It Never Hurts to Know Someone Gives a Crap

[Stryder50]

Rose colored glasses much?

Dirty glasses distorting reality for you much ?

 

[rightwinger]

You're the dunce here.
Always have been.

How many times in the past 250 years have Americans, military and civilian, been attacked attacked, here on our turf or in other parts of the world ???

Can you be honest for once and also show accurate grasp of history ?

OK Skippy

Show us how many times in the last 200 years we have been invaded. Want me to loan you a History Book?

 

[Stryder50]

OK Skippy

Show us how many times in the last 200 years we have been invaded. Want me to loan you a History Book?

My point is we don't have to be invaded to need a strong military.
One of many reasons for a strong military is to prevent being invaded, or attacked.

One modern example, is when the ICBM's are a half hour from impacting across the USA it's a bit late to have a deterrent in form of equal response counter attack.

But a clown like you has little reason or objectivity, just regurgitate your programming and pravda.

 

[rightwinger]

My point is we don't have to be invaded to need a strong military.
One of many reasons for a strong military is to prevent being invaded, or attacked.

One modern example, is when the ICBM's are a half hour from impacting across the USA it's a bit late to have a deterrent in form of equal response counter attack.

But a clown like you has little reason or objectivity, just regurgitate your programming and pravda.

The question is not whether we can be attacked
Attacking is easy…….invading the US or Canada is impossible

You fall for the myth that our military is here to protect us from invasion

Our military is here to project our military power around the world. That is why we fight wars so far from our shores

 

[Stryder50]

The question is not whether we can be attacked
Attacking is easy…….invading the US or Canada is impossible

You fall for the myth that our military is here to protect us from invasion

Our military is here to project our military power around the world. That is why we fight wars so far from our shores

No I don't !
As usual you misread the posts you respond to.

We are close to the same page it might seem.

Our military power is structured to project power around the world to;
1) Protect our nation from direct attacks
2) Project our power to protect our Nation's, people, business and interests from attack
3) Assist our allies in protection(response) to attack
4) Provide the ability to respond to attacks with counter attacks
5) Provide ability for pre-emptive strikes to blunt potential attacks

In addition, our military budget reflects;
6) The many R&D projects for weapons and other systems - Note that things like GPS and world wide internet are mostly the result of USA Military R&D technologies which we've shared with the world at little to no costs
7) The USA has one of the more generous compensation packages for active members of our military as well as retired members.

 

[rightwinger]

No I don't !
As usual you misread the posts you respond to.

We are close to the same page it might seem.

Our military power is structured to project power around the world to;
1) Protect our nation from direct attacks
2) Project our power to protect our Nations, people, business and interests from attack
3) Assist our allies in protection(response) to attack
4) Provide the ability to respond to attacks with counter attacks
5) Provide ability for pre-emptive strikes to blunt potential attacks

In addition, our military budget reflects;
6) The many R&D projects for weapons and other systems - Note that hings like GPS and world wide internet are mostly the result of USA Military R&D technologies which we've shared with the world at little to no costs
7) The USA has one of the more generous compensation packages for active members of our military as well as retired members.

Unfortunately, we often make poor choices when projecting military power

 

[Stryder50]

Unfortunately, we often make poor choices when projecting military power

Yes, because partisan politicians and party agendas meddle to much in matters that should be left to Generals and Admirals.

1st rule/law (see Sun Tzu) is if you are going to go 'military' go all the way on using everything you got and/or need to; & go for total and unconditional victory.

Otherwise the effort isn't worth the lives and treasure spent.

In the USA we have too many involved who have no grasp of military matters and military history and who want to micromanage in ways that don't get the job done, but appeal to their voters for the next election.

BTW, "What do you mean "we" Kimosabi ?"

 

[rightwinger]

Yes, because partisan politicians and party agendas meddle to much in matters that should be left to Generals and Admirals.

1st rule/law (see Sun Tzu) is if you are going to go 'military' go all the way on using everything you got and/or need to; & go for total and unconditional victory.

Otherwise the effort isn't worth the lives and treasure spent.

In the USA we have too many involved who have no grasp of military matters and military history and who want to micromanage in ways that don't get the job done, but appeal to their voters for the next election.

BTW, "What do you mean "we" Kimosabi ?"

In Korea, MacArthur dismissed the threat of China and attacked to the border…cost 40,000 lives
Vietnam we turned a Civil War into a Cold War and again underestimated our enemy
Afghanistan we again underestimated the resolve of the Taliban
Iraq we made up a fake WMD threat to justify invasion and declared victory too quickly
Iran we thought we could topple the leader and the country would fold and also underestimated the impact of the Strategic of Hormuz

 

[Robert W]

Damn…..you really aren’t that smart
The U.S. hasn’t been invaded in over 200 years

Not because they fear us but because they can’t execute and maintain an invasion

The same applies to Canada

Seems logical we could not invade Europe and Africa for those reasons.

 

[Robert W]

In Korea, MacArthur dismissed the threat of China and attacked to the border…cost 40,000 lives
Vietnam we turned a Civil War into a Cold War and again underestimated our enemy
Afghanistan we again underestimated the resolve of the Taliban
Iraq we made up a fake WMD threat to justify invasion and declared victory too quickly
Iran we thought we could topple the leader and the country would fold and also underestimated the impact of the Strategic of Hormuz

McArthur had the solution to China so Truman fired him.
Johnson, a Democrat president believed in the South Vietnamese wanted to preserve freedom, but he chose to operate as a General and messed up.
So, you claim that General Miller in command in Afghanistan made mistakes?

