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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2023 Feb 8, 8:17pm
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2023 Feb 8, 8:17pm
richwicks says
That wasn't a flex, but a saying. It didn't mean YOU personally.
I'm a moderate isolationist but willing to offshore balance with goodies and aid IF there are willing and non-problematic (not necessarily perfect) actors to support.
I'm obviously interested in geopolitics, but there's much I don't know.
That wasn't a flex, but a saying. It didn't mean YOU personally.
I'm a moderate isolationist but willing to offshore balance with goodies and aid IF there are willing and non-problematic (not necessarily perfect) actors to support.
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richwicks
2023 Feb 9, 1:01am
richwicks
2023 Feb 9, 1:01am
AmericanKulak says
I don't mind if it was an attack. There is MUCH I don't know, I admit my ignorance. I'm not all ego. I was when I was a stupid kid. That's a severe character flaw and it prevents people from learning. I ended up in science and technology because I could be certain about my knowledge there but also, being in this field also allowed me to detect bullshit from people who CLAIMED to know shit, that they didn't.
AmericanKulak says
I'm not an isolationist. I just try to be realistic. I've been told the Vietnamese today are happy with US intervention, but I think that's a RARE story. As far as I can see, the US hasn't been involved in a war in the last 30 years that didn't just hurt everybody involved, including the US.
The US created Al-Qaeda essentially in the 1980's to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan. IF they were the ones responsible for the WTC attacks (and I think they were, along with CIA intelligence and help - as well as Mossad!), where did that get us? We overthrew Iran in 1953 to steal oil, we know this with certainty because Operation Ajax is declassified, where did THAT get us?
It's a waste of resources in effort and time. Our fucking intelligence agencies have created nearly ALL the problems we face today. I'm sick of it. Think of what we could do if we didn't waste all this time and energy cleaning up messes our own stupid asshole government created? Imagine what we could do if those assholes just fucking stuck to their job of improving the country, instead of fucking it up? Our nation has spent 2 DECADES in stupid wars in the Middle East. What if that time and energy was redirected to infrastructure? Think of what we could have accomplished.
We can lead the world, not by force, but by example. We can improve this world if the government would just get the fuck out of the way.
Look at what we have today. This thing you're looking at right now, is the envy of every single civilization before us. Unlimited information and knowledge. There's a LOT of shit in this system, but it's all there. What if we elevated people based on whether they were correct, and punished people who were incorrect? Imagine where we could climb? Imagine if we had a news system that was REWARDED for telling the truth, instead of promoting propaganda? We will get there but our government, our corrupt government, stands in the way, blocks progress, blocks development. They prefer to destroy rather than build.
richwicks says
I'm obviously interested in geopolitics, but there's much I don't know.
That wasn't a flex, but a saying. It didn't mean YOU personally.
I don't mind if it was an attack. There is MUCH I don't know, I admit my ignorance. I'm not all ego. I was when I was a stupid kid. That's a severe character flaw and it prevents people from learning. I ended up in science and technology because I could be certain about my knowledge there but also, being in this field also allowed me to detect bullshit from people who CLAIMED to know shit, that they didn't.
AmericanKulak says
I'm a moderate isolationist but willing to offshore balance with goodies and aid IF there are willing and non-problematic (not necessarily perfect) actors to support.
I'm not an isolationist. I just try to be realistic. I've been told the Vietnamese today are happy with US intervention, but I think that's a RARE story. As far as I can see, the US hasn't been involved in a war in the last 30 years that didn't just hurt everybody involved, including the US.
The US created Al-Qaeda essentially in the 1980's to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan. IF they were the ones responsible for the WTC attacks (and I think they were, along with CIA intelligence and help - as well as Mossad!), where did that get us? We overthrew Iran in 1953 to steal oil, we know this with certainty because Operation Ajax is declassified, where did THAT get us?
It's a waste of resources in effort and time. Our fucking intelligence agencies have created nearly ALL the problems we face today. I'm sick of it. Think of what we could do if we didn't waste all this time and energy cleaning up messes our own stupid asshole government created? Imagine what we could do if those assholes just fucking stuck to their job of improving the country, instead of fucking it up? Our nation has spent 2 DECADES in stupid wars in the Middle East. What if that time and energy was redirected to infrastructure? Think of what we could have accomplished.
We can lead the world, not by force, but by example. We can improve this world if the government would just get the fuck out of the way.
Look at what we have today. This thing you're looking at right now, is the envy of every single civilization before us. Unlimited information and knowledge. There's a LOT of shit in this system, but it's all there. What if we elevated people based on whether they were correct, and punished people who were incorrect? Imagine where we could climb? Imagine if we had a news system that was REWARDED for telling the truth, instead of promoting propaganda? We will get there but our government, our corrupt government, stands in the way, blocks progress, blocks development. They prefer to destroy rather than build.
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Former General Warns: U.K. Military Would Run Out of Ammo In One Day of Fighting Russia
General Sir Richard Barrons, who formerly served as the Joint Forces chief, claimed that spending cuts have depleted the British military to such an extent that, in a hot war with Russia, the UK would run out of ammunition and artillery shells within just one day.
According to research conducted by The Sun newspaper, the United Kingdom’s ammunition plants would need at least one year to produce the amount of shells currently used by the Ukrainians in their conflict with Russia.
“This is truly shocking. But it is true. And we must fix it,” General Barrons wrote. “The UK spends more on defence than any EU ally and our brave Armed Forces have long been one of Britain’s most influential levers around the world.”
“Yet for decades they have been hollowed out by spending cuts,” he added, saying that the government would need to spend an additional £3 billion per year on the military to fall in line with the top level of the NATO alliance.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/04/uk-military-would-run-out-of-ammo-in-just-one-day-of-fighting-russia-warns-general/