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by Brive1987
Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:42 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Apparently not all revolutions require AR15s, bumpstocks and high(er than standard) capacity magazines.

by Brive1987
Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:30 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Women react to der sexy chicken.

by Brive1987
Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Governments aren’t known for flexible proaction. They have four buttons to pound re the 🦠 🟩 Go fortress mode and keep it out. 🟥 Ignore the virus and let it burn. 🟧 Lockdown and make it go away. Then revert to 🟩 🟨 Lockdown, maxvax and reopen with various degrees of aggression (UK) or timidity (NSW). ...
by Brive1987
Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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When did Australians become total pussies? Please discuss.... Welcome back from Deutschland? If ya missed it... I highly recommend jumping-back to this Sargon video... then reading all Brive's commentary on Australia since-then. https://slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=560&p=504671&hilit=sar...
by Brive1987
Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Always wondered what a nazi would sound like with an Australian accent: https://twitter.com/CaldronPool/status/1434695188933328897 This is why they took your guns. ‘Chairman Dan’ is a ChiCom lover. He unilaterally signed Victoria onto the ‘Belt and Road’ program, forcing the Federal Government to n...
by Brive1987
Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:56 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Lsuoma wrote: So, Brivo - looks like Scotty has been caught violating his own lockdown rules, eh?
He got an exemption from the ACT Government as an ‘essential worker’.

😂
by Brive1987
Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:05 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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American Dyatlov still delivers. When police found their bodies, there were no signs of trauma, the Fresno Bee reported. There was no suicide note or indication that the deaths were intentional, according to CNN. Although temperatures reached as high as 109 degrees the day the family hiked, dehydra...
by Brive1987
Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:02 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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American Dyatlov still delivers. When police found their bodies, there were no signs of trauma, the Fresno Bee reported. There was no suicide note or indication that the deaths were intentional, according to CNN. Although temperatures reached as high as 109 degrees the day the family hiked, dehydrat...
by Brive1987
Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:41 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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NZ goat herder named.

Now I wonder why they were so coy in releasing the details?
… Ahamed Aathill Mohammad Samsudeen after a suppression order was lifted on Saturday night.
Samsudeen, 32, arrived in New Zealand in 2011 from Sri Lanka on a student visa.
Must have been a long Uni course.
by Brive1987
Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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I call Bad Decision, Good Outcome bias. I’d say there’s natural but unexpected combinations of circumstances in both cases. Like a typical cascading escalation seen in many plane crashes. That's often how disasters unfold -- it was for the Donner Party, for example. I think these fools made all the...
by Brive1987
Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:09 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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57% eh?

Brave new world.
by Brive1987
Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Dyatlov in the States. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/mystery-hazard-causing-campers-to-die-at-campground/news-story/d860a3c6a8e474f667f405034a883f52 CO would do the trick, but that's a stretch. We're in a very severe drought, and all the creeks are mostly dry. If they dran...
by Brive1987
Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:56 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Amazing how the shootings were ideologically inspired and required blanket action while this was something else. Speaking about the attack before taking questions, Ardern said: “It was hateful, it was wrong. It was carried out by an individual, not a faith. He alone carries the responsibility for th...
by Brive1987
Fri Sep 03, 2021 3:03 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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South Australia had a strong German stream of immigrants.

Coincidence?

https://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/german.htm
by Brive1987
Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:26 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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*supposed*
by Brive1987
Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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The SA app fulfils the same function as electronic bracelets. And is only relevant to people already supported to be quarantining with high overhead police checks because dickheads won’t quarantine even when there is an identified significant risk. I love the Hersey-tinfoil though. Of more import - ...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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…and greed.
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Keating wrote: That's the point: China is clearly fucking with us, and no Western politician is prepared to call them on their bullshit and actually stand on Western principles.
I’d agree, though subservience is in no way antithetical to incompetence.
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:08 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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There’s the fascism option.

Then there’s the “we don’t know what the fuck to do but China’s response seemed to work, but let’s do it humane - no welding or burning alive” solution.
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:05 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:01 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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I'm not thinking of specific people really - more the feeling that the global fascist coup leveraging/using COVID scenario is receiving far less incredulity that my own humble 'cultural genocide' argument. It doesn't have to be a coup, which is what is so insidious about it. I think it's more the Y...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:58 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Rumour has it the British left behind some excess muskets while the Soviets didn’t clean up all their surplus T-62s.

