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US Foreign Policy 3.0: We're The Mets of International Diplomacy

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aparch said:
Russia threatening to pull an Amber Heard: s*it in our bed and cry "victim!"

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...00301442035714
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It seems as Russia is spread thin enough with Ukraine as is... Call their bluff and dare them to do it.

Either they will send a few superficial jeeps and guns that can easily be smashed by a small town SWAT Military (may as well put this stuff to actual use) or if they send enough to warrant actual military attention, it should cripple them in Ukraine.

Either way, nothing lost for us really and only benefit to be had.

Edit: Swansong beat me to the punch.
 
aparch said:
Yep.

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...59968628518914

Hoping the GQP takes back over and sanctions get lifted. Its a war of attrition right now, and one Russia can, [and is looking forward to], continue[ing] to sacrifice warm bodies toward until January when the new congress starts.
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And again, this war wont last long enough to see that happen. Biden will never sign off on ending sanctions and the GOP will never have a veto proof majority. The sanctions are stuck until 2024. Congress can bleat on as much as they like, they pass nothing without Presidential signature.

The Law is a Bitch

IEEPA, which became law in 1977, gives the pres?id?ent sweep?ing powers to impose economic sanc?tions on persons and entit?ies upon determ?in?ing that there exists an “unusual and extraordin?ary threat, which has its source in whole or substan?tial part outside the United States, to the national secur?ity, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.” Over the years, it has been invoked to deal with the prolif?er?a?tion of chem?ical and biolo?gical weapons and weapons of mass destruc?tion, hostile foreign govern?ments, terror?ism, transna?tional crime, cyber?at?tacks, human rights abuses, corrup?tion, inter?fer?ence in U.S. elec?tions, poten?tial intru?sions into U.S. commu?nic?a?tions tech?no?logy, and perceived threats from the Inter?na?tional Crim?inal Court.foot?note2_tp5m?f9r
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Putin is a fucking moron. Congress won't be able to stop jack and squat when it comes to sanctions.

edit: apparently the Brennan Center's font is not friendly with our craptastic board. My apologies...
 
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Yeah, but Congress controls the purse strings. No more military aid or any sort of support for Ukraine.
 
And I already discussed why they will whine and cry but will sign off on it. Even BoJo isn't that dumb.
 
More military than foreign policy, but the third military flight in a week crashed in Southern California tonight. The other two were an F/A 18 last week and an osprey last night.

edit: apparently tonight is another osprey.
 
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Drew S. said:
More military than foreign policy, but the third military flight in a week crashed in Southern California tonight. The other two were an F/A 18 last week and an osprey last night.

edit: apparently tonight is another osprey.
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I knew guys in the Marines who said they would never fly on an Osprey.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
I knew guys in the Marines who said they would never fly on an Osprey.
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My brother was a marine and I've been fortunate enough to know several others. On balance, great folks. And I have no earthly idea if the Osprey is good, bad, dangerous or amazing.

But the fact that some marines are nervous about flying on this weird looking plane-helicopter thing... has no bearing on whether or not it's safe.
 
MichVandal said:
How is this different? Seems the same refrain we've heard for decades.
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If a Tiwanese person blinks funny, the Chinese will move in on them.

And Biden already committed to using US forces to defend Taiwan.


So the distraction of the US defending Taiwan would allow Putin to get busy in Eastern Europe.
 
Swansong said:
My brother was a marine and I've been fortunate enough to know several others. On balance, great folks. And I have no earthly idea if the Osprey is good, bad, dangerous or amazing.

But the fact that some marines are nervous about flying on this weird looking plane-helicopter thing... has no bearing on whether or not it's safe.
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Depends, were they pilots that said that or enlisted men. Ifs it pilots that thing must be a PO S
 
Swansong said:
My brother was a marine and I've been fortunate enough to know several others. On balance, great folks. And I have no earthly idea if the Osprey is good, bad, dangerous or amazing.

But the fact that some marines are nervous about flying on this weird looking plane-helicopter thing... has no bearing on whether or not it's safe.
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Fun facts about the Osprey:

1. it can only land vertically, because the rotor blades are so long they would strike the ground if it tried to land like an airplane

2. It can’t land vertically unless both rotors are turning - it would be way too unbalanced. Therefore, if either engine fails, you wouldn’t be able to land at all, except that…

3. ….the two engines are connected via clutches to a common drive shaft that connects the two rotors, so that when (not if) an engine fails, the remaining engine can drive both rotors.

4 Don’t sleep on the fact that once it has landed, the rotor blades can fold up to be parallel to the wing leading edge, and then the entire wing can rotate to be in line with the fuselage, so it has a smaller footprint for carrier operations.

Basically about the most complex piece of mechanical machinery you can imagine. I hope never to ride in one.
 
LynahFan said:
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Basically about the most complex piece of mechanical machinery you can imagine. I hope never to ride in one.
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And that "the fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder." -- Alan Shepard [Regarding the Redstone rockets and Mercury capsules, but also appropriate here.]
 
Kids can stop taking graduation pictures, the contest is over.

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