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[Altitude sickness]

I would add that Israelis/Americans value Israeli/American lives more than Palestinians value Palestinian lives. As an example, see the suicide bombers. And Iran with little value for their citizens lives by killing them and using them as human shields (knowing we value their lives more than they do).

AJ

This post concisely stomps on the lefts narrative that Palestinian lives don’t matter to Israel and the U.S.

 

[Foxi]

No, it’s only socialist liberals that don’t support Trump.

Believe me, that’s not true at all. Even Meloni in Italy is pulling her support. And this woman is certainly not suspected of being a socialist.
But some guys have a messianic faith in DT here, just like my parents did in the Führer back in the day.

 

[Foxi]

Here’s the headline from a major German left-liberal-left newspaper, the Süddeutsche.

"300,000 companies have overpaid tariffs by 166 billion USD and are entitled to a refund."


If that’s true, you’re broke.

We already are.
Welcome to the club

 

[deewayne2003]

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Here’s the headline from a major German left-liberal-left newspaper, the Süddeutsche.

"300,000 companies have overpaid tariffs by 166 billion USD and are entitled to a refund."


If that’s true, you’re broke.

We already are.
Welcome to the club

From Google AI.......
"The United States spends approximately $933 million to $980 billion annually on NATO, depending on whether you count direct administrative costs or total military defense."

We'll give you that money back when the EU refunds the TRILLIONS we've wasted on NATO for the last few decades......

 

[Kalthoff]

From Google AI.......
"The United States spends approximately $933 million to $980 billion annually on NATO, depending on whether you count direct administrative costs or total military defense."

We'll give you that money back when the EU refunds the TRILLIONS we've wasted on NATO for the last few decades......

That number is the entire US defence budget,

A large part of the US defence budget is spent outside NATO on "operations" unrelated to NATO, for instance in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and South America.

If you want to compare US vs. European contribution to NATO, then find the relevant numbers, instead of repeatedly trolling this thread with false and misleading claims.

Sources:
The US has a military presence in 178 countries

Where U.S. Troops Are Based Around The World

FY2025 Defense Appropriations: Summary of Funding

 

[deewayne2003]

That number is the entire US defence budget,

A large part of the US defence budget is spent outside NATO on "operations" unrelated to NATO, for instance in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and South America.

If you want to compare US vs. European contribution to NATO, then find the relevant numbers, instead of repeatedly trolling this thread with false and misleading claims.

Sources:
The US has a military presence in 178 countries

Where U.S. Troops Are Based Around The World

FY2025 Defense Appropriations: Summary of Funding

I'm not trolling, I'm just pointing out the fact that Europe hasn't defended it's self since WWII!

Because our entire defense budget has nothing to do with being prepared to intervein on a moments notice around the globe.... How long would the Ukraine war have lasted if only the EU responded?

Still waiting on EU nations to actually do their mandated spending.

You guys should really look at Poland as a role model; seriously........

 

[1dirthawker]

I leave it to you..looking forward to see you solve the current mess with Iran.

yup,

don't expect any help from NATO until the straight is fully open and safe and a deal has been struck with iran. then, NATO will jump right in to help.

 

[Brent in Az]

Hardline Iranian general has basically taken over Iran.

 

[Killingtime]

I'm not trolling, I'm just pointing out the fact that Europe hasn't defended it's self since WWII!

Because our entire defense budget has nothing to do with being prepared to intervein on a moments notice around the globe.... How long would the Ukraine war have lasted if only the EU responded?

Still waiting on EU nations to actually do their mandated spending.

You guys should really look at Poland as a role model; seriously........

I’ve listened to that man several times on podcasts I like him he says what needs to be said and his country is thriving because of it.

 

[LivingTheDream]

I listen to some of European friends saying we should have asked permission or asked them to help, or talked to them first.

When I do a home project, I ask my 5 year old if she wants to help. Sometimes yes and sometimes no, either way the project gets done. Her answer is ultimately irrelevant but I ask her because it makes her feel good to help.

The similarities are mind boggling.

