I get the basics of geopolitik, and this "makes sense", but...
kleinbl00 go. Now.
P.S. please
P.P.S. Spicer visibly sheepish today, mwah ha ha haaa
I'm so jealous of that crew that got to do the MOAB. There's a weird dichotomy in my mind where later I would feel bad for killing strangers, but in the moment where you're doing something that literally no one had ever done before, and you get to see one of the biggest explosions men can make, that's a draw.
It was not a simple maneuver. Can't find the footage now but the area had to be marked with signals for the aircraft that carried it, and there was also some sort of much-smaller-but-still-wild explosion right at the point of impact 5-7 seconds before the MOAB hit, not sure what it was. Only one person gets close to the MOAB, and that's the guy who waves his hand up and down 2 feet away from it to signal it's ejection from the aircraft. Point is when it comes to the magnitude of weaponry like the MOAB, there's a lot removing any individual from the event. Not to say there's anything wrong with the title of "I helped drop a fucking MOAB"
What do you think it felt like to drop one of those first nukes, with your heading 45 degrees above the horizon? Probably felt like something.
I just wanna know. Facts. My frustration is especially illogical since I'm somewhat aware of how long it takes to do good research.
Long text I just sent a buddy with the same request: 10:22 and the GBU-43 is just barely a bomb. It's more like a length of pope full of explosions that you kick out the back of a C-130 with a drogue chute. It's not the sort of thing you use in disputed airspace. 10:22 pipe 10:23 "length of pope" is an awesome phrase 10:23 What we're watching is an administration with no coherent foreign policy attempting to distract the country from very serious, very persistent allegations of corruption by a foreign power. The average citizen doesn't understand how serious this is: Trump isn't a Republican and the Republicans are currently calculating how much they can get done working with him vs. how much they can get done with the shame of an impeachment. It's not a clear nor easy choice. 10:30 And the consequences of impeachment are more dire than anybody is really talking about. If the Trump campaign colluded with Russian intelligence to disrupt a federal election, that's legit high treason. That's still a capital offense on the federal books. Shit can go so sideways so easily for everybody at 1600 pennsylvania and most of the people they know. 10:31 Your mom's friend Gene Lyons pointed out that if the Russians thought it would go this far, they never would have left so many fingerprints. What we're observing is pretty much a colossal scandal with no upside for anyone and an extremely hazy outcome. thus, "send troops to somewhere, if we can keep this out of the news for a couple days we can buy time." 10:32 Don't worry about North Korea. There's no upside for anybody (anybody) by having that war get hot. But remember - I said Trump wouldn't bomb Syria. (edit: his question was whether we were trying out the MOAB to see how it worked prior to dropping on North Korea's nuke sites. Which you can kind of solve by inspection. But that's why it's mentioned.)Carrier fleets have to be somewhere. Might as well go scare North Korea, especially if you're trying to distract people from domestic issues.
TL;DR: biiiig bada boom. [end transcript] This is the best song anyone will ever write about Kim Jong Un. Edit: did anyone make it to the lyric "Oh, the irony, I'm born in 1984... or '83, whatever, who the fuck knows?". Also, a few years ago, we convinced another intern that Kim Jong Ill was a rapper, who had just put out his magnum opus, "Ill 2 Thrill". We also convinced this intern that hotkeys were a keyboard feature for keeping your fingers warm on those cold winter days, so you don't really need to worry about it in Texas. This intern didn't get offered a position the next summer. I don't think this model of paying you back for legitimate knowledge(ish) with shitty anecdotes is sustainable, but sometimes a circle dot just isn't enough. Thanks.
nooooooooooooo, mk, we need downvotes, noooooooo I remember not getting to see that movie because of my conservative parents. Well, thanks mum, I died another day. No, it's not even funny, I can't end on that. Ok, see ya later.Die Anoher
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Why do I get the feeling he is going through a book and treating it like a menu. Seal Team! I want one of those where can we go! Yemen? sounds like ISIS speak. do it. Tomahawks? Lets FUCK THEM UP WITH Tomahawks. Aircraft carriers? Let's move A FLEET OF THEM. Mother of all Bombs? HOLY SHIT LETS FUCKING DO THIS. Note to all: this mission with the MOAB has been in planning for months all the way back in the Obama Administration. Still, I like my version better.
It's truly heart-wrenching to see Trump speak about the military, military targets, bombs, fuckin' anything. The cringe/bile/hostility that I feel rise in my stomach just by watching him speak seriously compromises my ability to think rationally about this or anything the White House does.