 

[rightwinger]

Seems logical we could not invade Europe and Africa for those reasons.

That’s the difference
We have the largest Navy in the world that can handle the logistics as well as remote military bases

No other nation can match it

 

[Robert W]

That’s the difference
We have the largest Navy in the world that can handle the logistics as well as remote military bases

No other nation can match it

So you mean that Trump is correct to say the USA is the world's most powerful nation.

One problem, however, wars are won by troops and how do you plan to get millions of troops that we do not have, over to Europe?
Therse days the enemy can send an air force to bomb our ships on the way to Europe or Asia.

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

Think resume' then.
Point is you are a nobody nothing other than a pseudo-snarky on the internet and rapidly loosing any value in reading or replying to.

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OH, now I need a resume to post on a forum!

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

Hey, "OJ", Some of us 'oldsters' forget to log off when we this site. I've often come back hours later or the next day and am surprised to see I'm still logged in here when I thought I logged out when I to another site, or finished my screen time for the day.

So big clue, one of your many* delusions and errors is shown in this post I reply to.

* you have lots BTW, almost every post of yours.

Unkotare started his activity at 8am, that start of a busy school day. Monday, no less. He was active all morning, with 20 posts before noon. That does not even include his reactions. He does this every school day.

He is not a teacher. Face reality.

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

We have much more experience with Unkotare and know he is honest. Didn't you start out pretending to be an expert on major league baseball? Now you claim to be an expert about personal experiences by one of our esteemed posters?

Expert?! I read his post in 90 seconds. Did you even bother to read it?

 

[Robert W]

Expert?! I read his post in 90 seconds. Did you even bother to read it?

Yes, I did read his post. I understood it. But you did not.

 

[Robert W]

Unkotare started his activity at 8am, that start of a busy school day. Monday, no less. He was active all morning, with 20 posts before noon. That does not even include his reactions. He does this every school day.

He is not a teacher. Face reality.

You have 219 bully posts so far.

 

[Leo123]

As some here may know by now, I work at a very inner city school district. This comes with many challenges for teachers (but who cares, we applied for these jobs after all) and even more challenges for the students. Challenges of greater number and manner than most here will likely be able to imagine. It is truly inspiring to see so many young people trying so hard to succeed under such trying conditions. They know the value of education, and they fight against terrible odds to attain it. Sometimes the daily frustrations of the job can make it hard to keep the important things in mind and think about walking a mile in a student's shoes before losing patience with him or her. Sometimes the students can feel sort of isolated and discouraged. It is important to keep all this in mind. Knowing that someone gives a crap about them can be very encouraging, and can give students a sense of belonging that really can have a significant impact on their learning.

Yesterday:

• I was monitoring a hallway (Every day teachers have one period devoted to doing stuff the school needs that is not exactly teaching. For obvious reasons, I have been assigned to monitor a particular part of the school where fights break out pretty frequently) a girl was passing down the hallway and she complained that in the cafeteria two boys started fighting and knocked over her lunch tray. She didn't have time to go get another (the school is so overcrowded that lunch periods are cycled in and out rather quickly). As a result, she never did get to eat lunch. Since my wife usually packs me a sack o food that would tide me over for a month if my plane crash-landed in the Andes, I usually have a little something left over even when I get back home. I scrounged around and found a few things she could eat quickly before returning to class. She was so glad that someone gave enough of a crap to offer a hand, and I'm sure she was better able to concentrate in class.
• About 20 minutes later a girl was basically staggering down the hallway, and upon questioning it turned out she had been working 10 hour night shifts for the past few weeks then going straight to school. She was clearly exhausted and couldn't keep her eyes open. I helped her walk back to her classroom, then returned with a hot cup of green tea. She looked very pleased that all her classmates saw someone caring enough to notice. Her teacher (a friend and colleague) found it amusing.
• A student in one of my more advanced ESL classes who also works a lot outside of school mentioned that his uncle was frustrated at not having enough time & money to work on his English while his nephew was getting better and better. The student's eyes widened like saucers when I offered to tutor his uncle for free at the local public library after wrestling practice. Not sure his uncle will in fact find the time, but the offer was appreciated.

Today:

• A student I had in an early college class last year came looking for me after school because for the first time ever he has an F in a class. Since it turned out to be his History class, I offered to help. He grabbed his History book and the DBQ they are working on in class and we outlined how he can work through the primary sources. I'm penning an email with notes on the Qin Dynasty for him right now.

Make no mistake, this is in no way intended to be a "look at me!" thread. The point is that I am all but certain that ALL of my colleagues would do the same, if not more. No CRT, no inappropriate topics, no "hate this group or that group" nonsense. Don't just parrot what the media commands you to; talk to people who are actually on the job and try listening to them for a change.

You are a good person. Why do you think these kids have problems? There must be some specific root causes. Shouldn't society be focused on these causes? No fathers? Drug influences? I mean, do you think it's a 'community' problem?