Who makes these stupid decisions - Biden, Austin?We could. The Corps has removed 452 Abrams tanks. That is enough to equip 4 or 5 Ukrainian armor brigades without even delving into US Army storage which number approximately 3000. We actually gave them the grand total of 31 - enough to equip a single understrength battalion. Inexplicable.
I don’t think Biden is remotely capable of running this war, and Austin is too deferential to civilian authority. The man in charge is Jake Sullivan the National Security Advisor. Unlike most National Security Advisors, he has neither military nor diplomatic experience. He is instead a lawyer and election strategist.Who makes these stupid decisions - Biden, Austin?
Thanks.We could. The Corps has removed 452 Abrams tanks. That is enough to equip 4 or 5 Ukrainian armor brigades without even delving into US Army storage which number approximately 3000. We actually gave them the grand total of 31 - enough to equip a single understrength battalion. Inexplicable.
That explains it. And I suppose with with ice cream being the main pre-occupation of the CIC there is no accountability being enforced. Gosh it is tragic.I don’t think Biden is remotely capable of running this war, and Austin is too deferential to civilian authority. The man in charge is Jake Sullivan the National Security Advisor. Unlike most National Security Advisors, he has neither military nor diplomatic experience. He is instead a lawyer and election strategist.
Some key efforts: He led the republican senate fight against Obama care and further tried to insure its repeal. In both he failed. One has to have the votes.
I won't speak for Dave, but I do think much of the angry right's (sound better than MAGA?) distain for McConnel is McConnel's eventual distain for Donald Trump.
Someone mentioned that if Reagan was alive today he would have embraced the MAGA movement. I disagree, as the MAGA crowd believes that in order to "make America great again' we should turn inwards, turtle up and become isolationists.
What a delightful nation. God forbid the Russian government couldn't see your web browsing. This place is Nazi Germany without the Jewish Holocaust. Putin merely kills and imprisons his political opponents.
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VPN ban is Kremlin’s latest effort to quash dissent
Russian companies are now forbidden to advertise or offer virtual private network services.www.defenseone.com
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RFK Jr: How anti-vaccine misinformation has shaped his 'truth-teller' candidacy
Mr Kennedy, who is running for US president, is seen by supporters as a truth-teller, but often spreads falsehoods.www.bbc.co.uk
I like RFK Jr. He seems to be that smartest of any of the candidates.There is a lot of effort by media and pharma to dub RFKjr as a kook and conspiracy theorist. The one area they never address is that he's a lawyer, and he keeps winning major cases based on the science.
Glyphosate causes a myriad of cancers? Yep, he won on that basis for Lymphoma.
Coal contains mercury, and that coal plants release of i onized mercury causes long term harm. Yup, he won that one too.
The whole anti-RFK argument hinges on the notion he's a pseudoscience kook and conspiracy nut. I would argue he's just an upper middle class attorney with limited resources and he's taking on the very best funded defendants on the planet. If the science was as compelling and persuasive as the media alleges, big-chemical, big-polluter, and big-pharma wouldn't be losing to an underfunded plaintiff's attorney like RFKjr.
I do understand the technology. Security was a pretty big deal at both DOD and NOC. However, this is a new tactic for Russia to be implementing against its citizens.This isn't a new tactic @Red Leg VPN software is illegal in many countries. The People's Republic of China has a ban on VPN as well. I remember spending a fortune of a former employer's money getting Chinese legal counsel's opinion on the matter. Obviously, 100% of companies use VPN to connect your laptop to their systems, so what is the work around? The answer was pretty simple: Everyone does it, but it gives the State grounds to arrest, fine, and detain individuals for a prolonged length of time.
In China as an example, I can be detained specifically by my job role/function for 9 months for allowing an occurrence by an employee, plus a very substantial fine. Since I cannot prevent any employee from connecting through China and violating this rule, it is why I will never set foot inside the PRC.
TLDR; everyone uses VPNs but now Russia can detain anyone at their whims under this guise.
It’s a bag of hot air for sure.