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In 2005 or 2006 i was in a management class and Gladwell's book Blink was one of the texts. Gladwell wrote about Van Ripers destruction of the US Navy in the war game that Wil Schryver mentions. In the class was a Naval Lt. Commander and a Marine Major. After reading about the Millenial Challenge the navy guy professed no knowledge of the incident or war game. The Marine just smiled, a very proud smile. I don’t know if the Lt Commander was sandbagging us out of embarrassment or he really didn’t know. The major later told me “everybody” in the Marine Corp knows about it. I wonder if our Navy really is that dense that they wouldn’t teach about it at Annapolis.

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Its Just Me's avatar

Wait. I did a real disservice to Senator Tuberville of Alabama. He stood up for life.

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Thank you for positing the imetatronink link. I am reading it now. It's great.

Even though I retired from the DOD/IC, I never present myself as a military expert, because, well, I am not a military expert. I am pretty good at making observations and drawing what I believe to be solid conclusions. Kind of a long detour to my points

My agency hosted Chris Beck, the Navy seal, who, for a while, was transgender. He spoke in our auditorium. He was very angry and did not act at all like a woman. Literally, our senior leadership, to include Sue Gordon, was beaming, clapping, etc.

When the president, Congress, generals and SESes don't know that a man can't become a woman, it follows that everything they believe about spending money, waging war, fostering morale, esprit de corps and all that, is going to be suspect. Hence, I have no doubt that you, SONAR 21, Douglas Macgregor, et al, are correct. We are heading for a major humiliation. I'd say I welcome it because the idiots who run this country have it coming. Then I pause and think about all the sons we'll lose, the wounded warriors who'll suffer both physically and mentally, the children who won't have a father and realize the real-world consequences.

I am hopeful that we have hit a nadir and we're going to be on the upswing; realistically, we still have a rough road ahead of us.

P.S. Chris Beck detransitioned and found God. I am watching a two-hour talk he had and he is so much calmer and gaining peace. He has had a tough life. I admire him for speaking out.

https://rumble.com/v1y4nn2-1.-the-real-story-with-chris-beck.html

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Mark Wauck's avatar

I just read that Spain has rejected a US request to join the blockade breaker coalition. Smart. Why would any country trust us at this point?

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

How has Egypt been affected by the limits on BlackbSea grain shipments? It seemed like they would be one of the countries most affected.

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Steghorn21's avatar

More proof that the Israelis (and their US backers) have vastly overplayed their hand and underestimated how much the world has changed. As Douglas MacGregor said yesterday, Netanyahu can't kill his way out of this one.

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A hot war will get them into an even hotter mess. However, as they have the strategic outlook of a goldfish, they probably haven't thought it through.

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Dec 21, 2023
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Vote most of them out. Graham, McConnell, Schumer, Cornyn, Durbin, Ernst, Cruz, Rubio, Thune, Blumenthal, Cassidy, Caputo, Tillis, Cramer..........

I'm more disgusted with the Reps, because they should know better.

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Dec 21, 2023
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LOL. I thought about listing who should stay. Maybe add Eric Schmidt of Missouri to the list. Kennedy and Johnson are okay. Rick Scott of Florida, okay, I guess. Grassley is honest, I think, but he doesn't seem to cast any fear in his opponent's hearts.

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