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It's not just you GWOT soldiers. It is also us ColdWar/Desert Storm/Just Cause vets who are angry too. We're angry that the military we built in the 1970s -early 90s got turned into something unrecognizable. Many of us were contractors, consulting or advising the civilian side so that the military could do those things only a uniformed service member could do. And we saw the missions and the never-ending FRAGOs that went out to both of us. I couldn't believe the 10 sentence long paragraph 2s that I saw. More ridiculous and unrealistic parts of paragraph 3 built into the paragraph 2s. And I rode along with you in soft-skin HMMWVs and MRAPs, up-armored Suburbans, and old Toyota pick-ups or beat-up Nissan sedans right there with you. Most of the time I was armed with strict orders to only fire in self-defense, when the only right thing to do was assault into the ambush. And I watched my brothers die, just like you did. And not just to the assholes, but to Green on Blue. Too fucking many times. And I saw the impossible missions turn into even more ridiculous missions. I did three years in Iraq, one in the Palace and one under the Crossed Swords; one miserable year in Afghanistan. I got shot at many more times than I did in Panama or Desert Storm. But during Just Cause and Desert Storm, I knew why we were there and what we we doing. OIF turned int a shitstorm during the occupation. I saw what they did us. To you guys in uniform. I raged when we got jerked out of Iraq just when we had a chance. I raged when we tried to bring Afghanistan into the 21st Century. But the outfit I worked for was led by Carl Vuono and I trusted him. And I worked my ass off trying to do the impossible. If you're a bot, I'm still a Viet Nam-Era PV1. And we ain't either one. Thank you for what you do.

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. A former senior CIA OFFICER has been arrested on MASSIVE FRAUD, STEALING 300 gold bars and secretly stashing them, worth $40 MILLION — and using his position to do so He had a top-secret security clearance WOW. "This was someone given currency [he] said needed to be used to pay for operations he was in CHARGE of!" "Rather than keeping it in his office, they found $40M worth of gold and $2M cash IN HIS HOME." The matter involving David Rush was referred by Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe The man also apparently LIED about his background and schools he attended His home was raided last week, per NBC He needs maximum FAFO!

This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and Congress of the United States simultaneously with a letter. But the situation now requires action, swift and effective action. It is important that America hear Ukraine. We understand that much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the war in Iran. But the war here in Europe must also be brought to an end – a very bloody war that is already in its fifth year at full scale. The sooner we are able to provide greater protection against ballistic threats, the sooner we will be able to make diplomacy work. As long as Russia continues to rely on missiles, its interest in diplomacy is not real. We must correct this. And we can do so only together with America. Ukraine is grateful to America for all its support. And Ukraine will be even more grateful for a dignified peace and guaranteed security. All of this is possible – if there is sufficient determination.

This plan is actively *insane.* Airlines cannot divert large numbers of international flights from one city to another; they'd just have to cancel flights en masse, causing enormous economic damage that splashed waaaaay beyond a few big cities that were the target.