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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Guten Tag
Lavan Tiri, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica
Im not surprised at all. Firstly, self-righteous and senseless could easily be the WAs motto. Secondly, they do it because they want to. Not necessarily do just that, but do something and show how theyre relevant and addressing the issues.
What I cant understand is how can anyone remain in the WA voluntarily.
Lavan Tiri
I truly hope we can get independent investigators in before this whole Syria job kicks off
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Same. This will be another Iraq. The consequences will be dire. I don't much fancy getting into a third world war with Russia.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Russia and America won't get into WW3 over Syria, we had worse conflicts in the cold war and it came to nothing because the same conclusion was reached: Nuclear War is not survivable in-so-far as it would be "winnable" against the remains of either side.
Russia is trying to appear tough on the issue because Russia is trying to defend it's Syrian Puppet, remove the puppet and you strike a fierce blow to Russia's internal agencies.
What is "independent" to Russia and Syria? Remember, if you run against Putin you're basically removed from the "Is a person" list in Russia.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Because our region requires it for citizenship :p
also, do we have any RP's going on at the moment, because I've a bubbling idea for one we could do.
Jaslandia
Welp, number of deaths from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is now up to sixteen.
Canadians are wearing their jerseys- any jersey- today to honour those killed, injured, or otherwise impacted. Feel free to do the same!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Insofar is one word. Hyphens are redundant there.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
UN-sanctioned observers and investigators from the OPCW
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm glad someone else finds WA nation's incessant attempts at 'liberating' regions they simply disagree with politically regardless of their actions as irritating as I do. It's made me seriously consider even being a member.
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Russia already called for an inquiry but it was voted down.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I say we just go to war with them. The CoFN will rise again!
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Are you sure, the OPCW website says the team is arranging and getting ready to go to Douma shortly?
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm pretty certain I saw on ITV news that the inquiry had been voted down with only Bolivia standing alongside Russia calling for it.
Lavan Tiri
I checked the website too. Looks like you're right. If chemical weapons have been used, I think it's highly unlikely to be Asaad. He is winning the war and Trump recently announced he was pulling US forces out of Syria. Why would Asaad jeopardies this situation by using chemical weapons on civilians? For the lols? Because he's a Bond villain who laughs manically as he gases people? No. This was a last ditch attempt by the rebels to push for Western intervention (possibly helped by Western security forces. I wouldn't put it past them to be honest.)
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
To save us all from Kal going on another rant, I asked him this question on Discord and I'll post his answer here:
[spoiler]Like I said, it's a probe. Assad does it because the more you beat your populace -to a point- the less they'll try to stand up for fear of what happens. Russia condones it because it only takes a few statements from the US to shatter the people's resolve. Like Obama saying chemical weapons were a redline until Assad used them and we said "f*ck you" to the folks who had died because it suddenly wasn't a red line at all.
Alright, first, to expand on what I was saying before:
When Assad does these strikes -and we know he does- he does it for the good of his benefactor. Russia, like China, adore the thought of America being unable to influence their sector of the world for the same reason they always adored the thought. The cold war, quite frankly, never truly ended, it just got a half-baked reset that served to fulfill the rhetoric of people who were touched deeply by previous active measures ala~ Soviet intervention. We never beat that cancer, powerful despotism. We just put it into a deep and hurting remission that we now desperately want to fight but can't.
Keep this strongly in mind, Syria has no reason not to continue using these weapons. Our only true rebuttal was the TLAM strike, and that was one strike compared to the many we needed to do.[/spoiler]
Lavan Tiri
Again, why would Asaad gas people when he wants the people on his side? I assume he wants to retain power after the war is ended. Gassing civilians for the lols wont win him popular support. And it makes no sense to do that during the war. Also, Syria is Russia's ally, not puppet. I know people love to think anyone who is buddies with Putin is his puppet but it's untrue. If the US is allowed to intervene in Syria, so is Russia. Russia was invited into the country by the Syrian government. The other nations have just been fighting a proxy war in Syria using various rebel forces.
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Just posted what he said to see if it answered your question, ask Kal
Lavan Tiri
I wasn't asking anyone anything, really. I was just offering my opinion on the matter. This whole situation stinks. It'll be Iraq all over again. Mark my words.
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova, Yukona
I read that May could act alone to strike Syria. That is a serious overreach of executive power. The royal prerogative needs to be severely curtailed. Any foreign policy move this drastic must be ratified by Parliament. But you just know May would do it off her own back. She's a little tyrant and is desperate for her Falklands moment. She wants a distraction from the Brexit shambles and her government's appalling domestic record. But apparently, her popularity among Tories is rising because she is acting all "strong and stable." Shows you just how thick Tory voters are.
