@Kalergi__ Oath to the Constitution and there are so many generals. Maybe you can convince a handful but no way are you convincing every single General that controls a division or if you’re Army convincing a Marine and vice versa. Interservice rivalry being good for once
We don’t have funding or the ability to project that many forces for a sustained period. Rotations to EUCOM are incredibly taxing on MWE.
Opening up a new permanent base and stationing MWE there permanently is more sustainable. So like that base in Poland.
Also the “cult of the defense” is insanely overrated. A peer threat needs to survive against modern Western Air Forces before we start claiming the defense has the advantage.
@IamR0galD0rn Average civilian can claim that even with CCW training they’ve never shot at a person so shot until the threat was gone and that happened to be the full magazine. Dead men don’t sue and all that
@infantrydort I can see it both ways. Having to "redo" 1SG time can be nice because it's your last chance to be with the boys. As a CSM even when you're around the men everyone is always on guard.
@Elfrom2024@TonerousHyus The Feds job isn’t to fix the economy, it’s to manage monetary policy. You want to fix our deficit? Entitlement programs have to go. Raise SS age, cut Medicare, everything. Cutting the rate to 0 won’t do anything except inflate our way out of it possibly.
@MenchOsint Winter is more NatGas which is still disrupted but this pipeline shouldn’t affect that too much. They’re still in a terrible situation either way.
@EODHappyCaptain I hate the dudes who absolutely harp on putting TQs in leg pockets. I’ve see lot more amputations below the knee than soldiers losing their entire arm. They just can’t comprehend that the TQ will most likely be gone if they need it.
@BeamTracker_ With the current situation in the treasury market I doubt it. Especially today. I hope I’m wrong I think we need more strikes, but him pumping the market Monday to launch strikes overnight doesn’t fit Trumps style.
@AnalyticaCamil1 It’s barely “survivable”. I don’t think it would have been possible to clamp the artery in the field and they would need TXA, dressings preferably hemostatic, and whole blood or at least a transfusion kit to maybe make this survivable and he would’ve been paralyzed.
@PaidtoRaid That's actually insane. Hate seeing that level of complacency, always ends up with good dudes killed and leaders wondering how it possibly could have happened
@RIM174A Bro fr. Even mentioning that you know stuff is wrong isn't worth mentioning from an OPSEC perspective. I come across lots of incorrect stuff. Saying "wrong, but I can't tell you" is a chud move
Our forces are pretty intertwined the odds of them killing an American is high even on accident. That alone should be enough to deter conventional Russian aggression. You should worry more about your fellow Europeans than the guys who have been patrolling your country for years now.
Legally obligated to do it and Congress controls the ability to declare war president doesn’t matter. as far as I’m aware there are American troops throughout the Eastern part of NATO. I would know I’ve been there on that mission. American blood is almost certain to be spilled if Russia attempts something conventional against you or the Baltics if you think that alone isn’t a massive deterrent idk what to to tell you. If we weren’t there don’t you think “little green men” would’ve found their way across the border by now?
Gratitude for the promise that Americans will give their lives to defend YOUR freedom, gratitude that for 45 years we didn’t give up on Europe and as a result you’re free today, gratitude that US forces rotate to Europe to defend the Eastern front. I’m thankful you went to Afghanistan with us and I thank your country for that, but acting like we don’t do the heavy lifting is insane and then coming here laughing in our faces
@bohdanstasiuk1@KinisiOkto@TrentTelenko I’m sorry I must’ve missed that it was over. But honestly I hate it when you people don’t show some gratitude for my country helping yours. The reason you haven’t and weren’t rolled over was from American aid and weapons. Then you come on our app and tell us we’ve lost.
@KinisiOkto@TrentTelenko Did we lose or something? If the Iranian regime falls a year from now from sustained economic pressure it's still a win and we found just how lacking we were. Better now than against China
@KinisiOkto@TrentTelenko Almost like there’s a difference between an Eastern European plain conducive to maneuver warfare and a large, mountainous, populous country separated by a body of water.