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Vet 0369

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  1. Hey, here’s a thought, maybe Belgorod can hold an election and vote to become part of Ukrain!
  2. I used to hate war games where there were “rules” on what we could or couldn’t do. History is full of events wher an opponent didn’t “play by the rules” and the other got smeared because they didn’t think the “inferior” opponent was smart enough to be innovative enough to beat the crap out of them. i’ve never understood the concept unless it was structured specifically to determine is something was or was not possible, and then to determine the best possible defense against it. One doesn’t do that by designing a training operation and putting rules in place to ensure one gets the results one wants. If one is trying to train some one to “think on their feet,” one doesn’t do that by saying “Oh, but you can’t do this or that. This is one of the reasons one should play CM missions with as many different opponents as possible. No one thinks or sees the the same way. IF EVERYONE’S THINKING THE SAME THING, SOMEONE’S NOT THINKING!
  3. Just a thought, but can any one say, with any certaincy that some of the European aid ISN’T predicated on Ukraine NOT hitting those targets?
  4. Pilot might have already retarded the throttles and power control levers for landing, or pilot or copilot might have panicked and thrown the fuel-cutoffs to all engines.
  5. Probably por, shoddy, or lack of maintenance. Virtually all large turbine engines on commercial and military engines are secured with three large bolts, a thrust bolt just aft of the intake (the largest) and two sway bolts on either side of the exhaust module to prevent it from swaying fron side to side. Amazing eh!
  6. The Pope is NOT a World leader in the sense of a Government. He is a “World Leader”only in the fact that he is the leader of all the Roman Catholic Christens. He is the head of a religious organization. I applaud his adherence to his religious beliefs of peace and non violence. Much better than the Pope during WWII who might not have been directly involved in deporting Jews to Germany, and SS and other criminals using the Vatican to flee, but he certainty didn’t work to thwart them either.
  7. Here we go again! Some folks just can’t seem to avoid getting sucked into the political discussion quagmire.
  8. Wasn’t this attempted crossing like a year or two ago? This old brain vaguely remembers the same pictures, of course not of the same quality. Am I wrong? If I am, it’s time to retire. ….Wait a minute, I’m already retired for more than seven years!
  9. verrrrrry Interrresting! The sight looks like a very useful piece of kit. Really brilliant call to have soldiers who don’t usually use firearms such as medics and drivers as opposed to infantry who are usually very used to using the rifles. Much more accurate data on whether it acrypually increases a rate of hits.
  10. The disappearances have usually been accompanied by bright lights and loud noises. Could this be UFOs?
  11. Perhaps it isn’t a lie. Perhaps those are the total number of under strength crew on the boat?
  12. Thank you, that was excellent! The music sounded like a “ Sea Chanty” to this old Devil Dog New Englander! The fiddle and drum beat actually had me tapping my foot and smiling from ear to ear!
  13. Well, to be fair, there is a specific reason that NO NATO country will sell (or give) their latest and greatest weapon systems to Ukraine. Please reference the pictures of the knocked out Abrams (along with others of Leopards, Bradley’s, et Al). It is a thing called “technological security.” One just doesn’t send their best and highest technology to a situation where the technology can end up being looted! Case in point, when I was stationed in Japan as a mechanic on USMC F4-J Phantom II in 1970, the USN wouldn’t allow Us to send any into Vietnam because they were “too new, and would constitute a security risk!” And those would have been used in Direct Support of our own Marines on the ground!
  14. Yes! This is one of the main reasons that gun cameras were added to fighters. A kill also had to be confirmed by another pilot.
  15. The big question I have is what happened to all the Abrams and 155mm long-range Arty from when the Commandant restructured the USMC. Were they transferred to the Army in case Canada or Mexico attack us, or Russia arracks U.S. across the Bering Straites? Why can’t those weapons be sent to Ukraine?
  16. Here in the U.S., it rests with the Legislative Branch (Congress), not the Executive Branch (President). That is how it is specified in our Constitution. Only Congress can declare war! Of course, the Executive Branch has found ways to get around that little speed bump and Congress has lost the guts to stop the President from doing it, but I don’t think even the Cowardly U.S. Politicians in Congress can claim it is not a war if NATO declares an Article 5.
  17. Hmm. 40+50+10+10 = 110%. How does that work?
  18. Why does 19th century US Cavalry Officer Fetterman come to mind?
  19. I have seen exceptions. When I lived and worked in Wichita, KS, in the 1970s, a “first-timer” was running for Congress. He promised to send a synopsis of all major bills to his constituents each month to poll how they wanted him to vote on the Bill. I took a chance and voted for him, even though his party wasn’t the one which I usually agreed. He followed through on his promise by sending the poll to ALL constitutes in his District. Until he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Obama. Even though I didn’t necessarily agree with all his positions, I respected him.
  20. I believe you are misremembering. Ron Weasley had a hand-me-down familiar that was a rat named Scabbers. It turned out that was a wizard named Pettigrew who gave the location of Harry Potter’s parents to Voldemort who killed them.
  21. I can completely agree with this assessment.
  22. Yes, this is correct! Grant’s victories in the West, some times against the express “wishes” of his Commander, against his former West Point classmates, were where he gained the nickname “Unconditional Surrender” (US) Grant for his refusal to accept an enemy commander’s surrender with “terms.”
  23. I have to agree with Billdc 100%. For the most part, politians should set the limits, and then get the hell out of the way and let the military minds guide and control the battle. As I see it, most of the issues I saw during the Vietnam Conflict, a strictly political conflict, were caused by the politicians butting in and controlling the military. Before that, the most public incident was during the Korean Conflict and involved MacArthur publicly challenging Truman, and was removed from command because of it. The Zalushny sounds almost identical to MacArthur in that he is publicly challenging his Commander in Chief. I expect it will have the same result if he doesn’t back off.
  24. Hmmm, what does Department of Transportation pop into my mind?
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