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[rigbymauser]

Education in a formal sense is usually overrated. For the last 300 years almost all of wealthiest men of every generation in business didnt need or use a formal degree to make their way… are they stupid or inferior. Cornelius Vanderbilt quit school at age 11. John Rockefeller was a book keeper at 16 and a business man at 20 no real education. Steve Jobs and bill gates both dropped out after one semester of college.

I think you should tell this to your doctor, medical scientist , civil ing. etc. But you don`t know such persons I guess.

 

[rigbymauser]

So what are the Europeans butt hurt about today?

Why would european butts hurt when your Trump(or Hegseth) fires an american top rank General with a long outstanding carrier serving his country?. Please tell the forum?..

 

[mdwest]

Why would european butts hurt when your Trump(or Hegseth) fires an american top rank General with a long outstanding carrier serving his country?. Please tell the forum?..

or perhaps you could actually read the forum and see the butt hurt posts that have been made by the liberal europeans?

lazy isnt a good look for you..

 

[Kalthoff]

Whatever targets we strike in Iran, I assure you the musings of any international "criminal court" will be the least factor in those decisions.

A soldier deliberately violating the Geneva Convention or the Hague convention does so at his or her peril and soils the reputation of the military he or she is a part of.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

So now Trump declares he's going to erase "an entire civilization" tonight. That must sound so encouraging for all those oppressed and unfree Iranian citizens awaiting precious American liberation. The guy is BATSHIT CRAZY! For gawds sake Congress needs to fix this. I cannot imagine any US commanding general following an order to exterminate a civilization. We are better than that. If Congress can't fix this, perhaps a military coup is in order? Sad to think democracy in the US has sunk to that level.

 

[mdwest]

A soldier deliberately violating the Geneva Convention or the Hague convention does so at his or her peril and soils the reputation of the military he or she is a part of.

Im going to guess that the JAG assigned to CENTCOM, the JAG assigned to SOCOM, the JAG assigned in theater, the JAG assigned to SECDEF, and the JAG assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs know and understand the Geneva Convention and the Hague Convention a good bit more than you...

Im further going to guess that @Red Leg has far more personal experience in dealing with those matters, and has received significantly more direct legal advice from JAG on such things than you have...

Which is to say.. his comment "whatever targets we strike in Iran, I assure you the musings of any international "criminal court" will be the least factor in those decisions" stands..

Its worth nothing that the US mililtary has more personnel assigned to JAG (attorneys and their direct support teams) than Denmark has in its entire navy (roughly 4900 attorneys that specialize in military law) on the US side.. vs 3400 personnel across the entire Denmark navy).. Its a pretty safe bet that the US military has this sort of thing figured out better than some random bitching Dane on the internet..

 

[wesheltonj]

A soldier deliberately violating the Geneva Convention or the Hague convention does so at his or her peril and soils the reputation of the military he or she is a part of.

I don't know jack about the military, but I do have a co-worker (retired Reserve Bird) who was the legal advisor to the 101 Airborne for Middle East/Asia actions. Those solders did not take a shit without running it by him.

 

[deewayne2003]

Why would european butts hurt when your Trump(or Hegseth) fires an american top rank General with a long outstanding carrier serving his country?. Please tell the forum?..

Well the answer is as clear as can be......

The endless European whinny bitch pointless comments are the result of Europeans needing to bitch about anything other than their own government; BECAUSE if they complained about their own government it would obviously be because of the piss poor decisions that Europeans have voted for over decades. = You never hear Europeans bitch about their own stupidity, only the stupidity they judge others to be committing.

Example: Europe relies on USA military spending for decades so they can pay for destitute immigrant social services; this continues for so long that Germany being the economic powerhouse of Europe doesn't even have machine guns for its military and shows up to NATO exercises with wooden poles instead of machine guns......This was 5 YEARS before Putin invaded Ukraine!

Never a word about the utter failure by the EU..... just "bitch, bitch, TRUMP, bitch, bitch, bitch!"

 

[Flipper Dude]

“random, bitching Dane”

$$$

 

[Foxi]

Well the answer is as clear as can be......

The endless European whinny bitch pointless comments are the result of Europeans needing to bitch about anything other than their own government; BECAUSE if they complained about their own government it would obviously be because of the piss poor decisions that Europeans have voted for over decades. = You never hear Europeans bitch about their own stupidity, only the stupidity they judge others to be committing.

Example: Europe relies on USA military spending for decades so they can pay for destitute immigrant social services; this continues for so long that Germany being the economic powerhouse of Europe doesn't even have machine guns for its military and shows up to NATO exercises with wooden poles instead of machine guns......This was 5 YEARS before Putin invaded Ukraine!

Never a word about the utter failure by the EU..... just "bitch, bitch, TRUMP, bitch, bitch, bitch!"

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What a stupid rant you're spouting.
Germany had to handle reunification. Any other country in Europe would have been crushed under that burden.
One million dead Iraqis!! (They’re just Muslims, aren’t they?) because of your deceitful war against Saddam Hussein.
Where, pray tell, were the weapons of mass destruction that all your leaders kept harping on about???? And Europe had to absorb the flood of refugees fleeing this chaos.
And unfortunately, it handled it all wrong.

 

[Wheels]

So now Trump declares he's going to erase "an entire civilization" tonight. That must sound so encouraging for all those oppressed and unfree Iranian citizens awaiting precious American liberation. The guy is BATSHIT CRAZY! For gawds sake Congress needs to fix this. I cannot imagine any US commanding general following an order to exterminate a civilization. We are better than that. If Congress can't fix this, perhaps a military coup is in order? Sad to think democracy in the US has sunk to that level.

