Poking the Bear Again

[Smitty-48]

What makes the Civil War worse was that at the time those States DID have the Right to secede; Lincoln was indeed the Fascist. Liberty is a rare flower that survived that conflagration but didn't this one.

the argument was settled at Gettysburg by the Army of the Potomac

it's like I am only half American, but by asserting that I know what I am signing up for

I have no quarrel with Marse Robert, but even Marse Robert came back to the Glorious Union in the end

Authoritarianism is the default: the fact that liberty survived at all almost makes me believe in a god, except this time no dice.

p.s. It was this forum that clarified for me what the lines were. Anybody who doesn't read here has little chance of knowing what's going on?

I submit to the authority of the Glorious Union

reason being, I know what the alternative is

which is a Post National State which stands for nothing, fights for nothing

[Haumana]

no worries, I have no quarrel, I was simply generating content to the forum, military osint & analysis

It is much appreciated too.

[Smitty-48]

I do not even have a particular quarrel with Democrats, other than their weakness & vacillation

give me John Kennedy back, I will follow him

[Martin Hash]

I do not even have a particular quarrel with Democrats, other than their weakness & vacillation

give me John Kennedy back, I will follow him

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - JFK

The case would have to be made that harassing Putin fits into this context.

[Smitty-48]

no worries, I have no quarrel, I was simply generating content to the forum, military osint & analysis

It is much appreciated too.

it is my privilege to converse with red blooded patriotic American men, we are brothers

at the same time, analysis is not argument

argument is trying to prove something

analysis is simply submitted for your perusal, I am not prosecuting nor defending

[Smitty-48]

for example, I do not assert "ZOMG there is going to be a nuclear war !"

I simply lay out an analysis as to how a nuclear war would start

then I track events along that path

where that is going is entirely up to you to determine, I am not making a case, merely providing data with context

I am the National Security Advisor, you are the POTUS

I give the briefing, you decide what to do with the information

[Martin Hash]

No one here has Alzheimer's. (I hope?!)

[Smitty-48]

my contribution in these threads is to simulate a Presidential National Security Advisor for the forum

it is infotainment

at the same time, I would dare to say my analysis is better than what the actual POTUS recieves

you are getting briefed better than Biden is

his guy is Jake Sullivan, he's a lawyer from Yale, I seriously doubt he is a national security expert on my level

I don't even need access to classified material, most of that can be extrapolated by logical deduction

[Smitty-48]

I don't take an ideological position for nor against

for example, if as POTUS you wish to pursue theatre thermonuclear counterforce options ?

I don't say that is right or wrong, I simply lay out how that works and what would be the best methods

[Martin Hash]

Politics ends up with the most compromised, not the most capable.