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https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=united-arab-emirates And they are actually defending their land and territorial integrity, unlike the US

You are right. It will be Canadian made robots. Sarcomere Dynamics

Who fucken cares? The reality is that there has been a dramatic increase in funding for the military that goes beyond mere announcements. How about we take the win for once ferchrisakes.

It could well be a quid pro quo for UAE, given that: UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan reportedly purchased a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company linked to Donald Trump, just before his 2025 inauguration

@ytz I too am curious and would like to understand if you have an experiential base upon which you built your convictions when it comes to MENA and would love to see any answer to that question.... If you would prefer to DM, please fell free to do so.

Utter disdain for members of this site, and apparently all those who aren't at least a Major with opinions is an unusual approach to convincing others. I admire your certainly that you are absolutely right. I fear I do not share that viewpoint.

Dude. There is no emotion involved in pointing out a fact. My not insubstantial history of working in the region has informed me cognitively. Not everything is based on "feels". With me - seldom if at all. Have a great day

632 AD enters the chat. Qatar is 85% Sunni.....

Completely indefensible, by any standard (not that those seem to matter anymore).

I know all of that. I am just a belt and suspenders type of guy

Unless I am right out to lunch, a trigger lock is sufficient for NR. I chose to also secure them in a safe,

Holy shit! Massively blow up! Quite the escalation

Those folks (and their ilk across the political spectrum) are trapped in a little box of their own making. I want nothing more than viable options to govern in Canada, so that I can finally vote for someone, rather than against someone... An effective Opposition, and real choices will only...

I enjoy Anne Applebaum's work - her substack is quite interesting as well.

The Legion?

UK is a P5 nation as well, which changes all of the calculus. As to the state of the RN there was (and still is) a camp that believes that RN had to cannibalize itself in order to float carriers - especially on the people front. That camp would say that the current state OF the RN was...

Very encouraging to see an alternate policy proposed, rather than simply nay-saying the current policy. This allows consideration on merits, rather than continuing to consider everything on origin - ie who proposed the policy. Hopefully this is a new trend.

I worked with/for him a few times. He was a very polarizing figure (something I have intimate knowledge of myself), and offered many opportunities for further polarization.... I consider him to have been a net positive. Hillier on the other hand....

I meant government of any stripe, irrespective of the colour of car they drive (red or blue).

Gen Eyre, LGen Rouleau, and Erin O'Toole are on the Board, and I believe Janice Stein is as well. I have spoken with Eliot Pence, and he has a very clear vision for both Dominion, and the defence industrial base.