@Jloveszn0 @jere57910 @Schizziee2 They were complaining about luck when the Brewers hit a home run a few days ago lol... I'm not sure they really care about the quality of contact.
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Historical Gamer
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Historical Gamer
@HistoricalGamer
History enthusiast, baseball fan (go Brewers!), YouTuber, Twitch Partner, and Podcaster (Single Malt Strategy). (He/Him)
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@sodpilinpete @hradzka the US setup in Iraq, is still in place, the US created constitution and system is still in place? It was a mess for sure, no defending that, but just objectively, the US wasn't "defeated" in any sense? ISIS came in the US came back but, the US installed Iraqi govt is in place.
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@sodpilinpete @hradzka I'm a little confused. 1991 was obviously a victory vs Iraq. But regarding 03... like... yea it was a dumb war, no WMDs but the US didn't... lose? The US overthrew Saddam, put a new govt in place, then left? Its not like Afghanistan where the Taliban came back... the same govt
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I know this is hard for Europeans to understand but the calculations are a little different when that’s not a picture of your entire air force
Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷@Arrogance_0024
Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time.
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@Mr_bigballs12 @jj_cubs98 @SamOlbur Man the White Sox though... they're the ultimate luck merchants! lol...
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@jj_cubs98 @SamOlbur The brewers devil magic doesn’t just give us wins; it makes the Cubs lose
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We’re 8 years in. That’s how long it’s been since this team over the course of 162 games has been better than the brewers. Forgive me if I don’t give them the benefit of the doubt.
Andrew Jones@cubbieandrew
@SamOlbur We’re 9 games in? At this pace you ain’t lasting very long
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@holck61 @Arrogance_0024 Enough so that Iraq was never again a threat to its neighbors, yea?
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@HistoricalGamer @Arrogance_0024 oh, and All? All? The rep g, destroyed?
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The "leave no man behind" doctrine is actually a strategic weakness disguised as a virtue.
Name one other military on earth that destroys 6 aircraft and fights a ground battle inside a sovereign nation to recover one pilot.
You can't. Because no other military confuses tactical sentimentality with strategic logic.
Soldiers serve the mission. The mission doesn't serve the soldier.
The US has now established that Iran can shoot down an F-15, then watch America spend $300M and expose Delta Force trying to prove it didn't happen.
That's not military doctrine. That's politics with weapons.
A military that cannot accept the risk of loss cannot win wars. The US hasn't won one since 1945.
Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷@Arrogance_0024
Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time.
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Coming summer 2027, Matt Damon is The Persian.
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If you made search and rescue decisions in a cost benefit analysis you’d never try to rescue downed airmen, you’d just write them off and hope they didn’t get killed before they ended up in a POW camp. But that’s never been how the U.S. and I assume most? Military’s view SAR ops.
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@mmeJen @Arrogance_0024 The U.S. lost over 3,000 jets in Vietnam and over 50 in the Gulf War. Losses have been relatively light thus far. I say that as someone who thinks this war is absurdly dumb.
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@Arrogance_0024 The point is that there are limits.
If we keep flying planes over Iran, we will continue losing expensive planes.
There is a limit to what we can lose
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Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time.
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@Robotbeat One concern I’d have is a a plane if it’s damaged can crash land with some degree of survival chance… a starship that takes fire is going to burst into the biggest fireball anyone around has seen and drop like a rock.
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Y’all are gonna think I’m dumb for this, but the math checks out. In this scenario with suppressed enemy anti-air: A rocket cargo Starship launched point to point (or refueled in orbit) could land there with enough fuel to extract itself (and a team) to friendly territory.