So I guess ‘shit happens’.

by Brive1987
Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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People thought I was a loon...many of these same critics... Are you referring-to people/critics here on the 'pit? I don't know whether I'm oblivious to this Venn diagram of pitizen opinions-- or whether you're talking about different people. ____ I'm not thinking of specific people really - more th...
by Brive1987
Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:50 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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People thought I was a loon when I suggested our government disrespected “us” and were happy to replace “us” over time. All for (perceived) economic gain coupled to woke post national wankery. However many of these same critics are now quite comfortable with a narrative that our government (and tec...
by Brive1987
Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:41 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
Replies: 7697
Views: 254920

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People thought I was a loon...many of these same critics... Are you referring-to people/critics here on the 'pit? I don't know whether I'm oblivious to this Venn diagram of pitizen opinions-- or whether you're talking about different people. ____ Either way, I'll note an evolution in your own thoug...
by Brive1987
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:05 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
Replies: 7697
Views: 254920

Re: Steerzing in a New Direction...

People thought I was a loon when I suggested our government disrespected “us” and were happy to replace “us” over time. All for (perceived) economic gain coupled to woke post national wankery. However many of these same critics are now quite comfortable with a narrative that our government (and tech...
by Brive1987
Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:06 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Anyone wanting actual insight into Australian realpolitik around the pandemic could read these 2 useful pieces. This one looks at the fracture between Canberra and the States: https://www.smh.com.au/national/even-berejiklian-is-fed-up-with-the-pm-who-she-privately-regards-as-an-evil-bully-20210827-p...
by Brive1987
Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:33 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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United States has 1912 deaths per million with 20 per million in the past 7d. 627K deaths in total Australia has 39 deaths per million with 0.55 per million in the past 7d. 0.9K deaths in total And this is the face of a vaccine shortage. Let us know when your country wants some methodological schoo...
by Brive1987
Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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You get an “F” if you don’t exit lockdown: fitter, armed with a new skill-set and wielding a recalibrated focus. Think of it as a potentially productive boot camp. Or a longer version of the flight to London. Trust me. You’ll survive. I have no doubt I'll survive. I have a stable job and am far eno...
by Brive1987
Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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You get an “F” if you don’t exit lockdown: fitter, armed with a new skill-set and wielding a recalibrated focus. Think of it as a potentially productive boot camp. Or a longer version of the flight to London. Trust me. You’ll survive. So, what you are really saying is, if you are well enough off no...
by Brive1987
Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:58 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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United States has 1912 deaths per million with 20 per million in the past 7d. 627K deaths in total Australia has 39 deaths per million with 0.55 per million in the past 7d. 0.9K deaths in total And this is the face of a vaccine shortage. Let us know when your country wants some methodological schoo...
by Brive1987
Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:35 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
Replies: 7697
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United States has 1912 deaths per million with 20 per million in the past 7d. 627K deaths in total Australia has 39 deaths per million with 0.55 per million in the past 7d. 0.9K deaths in total And this is the face of a vaccine shortage. Let us know when your country wants some methodological schoo...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
Replies: 7697
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United States has 1912 deaths per million with 20 per million in the past 7d. 627K deaths in total Australia has 39 deaths per million with 0.55 per million in the past 7d. 0.9K deaths in total And this is the face of a vaccine shortage. Let us know when your country wants some methodological school...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Hmm quote fail.

"We do at least walk cross the road against the signal. We have that over the Germans and Austrians that I've observed in their natural habitat."
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:42 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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A difference for me may be that I spent my formative years in Warsaw, very soon after the Iron Curtain came down, so I saw first hand what the Soviet Union meant and what liberty meant. So, I don't necessarily have a typical Australian attitude. We do at least walk cross the road against the signal...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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On one hand we have a dastardly conspiracy to enslave our populations by our overlords. On the other we have Premiers under fire and bickering with each other and a PM who is losing the one thing he craves. His grip on the slippery reins of power. :think: https://i.imgur.com/8WdgXHl.jpg https://i.im...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Hahah The reward for double-jabbers has been revealed. How does one deliver a reward on the same day we not only break a PB but also crack 1000? ___________________________________________ Fully vaccinated households in the local government areas of concern can gather outside for recreation one hour...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:19 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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I’m not sure you’re trying to understand my point. I understand. You're very clear & make the best-case-possible for what you're defending. And other places with other values do things other ways. And reality is too complex & random to ever really know which way is ~ultimately~ best. For example-- ...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:01 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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I can’t believe this is the crime against humanity the world is creaming over. Bourke was in lockdown. That means no comings and goings. Doesn’t matter what was happening in Cobar. Meanwhile the dogs were going silly. https://i.imgur.com/7vbXavL.jpg You're a straight-shooter Brive. You were better-...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:38 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
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I can’t believe this is the crime against humanity the world is creaming over.

