Global War on Terror 9: Winter Is Here.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Global War on Terror 9: Winter Is Here.

A few months late, but a good piece. I don't feel bad for the ol' boy.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">General Hayden sums up our withdrawal from Open Skies. <a href="https://t.co/oaiWKh9FsT">https://t.co/oaiWKh9FsT</a></p>— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href="https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1263482661949014016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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For those who need more info:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has decided to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, negotiated three decades ago to allow nations to fly over each other’s territory with elaborate sensor equipment to assure they are not preparing for military action. <a href="https://twitter.com/SangerNYT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SangerNYT</a> <a href="https://t.co/F4hrhUH5Ol">https://t.co/F4hrhUH5Ol</a></p>— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1263475995585196041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Red Don strikes again.

 

[Kepler]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">General Hayden sums up our withdrawal from Open Skies. <a href="https://t.co/oaiWKh9FsT">https://t.co/oaiWKh9FsT</a></p>— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href="https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1263482661949014016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I know something about this. This is insane. I am hardly a hawk. This is insane.

This is insane.






This is insane.

Without monitoring, all of our limitations treaties are meaningless.

This is trust but verify but don't verify.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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holy ****

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How is this not a bigger story? FFS. <a href="https://t.co/7MvuvleVIw">https://t.co/7MvuvleVIw</a></p>— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1263683147029458944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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Mehdi taking a break from spreading the "Joe Biden is a rapist" to do actual reporting now?

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Second Terrorist attack on a US naval base in six months? On trump’s watch? Barely makes a blip. <a href="https://t.co/xjAcPdU6ZO">https://t.co/xjAcPdU6ZO</a></p>— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1263765069290180608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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Was he White? If so he cant be a terrorist and we just really need to know "why".

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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Exciting! Per wapo

“ Administration officials last week discussed conducting a nuclear test explosion for the first time since 1992, a move that would have far-reaching consequences on relations with other nuclear powers and reverse a decades-long moratorium on such actions.”

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Global War on Terror 9: Winter Is Here.

Exciting! Per wapo

“ Administration officials last week discussed conducting a nuclear test explosion for the first time since 1992, a move that would have far-reaching consequences on relations with other nuclear powers and reverse a decades-long moratorium on such actions.”

Hmm...might be time to run the Daisy ad again.

 

[RaceBoarder]

Re: Global War on Terror 9: Winter Is Here.

Well,

Exciting! Per wapo

“ Administration officials last week discussed conducting a nuclear test explosion for the first time since 1992, a move that would have far-reaching consequences on relations with other nuclear powers and reverse a decades-long moratorium on such actions.”

Well, they have been sitting in silos in North Dakota for years and run on floppy disks... Gotta make sure they still work

 

[Kepler]

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Well,

Well, they have been sitting in silos in North Dakota for years and run on floppy disks... Gotta make sure they still work

I assume they actually rotate them through but on all honesty I wonder what percentage of the world's nuclear arsenals is functional? No more than 20% I'd guess. But that's enough for every monkey to go to heaven.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I’d say closer to 95% for the US. They decommission and “recycle” them from what I remember reading.

 

[RaceBoarder]

I assume they actually rotate them through but on all honesty I wonder what percentage of the world's nuclear arsenals is functional? No more than 20% I'd guess. But that's enough for every monkey to go to heaven.

This is gonna sound Dumpy-ish, but have no doubt that our hardware is more than capable of taking out most of the planet. The problem lies with the guys with their fibers on the buttons

 

[burd]

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I’d say closer to 95% for the US. They decommission and “recycle” them from what I remember reading.

I heard that after .06 NoDak retargeted all of its ICBMs to 3M Mariucci.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I heard that after .06 NoDak retargeted all of its ICBMs to 3M Mariucci.

I was surprised they didn’t launch.

 

[Handyman]

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Well it helped they were only .06 BAC...another couple of drinks and wooo boy

 

[burd]

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I was surprised they didn’t launch.

Even North Dakota has its wimpy libs.