beemerphill

In both cases the Commander in Chief gave orders to conduct a campaign and the Military carried those orders out a well as they could.  Neither was needed or wise. I do not know what advice the President received in either case (they don’t share that kind of info with me), but I doubt that the Military wanted to fight a war in either place. The…[Read more]

Why they would be under the private control of just one company smells like some kind of political payoff or corruption. Something really smells about that last-minute move. I’m glad that it has been corrected.

At times our Military can be frustrating, but they are the final and best check on a President who loses his marbles or has aspirations to be a dictator.  Thank heavens for experienced and sensible military leaders. Someday they might be the last, and only,  chance our country has to remain a Free Republic.

Why are we leaving ANY staff? There is no reason to leave a “core” staff. Just get every American out and let the Afghans do what they do. This is none of our business, and we should never set foot in that country again. This time we could maybe inform the staff to torch the records and remove anything of value on their way out.

Why didn’t we destroy anything that could be used for fighting? Why did we leave all the buildings intact and capable of being used just by walking in after our departure? This is not the first time that we have left our allies to fend for themselves. There should have been plans in place and implemented. There are reports of the Taliban just…[Read more]

Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this? Are our “leaders” looking for another place to piss away American lives and taxpayer money, or are they just that stupid?  Anyone with an IQ above room temperature can figure out that this will have NO happy ending.

Why does this not surprise me?  There was also no mention made about “private contractors” (paid for by the American taxpayers).

Sherman said it right. We should be smart enough to listen to him.

At one time NPR was a reasonably reliable source of news. Not perfect, but one of the more trustworthy places to check. Nowadays they are really not much better than commercial media outlets. To find anything close to the truth a person must check with several sources, and still may or may not find out what really happened.

Swimming in the cold waters of Lake Superior is a VERY humbling experience. It will take shrinkage to levels you didn’t know existed.

Army 68-70   Medically retired at 100% in 1970.

After all these years, we still haven’t learned. We have to sneak out of Bagram at night without telling anyone. Hardly the actions of the most powerful military in the world. We got nothing out of our time in Vietnam and repeated in Afghanistan.

“Thanks for your comment @beemerphill and it’s nice to see you again.”   I have been around all the time, I just don’t post a lot. When I have a strong opinion on something others have usually posted a reasonable version of it already. This is OK with me. This site is worth my time visiting every day because everyone’s opinion is respected. Some…[Read more]

but when the only game in town isn’t perfect or what you want, it is still the only game in town. I too have doubts about the vaccine, but I know that getting it will increase my chances of not ending up in the ICU with a tube down my throat. It is the best bet for me. Others have to do what works for them.

The only thing surprising about this is that people in these counties supposedly didn’t know that not being vaccinated would lead to more cases.

Who would have ever thunk?

This crook and his wife screwed many people for years so that they could live a lavish lifestyle and now he is claiming that it was someone else’s fault or the fault of what he calls “cancel culture”.  I am surprised that he doesn’t claim that the Devil made him do it. No offense Satan.

“Bill Clinton shattered half of my illusions concerning what the Democrats had become. Barack Obama shattered most of the other half. The behavior of the party establishment in the last two primaries, and of the Squad since November 2020, vaporized the rest.”

You see the Democratic Party in the same light that I do. Bill surprised me, he was…[Read more]

“Do you expect any Democratic governor to do differently? I sure don’t.”  At one time we could expect Democratic politicians to support, or at least pretend to support, working people. These days it seems as if once a Democrat takes office they turn into a Republican Lite. There is little difference between them. They all protect the profits of th…[Read more]

A Democrat Governor using the National Guard to break a legal strike. I hope that the people of Connecticut remember this at election time. Especially the Union voters.  These workers deserve a decent wage and safe working conditions the same as everyone who works in this country does. And the National Guard should not be there. They have little,…[Read more]

Putin is messing with Joe, and if they aren’t careful, we’ll end up with another half-ass war that takes years to get out of. There is nothing that Americans should die for there, and we shouldn’t be pissing away any tax dollars fighting a war that is a lose-lose proposition for us. Will we never learn?

If, in fact, they do, read chknltl’s post. What are they going to do with it. It is like a street thug getting his hands on a military tank. He really can’t use it and live to talk about it, and if anyone finds out about it he still dies. Nukes are a pain in the ass for the big boys. A little country having one would not benefit from it, unless…[Read more]