US military advantage has eroded, study says

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  1. LangleyMan

    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, racism, sexism, and homophobia will be "out" and that will be a dang shame--right?
     
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    As America becomes more gender confused, queer and doped up, China and Russia will make their move and take us over.
     
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    Some conservatives, sadly, are reactionary vipers biting other reactionary vipers.
     
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    APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Neoconservatives are liberals.That's why the conservative base of the GOP refer to them as RINO's.

    The Neoconservative movement began with in the liberal base of the Democratic party during the 1960's.

    When the radical left (New Left) hijacked the Democratic party during the 1970's the liberals of the neoconservatives movement fled the Democratic party.

    Since the neocons were big time anti communist, the neocons were welcomed under the GOP tent.

    Reagan surrounded himself with neocons but the conservative base remained in control of the GOP until the late 1990's when the neocons gained control of the GOP.

    The neocons lost control of the GOP some time around 2006 or so and nobody has been in control of the GOP since.

    The radical left (New Left) who has hid behind both the liberal and progressive labels since the early 1970's are still incontrol of the Democratic party as they reveal their true identity by keeping moving further to the left.
     
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    Who are FAC’s just with a fancy name.
     
  6. LangleyMan

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    How much of that stuff would have happened anyway?
     
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    I prefer my explanation about vipers biting vipers.
    Hohhhh-Kayyyyy... BTW, I don't think you can draw a straight line between Reagan and George H.W. Bush and the neocon John Bolton.
    The "radical New Left" never took control of the Democratic Party (thank goodness!).
     
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    What an absurd comment!
     
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    I think liberal teachers trying to turn little bots into little girls is not working so well

    But if you can keep itbup for enough generations the feminists may succeed

    As for racism I think the left missed its chance to make America a color-blind society by embracing reverse racism which targeted whites as the boggyman

    But I dont expect you to listen to any ideas outside your own
     
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    Why would you prefer the A-1 to the A-10 when the latter has more firepower?
     
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    ROFL. You have no idea what goes on in schools.
    Feminists want to turn boys into girls... yeah, sure.
    Schools have been making a serious effort to end racism, sexism, etc. Good on them. They do a poor job of educating kids, but they are trying to deal with bigotry.
    Why should we listen to the unhinged nonsense coming from your corner?
     
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    No, they were Democrats who swapped parties because they were NOT liberals. Their views were more aligned with the Republican party and conservatism.
     
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    In the Marine Corps FAC's are Forward Air Controllers.

    They are usually naval aviators, Marine fighter jocks. Today when a FAC is on the ground embedded with the grunts it's FAC (g) or when in the air just FAC.

    FAC's will control or call in Close Air Support, naval gunfire support or artillery support.

    Before the Gulf War only a Marine FAC was allowed to direct a close air support mission using Marine or naval aircraft. If there was no FAC available the company CO/XO or Platoon Leader (Lt.) would be walked through the procedure by the FCC.

    Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) are either Marine or Air Force enlisted men who are trained on calling in and controlling a Close Air Support missions but are not pilots and not as familiar what an aircraft can and can not do and may or not know how pilots talk and the lingo used.

    A pilot providing close air support prefers talking to another pilot on the ground.

    Most enlisted Marines serving with ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) are highly qualified on spotting naval gunfire, artillery support and close air support missions.

    When I was in-country (69-70) I served with Sub Unit One 1st ANGLICO.

     
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    Schools use to be about academics not agendas. Now all they put out is 3nd grade education, lies, perversion and hate.
    Most college grads today couldn't pass a third grade test given in the 1950s. It was done and proven just how dumbed down and ignorant these poor kids are now.
    if kids are white feel them full of lies and quilt, if black fill em up with victimhood and hate.
    Some black children are attacked and even actually beaten to death for making good grades aka acting white!
     
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    Very little of it.

    What would things be like today without DARPA ? ...-> https://www.darpa.mil/

    Sometimes DARP got it wrong...
    FYI:
    In 59/60 ArmaLite sold the AR-15 in sporting goods stores and Colt by 61 was selling the AR-15 as a hunting rifle before it was adopted by the U.S. Army.

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    Colt AR-15 advertising 1961


    Sometimes DARPA got it right.
    Then DARPA ****ed up and allowed kit to be released into the private sector that would dumb down society.
    10 amazing DARPA inventions

    Ten brilliant innovations that were born at - or inspired by - the legendary US defence agency

    1. The internet

    2. Windows, the World Wide Web and videoconferencing

    3. Google Maps

    4. Siri

    6. GPS

    7. Urban Photonic Sandtable Display

    8. The Lighthouse Project

    9. Internet anonymity

    10. The world’s fastest aeroplane

    https://www.alphr.com/features/373546/10-brilliant-darpa-inventions









     
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    APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    King snakes are immune to the viper's venomous bite.
     
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    While they might have made Google Maps etc possible, they sure didn't invent them. Nor did they invent Windows.
     
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    APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The A-1 can stay on target longer and 4 X 20 mm cannons are the weapon of choice for strafing mission.

    .50 cal MG's or 20 mm cannons are the choice for strafing.
    The A-10 30mm chaingun is over kill and not the best weapon for area targets.

    The A-1 has a really long loiter time over the battlefield.

    FYI:
    A-1 Skyraiders have shot down Mig fighter in air to air combat. No A-10 has accomplished that.
     
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    We provide what should be more than adequate funding for our military. Could it be that the military has been totally mismanaged by politicians/generals/admirals? I find it bizarre that we have a huge navy intended to fight a two ocean war that will never happen but yet in the early stages of the W. Bush war in Iraq we lacked armor upgrade for Humvees. The reality seems to be that the driver for military spending is the military industrial complex.
     
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    Obama did a lot better than Bush with respect to the military. Bush got about 4500 soldiers killed and 32,000 maimed fighting a war intended to show his daddy he was a tough guy.
     
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    Mikhail Kalashnikov comes to mind. He had a pretty good career for a man with a 7th grade education.
     
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    APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    More American troops were killed in Afghanistan during the first 3 years under Obama than the entire 8 years under Bush.

    1/2 of those that were killed in Afghanistan under Obama were killed in the name of political correctness.

    Obama's PC ROE (Rules of Engagement) favored the enemy that caused American troop to die and bleed on the battlefield.

    American soldier abandons his weapon and post in combat and surrenders to the Taliban.

    The Obama administration said that Bergdahl served with "honor and distinction."

    U.S. Marines were issued an unlawful order by the Obama administration to abandoned their post in Yemen and to destroy their weapons.
    Such an order violated the 11 General Orders and the U.S. Military Code of Conduct.

    U.S. sailors violated the Code of Conduct under Obama and surrendered themselves and their two patrol boats to the Iran Revolutionary Guard.

    U.S. Marines were issued unlawful orders by the Obama White House to violate their own regulations and carry umbrellas.

    In January of 2013 during the Obama Inauguration Parade U.S. Marines were ordered to remove the bolts from their rifles making them inoperative.

    The Obama White House ordered that all small arms ammunition be removed from the Washington DC Marine Barracks. When the Washington D.C. Navy Yard came under a terrorist attack the Marines had no ammunition to respond to the terrorist attack.

    Any time President Obama visited any U.S. military installation, soldiers, Marines were ordered to turn in their rifles to the armory because Obama didn't trust those who served under his command.
     
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    But Mikhail Kalashnikov made one big mistake when designing the AK-47. When you take the AK-47 safety off it makes enough noise to give your position away at night.
     

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