It's times like this I wish the Queen could use her veto.
Lavan Tiri
The Falklands is an entirely different kettle of fish, Britain was attacked by a hostile force. However, I agree with you - it should go to parliament before anything is said or done.
Lavan Tiri
I just mean she wants her "I'm such a strong warrior PM" moment like Thatcher did. But even if it goes to Parliament, you know Labour will back May just to undermine Corbyn.
Lavan Tiri, Yukona
No, because it discourages people from rebelling. Imagine, if you will, that the Scottish Referendum, if voted in as a yes, would actually just result in Britain dropping Sarin on the homes of everyone who voted yes. Now imagine that the world said "That's bad but I'm not stepping in".
That is the situation we presently find ourselves in. Assad is eager to discourage people from rebeling and punishing those that did with the express intent to frighten them into submission for the next "X" number of decades.
COIN, Nur, is a very Western concept. It works often "works" as well to just terrify everyone who could stand up to you if you have the will for it and know that intervention is unlikely at best.
Syria is Russia's ally like Belarus and Crimea, sure.
Why exactly do you think that the Russian populist strongman who brazenly murders political opponents and has made puppets out of three of the four nations in question (Crimea being a region with two nations, of course) isn't interested in establishing a middle eastern state slaved to Russia's goals?
Lavan Tiri
We're not going to agree on this so I don't see the point in you writing to me. Again, I really cant be arsed with the faux outrage. Killing kids with guns and bombs is fine. But gas? Oh, that's too far.
Mercunova
I watched Love, Simon yesterday. I cried so much. I loved it!
Russkov Soviet, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Because you're attaching a western culture to a middle eastern country, mostly.
I mean, depends. Guns are aimed and Bombs can be directed (PGMs are massively better for civilian populations than old iron bombs like Russia keeps dropping since they lag behind massively~) and the bomb is still better than the poison gas, directly solely by the wind and impact velocity.
Him using any of them on his civilian population sure is despicable, but it's worse when you use a weapon solely defined by "You need 200~ parts per million to kill a human being and have metric tonnes you'll be dropping" that you can't even direct away from civilians.
Let me know when you want to intervene in Saudi Arabia to end their cancerous despotism.
Axeldonia, Mercunova
That's an irrelevant deflection, but certainly. Let me know when you make grilled cheese I guess ;p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowVhCfLm68
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/chemical-watchdog-confirms-novichok-poisoned-sergei-skripal-11327382
Just reusing a presented source, looks like the Ruskies really did try to kill a man. "OPCW isn't neutral" when?
This does actually make me wonder though, if a poisonous gas was used, could a diluted concentration have been initially released to reduce the quality? I'll have to look that bit up.
Benny Harvey R.I.P. Miss you big man, gone but not forgotten.
Lex Caledonia, Percyton
Benny Harvey RIP
Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
Gone but not forgotten
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
Miss ye big man
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Post self-deleted by Bravernia.
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Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is April 12 and today are:]
Today is April 12 and today are:
- Al Isra' wal Miraj (Jordan)
- Celebrate Teen Literature Day
- Children's Day (Bolivia)
- Cosmonautics Day (Russia)
- D.E.A.R. Day
- Halifax Day (North Carolina)
- International Day of Human Space Flight
- National Big Wind Day (United States)
- National Colorado Day (United States)
- National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (United States)
- National Licorice Day (United States)
- National Redemption Day (Liberia)
- Support Teen Literature Day
- Walk on Your Wild Side Day
- Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Memorial Day (Israel)
- Yuri's Night
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0238 Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.
- 0467 Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 0627 King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
- 1167 King Karl Sverkersson of Sweden is murdered on Visingsö.
- 1204 The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
- 1606 The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
- 1776 American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
- 1807 The Froberg mutiny ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
- 1820 Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
- 1831 Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
- 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1862 American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
- 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- 1865 American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
- 1877 The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1910 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
- 1917 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- 1927 Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
- 1927 Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
- 1928 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
- 1934 The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
- 1934 The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
- 1937 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
- 1945 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
- 1945 The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermündeonly 50 miles from Berlin.
- 1955 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
- 1961 The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
- 1963 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
- 1970 Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
- 1980 Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.
