Forum: Law Enforcement
01-09-2013
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,552
Been busy
Selling house and getting ready to move to be near the kids to help us old folks cope. Whoever came up with that 'Golden Years' foolishness was a blithering idiot. :wry:
Agree with your comments...
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Forum: Americas
01-09-2013
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Replies: 281
Views: 9,132
Yep
However, in fairness to the Politicians, Republican and Democratic, their failures in this regard were broadly supported. One shouldn't forget that the Psychiatric and Psychologist communities were...
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Forum: Law Enforcement
01-09-2013
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,552
Not to mention
Anyone who makes or supports the statement: is likely not an expert...
That's an ideological or political statement, not a factual or accurate comment.
So a guy who got where he was by playing...
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Forum: Law Enforcement
12-22-2012
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,552
The four above Posts are pretty well correct.
Can't guard against nut cases with ANY Strategy; the NRA missed a chance to be part of the solution sez this Endowment Member, Slap and Bill as always add common sense. This isn't going away, the...
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Forum: Africa
12-13-2012
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Replies: 332
Views: 33,743
Too true...
It's important that a lot of folks understand that your choice "realized" as opposed to 'thought,' 'believed' or some other nebulous word or phrase is appropriate and quite accurate.
All we can do...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
12-11-2012
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,406
Wasted argument...
In my view, that would depend on how well one did the job or was allowed to do it. We did a lousy job of it in part because we weren't allowed / did not choose / to do better. I understood what you...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
12-11-2012
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,406
Oh, I got it -- and you're still wrong...
Take your pick of Politicians, either the dumb crowd that sent us there in the first place (both batches, both efforts...) or the two different batches that hamstrung the ongoing effort and would not...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
12-11-2012
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,406
What the book says is nothing...
What most know is that wearing protective gear in a hot, humid forest is bound to lead to excessive and unsustainable heat casualties.
No personal armor for ground troops in WW II. It did exist...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
12-03-2012
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,406
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Forum: Trigger Puller
12-02-2012
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,406
Bad answer...
What you wrote is accurate but it is subject to misinterpretation IMO.
The way it's seen by too many senior uniformed people -- Officer and NCO -- is that old saw "An organization does well onlt...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
11-26-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
Bearing any burden... Again?
Arguable on several levels. A major collapse might not be required, we -- the world -- could get simply get smarter. Unlikely, to be sure but a series of minor and more probable "collapses" could...
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Forum: The Whole News
11-13-2012
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Replies: 57
Views: 4,078
Because that Military has totally lost its way...
Excellent question, scary answer...
Tequila:
I'm not a Petraeus fan or a conspiracy theorist nor a am I a right wing ldeologue. In fact, I believe ideologues on both sides are slightly deranged...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
11-12-2012
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,066
So do I appreciate all your efforts, David
Very much so.
No delicacy involved -- I've been accused of many things but that's a first :D -- just taking advantage of what I thought a non-issue as a reminder to all that the best of intentions...
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Forum: The Whole News
11-11-2012
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Replies: 57
Views: 4,078
Yep.
You're a good cop... ;)
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
11-11-2012
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,066
Good comments.
Heh. Stuff like that happens when and where ever well intentioned persons meddle when there was no real cause to do so...:wry:All true but agonizing over spilt milk apparently makes one feel good. ...
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Forum: The Whole News
11-10-2012
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Replies: 57
Views: 4,078
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
11-09-2012
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,066
A few. Very small numbers...
Then you remember that some Boat People had US ties but the majority by far were South (and former North...) Viet Namese Catholics who decided they'd rather not live under the rule of Hanoi -- who...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
11-09-2012
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,066
Can't speak to Afghanistan, wasn't there.
However, with respect to Viet Nam and a few other places, we did indeed leave a few, relatively speaking, people in bad straits. Certainly not millions by any stretch. For some the error was their...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
11-04-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
Very well said, thank you.
I strongly agree that we are not such and further, even if we were, we do not have the physical capability of properly doing that 'safeguard' foolishness. All we do we when we try an fail is instill...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
11-02-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
True...
I agree with that -- but is that not a function of the political factors that shape the institution (and they are pervasive...) and select the top brass? Serving individuals bear some...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
11-01-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
10-31-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
Yeah...
Not special but breeders of ineffectiveness in the name of efficiency...:rolleyes:Exactly -- which is why I'm a fan of our ad-hocery. And why the bureaucracies hate and stomp on ad-hocery; thery...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
10-31-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
You're shooting at the wrong target...
Testy is okay, misperceptions less so. You and Carl have misperceptions about the US Armed Forces and you tend to accord the hundreds (thousands when you include those retired) of US Flag Officers...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
10-31-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
"You go to war with the Army you've got..."
No more broken than it's always been. We just don't have the money now to throw away on dozens of X- models that never make it into production.'Are' is present tense, I wrote that at the time I...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
10-31-2012
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Replies: 147
Views: 17,294
Yes. However...
All true -- but that was then, this is now and Pakistan has done much to help us and is also doing some things that are far from helpful and we all know that. As Bob's World is fond of illustrating,...
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