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And the sun never sets on the British empire… Times change and they can change quickly. What is a given today isn’t necessarily a given tomorrow. Actions taken today become justification for actions in the future.

Just watched some footage of Madero in New York. I wonder if he could just claim diplomatic immunity in court making any sort of legal case immaterial. He is still the head of a nation.

Alternatively you have Russia who has had such a large stock of equipment to sustain this war of attrition for over 3 years.

Alternatively we have the current model which is we don’t produce anything and rely on what very limited stocks we have for war. I don’t think anyone is under the illusion that we have capacity to wage a serious war for any length of time with our stores. Better to have the means to produce...

Yeah and AB would have to adopt a PST first which isn’t likely to happen. The system favours provinces with high tax rates but doesn’t compensate for how much services are provided. Quicker than a random with a lever action?

Step one: create crisis (in this case AB separatism, opposed by the majority even in AB.) Step two: make moves to defend AB separatism because they are oppressed and need support. Help fund/create AB militia groups defending their sovereignty which may or may not be mainly made up of American...

Ukraine really opened my eyes, and this confirms it. If you aren’t a nuclear state you’re just prey for those that are.

Not surprised at the round count. Personally I often shoot more at a civvy range trip than I would in a year in the military.

Keep in mind with our ‘amazing’ healthcare system which is basically just a bunch of different insurance providers (the provinces, federal government, etc.) we run into all sorts of negative issues as people argue over who should pay for what. People have died over the argument as to who is...

This is my exact thoughts, if anything it encourages it as otherwise your going to be left with a bunch of disillusioned young men who will want someone/thing to blame for there problems.

We should have the exact same thing if we are going to keep the stupid tax. I have been saying for years all we are doing is subsidizing foreign industry at the cost of our own.

Generally those I saw join as Clerks were specifically looking for the employment options that come with it. Much like why I joined as a Sup Tech in the Reserves, those potential Class B options are enticing whereas the other trades generally didn't have as much work available to them.

But does the person at the top need to be a expert or do they need to have competent people they can rely on? Best boss I ever had was a terrible tradesman, however he was excellent at managing. Why? Because he would listen to the people below him and make his decisions based off their input...

He doesn’t have a choice. He needs US support to keep fighting. Trump pulled that once already and it had huge consequences. Europe can’t support them, if they started building up day one of the invasion they would have been able to, but they didn’t. Now it’s US support or nothing.

They don’t need to be 100% knowledgeable on things. They need good decision making skills and competent subordinates to listen to. Just like a politician, the best acknowledge they don’t know everything and instead rely on subject matter experts to assist.

I feel so bad for Zelensky. He has to do what he has to do with Trump, but this is like if the President of Poland had to listen to Churchill go on about how good Hitler is and how he only has the best interests of Poland at heart.

More selective attrition. Currently you lose a lot of the best and brightest who will succeed no matter where they go. Many that are left are those that failed civvy side and have no where else to go.

Almost as though attrition has robbed the CAF of the people who likely would have made the best higher level troops and are instead left with much of the dregs.

Pedantic English majors with nothing better to complain about care about this.

The other thing with slogans/sayings is you also end up with people chanting them/using them that don’t realize the full reality of them. For example I used to use the phrase ‘jipped’ for getting ripped off. It was only fairly recently that I learned it came from gypsy and it was derogatory. It...