Add this the list of ugly ways to die. I can't even imagine the pain.The following 16th-century painting depicts a scene of a corrupt Judge Sisamnes, flayed alive in 500 B.C.E.
— World Of History (@UmarBzv) April 7, 2023
He was a royal judge during the time of Cambyses II in Persia and it was discovered that he had taken a bribe and delivered an unfair sentence during his trial. pic.twitter.com/GkzLzw79r3
Friday, April 07, 2023
They were hardcore back in the day
Ever seen an Airborne Armor tab? It's coming soon...
Weird. I saw the Airborne Armor Tab but I didn't see jump wings. Curious.In a world where you can Be All You Can Be, now YOU can be part of the Airborne Armor. When the going gets tough, the tough gets #tanks. Coming soon to a sky near you. #ROTM pic.twitter.com/8aWljoeSmP
— 3rd Infantry Division (@3rd_Infantry) April 1, 2023
That did not go as planned. Armed citizen wins...
(NSFW) The tables are turned in a deadly instant as a pair of motorcycle thieves find out their intended robbery victim is armed with a handgun. pic.twitter.com/MX925RdX7Q
— FUNKER530 (@FunkerActual) April 5, 2023
Australian Army's 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment @ Exercise Damascus
An almost 40 ton vehicle doing recon? Well over 7 feet tall? Doesn't swim? Yeah, this will work out beautifully.#Watch ⬇️Members from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment took part in Exercise Damascus last month. 🪖 Live fire and tactical operations in the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle was conducted as they continue their training progression ahead of Exercise Talisman Sabre. 🔥 #YourADF pic.twitter.com/ghATT6gI4k
— Defence Australia (@DefenceAust) April 6, 2023
They're setting up Phase 2 of Force Design 2030...Expect the loss of even more combat power!
Thanks to CoffeeJoeJava for the link!
*If you have been watching the Marine Corps for the past few years then you know the play book. Remember the article "Who Are We Sir?" That was the opening shot of Berger's radical reform. Now we have this article. Read it and weep. Instead of taking a pause and assessing what has been lost they're going full speed ahead...or at least hoping to.
via WarOnTheRocks
But the work is far from complete. We believe the Marine Corps can do a better job of articulating how its contributions to the joint force are more significant than its dependencies. Your predecessor shared in his 2022 Force Design 2030 annual update that he, too, believed it is essential to communicate the details of his vision more effectively.
As the next commandant, you will have the opportunity to improve the narrative by clearly identifying and communicating how the service’s current and future operational objectives contribute to the challenges of today’s ever-changing national security environment. We believe that the process ought to start with identifying areas where the Marine Corps adds unique capabilities and expanded capacity to the joint force while interrogating some of the favorable assumptions underlying these capabilities. By embracing this effort, you can bolster the Marine Corps’ narrative and build understanding with decision-makers in the Pentagon, at the White House, and on Capitol Hill.
This is new for the Marine Corps. The authors talk about gaining support from policy makers but leaves out the public. Historically the Marine Corps has survived because it has the support of the American people and perhaps as important, the millions of Marines that are no longer on active duty. They've pissed that away while charging toward an uncertain force design that is half done and has diminished combat power TODAY.
To garner the support required to meet these dependencies and shortfalls, the service needs to do a better job of convincing Congress and the other armed services that the capabilities that the Marine Corps plans to bring to the fight are worth their investment, now and in the future.
This is strange to me. We've heard over and over that FD2030 has been run up the flag pole and has the full support of the SecDef, SecNav and the JCS. So why the need to garner more support now? This is basic change agent 101 shit. You get buy in before you begin the change!
However, as the Marine Corps continues to emphasize how the capabilities that it has chosen to pursue are a force multiplier in competition, the service could also explicitly state what missions it will no longer train for.
This is ominous! What mission set is the Marine Corps about to abandon?
Giving investment in the Future Vertical Lift initiative and ship-to-shore connectors higher priority — perhaps at the expense of other warfighting capabilities — would help to reconcile intra-theater lift and protection concerns. With the divestment of certain capabilities, ground mobility and counter-mobility should be tested to ensure that the future force can get into and out of the fight.
Once again they're talking about giving up warfighting capabilities.
Sorry folks.
Can't take this anymore.
Potential oil crisis is bad enough. How about a looming food crisis in the 3rd world?
This is interesting.#UPDATE Moscow could abandon the Ukraine grain deal if obstacles to Russian exports remained, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday on a visit to Turkey, which helped broker the landmark agreement. pic.twitter.com/SWQfl7BeZ2
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 7, 2023
This flex is one that I expected much sooner. Think about it. What would you do if the entire world (Western) was aligned against you, shut you out of all economic markets, put an almost blanket ban on your exports and imports?
You would strike back in anyway possible.
The new world order that China & Russia are talking about is coming and its gonna bite, its gonna truly change the world as we know it.
The Russians & Chinese are flexing hard and they're doing it smart and we need to get ahead of this QUICK!#BREAKING Any Ukraine peace talks should be about 'new world order': Lavrov pic.twitter.com/lV4beQt9Yz
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 7, 2023
The oil cut is gonna hit hard and a once compliant Saudi Arabia is gonna participate in putting a serious hurt on Western economies (I read a report that indicated that several countries to include Japan, several African nations and several S. American countries are gonna be in a serious hurt locker).
Now you add grain exports to the list and you have pain in a handbasket.
The only good part in all of this is that globalization is gonna die. It can't survive in this type of environment.
Is there a way to minimize what we're seeing on the economic front?
Yeah but its gonna hurt, its gonna crush the current administration's agenda and its gonna put certain allies in a hurtlocker but it can be done.
So yeah.
The new world order is here. The West is gonna share the stage with China, Russia and the rest of BRIC nations.
NATO should have died when the WARSAW Pact died.
Now we need NATO because it appears that we're going to be staring in the face a new global financial and military alliance.
Thursday, April 06, 2023
About Assange & Snowden...
Someone in the open comment posts I do here commented and stated that Assange was just another common criminal.
I take issue with that.
Don't get me wrong. They did reveal state secrets.
But the US Govt has a habit of over classifying everything and what they revealed weren't exactly secrets in the military sense of the word but more like embarrassing incidents that would have the average citizen questioning what the govt was doing.
Another thing.
Not once did the US Govt deny any of the allegations made. Not once.
They did run with the revealing state secrets charge HARD though and the MSM did their part and focused a fickle public on that ONE issue and not what was revealed.
To paraphrase Malcolm X. If you're not careful they'll have you loving people you should hate and hating people you should love.
I don't know if Assange & Snowden rise to the level of being loved but persecuted the way they have been?
I just don't know about that.
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