BF2S Forums United States War in Iraq -- Can We Afford to Lose?

SuperJail Warden wrote:

This is why we lost the war in Iraq.

Larssen wrote:

It's actually something you're taught to do if it's very cold, to make sure you don't die from hypothermia. Going by the terrain that looks more like Afghanistan to me, which can be absolutely frigid during winter, esp. at high altitudes.

Also, going by uniforms and the gear lying around I don't think these are americans.

In any case they're not doing it because it's fun, but that should be glaringly obvious....

lil_droo wrote:

Larssen wrote:

It's actually something you're taught to do if it's very cold, to make sure you don't die from hypothermia. Going by the terrain that looks more like Afghanistan to me, which can be absolutely frigid during winter, esp. at high altitudes.

Also, going by uniforms and the gear lying around I don't think these are americans.

In any case they're not doing it because it's fun, but that should be glaringly obvious....

Well I was never in the military so it's not obvious to me. That makes sense if they're doing it cause of the cold. Gear looks american to me but once again not an expert on military shit

Either way not a good picture to post from any military. Other people see that shit as a sign of weakness. Not saying I agree with that but it's true

uziq wrote:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/daniel-hale-drone-wars.html

v good read.

Larssen wrote:

It's like you're trying to talk yourself into supporting something of which you know it's deeply immoral and frankly despicable. I shouldn't need to link the youtube videos; you know full well that Trump, at various occasions, played racist stereotyping because it appealed to his base and crowds. Tell them mexicans were rapists, and he'd be greeted with cheers. Tell them he was going to build a wall, louder cheers. Tell them he would 'make mexicans pay for it', the crowd goes wild. Creating an image of an unwelcome enemy that was assaulting the USA was central to his message, racism & stereotyping was part and parcel of that creation.

Larssen wrote:

Whatever any border patrol agent who self identifies as a gatekeeper of sorts may anecdotally tell you, people have actually researched this stuff. Not just the border wall in the USA, but lots of walls. I remember seeing several publications that outlined the fact that the border wall is and was largely ineffective.

Larssen wrote:

Oh he didn't just ban flights from china, he banned them from the European Union as well. You say he did it to contain covid, it's a pretty foregone conclusion that didn't help one bit.

Larssen wrote:

But the telling part is that he went on and did everything in his power to frustrate and sabotage the efforts of his own CDC in their fight against covid when it entered the USA. Covid would just disappear like a miracle. He refused to wear a mask. Equated the disease to a mild case of the flu. Why would you even shut down flights if all that were his real views? He was just looking for an excuse to be a petty PoS and to lash out.

Let's also remember that before covid the US was considered the #1 country in the world best prepared to handle a pandemic event, with the most extensive crisis planning. It ended up being the worst hit country next to Brazil. That's about the extent of Trump's competence in action. And you follow this man like a fool.

While the president has pledged a return to normalcy, he’s been shy to root out all of the influences of Trumpism in Washington to the full extent of his power.