- 1981 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
- 1990 Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
- 1992 The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
- 1999 United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
- 2002 A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
- 2007 A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
- 2009 Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
- 2013 Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
- 2014 The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
- 2017 Zuma Must Fall protests resume in South Africa, with Julius Malema addressing large crowds in Pretoria.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1823 Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator
- 1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece
- 1884 Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 Hardy Krüger, German actor
- 1933 Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress
- 1940 Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
- 1946 Ed O'Neill, American actor
- 1947 Alex Briley, American disco singer (Village People)
- 1947 Tom Clancy, American historian and author
- 1947 David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
- 1948 Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician (Green party), former Vice Chancellor of Germany
- 1956 Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
- 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
- 1979 Claire Danes, American actress
- 1994 Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress
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Quote of the day
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet, 1749-1832) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia
Today, after nearly 20 years of service to the Equestrian Union and it's people, we say goodbye to the now former-Premier Aleksander D. Coltsov. He will be retiring later today and will serve as the advisor to the upcoming Premier-elect Aleksi Coltsov, the son of the Premier.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton, Midasia
I have an announcement to make.
I'm gay.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://media.giphy.com/media/4Q8uUNqurYtag/giphy.gif
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
We have three RPs going on right now:
1. The Confederacy General MT RP
2. A medieval/fantasy RP
3. A deity RP
Today seems like a popular day for suicide bombings, for some reason.
On behalf of the United Kingdom of Jaslandia, Prince Regent Jason would like to honor Premier Aleksander Coltsov and his service to Russkov Soviet, and to the whole CoFN. The now-former Premier was a wise and generous leader who skillfully led his nation, despite many obstacles and threats. We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we wish him all the best in retirement!
On an additional note, Prince Jason has suggested the possibility of awarding Jaslandia's Royal Medal of Freedom to Aleksander Coltsov. The Prince Regent is currently consulting with his advisers on the subject, and will make an official announcement in due time.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://youtu.be/uwJSFYRtjHI
jk
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Midasia
hey dudes, thought I'd plug my bill here since I'd appreciate some feedback in the little bit of debate time it has left:
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/83/discord-establishment-structure-administration-act
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona
Alexander Coltsov: I thank you for such praise Your Majesty. To hear such from one as Highly Revered such as yourself is always a blessing.
Aleksi Coltsov: I also promise, Your Grace, to continue my father's legacy. The Union will reign supreme!
Luna Coltsov: Calm down child. Your not Premier yet!
Aleksander Coltsov: Your mother is right. The swearing in is tomorrow.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm rewriting the whole history of Ludania. Now with 300% more sibling murders!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States, Midasia
Your civil war should be between 2 sisters, one Catholic and one Protestant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mJDJxR69s
Ludania, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States
So, basically like every game of CK2 ever played.
Ludania, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States
On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?
[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/
[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/
[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump
[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff
[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Mercunova
Not gonna comment on that last part, but I will say that stuff like that made me doubt the whole "Trump is a non-interventionist" narrative ever since the campaign. Many Trump supporters said during the election that electing Hillary Clinton would lead to World War III with Russia over Syria. Trump was elected, and lo-and-behold, the U.S. is now in a standoff with Russia over Syria. People aren't kidding when they say that all the stuff Trump said about Hillary Clinton and a Clinton presidency could just as equally apply to him and his presidency (for another example, see Trump's comment about how a Clinton presidency would be ineffective due to the president constantly being under investigation).
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Gualimole
I love that film haha. That pretty much is like any civil war right?
I was literally just playing that lol. I managed to get the Saint Thomas's Dream achievement.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
That film is great. Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep were perfect together.
Ludania, Lavan Tiri
I like how Trump called Asaad an "Animal who kills his own people and enjoys it." As if you're any better, Trump? Sounds like he was practically getting a boner at the thought of killing that terrorist's family. And it's all about who the scale leans to. Like when American and other NATO bombs kills civilians, that's "collateral damage" and "accidental" but when Russian bombs kill civilians, it is always deliberate.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Gualimole
Disgusting.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Sure, when we incorrectly draw conclusions from target data we can get a 90% mark, if you also ignore literally all relevant (IE, military and government sources) on who was a target and who wasn't you can get a pretty high number as well...not quite 90% but probably somewhere close?
Here's the trend from 2009 forward to 2015:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/29/bergen.drone.war/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/opinion/bergen-drones-taliban-pakistan/index.html
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/DNI+Release+on+CT+Strikes+Outside+Areas+of+Active+Hostilities.PDF
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/drone-war
Literally nowhere but Buzzfeed and (Probably?) clearly biased sites like Drone Strikes UK or something does it state so faulty a claim as 90% of the people. Even the Bureau is high in what it estimates but it at least acknowledges a reasonable number. The trend shows a clear reality that isn't the hyper-sized claim of Buzzfeed. The US isn't really "callous" tbh or we'd not be using expensive PGMs but rather dropping only cluster munitions? It's closer to "The US cares about making sure terrorist leaders don't get into a hiding hole and continue directing their cell unabated for years on end because we let a strike option slip through our fingers".
