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No one today would accuse Americans of being alert and knowledgeable. It's a nation of debt slaves, thinking they're philosopher kings because they get to give a Facebook thumbs up ...
Hah... that's so right! ... Wait... oh shit... they're talking about me. 
My time as a silly fucking child in the Army 20+ years ago reminds me that I was very shocked at the lack of maintenance or even care to diligently maintain most vehicles/equipment beyond "its good enough to not get in trouble because nobody with rank knows enough to be able to tell how broken the thing really is."
Funny enough NATO "leftists" like Lazerpig accuse the current Russian military of that same "good enough not to get in trouble" non-maintenance. Every accusation a confession!
Lazerpig explaining how the t14 is actually two pigs under a blanket holding hands
"The T14 isn't real, it can't hurt Ukranian soldiers..."
I liked lazerpig more when I was binging his entire channel while drowning out the pain of an ear infection with alcohol a few years ago (before the SMO).
Made for a far better experience than trying to wade through slava ukraini nonsense, and being sober.
the war economy 
Strongest military on earth btw
On paper. America the paper eagle.
because high-fructose corn syrup
That consolidation graph is great.
L-3 bucking the trend out of nowhere
How had I not heard before that Iran's attack hit the officer's swimming pool at Nevatim air base? That is way too funny.
lol I saw that mentioned too
: "Heh, what if we turned 99% of people into literal human cattle?"
: "Wait, you mean the cattle we fed poison to are in no condition to be our attack dogs? You mean some of them caught on and don't WANT to be our attack dogs?"
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