs have NONE of it. Their only tactic is to put on a huge barrage in the hope they get lucky. Then they lead with the BTGs tank company straight down the road in column. AND THEY DIE IN DROVES. The only reason the SOVs are making progress is because they are willing to allow batches of their kids to get vaporized for little gain. But Vlad Pooty doesn't care, he cremates them forward and then denies they were even there. "Vanya? Who is Vanya?."
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  2811.  @victorzvyagintsev1325  but that is how it is done. LG would not take the risk that Vlad Pooty would nationalize the facility. Besides, if the Russians could make the circuit boards for a washer, they would tear them out to install in a boomerang SAM..... And what is it with Russians stealing toilets?
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  2812. Russia has a peculiar thought that the Ukrainians will stop fighting while the russians sit and squat. Funny, the Russians are just going to sit and squat and BLEED!. They might as well make up their mind to leave now.
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  2813.  @puzzled012  then why did the Russians only occupy 30% of Germany at wars end?
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  2814.  @sergueileonardoafonin7950  these Russians are still Sovs on the inside. VLAD POOTY is the leading example....
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  2815. The Hammys are in a tough spot. Their antics hac rubbelized Gaza and nobody there will be happy for that. The ONLY item of value they still hold is the hostages and they are terrified to do a proof of life on them because the answer won't be very good and their power will drop.
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  2816.  @The_Devil_Chariot  doubtful. Nearly all the collectively trained units Russia had have been fed into the hopper. Battlefield calculus says a unit can operate in a combat zone for about 100 days before it starts to collapse. Longer rest and collective training cycles are needed after that to integrate replacements. Currently the troops in question have been under fire for about 70 days and will hit the 100 day mark long before the snow flies. The troops who were trained for winter warfare will be long gone (KIA, WIA, POW, MISSING) by the time that special training will prove to be valuable. Best analogies is the German Falschirmjeager of WWII. By 1944 nearly all had no airborne or parachute training. Just conscripts who were bussed to a unit near the front.
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  2817. For every cruise missile Pooty fires we should give the Ukrainians an ATACMS. The sovs will quickly learn what NOT to do when the are on the receiving end of those in their train depots....
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  2818. ​ @123214matt  look like ypr 765. Essentially m113 with w modified turret mounted. Not bad as far as APC go. Light, cheap to acquire, low maintenance needs.
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  2819.  @Moscow_Will_Burn  It is tough to tell what is going on. We were trained to use the M113 to take troops to a covered and conceladed position and dismount the infantry to use the terrain to approach the enemy battle position. While that was going on the M113's and tanks would use their main guns and .50 Cals to engage the bad guys and pin them down. It was called over-watch. Likely that is what are witnessing here. Of note, the Russians dont do that at ALL. They simply charge in and die en-masse.
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  2820.  @Alex-zd2mz  are they doing overwatching? Seems so. If that is So, NOT SO EASY TO DESTROY THEM
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  2821. Not sure if Ritter is noticing the current slow motion collapse of the Sovs....
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  2822.  @michstockholm1164  I live in 2022, not 1972 like Ritter. While I was typing that Vlad Pooty lost another bus load of Mobiks.....
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  2823. Then maybe they should not have attacked on 7 October.
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  2824.  @Equal2u  Being censored for noting that you Mistake what is going on. The IDF is attacking Hammys. Unfortunately the Hammys are not following the Law of Land Warfare and evacuating all civilians from the battle area. They do this purposely, therefore all civilian casualties are their fault.
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  2825.  @Equal2u  that is a venal sin compared to the mortal sins of Hamas fighting from within civilian occupied areas.
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  2826.  @Equal2u  During WWII.... The Germans surrounded England, Leningrad, Malta, Tobruk, etc The allies set up occupation zones in Germany. The US occupied Japan. Perhaps if the Gazans had not gotten paid to fire rockets at Isreali towns they would not NEED to be surrounded?
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  2827.  @Equal2u  Which of my facts are "Messed up?"
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  2828. HARPOON BAIT!
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  2829.  @EndThisWar  being censored for saying.... Simple Brain? My, I have not heard that since the RIs at the Darby Queen informed me of that in 1985. That takes me back. 1.) Prior to the European immigration to Transjordan in the 1940s it was estimated that 480,000 jews lived there. Were they the Zios you refer to? 2.) In 1948 there was a power struggle over land and some Arabs stayed, some left. This was further amplified by the Pan Arab armies imploring the Muslim Arabs to evacuate so they could get unfettered firepower for their impending 1948 war. 3.) The Pan Arabs attacked and had the bad manners to lose, and lose more land in the bargain. 4.) Those muslim Arabs who stayed became Israeli Citizens and live there today. Those that left became the problem of those who asked them to evacuate.
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  2830.  @johnstockwellmajorsmedleyb1214  those magic mushrooms you been consuming ain't doing you much good.....
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  2831.  Brandon Taylor  Your comments bely a certain form of insidious racism. Did you want us to seize Chihuahua and Sonora and hold them?. Per haps add two more states to the union? Maybe Would have been good for them, but frankly we do not need more crime ridden holes to try and fix.
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  2832. ALYSSA. Pancho had no input to the US departure from Mexico. Operations against his force he had abandoned culminated because it was going to be attrited as far as it could be. Sticking around meant more battles with an erstwhile ally the Carranza forces which the US was taking pains to avoid. Pancho was hiding in a basement somewhere dreaming of a new conscript force to loot haciendas with....
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  2833.  @alyssalemus4462  his force was scattered to the four winds. He of course could also increase its size by impressment of farm workers by force. But they would only be as combat effective as such usually are-not. Hence the 164 villista casualties at Columbus....
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