Okay let’s be 100% for real - Russian planes in Iran would have prevented the war, yes. Great power militaries stationed in smaller power countries do reduce the risk of invasion

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The founding generation would have found it much easier to imagine a guy named Abdul becoming Senator than the Pope being American

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And it’s why it’s so fucking important that American citizens understand the full ramifications of what and whom they are voting for. This isn’t football and mindlessly cheering for one team because it’s the one our parents cheered for increases the chances of such a scenario playing out.

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If I may offer some perspective In 20+ years of war, total US KIA in Iraq and Afghanistan was ~7k. In of the Battle of the Bulge, US KIA was ~19k in about a month. The Army hasn't seen this sort of bad day in long time. You train for these things so when the worst day comes, you are prepared

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there's a nugget of a good idea there with regard to accelerating energy independence stuff that the dept has been working on for a looooong time, but yeah FORTRESS basically took that and put a bullshit wrapper around it consisting entirely of ordering a shitload of supplies and generators

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