Yet another political prisoner. This is just like the Stalinist purges. Khmer 2.0, prepare for the Tennessee Valley Killing Fields.
Can someone please hold my wine while I go prepare a cheese platter, shed a single tear, and start playing my tiny violin?
There’s a difference between drafting citizen soldiers for an existential war for survival vs drafting them for imperial wars of conquest and genocide.
That doesn’t mean you have to agree with, or can’t criticize, the former, just that you should understand the stark moral contrast between them.
Did you really confuse that for meaning “expert” and not “incredibly basic and way oversimplified”?
We aren’t getting it eitherway, so in the meantime, at least some of our weapons are being used to defend against an imperial power, instead of to advance one.
Do I support giving arms to Israel? No, but that wasn’t the point of my post. It was an very high level explainer to head off the inevitable portrayal of this as a direct cash transfer.
While I’m openly in favor of supporting Ukraine, it’s important to note that the vast majority of this type of military aid is provided in kind.
So really, it’s a proposal to give US Defense contractors $100b+ to replenish and restock the DOD with new kit and munitions for the old kit and munitions that we’re providing to Ukraine. Which then get into the use accounting tricks e.g. depreciation values, etc.
The annual military aid to Israel is a little different, it’s more like a loss leader coupon: give Israel money that they have to spend with US Defense contractors, which then also incentivizes them spending their own budget on complementary systems that can be integrated with those systems, munitions, support contracts, etc.
Although in this case, I believe it’s primarily munitions and other kit that the DOD already has in warehouses.
This is oversimplified, but I just see these headline figures always being confused for pallets of cash.
Most dogs can be friendly, given the right circumstances AND the right owner.
Unlike Pitbulls, which were bred for small animal prey drive, Rhodesian Ridgebacks were bred for aggression towards large predators e.g. lions.
Are you an experienced dog owner? What’s your experience with large and powerful working breeds? What’s your wife’s experience?
The safest bet would be to get two puppies, OR an older small dog and a ridgeback puppy.
But again, Rhodesian Ridgebacks are very large and powerful, and need owners who are capable of raising and controlling them.
If they can politically persecute Blair for the trumped charge of serial shoplifting motivational wine mom art, no one is safe.
In times like these, it’s more important than ever that we come together. Would you like join me for a Pol Potluck?