The US accidentally kills civilians normally, I'd expect you to understand the difference between "Accidentally hitting up to 20% of people" (a still doubtful number given the trend) and " and "Deliberately dropping chemical weapons on people/Deliberately dropping old iron bombs on people" tbh.
The US takes efforts to reduce the number it accidentally harms, that's what makes it actually different to Assad. See "Unitary warheads" and "Self-destructing mines" for more info there. Compare it to Assad tho and you come up with immediately understandable differences between the two.
And wrong tbh :V
Lavan Tiri
You literally ignored the main point of my argument. The point about drone strikes was supposed to amplify my argument, not be its spearhead. The main point was about how callous Trump is in regards to the lives of civilians and the fact that torturers are in our government, and the points I made about drone strikes were in regards to how these people with little regard to civilian lives now had a large amount of control in regards to how they would be carried out and how its hypocritical that regime change is advocated when Assad supposedly kills civilians while the US can get off scot-free when they're doing the same thing, and I even ignored the minimal 200,000 civilian deaths in the illegal Iraq War, which further proves my point about how little the US actually cares about civilians.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova
The US can essentially do what it wants on the international stage. The only ones powerful enough to challenge its hegemony are Russia and China. A tripolar power world.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova, The British Islands Confederacy
Following new legislation in Shazria, the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy.
Well yeah. Shazria is an absolute monarchy. It cant get all moralistic with other nations about their human rights abuses.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
This strangely kind of relates to what we were previously talking about.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Sure, except he hasn't changed much about the targeting since it's directed by intelligence networks -hence the trend as they improve- and instead has increased the operational tempo. That's a very minor increase but not really "90%" or anything. A false claim is a false claim honestly, spearhead or not. So in reality, going biggly with our assumption we can get maybe 40% of strikes. Not a good basis for a point about how the US is callous regardless since Trump has done very little overall to the Military's targeting structure, including when he makes silly statements about how we should strike, or put on aircraft carriers, or do aircraft :V
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/09/29/trump-again-bashes-emals-technology/
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/donald-trump-f-35-cost-234719
Trump is frankly not active in the military's business, as far as I've seen besides the usual "I don't understand this lol" we see from all presidents and certainly not in actually directing them since his ignorance is too large even fail at that.
If you ignore the nuance of the situation, sure it's hypocritical; it's hypocritical in the same way that being let go after committing true Homicide in the line of duty is when we arrest murderers. The US doesn't do it on purpose, Assad does. The clear -and important- difference is that the intent is wholly different...well that and the fact that America's military does everything it can reasonably do to reduce it. Bremmer was an idiot though, it's as though the best choice was also the one the US army deliberately presented to the President in that keeping CPA order 01 and 02 were actually highly antithetical. Lastly, the US does care? I'm not sure how many ways to present this so instead I'll just link some weapons we deliberately designed or use to reduce civilian casualties?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System#Alternative_Warhead_Program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition
The US military spends exorbitant amounts of money on killing less civilians, mostly because COIN is based wholly in not killing everyone, unlike Assad who does it deliberately to suppress future revolts tbh.
So sure, if we ignore most of the evidence we can see that the US really really just doesn't care about civilians despite COIN, our weaponry and the military being evidence to the contrary. That's why we only drop Cluster munitions since they're cheap, effective and basically a better form of Assad's current barrel bombs.
Lavan Tiri, Confederal States
We have 121 nations currently, the 121st in the world.
C-can we eject anyone who moves in, now? We've reached apotheosis
Bearlong, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
So, lads and lassies of NS. I think its time for me to let go of New Estaris. I have avoided it for far to long. But I think the time has come. I'll wait for good byes and then I will sign off for the last time.
Russkov Soviet, Unfallious, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
No, each time someone comes in we vote on someone to eject.
Vista Major
I'm sorry to hear that, Est. It was nice having you here, and we will miss you. Good luck in whatever you decide to do next!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Mercunova, Percyton
We are going to miss you comrade! It was a joy to have you here and the CoFN will not be the same once you leave. I wish you the best of luck in whatever your future may hold.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
I don't know who Benny Harvey is, but may he rest in peace. Whoever he was, he must have lived a very productive and positive life if so many people are mourning him.
