No, certainly not. Thats why, given the aggression Putin has shown, it kind of needs to happen.
Maybe. They migh even be able to launch.
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Little known fact: My dad served in the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was recalled after separation as his squadron was one of the few that had A-4D N , designated for nuclear weapons. He was a fire control tech.
I’d post a pic or 2 from their squadron deployment book, but my one brother is the keeper of the cruise/tour books.
The Russians invading Finland.
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So theres that.
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This is how it’s done.
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Chuck Norris once roundhoused an adversary from 1500 meters by kicking the bullet that was shot at him back at the shooter.
And?
A globalized economy makes our status as history’s greatest maritime power even more important globally, especially the power of the United States Navy.
We also don’t need a massive standing army to defend our mainland, and never really have. Any army that makes it here has to deal with an awful lot of bad terrain and an awful lot of rifles before it gets anywhere flat, unless they amphibiously invade the southern USA via The Gulf of America, or conquer Canada without us doing anything about it. Good luck with that.
This allows resources to be used elsewhere, and always has.
Technically, Trump didn’t write that. But what he does do is have an aide by his side, and he just starts talking while the aide writes it out. Then, Trump reads it, and says “post that” to his staff.
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I feel like I now have to switch sides and become a Democrat; you know, because to disagree with the majority is always kewl:
(I don’t even know what I’m registered as, to be honest lol)
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That would make perfect sense to me, and he must really trust whoever has the keys to the account. Regardless of who keyed in the words, that is 100 percent the words of our 47th President, Donald J. Trump, who was elected in the greatest political comeback in American history.
It is actually kind of fun being a local political activist with a modicum of notoriety among what passes for the political elite in Maine. The rhetoric on their side is sure heating up, and it is on our side, too.
All of the “white supremacists” they warned us about for the last decade are finally “stepping out of the shadows” to act. To everyone’s horror, they have been peaceful Mainers in hiding the entire time. We just don’t like Democratic Socialism.
They are showing up at school board and city council meetings, writing representatives and standing up to the crazies, whose funding is drying up rapidly.
Here’s an area school board meeting where they are beginning to understand the financial implications of “ELL kiddos” no longer being trafficked into the state. They talk about “growth”, as if a public school is a business.
I suspect Lewiston is going to be among the wildest situations, and budget season is fast approaching.
Since everyone predicts drone wars are the future, I’d say a giant ocean is a pretty decent advantage.
It’s a massive advantage and in no way a disadvantage in 2025.
If Trump is saying that Ukraine had a hand in starting this war, I’m inclined to believe there is an element of truth to that. Remember, whoever was running Joe Biden’s teleprompter was in charge of the USA at the time.
I don’t know what those backroom talks entailed, but I do know that…
WAR IS A RACKET!
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Culture wars fit that description as well, as you live and breathe at the moment.
I’ve heard that the CA university systems are going to discover some hard fiscal truths as well.
That $50 million anti Trump grift fund better steal that money quick before every needy CA agency starts crying about budget shortfalls.
Migrant shelter funds are drying up in Portland. So are MANY nonprofits, and most are keeping as quiet as they can, but stuff is still leaking out. I can’t actually keep up with all of the developments locally. There’s a lot of panic, and it’s the right people panicking.
If they start gutting all the public funding for higher woke education I imagine there will be a LOT of scholarly competition in the anti-Trump Democratic Socialist underground blog spaces and podcasts. These guys are all going to have their hands full trying to explain why they’ve been right the entire time, long after their ship has sunk.
I imagine their best and brightest will emerge to knock Rachel Maddown down from her perch atop the media ecosystem, and a Socialist Joe Rogan will emerge who has 1/10,000th of Rogan’s audience.
I never expected to witness anything like what’s being uncovered. I always knew there was a lot of funny business and I think most Americans accepted some level as a cost of doing business.
I’m feeling pretty optimistic about the political future here. We might actually kill Socialism, at least in the USA. The lessons learned from this won’t be forgotten and actual scholars will study them diligently for centuries, while Socialist ideologues have to pay for their own indoctrination at private universities that want to fulfill whatever demand remains for those ideas.
There are ways to attack things like infrastructure.
We have two oceans but, not that long ago we were freaking out over drones in NJ.
Our Navy does depend on bases overseas.
And as far as global economics, you have the threat of BRICS.
The idea we are untouchable is wrong. The idea the rest of the world doesn’t matter, is bad for business.
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Nobody said that.
Oceans are advantageous to the USA, for reasons explained above.
They won’t stop tik tok.
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You’re absolutely correct.
Since Europe’s been the side-topic lately, I’ll share this latest Mark Felton video for a few reasons.
#1 His videos are always great and typically under 15 minutes
#2 The ones I’m sharing here are relevant to the security situation in Europe
#3 He must be genuinely concerned about the situation as both a scholar and soldier, as he rarely comments on current events and mostly does very WWII stuff.
Following up his Navy with more admirals than warships video, here’s the next part.
Other English academics I’ve followed have voiced serious concerns about the overall situation in the UK, especially over the Free Speech.
I am a massive fan of TIK, and he’s the one who provided me with my cliff notes starting point on socialist philosophy. I found him for his EPIC and academically well-regarded series on Stalingrad, and it is just monumental what he’s done. I’m only on part 20/53. The socialist philosophy stuff is well-supported and provides a reading list if you want to dig more.
He does very long form content. VERY long sometimes, but supports all of his ideas very well and cites where appropriately.
Anyway, here’s his academic take from 6 months ago on the UK speech situation. He doesn’t pull any punches and it is very informative.
