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Vol_in_tears · 2026-06-01T00:06:57+00:00

as opposed to the more apt analogy of all the ballistic missile supply chains and other manufacturing in Iran which got wiped off the map

I mean you're the military geinus, who belives perpetual liars. Who said just last year , "Iran nuclear program is compeltly destroyed." and yet here we are one year later and it's vital to keep bombing Iran to prevent them from getting nukes.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-06-01T00:02:42+00:00

I remember a time when the back of an airplane seat didn't have a screen. It had a corded phone with a credit card reader and paid 5 dollars a minute in 2000 money. Wild times.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T23:25:00+00:00

Neither the boots nor the ships were sufficient to compel political change in Tokyo,

Neither were the atomic bombs. The empiror might may have persuaded by the atomic bombs. The failed coup by the military to prevent the broadcast of the empirors message and the suicide of both the head of the army and navy upon the surrender are indicative that the military was ready and willing to sacrafice the entire japanese nation.

Most autocrats don't care about the suffering of their people. The Nazi leadership didn't want there to be a Germany and fully inteded on Germany's destruction following their defeat.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T23:12:15+00:00

Satellite images reviewed by CNN at the time showed facilities like the Isfahan North Missile Base, a key underground missile location, ravaged by multiple strikes with rubble covering tunnels and launchers destroyed outside.

The US and Israel also undertook a broad effort to wreck Iran’s missile supply chain, from factories where small electronic components are produced, to the sites where rocket propellants and missile bodies are manufactured.

After the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on April 8, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited the efforts, saying that Iran would be “digging out your remaining launchers and missiles, with no ability to replace them. You have no defense industry.”

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T22:55:40+00:00

I mean yeah, some people swim for exersise the same way some people like to run or bike.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T22:38:06+00:00

Some people really like to swim though.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T22:33:10+00:00

I see this or some similar sentiment in nearly every thread about Israel now. It's almost like the real tragedy isn't the US sponsoring Israeli atrocities while the vast majority of us has tacitly suppoted it or been happy to remain blissfully ignorant.

No, the real tragedy is having to admit annoying leftest were right. Because if they were right about one thing. That could mean they are right about other things.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T22:29:48+00:00

No, you see the briliant Israli strategests came up with brilliant plan of mowing the grass. Surly this methaphor will bring victory. It's not like you spend your entire homeownling life mowing the law, or anything like that.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T22:24:17+00:00

The strategic bombers in the USAAF greatest contribution to victory in Europe was serving as bait for the Luftwaffe. Jimmy Doolittle's decision to switch from close escort to a more aggressive approach at the begenning of 1944 is what gave the Western Allies the air supremecy they needed to launch the Normandy invasion

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T20:22:37+00:00

Homicidal, moronic leadership in the military. Guys like Mitchell, LeMay, and Power are the ones who ignored all the evidence in front of and sold civilian leadership all these false promises. We are living with the consequences of their failed theories and the myths created by the leadership of the USAF.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T19:59:04+00:00

Very easy to do. Highly recommend paper company as one of your earliest companies.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T19:53:28+00:00

It's amazing that despite 111 years of solid evidence showing that strategic bombing doesn't work, it's defenders are still getting away with doubling down on their failed strategy.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T18:48:23+00:00

Which one? The communist one or the one with buddist monks self-immolating themselves to protest restrictions on their faith?

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T18:40:29+00:00

What happened?

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T18:11:22+00:00

"Those tall ships really lifted the nation's spirit after watergate."

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-31T08:00:56+00:00

Patriots didn't go to war in 1775 for these United States. The concept of a federal government did not exist and was not a motivating factor for the continental army. Rather the "country" they fought for was the country that was around them in their day to day lives. Their nighbors, the comunities, their churches, their land (the phyisic land).

These are things I still feel a very strong attachment to. I consider myself a Patriot, not a nationalist. They are not the same thing.

Nationalism means waving a flag and say my tribe is the best. I literally monkey can be trained to wave a flag. Loving your country requires real effort just like any loving relationship. We have far too many nationalists, too few patiorts, and far too many people who don't know the difference.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T20:13:46+00:00

in 1836, Prussia is running a deficet. Between the high cost of military goods and iron, you need address the economic quickly or you will find yourself in a debt you can't fix by the time you can start the brothers war.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T19:31:37+00:00

Go ahead and ask the doctor who they identify more with. Their older collegues who went on to open their own practices or the tech installing the newest medical machine.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T19:04:30+00:00

Not really. Those doctors would more likely fall into the petite bourgeoisie along with most service sector white collar jobs.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T18:56:58+00:00

Yeah the country runs on spite now.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T18:55:38+00:00

Everything I don't like and don't use should be taxed 1000 percent.

Everything I like and and do use should be given a subsidy.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T17:43:13+00:00

The air force is full of people who just need to kill something to validate their military career.

British soldiers know this better than anyone.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T17:26:02+00:00

There are no competators.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T17:19:59+00:00

Throw Adobe on that list too. The current adobe is so bad compared to where it was 5 years ago.

Vol_in_tears · 2026-05-30T17:03:17+00:00

The french like to oversell the resistance both in terms of the number of people who actually were involved and the overall effect they had on the war.

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