As yes, one of the most famous train-related incidents in history. While the event was too dangerous for us to reenact or anything like that, we did remember the occasion by having Porter (one of the American engines on Sodor) tell us the story, and then watching Walt Disney's movie The Great Locomotive Chase for Tidmouth Sheds movie night.
I'm sorry to hear you're stepping down Aleksander, and we will miss you! However, we're glad to have made the friendship of yourself and your nation, and we were always very impressed by your leadership! Good luck to you in your retirement, and hopefully your son Aleksi will be just as good a leader!
You're leaving? That's so sad! But, if you have to go, I won't keep you. We'll all miss you Est, and thanks again for being here! Wherever you go next, good luck!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
In jonor of me leaving, how about some small personal informations of myself?
Its been good guys. I'll miss you all.
Ps. All my GDP to Baxten.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Hold on. Is Baxten gone?
Penguania And Antarctica
Afraid so. According to the Boneyard, he CTE'ed 59 days ago.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Aleksander: Thank you Percy. I'll still be around, so you will see me and my colt. In fact... later this month, all three of us will come over to visit Sodor on vacation!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
In fact.. I just realized that I never did go see His Majesty, Prince Regent Jason in Jaslandia... I'll have to pencil that in. Once I deal with the war in Blackacre first.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That would be a great idea! We were planning to invite you to Jaslandia for the ceremony to receive the Royal Medal, so you can come visit then!
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That would be wonderful! Just let us know what you need, and we'd be happy to provide it during your vacation!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I really dont want to get a ICBM dropped on my head just because Donald and Theresa wanna drop a few warheads on an airstrip in the desert... Its a bit more worrying now
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
The chance of being nuked is honestly as low as always. What has to be understood is that nuclear weapons are for deterrence and not much else (Though the Russians are supposedly adapting them for tactical scenarios involving bombing Warsaw and threatening the west into submission in the east) without going full crazy. Russia won't fire because -though it's very survivable- Russias leadership might not make it and also because the USAF never bought into the "Russians are our best buds" talk after 1995.
Besides, global thermonuclear war is far, far above Syria in the Escalation Ladder: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/434293912878841857/SeSlH7i_1.png
I appreciate all the support you guys have given me. It makes me happy to know that I am accepted.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Confederal States
Oh. Well. It was certainly my pleasure.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Jeremy Corbyn basically called May a lapdog because she is waiting for him to strike first so she can follow him lol. So true. She is just his pathetic little poodle.
Angela Merkel said Germany wont be taking action. A leader with common sense! She may be a conservative but bloody hell, I have a lot of respect for that woman.
Axeldonia
Kinda misleading. She's planning on "supporting" the actions of other nations in syria principally the US in ways that arent directly militant, so basing is OK for US craft.
https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/germany-will-not-participate-in-possible-military-actions-in-syria-says-merkel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-wont-take-part-in-possible-syria-military-strike/2018/04/12/54f7ff3a-3e56-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html?utm_term=.2730cc3c9bc5
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Exams next week. Sh!t.
Jaslandia, Mercunova, The West Country
Same mate. What are some of them?
The West Country
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Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, The West Country
I have American History on Monday and Comparative Politics on Tuesday.
I learned some metric conversions so I can km/s
You what, mate?
The West Country
Kill myself
The West Country
American history should be fairly easy for ya, I would think. By American, do you mean the Americas, or as in the US?
The US. We studied American history from 1877.
It was great to have you around. I'll miss you, pal. Have a wonderful life. <3
Welcome to the LGBTQI+ community :D
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Midasia
Oh. Well then, you missed all the good parts.
I did really well in my class essay though which I'm happy about.
Jaslandia
Does anyone want to start a CoFN sports league? I feel like it could work out really well.
I have ideas for how the "matches" could work out where we could let each nation even "weigh" a specific sport.
We'd need at least three sports.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Well that's good, hope you do really well on the exam too.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Thanks. I hope so too.
Yes, like pre-1776. When they had the adult supervision necessary to keep them safe from the downward spiral that would come to a head in November 2016.
Nuremgard, Bigostan
I would say it was time they got back under the imperial jackboot but with Brexit, Britain has shown it cant even look after itself, never mind its former colonies.
I was gonna say post 1776 to then end of the Civil War.
Peng you are awesome.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
*blushes* Oh you are such a flatterer. No, you are awesome. :D
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Midasia
BASEBALL! #MareskovColts (Formerly the Stalliongrad Colts)
Jaslandia, Vista Major
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