If every major city in Iran goes dark tonight. If every hard line communications line becomes an open circuit. If every Basij radio is no longer able to recharge. If every checkpoint goes dark. If isolated patrols can’t be backed up due to bridges being down. If IRGC strong points become isolated islands due to bridges being out. If the rail lines from Azerbaijan bringing in Russian equipment are permanently cut.

How long does it take for the ordinary citizen who has been under lockdown to sneak out of their home with a Molotov cocktail and lob it into a Basij checkpoint. If this happens how long does it take for checkpoints to go unmanned. If checkpoints are unmanned how long does it take for the population to come out in mass and start rioting in the streets if there is no Basij or IRGC presence.

The average citizen of Iran understands exactly what Trump is saying and making preparations for his block. His neighborhood. His town. His city. His Country.

Trumps bluster is obviously too deep for the average western liberal mind to comprehend. The mind that depends on the experts in the liberal media to explain. The mind that immediately parrots those thoughts on social media.

Will the Iranian people be able to rise up and gain control in the next couple weeks. Only time will tell. Unfortunately the best and the brightest leaders were massacred in the 30-45,000 two months ago.

The Iranian people know exactly what Trump is communicating to them to prepare for. The western media does not.

 

[Big_Easy]

Using human shields sounds like something the chickenshit Iranian's would do

And also the Israeli military as well.

 

[Wheels]

What a stupid rant you're spouting.
Germany had to handle reunification. Any other country in Europe would have been crushed under that burden.
One million dead Iraqis!! (They’re just Muslims, aren’t they?) because of your deceitful war against Saddam Hussein.
Where, pray tell, were the weapons of mass destruction that all your leaders kept harping on about???? And Europe had to absorb the flood of refugees fleeing this chaos.
And unfortunately, it handled it all wrong.

Germany did deal with reunification. As an outsider I probably don’t appreciate the difficulties. The reunification was certainly no harder than America reunification after a civil war. America however wasn’t still complaining about it 35 years later.

In no way did Europe have to absorb the flood of refugees from the ME. That was a choice made by Europeans and your politicians.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

And also the Israeli military as well.

Care to back that up with a non biased source?

 

[Big_Easy]

Here you go!

https://www.wsj.com/economy/more-americans-are-breaking-into-the-upper-middle-class-bf8b7cb2?st=gvGrDC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

This article is highly dependent upon what you consider upper middle class. I don't think $133k a year qualifies, not by me anyways. Especially when 60% of american families live paycheck to paycheck.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

If every major city in Iran goes dark tonight. If every hard line communications line becomes an open circuit. If every Basij radio is no longer able to recharge. If every checkpoint goes dark. If isolated patrols can’t be backed up due to bridges being down. If IRGC strong points become isolated islands due to bridges being out. If the rail lines from Azerbaijan bringing in Russian equipment are permanently cut.

How long does it take for the ordinary citizen who has been under lockdown to sneak out of their home with a Molotov cocktail and lob it into a Basij checkpoint. If this happens how long does it take for checkpoints to go unmanned. If checkpoints are unmanned how long does it take for the population to come out in mass and start rioting in the streets if there is no Basij or IRGC presence.

The average citizen of Iran understands exactly what Trump is saying and making preparations for his block. His neighborhood. His town. His city. His Country.

Trumps bluster is obviously too deep for the average western liberal mind to comprehend. The mind that depends on the experts in the liberal media to explain. The mind that immediately parrots those thoughts on social media.

Will the Iranian people be able to rise up and gain control in the next couple weeks. Only time will tell. Unfortunately the best and the brightest leaders were massacred in the 30-45,000 two months ago.

The Iranian people know exactly what Trump is communicating to them to prepare for. The western media does not.

Really? Trump speaks batshit crazy "extermination" bullshit that's supposed to have some secret meaning the average Iranian has a magical ability to reinterpret to mean something exactly the opposite of what he's saying? Do you realize how crazy that sounds? Trumper logic. Iran's repressive Islamic regime is doubtless telling the public an insane person is at the helm in America. The evidence is there in Trump's own handwriting and out of his own mouth. No need to put a propaganda spin on it. "Extermination? Wait a minute. Isn't that what we've been told is Israel's agenda? This is a no win situation. I'll save my Molotov cocktails for whoever invades my neighborhood first." Too many crossed signals is not a way to conduct a war. But crossed signals is a daily occurrence with Trump.

 

[Big_Easy]

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Said no Democrat politician ever. Whats the name of this fantasy land that you live in again?

 

[Wheels]

Really? Trump speaks batshit crazy "extermination" bullshit that's supposed to have some secret meaning the average Iranian has a magical ability to reinterpret to mean something exactly the opposite of what he's saying? Do you realize how crazy that sounds? Trumper logic. Iran's repressive Islamic regime is doubtless telling the public an insane person is at the helm in America. The evidence is there in Trump's own handwriting and out of his own mouth. No need to put a propaganda spin on it. "Extermination? Wait a minute. Isn't that what we've been told is Israel's agenda? This is a no win situation. I'll save my Molotov cocktails for whoever invades my neighborhood first." Too many crossed signals is not a way to conduct a war. But crossed signals is a daily occurrence with Trump.

You prove my point.

I rest my case.