Tuesday, September 07, 2021
I've gone from cheering this guy to wondering what the fuck he's up to...
I get it. Dude is pissed. But the release of his resignation letter to the public and the snarkiness with it has me wondering. What is his end game with this? He had his 10 seconds of fame and the point had been made. Now this? What the fuck is he up to? I was cheering now I'm left a bit puzzled and quite honestly a bit suspicious.
They picked the wrong house!
Not on his watch, guys! Armed burglars in Phoenix scattered from a man’s doorstep when he spotted them on camera and fired shots towards them, local police reported. pic.twitter.com/vjCGcGtKRD
— RT (@RT_com) August 21, 2021
Norwegian Armor @ NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania
Question. Is forward presence overrated? Does it actually deter aggression? Think about it. Where has forward presence actually prevented an adversary from carrying out whatever action they had contemplated?
I DO SEE combatant commanders pulling forces to their respective kingdoms but they're always for exercises. I have yet to see a combatant commander pull forces forward for actual contingencies.
The 24th MEU was already in theater for a scheduled deployment when the trouble in Afghanistan hit, the 82nd pulled their Division Ready Brigade together to fly in from the states (that could have been military politics though...the 173rd was sitting in Europe looking slack eyed and silly), and military airlift just pulled its forces together from around the world. The question remains. Does forward presence actually deter aggression?
If we can conclude that it doesn't deter aggression then forward presence is simply putting our forces in harms way for a series of defeats ala the Japanese Imperial Navy/Army in their march across the Pacific early in WW2.
Serbian M-80AB1
A few angles of the unusual-looking modernised version of the Serbian BVP M-80, designated the M-80AB1. Includes more armour and new M-91E-I turret with an M86 30 mm main gun (vs HS.804 20 mm in baseline) and 2T5/2T/2F Malyutka missiles (vs Sagger in old vehicle) #AFVaDay pic.twitter.com/qKR2XNkQpM
— Jon Hawkes (@JonHawkes275) September 7, 2021
Monday, September 06, 2021
BLT 1/1 Charlie Company QRF rehearsal
Quick Reaction Force rehearsal. I don't know if they're talking about old skool QRF to respond to a developing situation where they need shooters on the ground or the Force Design 2030 where they're flying off to guard unmanned missile trucks. Hell maybe they're talking about both. Its obvious that they're still developing this concept.
No wonder people are fleeing big cities..Philly looks like shit!
I've seen people "stalled out" on Fen and Mojo but this is beyond the pale.While we were screwing around in Afghanistan they turned Philadelphia into this pic.twitter.com/sIj5Em51zn
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 5, 2021
How is law enforcement supposed to deal with this?
Bigger question.
How do we compete with China when we have this kinda thing going on?
Time for a back to basics movement govt wide. We've tried drug treatment. Didn't work. It's time to smash this shit.
I know. Destroyed lives over a personal choice argument.
Looking at that and tell me that isn't having a wider economic (business destroyed in that part of town or transformed to service the needs of the bums and druggies), and health implications (probably greater than Covid...have you been to an emergency room on a Fri, Sat nite....that's why urgent cares are so popular ... at least in my area).
Past time to look after VITAL national interests only...but taking care of the mess at home should come first.
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