We should rid ourselves of redundant Federal Bureaucracies...and use the money more wisely.

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Agreed upon terms was 2% of their gdp has to be paid for their own self defense. Seems most are below that amount.

The countries that do not pay their fair share are in Western Europe because they think Russia is no threat to them, Eastern European countries exceed the 2% regularly.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

nope, I ******* hate them both.

I will be voting for Chase Oliver this election for POTUS

Wow! he's such a dark horse candidate he's invisible! Why waste your vote?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Oooooa typo!!....You sure gave me the ole what for!

Get bent, ******* warmonger.

I oppose war that is why I support a strong military.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

And who is it that determined this?

NATO charter.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I am down.

I would love to see the US drop the amount spent on its military way below the 3.2% we are now spending.

Since that is what the 2% rule is about, how much each country spends on its own military.

You want another 9% unemployment rate?

 

[Oddball]

I oppose war that is why I support a strong military.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.

You support war, that's why you want our troops spread out all over creation, playing the world's babysitter.

Your Cold War model of hegemony is done....The populace is sick of your neocon forever war shit.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

We did when Trump was in office, despite Democrats being obstructionists.

You did? Then why did the number of illegals crossing the border not go down under Trump till 2020, mostly due to COVID?

This is a graphic that was posted by the MAGA member Healthmyths.

The interesting thing about these numbers is this...

Had COVID not slowed illegal immigration and it had keeping the same rate of growth as Trump's first 3 years, 2020 would have seen 1,504,638 crossings, which is pretty close to what we saw in 2021. Keeping the same rate of growth that Trump had his first 3 years 2023 would have seen 3,127,415 crossings...again pretty close to what we got.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You support war, that's why you want our troops spread out all over creation, playing the world's babysitter.

Your Cold War model of hegemony is done....The populace is sick of your neocon forever war shit.

Ronald Reagan had a favorite moto. Peace through strength. That is what I believe. I spent 23 years in the Navy and Reserve. I think we did a good job, considering I fought a war in the Gulf.

 

[bripat9643]

Which overseas bases do you consider unnecessary? The number of overseas bases now is relatively small to when I served in the 70s through 90s.

All of them.

 

[sparky]

I'm not a smart person, anyone who wants to farm pigs is probably not the sharpest knife

but i do have a sense of justice........

~S~

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Ronald Reagan had a favorite moto. Peace through strength. That is what I believe. I spent 23 years in the Navy and Reserve. I think we did a good job, considering I fought a war in the Gulf.

The first or second war in the Gulf?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Get rid of the Dept of Agriculture. Lazy farmer cheats sucking off the government!

 

[Zincwarrior]

Get rid of federal weather entities. The Red states need to bootstrap those hurricane warnings! MAGA!

 

[sparky]

Sure, nobody likes federal oversight, yet everyone wants to hang onto their purse strings............~S~

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The first or second war in the Gulf?

There is only one Gulf War 1990-1991. All others were skirmishes.

 

[sparky]

the skirmishes are winning admiral ~S~

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

All of them.

I see you haven't thought this through completely, like most people who give kneejerk responses like yours.

I guess you were never on a ship deployed for 7-8 months and needing servicing. It's a long way home with an engine casualty. I guess you want us to take weeks to respond to a situation overseas instead of just hours.

Do you remember when the Somali pirates took over the Maersk Alabama. What overseas bases did we use to get our people there to retake the ship? Where do our ship's get their fuel? Where do our planes land to carry personnel and equipment?

Most of the bases where I visited in the Mediterranean are now gone, except for Naples, Sigonella, and Rota. Most of the Army bases in Germany are gone already. We are building bases in Poland to get closer to Russia. Most of the Army forces in Germany will move there because the Germans don't like us as much anymore.

Surely, you could come up with one base to close, so I could shoot down your idea!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

the skirmishes are winning admiral ~S~

How so? In 1988, even before the Gulf War, we destroyed most of the Iranian Navy in just a few hours.

 

[sparky]

How so? In 1988, even before the Gulf War, we destroyed most of the Iranian Navy in just a few hours.

hows that workin' out in '24

~S~

 

[sparky]

I see you haven't thought this through completely, like most people who give kneejerk responses like yours.

I guess you were never on a ship deployed for 7-8 months and needing servicing. It's a long way home with an engine casualty. I guess you want us to take weeks to respond to a situation overseas instead of just hours.

Do you remember when the Somali pirates took over the Maersk Alabama. What overseas bases did we use to get our people there to retake the ship? Where do our ship's get their fuel? Where do our planes land to carry personnel and equipment?

Most of the bases where I visited in the Mediterranean are now gone, except for Naples, Sigonella, and Rota. Most of the Army bases in Germany are gone already. We are building bases in Poland to get closer to Russia. Most of the Army forces in Germany will move there because the Germans don't like us as much anymore.

Surely, you could come up with one base to close, so I could shoot down your idea!

thx for your service

but you really are the lord's biggest tool

best wishes

~S~