Military Cringe Thread

bintananth

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Same applies to Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. Antonescu even said he supported the Nazis over the Soviets was indifferent about the war between the British and Nazis yet supportive of the Americans in the pacific against Japan. Many of the Eastern Europeans did not like Germany or Russia, but were forced into the war.
King Michael I of Romania was the last living recipient of Soviet Union's Order of Victory.

He was so immensely popular in Romania after the communist regime was toppled that the nascent democratic government was worried the people might prefer him to democracy.
 

PsihoKekec

Swashbuckling Accountant
A small glimpse into financial fuckery of the war on terror. The Profits of War | Costs of War

A particularly egregious case of shoddy work that had tragic human consequences involved the electrocution of at least eighteen military personnel in several bases in Iraq beginning in 2004 due to faulty electrical installations, some of which were done by KBR and its subcontractors. An investigation by the Pentagon’s Inspector General found that commanders in the field had “failed to ensure that renovations… had been properly done, the Army did not set standards for jobs or contractors, and KBR did not ground electrical equipment it installed at the facility.”

And this is most likely just the tip of the iceberg.
 
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Karmic Acumen

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King Michael I of Romania was the last living recipient of Soviet Union's Order of Victory.

He was so immensely popular in Romania after the communist regime was toppled that the nascent democratic government was worried the people might prefer him to democracy.
Actually, what happened was that there was no democracy, the ones who grabbed power were the same old communist party assholes that ruled before. And when tens of thousands of people gathered to protest and demand that no communist party members be part of the new government, said communists (i.e. Iliescu) shipped over ten thousand miners and had them beat the protesters to death in the streets because 'they're threatening your livelihood.'

Of course people would have preferred Michael to that.

Romanians didn't care about having a king or not. They cared about not being ruled by communists, and Michael didn't just have good PR, he'd lived up to it - he'd been deposed for opposing communists and refusing to be their puppet when that was no longer openly possible.

You should see the Romanian constitution, over 80% of the articles in it end with 'as stipulated by current law.' The 'democratic' constitution was designed in such a way as to make abuse of government power every bit as legal as during the PCR times.

More on topic, Romanians believe that Michael would not only not have stood for atrocities like the Mineriad, but he was popular enough with the army (and also inherited his grandma's popularity with them) that the military would have jumped to crush atrocities like the Mineriad immediately, without needing to impose martial law. It says a lot that it took over twenty years since the 'revolution' to wear the army down to caricatures like you see further west, and even so they're doing the best they can with cut funding (they're also immensely popular, specially compared to the gendarmerie).
Wow...fucker was selling/trying to sell the reactor specs for the Virginia class, for 100k in crypto.
100K in crypto, or 100,000 BTC? The latter is a LOT more money.

I don't know what to feel about this story, at this point I'm half-convinced US intelligence services do all this intentionally and are just using the classic scapegoat gambit.
 

Zachowon

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Actually, what happened was that there was no democracy, the ones who grabbed power were the same old communist party assholes that ruled before. And when tens of thousands of people gathered to protest and demand that no communist party members be part of the new government, said communists (i.e. Iliescu) shipped over ten thousand miners and had them beat the protesters to death in the streets because 'they're threatening your livelihood.'

Of course people would have preferred Michael to that.

Romanians didn't care about having a king or not. They cared about not being ruled by communists, and Michael didn't just have good PR, he'd lived up to it - he'd been deposed for opposing communists and refusing to be their puppet when that was no longer openly possible.

You should see the Romanian constitution, over 80% of the articles in it end with 'as stipulated by current law.' The 'democratic' constitution was designed in such a way as to make abuse of government power every bit as legal as during the PCR times.

More on topic, Romanians believe that Michael would not only not have stood for atrocities like the Mineriad, but he was popular enough with the army (and also inherited his grandma's popularity with them) that the military would have jumped to crush atrocities like the Mineriad immediately, without needing to impose martial law. It says a lot that it took over twenty years since the 'revolution' to wear the army down to caricatures like you see further west, and even so they're doing the best they can with cut funding (they're also immensely popular, specially compared to the gendarmerie).

100K in crypto, or 100,000 BTC? The latter is a LOT more money.

I don't know what to feel about this story, at this point I'm half-convinced US intelligence services do all this intentionally and are just using the classic scapegoat gambit.
No, that is not how it is at all.
We don't like giving that shit away, especially the military
 

Zachowon

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It only begin,my friend.Wait patiently,and pedophiles would get one fleet,sodomites another,and lesbian rest.
He was also a member of San Fran government and in the Navy.
 

TheRejectionist

TheRejectionist
While they are hot to see most of the time, Tiktoks female members of the United States Armed Forces. Love to see them but they are cringe regardless and if I was in the military and I am your superior I would just come short of court martial you.
 

bintananth

behind a desk
While they are hot to see most of the time, Tiktoks female members of the United States Armed Forces. Love to see them but they are cringe regardless and if I was in the military and I am your superior I would just come short of court martial you.
Where the hell did this come from?

It's almost like you were trying to pick a fight with people like the RN Lieutenant who got into trouble for sharing the X-rated things she did with a subordinate with the internet.
 

ATP

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As an Italian, I think I have enough stuff to make me even more Russophile.

I read of soviet attack on Italian dyvisions 25-31.12.41 - so called Christmas battle.Soviets attacked with few tanks,small ammo reserve and wave attacks - italian repelled all attacks and inflict 5:1 loses in soviets.
i read about it in polish magazine/Technika wojskowa Historia3/2018-military technology history/
their sources were :
M.T Gusti "La campagna di russia 1941-43,il Mulino,Bolonia.
P.R Di Colloredo,Croce di Ghiarcia,CSIR ed ARMIR in Russia 1941-43,Soldiershop publishing,Zanica 2017.
Maybe it is good,maybe not,i do not knew italian.
 

TheRejectionist

TheRejectionist
Where the hell did this come from?

It's almost like you were trying to pick a fight with people like the RN Lieutenant who got into trouble for sharing the X-rated things she did with a subordinate with the internet.

That wasn't the intention. Apologies.

I read of soviet attack on Italian dyvisions 25-31.12.41 - so called Christmas battle.Soviets attacked with few tanks,small ammo reserve and wave attacks - italian repelled all attacks and inflict 5:1 loses in soviets.
i read about it in polish magazine/Technika wojskowa Historia3/2018-military technology history/
their sources were :
M.T Gusti "La campagna di russia 1941-43,il Mulino,Bolonia.
P.R Di Colloredo,Croce di Ghiarcia,CSIR ed ARMIR in Russia 1941-43,Soldiershop publishing,Zanica 2017.
Maybe it is good,maybe not,i do not knew italian.

So, if I recall correctly, we were sent to the Eastern Front underequipped, outgunned and more. I remember an Italian war vet telling me that he had to literally drag some Germans because they were fanatically fighting despite the war was already lost. I don't recall the exact date, but I think it was mid-1944. They got a (maybe) slightly more humane treatment as POWs. But that's because they were (AFAIK) hellbent on genociding another "race" as the Germans. Not saying we had completely clean hands, but it's idiotic to equate Italian WW2 military's behaviour to the Germans.
 

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