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Morning, Jerry. The DZ.com attorneys have ruled the Budapest Memorandum as unenforceable, so Russia gets a pass. The good news is Biden said he'd fight WWIII if they go after a NATO country, so a few million displaced Ukraines and those killed so far can rest easy. This war has been categorized as "not our problem."

Depends on which chart you look at and who performed the survey, so rather than a long protracted discussion, we'll just agree the left has a better grasp on drama classes.

Unfortunately, it's a long list. https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud/search

Way "too" early. The left needs to take less classes in drama and more in English composition.

Great. Is this your annual post bashing the GOP? See you next year!

The philosophy of "Aviation in Support of Ground Forces" still exists (and is taught) to this day. Infantry courses still teach - "The Infantry is the only force that can take and hold ground."

As well as other things. Sometimes I wonder what the hell is going on in Michigan.

We I'm not talking about PMC's. The International Volunteer Legion pays the same as the Ukraine Military. I do not approve of PMC's "Even as Westerns volunteers are joining the fight in Ukraine, for which they can expect to be paid the same as their Ukrainian counterparts, money is being offered by private interests for security services like the one advertised on Silent Professionals." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60669763 I still do. But, I also recognize we report to a civilian government. I NEVER said or implied that. I would like to think that also, but having stared communism in the face; think that's a short-term philosophy. The Russians bombed a maternity ward today. Seventeen civilians dead.

Well said, Phil.

It's not 2 grand a day for joining their legion. It's a normal military base pay. They have requirements. If you're not prior service (and have documentation) or law enforcement then they really don't want you and are communicating that. I understand this violates your core, but there are people that believe in helping to stop what Russia is doing.

OK. Volunteer Legion it is. I wonder how many Americans know they could lose their US Citizenship by signing up.

Zelensky asked for help. His people are being killed and no one has stepped in to physically help. What would you have him do?

I know, Jerry. I was kinda reaching there, but . . . well, you know where I stand.

Ya know, Phil always brings a point to the table, provides references and cites sources. You. Not so much. We may not always agree, but I can't remember him just throwing out some useless barb.

There's going to be a lot of pointing at the Ukraine situation whenever the left attempts new gun legislation.

But, then I'd lose another hour. :)

Fucking radical. That premise went out the window around 2011.

Wali is probably giving classes.

Inspected annually. Replacement is usually 20-30 years.

I realize this is the kind of shit that keeps you up at night, but you don't have to share and help keep me up at night.

Morning, Joe. Earlier you posed the question of - "By what authority?" Does this count? Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a clear breach of an agreement that was signed in the mid-1990s. Following the Cold War and Ukraine's separation from the Soviet Union, the country was the world's third largest stockpiler of nuclear weapons. But in 1994, they decided to hand over their nuclear arsenal in exchange for a guarantee never to be threatened or invaded. This happened when Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed The Budapest Memorandum, which brought Ukraine into the global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia, the US and Britain also signed this document which promised none of these countries would invade Ukraine and respect its sovereignties and existing borders while also giving them political independence. The Memorandum stated: “Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine.” The document added that Russia, the US and Britain also wouldn’t use economic coercion tactics against Ukraine either. Before Ukraine handed over their nuclear arsenal to Russia, Arms Control Association of the US estimated the country possessed 1,900 strategic warheads, 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and 44 strategic bombers. SOURCE: https://www.ladbible.com/news/ukraine-gave-russia-nuclear-weapons-in-1996-to-never-be-invaded-20220302 WIKI version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances Actual MoU: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ukraine._Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances

US with NATO or more explicitly; with those NATO allies that will join us. I do believe that military action, hard, swift, overpowering is what's needed to save lives and to get an immediate ceasefire + discussions.

You bastards! We're doomed. I have no friggin clue what it's going to take to bring this country back together.

Afternoon, Jerry. After he passed; it was Sam's kids who started reducing costs by importing. Sam was all about "Buy American."

Speculation: Wouldn't be the first time one TI screwed another one to get their rotation.