Bourke was in lockdown. That means no comings and goings. Doesn’t matter what was happening in Cobar.

Meanwhile the dogs were going silly.

by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:40 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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The shooting of a handful of surplus dogs is a typical outback solution to an inconvenience. You all shoot shelter dogs on a regular basis, then? ... imposing some unbalanced worldview onto the landscape. "The rig... ______________________________________________________________ You all shoot shelt...
by Brive1987
Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:36 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Oh look. The pollies are getting nervous. The evidence supporting my POV converges. 🤷‍♂️ https://i.imgur.com/neEo17A.jpg Btw, the HSC is the Year 12 final exams that determine uni places. There’s a whole electorate of students and parents looking nervously and angrily on. Many parents have invested ...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:09 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Keating wrote: That ad spoke to me when it came out. Winter of '96 was the last year we were there.
It spoke to me too. Lamb is always good.

Better than visiting the ‘Oreo Cafe’ - to be sure.
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:41 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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A difference for me may be that I spent my formative years in Warsaw, very soon after the Iron Curtain came down, so I saw first hand what the Soviet Union meant and what liberty meant. So, I don't necessarily have a typical Australian attitude. “Warsaw, winter, ‘96 … “ https://youtu.be/g81atCb7DDo
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:26 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Matt Cavanaugh wrote: Not a lot - and that's the way we like it.
I say again, “Not a lot - and that's the way we like it.”. Out
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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And here, between the MSM baiting, we see two other dynamics. The interstate wars going on - that shape policy in part. And this is in tension with the desire of NSW pollies to limit the pain and to wind back the limitations as they did (prematurely) last year prior to Delta and sans a vaccine plan....
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Here is today’s news and the reality of what’s happening in NSW. https://i.imgur.com/NmDZIPT.jpg New highs of cases. Containment barely keeping a lid on things. NSW fucked, other states nervously looking on. States fighting each other. Over sewage (below the fold, NSW vs ACT over who’s infected shit...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:06 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Australia has always been happily and indulgently insular. Which is another word for ‘conformist within our bubble’. The other clear trait was that we didn’t like overt displays of … anything much. You're passing current events off as typically Australian, par for the course. Really? You often get ...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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I’d be careful enthusiastically applying the “lessons” you draw to your own local conditions. Sez the guy who not too long ago was pontificating about the evils of American Gun Culture™. No. I said it was incomprehensible to a foreign audience. It still is. Guns are not a thing here outside farmers...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:34 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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The shooting of a handful of surplus dogs is a typical outback solution to an inconvenience. You all shoot shelter dogs on a regular basis, then? ... imposing some unbalanced worldview onto the landscape. "The rig... ______________________________________________________________ You all shoot shelt...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:52 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Hmmm. I see. Ok. A couple more points that you may want to input to your mental algorithms. Australia has always been happily and indulgently insular. Which is another word for ‘conformist within our bubble’. We didn’t like Catholics. We didn’t like Abos all that much. Didn’t like the post-war wogs....
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:05 am
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Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Finally Qld, SA, WA looked at NSW and Victoria. They noted the Feds cowering. In unison they screeched “stay the fuck away from us, we don’t care if you get 70% vaccinated, you’re filthy, we have no rona so fuck off”. Borders slammed down. This is a clear violation of Section 117 of the Constitutio...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:30 am
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Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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Our bureaucracy is noted for a stupid inability to apply nuance to their own business rules

by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:14 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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So really. We don’t need crazy-talk about seizing our “if-only” AKs and launching a revolution. We don’t need to worry about Australia’s latent fascism. The shooting of a handful of surplus dogs is a typical outback solution to an inconvenience. We have enough logistical, political and medical probl...
by Brive1987
Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:48 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Steerzing in a New Direction...
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A couple of inside POVs on the NSW response to COVID. NSW had a stella response from 2020 to a month or so ago. Main lapse was allowing the Ruby Princess cruise-ship dock early on. We laughed at Melbourne and their extended lockdown last year. Fucking dirty communist Mexicans. Our Premier celebrated...
by Brive1987
Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:01 pm
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Taliban special forces.

An awkward moment is history.

Still They wear DPM better than the Zulus wore redcoats in 1879.

by Brive1987
Sat Aug 21, 2021 4:53 pm
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It doesn't matter any more. The age of US power is now done. When China moves on Taiwan, which will happen sooner rather than later, it will become obvious the US is no longer capable of defending their allies. Japan and South Korea will revaluate whether they want US troops stationed in their coun...