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

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French Rage said:
I didn't see it. I'm assuming he did not recommend pouring Clorox and Lysol on the Afghanis?
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Nope. He also didn't call any of the Generals idiots, insult Gold Star Families, spit in the face of NATO or declare victory for himself.

He talked about how he was making the announcement in the Roosevelt Room where Dubya made his announcement. Talked about he and Obama wanted to get Bin Laden and did and a decade later we are still there. Said he didn't like the deal that was cut with the Taliban to be out by May 1st but that it isn't his job to not honor the agreements of former Presidents (swipe at Trump obviously) so that is when the withdrawal will begin. (will be done by September 11th) Said he informed Dubya about what was going to happen and then was not as snarky about him despite their disagreements on policy over the years. (he obviously respects Dubya more than the Fat Orange Fucking Traitor) Said there is always an excuse to to leave but sooner or later you have done all you can do.

It wasnt gonna tug any heart strings, but it was his "This is unwinnable so lets stop wasting lives and money on it" which is exactly what it should have been.
 
Handyman said:
Nope. He also didn't call any of the Generals idiots, insult Gold Star Families, spit in the face of NATO or declare victory for himself.

He talked about how he was making the announcement in the Roosevelt Room where Dubya made his announcement. Talked about he and Obama wanted to get Bin Laden and did and a decade later we are still there. Said he didn't like the deal that was cut with the Taliban to be out by May 1st but that it isn't his job to not honor the agreements of former Presidents (swipe at Trump obviously) so that is when the withdrawal will begin. (will be done by September 11th) Said he informed Dubya about what was going to happen and then was not as snarky about him despite their disagreements on policy over the years. (he obviously respects Dubya more than the Fat Orange Fucking Traitor) Said there is always an excuse to to leave but sooner or later you have done all you can do.

It wasnt gonna tug any heart strings, but it was his "This is unwinnable so lets stop wasting lives and money on it" which is exactly what it should have been.
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Declare victory and bug out.
 
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...t-of-gibraltar

long form. Hunt for a Soviet sub trying to access the Strait of Gibraltar.

Edit: there are a lot of holy shit moments. Two right at the beginning

My ship, the USS Steinaker (DD-863) was a Gearing class destroyer, and like the others, it had been built during the closing months of World War II. It was 390 feet long and was powered by two steam turbines producing 60,000 shaft horsepower and driving two 14-foot propellers. Our main purpose was anti-submarine warfare, or ASW. Our top speed was 36.8 knots - destroyers are known as Greyhounds for a reason
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Our sonars were so powerful that at night they sometimes caused plankton to phosphoresce as a pulse swept over them, producing expanding green concentric circles of light radiating outward at the speed of sound from our enormous bow-mounted 30-foot sonar domes.
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dxmnkd316 said:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...t-of-gibraltar

long form. Hunt for a Soviet sub trying to access the Strait of Gibraltar.

Edit: there are a lot of holy **** moments. Two right at the beginning
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Did they check Thors Twins?

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Biden calls the Armenian genocide a...genocide.

Turks will not be happy!
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Biden calls the Armenian genocide a...genocide.

Turks will not be happy!
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It's actually a BFD for that region. State Department did not have the integrity to do it for 100 years. Shameful that we were complicit in the Turks' lie, just like us not admitting Manifest Destiny was achieved by genocide.
 
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Ivan gets cold feet.

Russia on Friday began withdrawing troops that had been running drills near the borders of Ukraine, the defence ministry said, following weeks of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over the buildup.

"Military units and formations are currently marching to railway loading stations and airfields, and loading onto landing ships, railway platforms and military transport aircraft," the ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Thursday that tens of thousands of troops who had deployed to southern and western Russia for exercises over the past few weeks would be returning to their bases.

The buildup, which came amid an increase in fighting between Kiev's forces and pro-Russia eastern separatists since the start of the year, raised deep concerns in Ukraine and drew warnings from its Western allies.

Both NATO and Kiev welcomed Russia's announcement of the drawdown, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying "the reduction of troops on our border proportionally reduces tension".

A NATO official said any "de-escalation by Russia" would be important, adding: "NATO remains vigilant and we will continue to closely monitor Russia's unjustified military buildup in and around Ukraine."
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Elections have consequences. Lotsa Ukrainians very happy Dump lost.
 
Kepler said:
It's actually a BFD for that region. State Department did not have the integrity to do it for 100 years. Shameful that we were complicit in the Turks' lie, just like us not admitting Manifest Destiny was achieved by genocide.
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Oh I’m aware of it being a big deal. As handy inferred, one of my good friends is a Turk and this is a sore subject
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Oh I’m aware of it being a big deal. As handy inferred, one of my good friends is a Turk and this is a sore subject
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Yeah...but for a good half hour the Turk, the Catholic and the Jew had peace in the Middle East solved! Until the Armenians got brought up ;^)

The Greeks (like my GF's grandmother) had pretty strong takes on all this too I guess.

No country is pure, everyone has done something awful.
 
I’m not sure where else to put this...just saw this video (warning! If you love animals, prepare to be enraged). I have already had it past the top of my head with a country that spends $750,000,000,000 on the military (not counting all the dark money that goes to cia, oni, dia, etc) but doesn’t have money for education, and health care...add to that seeing simpletons saluting these guys every time they see one like every military man is a dick winters type. clapping like trained seals when a person in uniform boards a plane...

anyway. This piece of garbage had better have been punished for this. Severely. Otherwise I pray for a visit from karma stat.



again, if you love animals be warned...

https://twitter.com/unikgirl11/statu...133335042?s=21
 
My peace plan.

Tell everybody living in Israel: "If you want to live together in peace, stay right where you are. Otherwise, come down to the shore. An IDF boat and a Hamas boat will ferry you over to Cyprus. There, you will have one final fight to the death, with no interference. The winner gets the country."

Then sink the two boats.
 
Kepler said:
My peace plan.

Tell everybody living in Israel: "If you want to live together in peace, stay right where you are. Otherwise, come down to the shore. An IDF boat and a Hamas boat will ferry you over to Cyprus. There, you will have one final fight to the death, with no interference. The winner gets the country."

Then sink the two boats.
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I was worried you had something against Cyprus until I got to the punchline.
 
rufus said:
I'm thinking you'll need more than two boats.
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I'm not sure how many tools actually cause this. Like in those "death to America!!!" crowds how many of those people are actual psychos, and how many of them are under pressure from their neighbors, or there to pick up girls, or just bored?

I have a feeling out of every group of 100 radicalized terrorists of any stripe, there are maybe a dozen guys who if eliminated would take all the wind out of the genocidal balloon.

America has 80 million morons, and sure all 80 million probably scream and posture and throw their poo, but how many are actually truly committed to putting Nazi actions where their Nazi mouth is? Maybe one Michigan Stadium's worth.

Likewise, I think we could probably give Israel peace by rank ordering Jews and Arabs, taking the worst cruise ship worth of each, and giving them the bin Laden bath.
 
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