Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
05-10-2012
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,345
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
05-09-2012
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,096
Myth 11
(a) Pashtuns are the majority in...
Myth 11
(a) Pashtuns are the majority in Afghanistan
(b) The CSO statistical figure of 42% Pashtun is based in anything besides politico-ethnically motivated lies.
(c) Afghanistan is a "tribal"...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
04-05-2012
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Replies: 227
Views: 31,106
Or what if we, the US, crammed a completely...
Or what if we, the US, crammed a completely unworkable and illegitimate over-centralized government down the throats of Afghanistan as a whole?
The kind of government that rewards bad behavior...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
04-05-2012
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Replies: 227
Views: 31,106
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Forum: Social Sciences, Moral, and Religious
04-05-2012
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Replies: 800
Views: 123,532
Back to the agriculture issue:
1. Those...
Back to the agriculture issue:
1. Those anthropologists/social scientists who do not understand agriculture tend to be idiots who are not worth their weight as landfill. By "tend", I mean "they...
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Forum: Social Sciences, Moral, and Religious
03-31-2012
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Replies: 800
Views: 123,532
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-28-2011
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Replies: 1,119
Views: 80,754
You've missed my point so completely in your...
You've missed my point so completely in your literal minded way, I fear there is nothing I can say.
The US caused the current mess we are in by choosing to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-27-2011
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Replies: 1,119
Views: 80,754
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Forum: Training & Education
08-19-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-16-2011
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Replies: 131
Views: 25,135
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Forum: Equipment & Capabilities
08-16-2011
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,751
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Forum: Training & Education
08-15-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
There is an additional complication:
A...
There is an additional complication:
A significant number of the "no-nonsense" guys are actually idiots who do not understand that being a senior officer is a nuanced, political job. They are...
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Forum: Training & Education
08-13-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
Zero tolerance? Frankly, I'd like to see the...
Zero tolerance? Frankly, I'd like to see the entire officer staff of RC-N relieved and reduced to begging on the streets.
The "fail" is strong with that group of bozos.
The hard part will be...
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Forum: Training & Education
08-12-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
Funny thing happened today to me, as well.
...
Funny thing happened today to me, as well.
Was sitting through one of our twice a day production meetings (twice a day? WTF???) and someone mentioned the "80% solution".
"80%, I said... don't...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
08-06-2011
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Replies: 609
Views: 60,675
Frankly, the market for crappy M16s is somewhat...
Frankly, the market for crappy M16s is somewhat saturated by domestic makers like Bushmaster, Armalite, DPMS, Olympic and Rock River Armory, so I don't think the guys making guns in a cave in Darreh...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
08-05-2011
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Replies: 609
Views: 60,675
One thing we could do, as an Army, to improve...
One thing we could do, as an Army, to improve Small Arms effectiveness, is to stop buying complete crap for supporting gear and installing gear correctly.
#1 on the complete crap list is the...
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Forum: Trigger Puller
08-05-2011
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Replies: 609
Views: 60,675
#1 would be Martini-Henry, or a 1853 Enfield...
#1 would be Martini-Henry, or a 1853 Enfield Musket-rifle, I am sure. It's about 50/50 what I see the most.
I'd call it four. #1 1853 Enfield, #2 Martini Henry, #3 Enfield bolt action, #4 AK
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Forum: Training & Education
08-03-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
The garrison mentality never left.
The US...
The garrison mentality never left.
The US Army never even went to war.
Individual soldiers went to war; a very very small minority of units went to war, but the institutional Army never...
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Forum: Training & Education
08-02-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
Even worse, they got Bronze Stars before their...
Even worse, they got Bronze Stars before their deployment was up.
I've seen Active Duty O-6s relieved for incompetence at the beginning of their tours, being replaced with Reservist O-4s, and then...
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Forum: Training & Education
08-01-2011
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Replies: 68
Views: 7,637
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-01-2011
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Replies: 131
Views: 25,135
On the surface, Germany has a "national police...
On the surface, Germany has a "national police force" as well, but if you look more closely, it is really a series of regional police forces that have different rules and social mores, adapted to the...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-01-2011
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Replies: 999
Views: 100,652
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
08-01-2011
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Replies: 999
Views: 100,652
Depends on what you want the Marines to do,...
Depends on what you want the Marines to do, there.
Do you want them to take a bunch of casualties doing stupid stuff? They did, you know.
The problem is, the Marines all are saying "yay, we...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
07-31-2011
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Replies: 999
Views: 100,652
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
07-31-2011
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Replies: 131
Views: 25,135
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