World updates@itswpceo
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 This is the greatest Rescue operation in history of America. 48-HOUR RESCUE INSIDE IRAN HOUR BY HOUR APRIL 3 - F-15E Strike Eagle (Viper 21) shot down by Russian missile over southwestern Iran. - Mach 2.8 intercept, proximity fuse detonation. - Both crew eject successfully. HOUR 0 - Pilot recovered within minutes by ground team. - WSO lands alone, injured (broken ankle), deep in enemy territory. HOURS 1-4 - WSO starts evasion using night and terrain. - IRGC launches massive manhunt with drones and dogs. HOURS 4-8 - Thousands of Iranian civilians join the search for bounties. - U.S. jams Iranian radars and communications. HOURS 8-12 - WSO climbs 7,000-ft ridge despite injury. - U.S. strikes crater roads to block IRGC reinforcements. HOURS 12-18 - WSO reaches ridge top, hides in rocky crevice. - Makes first brief radio contact with friendly forces. HOURS 18-24 - A-10 Warthog shot down by Chinese MANPADS. - Pilot safely recovered by naval assets. HOURS 24-30 - Two HH-60W rescue helicopters hit by ground fire during attempt. - Crews wounded but return to base. HOURS 30-36 - U.S. escalates with cruise missile strikes on IRGC air defenses. - WSO survives near-miss drone strike, relocates under fire. HOURS 36-42 - Nighttime full extraction launched. - Special operations teams insert and engage IRGC in firefight. HOURS 42-48 - WSO located, stabilized on site, and extracted under heavy fire. APRIL 5 — EARLY HOURS - WSO pulled out alive and conscious. - Both F-15E crew members safe.
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@ballantyneart @hsnorth_ If it was 3 Canadians and one American the Canadians would be saying the same thing of “even though he’s American” It’s the sort of casual light hearted banter typical between friends or dare I say even siblings.
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I asked about the comradery on board between the crew - three Americans and one Canadian - during the Live Q&A with Artemis II.
“Similar to our countries, physically, this crew is very close,” Pilot Victor Glover said.
“It’s been tough to make fun of him,” Glover added of Hansen. “He got up here and even though he’s Canadian and a first-time flyer, he’s making it look easy.”
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I'd say that WSO is getting a movie... but by the sound of it, it was basically the movie Behind Enemy Lines...
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I’m not asking you, I’m telling you.
Take a moment and listen to this 81 second response from Victor Glover after being asked if he had any thoughts leading up to Easter.
I don’t quite think it can be overstated how perfect this crew is for the job.
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@mliebow @spacebrandonb @iliketeslas What you wanna make them have a mini flag? Like who cares? Canada and the U.S. are basically brothers, or we should be! - youtu.be/lrA4V6YF6SA?si…
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@spacebrandonb @iliketeslas Nice message from the heart.
But gotta ask. Why the Canadian flag with equal billing to the Stars and Stripes?
No offense. I get there’s a token Canuck along for the ride but the US taxpayer is paying 99% of the cost. If this were Hollywood there’d be only one headliner.
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@Jedsburner @MiniMegal @BrewersRaptor If you're just going to try to bait people you gotta work harder, really low effort nonsense.
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@HistoricalGamer @MiniMegal @BrewersRaptor Chicago’s a big city, lots to do. Can’t go to the cubs games all the time. Isn’t it absurd that people outside the metro in Wisconsin don’t want to drive a little bit to watch a brewers game?
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The Brewers sold out their entire first series and currently a few thousand less per game average than the Cubs
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@BrewersRaptor How are we even comparing American Family and the stadium atmosphere to Wrigley and their fans? It’s not even remotely comparable. Brewers fans have it rough, attending their games is an awful experience and the only time they can pack a full stadium is against the cubs
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@Jedsburner @MiniMegal @BrewersRaptor That's absurd lol... you have what 8 million cubs fans in the chicago market who might want to attend games, Milwaukee has what 1.5 million in the greater metro area to draw on? Absurd.
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@MiniMegal @BrewersRaptor Who cares about population? Attendance is attendance, shouldn’t matter how big your city is. So there isn’t any brewers fans outside Milwaukee? That’s sad
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Streaming a early preview of a upcoming game called Veterans: Napoleonic Wars which has some major Ultimate General vibes. - twitch.tv/thehistoricalg…
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@TrentBlasingame @40kmillionaire @EvanBoller @Brewers I’m confused what you mean. Mke js 30th in the MLB.
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@HistoricalGamer @40kmillionaire @EvanBoller @Brewers Agreed.
But I was measuring OTHER small market teams.
If we're ranked 30th out of 30 among MLB franchises, then we'd never do a Peter Seidler and outspend our population ranking.
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@HistoricalGamer @TrentBlasingame @EvanBoller @Brewers How are the A’s below us but have 5 of their top 6 players inked to long term deals
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