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Also, the republicans have succesfully added, what, 5 billion dollars to the budget in the form of Pentagon spending as a requirement for passing the budget?

Nice job cutting stuff, assholes.

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I see a lot of disinformation here from some people who only skimmed over some wikipedia documents, failed to read that the subjects were "opinions" and then finalized their bias by not reasearching any further and then claiming their point of view to be fact and inarguable.  Well done.  Your right, arguing with said people about their beliefs IS a waste of time.

Back on topic, 2 more missiles strikes yesterday and now the pakistan's are really pissed.  Pakistan is caught between its need for US aid and funding, its divided loyalties between the east and the west half of its own country, and its bitter rival India who is just growing more powerful by the day.  The situation is as screwed up as any. (taking bets on how long till the usual suspects level blame on their favorite target.....)

Is there a solution out of this mess that doesnt involve even more bloodshed, conflict and acts of extreme selfish national interest (yours, ours, theirs, everyones, etc)?  Somehow I doubt it.

I am actually surprised it took this long.  They have been complaining about the drone strikes since the first ones hit (2007?ish ithink).  Pakistan immediately told the US to stop doing it but we didnt.  I have been wondering when it was finally going to hit the fan.

Believe me, on patrol bases, it's a big deal to have to deal with specific female shower times and tents.

I dealth with those issues 20 years ago in the military.  Whats changed?

Alright Gorjo, nice people always feel fake to me, maybe you are for real, but I can not tell. Generally I would rather have your first and raw thoughts then some dolled up stuff that you think I will like better.

Anyway what I am trying to say is you need to man up figuratively here.

When you vote someone into office and they do not preform to your specifications, don't vote them in again sure, but don't go and say they are not your fault. These people are not hijacking the tea party, they are the tea party.

lol, ok, vitriole and rancor from here on out!

I agree that I/you/we/us are stuck with our own voting choices.  But, also, plenty of republicans who were most likely getting elected anyway tried to jump onto the bandwagon and proclaim themselves tea partiers.  Some Probably a lot of people got fooled.  They realized these guys are full of crap.  They realized these guys have no intention of following the tea party ideals.  Also, plenty of republicans who weren't up for re-election tried to claim tea party status but then every action they take shows their duplicitous.  This is easy to see when they use tea party fiscal conservatism to attack things they attack anyway, like the EPA and abortion.  I call that hijacking. 

The voters can only put the ship out to sea so-to-speak, its the politicians who "hijack" it and take it where they want until it returns to port.  Then the voters get a chance to kick their corrupt asses out and try again with the same original goal. So, having said that, I can now agree that the party is more a movement that a true "party" and that the movement was used by dishonest politicians (yeah , redundant, i know) to get elected who then turned on the principles they once claimed (lol - see "politician" in the dictionary).  But they didnt realize the tea party is willing to hold their asses to the fire and boot them out next cycle.  I can only hope the party retains its momentum to do so.

So fucking there dammit!  /sarc

Quote from: Urist is dead tome on April 10, 2011, 10:55:36 pm

The military isn't as strong as it should be in general. Men need to lift weights much more and women can't lift weights near as successfully as men. Being able to run far distances isn't fitness.

Are you saying that because I can only bench press 60 pounds, I am unfit? Because I have and will again run upwards of 20 miles at a stretch. I know at least one woman that has as well. Can you do that? How about running fast? Can you run a quarter of a mile in less than a minute? Because I can do that. I know of at least one woman that has done that. This isn't a large sample, either.

There are outliers for women just as there are for men. There are some women that are strong enough to carry a 100 pound pack wherever they want. There are some men (such as myself) that would die trying.

Well Barbarosssa, combat effective isnt just bench press, speed, or flexibility, its a combination of all of those plus more.  Its not designed to make anyone feel bad in anyway, converesly, its the most honest.  Its simple the result of studying what makes effective soldiers after 5000+ years of combat history to draw from.  Like I said before, what the job takes to succeed is what the job takes to succeed.  Military enemies tend to be very unforgiving in combat.

Gorjo: No. The most sniper kills is easily by Simmo. He had multiple hundreds.

So did the women I have been thinking off.  Been so long since I have seen the documentary on her tho.  Your probably right.

ninjd by Urist,  ok  Its Simo Hayha.  And no, it had nothing to do with your post Urist.