Wargamer08
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I merely stated that the US has done it before. As recently as a couple weeks ago.@Wargamer08 seems to be suggesting that we should just keep abandoning allies as we have in the past.
I merely stated that the US has done it before. As recently as a couple weeks ago.@Wargamer08 seems to be suggesting that we should just keep abandoning allies as we have in the past.
In a place we had no buisness setting a government up in.I merely stated that the US has done it before. As recently as a couple weeks ago.
There are relevant factors beyond simply the geographical distance. For example, Taiwan produces computer chips. Afghanistan produces... Heroin? America is really only interested in importing one of those. If America doesn't support Taiwan, there won't be a Taiwan. While you can say American dependency on them for something so vital is stupid and it ought to all be produced domestically, good luck forcing that in the absence of a command economy, when the economic realities make it practically impossible for America to competitively produce them.Yes. We had no business setting up a government what, 8,000 miles away but every business possible setting up on 10,000 miles away.
is this meant to be a joke?I’m fully aware that the Democrats are playing fast and loose with the rules
I merely stated that the US has done it before. As recently as a couple weeks ago.
I can't remember if it was the Vietnam war, the Korean war, or both; but I was told one of the issues was in how it was conducted. Put bluntly, from the beginning it was run more by civilian officials than military officers, and as a consequence those in charge were more interested in minimizing costs and getting the best deal than actually winning it.South Vietnam was something more like an ally. What happened to it because the treason lobby in the media and Democrat Party pushed us to political defeat was tragic. That was a war that could have been won.
Korea was undermanned at the start so most likely VietnamI can't remember if it was the Vietnam war, the Korean war, or both; but I was told one of the issues was in how it was conducted. Put bluntly, from the beginning it was run more by civilian officials than military officers, and as a consequence those in charge were more interested in minimizing costs and getting the best deal than actually winning it.
By what standard is Afghanistan closer to America than Taiwan? Sorry if I've somehow misunderstood the reference.Yes. We had no business setting up a government what, 8,000 miles away but every business possible setting up on 10,000 miles away.
He is referring to distance. Same way Mexico is closer to America than England is.By what standard is Afghanistan closer to America than Taiwan? Sorry if I've somehow misunderstood the reference.
By what standard is Afghanistan closer to America than Taiwan? Sorry if I've somehow misunderstood the reference.
Yeah, that's fair. I just eyeballed a globe and thought it was the other way 'round even from the mainland, but apparently I was wrong. It would certainly be, if not cheating, then an exploit to measure from Attu. (Or Guam, if including non-state territory.)I'd just got the numbers from a vague recollection from the distance of the US to afghanistan and a vague recollection of the width of the pacific ocean.
At least per a quick search, the flight distance US to afghanistan is 7,300ish miles, to Taiwan is 7,600 miles. My number for Taiwan was a ways off but the general point (that the two nations are a comparable distance from the US) appears to be correct and the specific that afghanistan is closer than taiwan also narrowly correct.
Distance on what I checked appears to have been measured here from a US mainland "midpoint" rather than nearest-point which may bias the results, but the US is arguably eastern-weighted in terms of where the empire is actually based out of anyway.
If you count Hawaii and US territories in the pacific than the numbers would swing the other way, but IMO US mainland is the real metric here.
They were supposed to do a full audit like Arizona but wimped out and did a partial. A full audit would have helped Trump and that is what he was getting atSo, before I comment any further, I will ask, has anyone listened to the entire unedited phone conversation between Trump and Raffensperger? Because I have. I failed to see what exactly Kemp and Raffensperger were supposed to do differently. As for Trump…he showed his real character on that phone conversation, and I’ll leave it at that.
My impression is that without the routers/router data that the Cyber Ninja's asked for, and were denied despite the subpoena, they cannot complete a full audit of the election.Has anyone heard any recent news on the Arizona audit? I've heard some rumors that it stalled but noting concrete.
So... Did you listen?They were supposed to do a full audit like Arizona but wimped out and did a partial. A full audit would have helped Trump and that is what he was getting at