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- randy
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Re: A-stan
I'm not sure where I saw this earlier this week, but don't think it was here.
at any rate:
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pol ... le-taliban
at any rate:
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pol ... le-taliban
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
- blackeagle603
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Re: A-stan
excellent read. thanks
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
- Vonz90
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- randy
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I hope the SAS commander reply was along the lines of "Sod off swampy".
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
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I would hope that all 82nd alumni would send it's commander a note that they are embarrassed by him.
If there is a Stairway to Heaven, is there an Escalator to Hell?
If God wanted men to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms. - Mike Ditka
If God wanted men to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms. - Mike Ditka
- Vonz90
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This is why English needs to adopt the German wordscipioafricanus wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:01 amI would hope that all 82nd alumni would send it's commander a note that they are embarrassed by him.
fremdschämen.
- blackeagle603
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Be appropriate if that Brit commander had just replied "Nuts."
Yeah, I know that was the 101st but might make a point with the 82nd.
Yeah, I know that was the 101st but might make a point with the 82nd.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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- blackeagle603
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BZ, I salute you sir -- and the sacrifice this likely means for you.
There's one brass hat who actually has some brass in his sack.
He knows it's going to cost him. Maybe a resignation beforehand would have been the thing to do. I dunno. I'm just an old enlisted guy. But as an enlisted this is the sort of stuff I want to know brass hats will speak up and question and ask for an accounting.
There's one brass hat who actually has some brass in his sack.
He knows it's going to cost him. Maybe a resignation beforehand would have been the thing to do. I dunno. I'm just an old enlisted guy. But as an enlisted this is the sort of stuff I want to know brass hats will speak up and question and ask for an accounting.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story