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fuck.

Looks like one was confirmed to be an A-10 Warthog? No wonder they were trying to stop funding for those for like… Forever…

Not a true expert, but nothing in those photos says f35 to me…

If you aren’t free to oppress someone, are you truly free? (/s)

I think you’re agreeing with me? I’m not sure, but that was the point I was trying to make - we need each other for different reasons.

I don’t know what Iran expected when they spent the last several years actively arming Russia, I wonder how differently the war would have gone without Shaheds terrorizing Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians…

Iran has shown that the United States needs NATO, and NATO needs the United States, more than ever. If Iranian Shaheeds and their manpeds / S300s are hitting US fighters and sneaking past defenses, who knows what more advanced or just sheer high scale weaponry could do, air superiority does not feel guaranteed.

A near peer (Russia) conflict would be ugly on a scale not seen since WWI, a true peer (China) conflict would unleash horrors we cannot imagine. We will all need each other, as NATO is a significant deterrent factor, which could actually save the lives of millions through deterrence, or shift the balance of warfare through increase manufacturing and safe zone output.

things like this give me hope for the future, if we can come together and preserve our cultural legacy like this - what else can we come together and do?

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ok bud, enjoy the echo chamber you live in. One day I hope you can look back at your crazy posts and laugh about it.

Kind of? Its a discussion about the size of the United States, and how it is impossible to speak for the entirety. I won’t give you a play by play on the posts you just read, but it is all relevant to the discussion at hand.

Yeah, thats not a great look, but I also understand that since 2014 Ukraine has been in a war for its very existence with Russia, and that some neo nazi groups have done a lot of the fighting and dying for them.

I do not condone neo nazis, but I also understand Ukraine’s position not to shit on some of their best war fighters during a war for existence.

Its a complicated issue, and I think I would feel a stark difference had Ukraine been the aggressor, or had a repressive government (both things Russia is).

I believe that Ukraine will have to reckon with this if they survive the war, just like all countries will have to reckon with the far-right groups gaining traction and power in their countries.

I never lock my doors when I am home, that said, I do have home defense on lock. California.

Lock the doors if I remember to when I leave.

Never been robbed or even pick pocketed.

You say that, but you can fit a Saudi Arabia in there.

wow both under 10 square km, I have been navigating way wrong my whole life apparently.

Not sure what a blacked out vote means, but tons of countries voted in ways I don’t agree with on this one too, so not sure why anyone should be singled out (my original point, call out collectively the failures).

Yeah no my understanding has evolved based on the skim of the article and the actual wording becoming more clear - didn’t think they were going for champions of all time when I initially reacted.

dude I didn’t even know what that word meant until a week ago, but I sure know more about it now.

See this is the meat of it, great points, thanks for doing the hard work!

What? Friend your ramblings don’t even make sense, please consider spending some time outside of whatever bubble you’re stuck in.