 

[Tex .416]

Believe me, that’s not true at all. Even Meloni in Italy is pulling her support. And this woman is certainly not suspected of being a socialist.
But some guys have a messianic faith in DT here, just like my parents did in the Führer back in the day.

Not necessarily, but we are flat out scared of the Marxist insurgency that is coming out into the open in the US. To ignore it is foolish and potentially deadly as their political violence is becoming more regular and more violent.

Trump is one of the few politicians in either party that dares to speak out for the average working person in the middle. Sen. Fetterman is another. Watch and they will go after him.

 

[steve white]

So what's the deal with the sinister disappearance and deaths of the 10 nuclear scientists?
This is some cloak and dagger stuff.

Until we have the facts, I may as well guess with the best of them....and my best guess is domestic terror cells A. doing what we did to Iranian scientists, or B. replacing their scientists with ours?

 

[AJ Peacock]

Or 3) We are trying to duplicate some Alien tech and some are able to keep their mouths shut and some cannot. And the missing are actually being housed in some secret Area 57 working on a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome.

AJ

 

[tinktink12]

 

[Big_Easy]

You went into this war with 2 goals:

Regime change and seizing whatever enriched uranium they posess..

None are achieved..no one knows where the uranium is..

All I see is destruction in the western gulf states by Iran and destruction in Iran..

LNG production will be low until rebuilt..same for refineries on both sides..

The world is facing a global energy crisis...that not seems to bother either USA or Israel..

The Strait is de facto closed and will remain so as long as iranian traffic is denied, unless the US unleash a major military operation to reopen it..

Is it not overly arrogant to claim that Europe, Japan, Australia, etc. should step in and clean up the mess..?

A war nobody was consulted on or asked to participate in..?

@Pondoro you forgot the two unstated goals as well; 1) distract from the Epstein files, and 2) distract from his lagging poll numbers on domestic issues. Also...

 

[Big_Easy]

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I guess that means the War Department is officially gone then...Since they can't pass an audit either.

 

[Big_Easy]

You could say the same about sales tax, but those mean nothing compared to.what those of us that pay income taxes have to pay. It's also those that aren't paying income taxes that collect a lot from "entitlement programs." They also.cost the most in public services such as law enforcement and fire fighting Funny how that works out. Those that pay the.least collect the most. Do you think those that pay the most shouldn't resent it? Grow up.

By the way, "LOL" ? How old are you? You might want to keep quiet and let the grown-ups talk.

Ok boomer. Given that baby-boomer generation politicians have racked up 10s of trillions in debt, and gotten the US into multiple wars, along with numerous devastating recessions...maybe the "grow-ups" are doing a shitty job? And should consider closing their mouths from time to time rather than trying to scold younger generations for pointing our their numerous failures? Just a thought.

 

[Big_Easy]

Can you point to an instance where Hamas locked one of their own up for cutting a fetus from a pregnant woman. Or where they locked up the Hamas soldier that put a baby in a microwave. Raped then Killed parents in front of children. Killed children in front of parents.

You do realize this is the same sick shit that the Israeli's did back in 1948 to the Palestinians right. Nobody over there is innocent. Dead civilians, human shields, mass rape...it happens on all sides.

 

[Big_Easy]

In the case of the IDF, the soldiers involved are already being investigated… their punishment awaits…

We'll all be waiting a while on that punishment I suppose, the Israeli supreme court outlawed the use of human shields back in October of 2005, and the practice still exists to this day within the Israeli military.

Or how about the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the IDF, we're still waiting on that punishment too i suppose.

 

[AJ Peacock]

Big_Easy, you are an idiot.

Israel was attacked in 1948 primarily because Arab nations and Palestinian leaders rejected the UN-partitioned creation of a Jewish state on May 14, 1948, following the end of the British Mandate. The Arab League aimed to prevent the establishment of Israel, block the partition plan, and protect Arab interests, resulting in an invasion by surrounding Arab armies.

ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED in 1948. If the Arab Nations and Palestinians hadn't attacked, the world may have been a much different place.

AJ