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gradenko_2000 posted:Chapters 8 and 9 of "Armies of Sand" talk about the armies of South Vietnam (the ARVN) and of the Argentine Armed Forces, both during their respective conflicts in 1970 - the post-LBJ phase of the Vietnam War leading up to the Fall of Saigon in 1975, and the Falklands War. The RVNAF literally had a squadron of tanks, based in Saigon, for the exclusive purpose of carrying out (or resisting, depending on who paid off the Air Force) coups. It is a bit of an understatement to say that it was politicized. The best trained and equipped forces of each branch - the Army's Airborne Division and the Navy's Marine Division were never deployed more than marching distance away from Saigon, again, so they could participate in the various political struggles there, rather than fight the NVA or VC. They were issued M16s, M113s and the like years before the units actually contesting control of the Vietnamese countryside with the guerillas. The shockingly good performance by the ARVN in 1972 during the Easter Offensive in places like An Loc could possibly be explained by the NVA unexpectedly getting far enough south to fight the units of the Vietnamese Military that were lavishly trained and equipped for palace intrigues. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 14:26 on Nov 13, 2023 |
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Al-Saqr posted:things are going great for the israelis If Gantz, who until a few weeks ago was leading the opposition, is against it, then amongst whom was the plot "brewing"?
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Frosted Flake posted:The RVNAF literally had a squadron of tanks, based in Saigon, for the exclusive purpose of carrying out (or resisting, depending on who paid off the Air Force) coups. It is a bit of an understatement to say that it was politicized. Tankie dream.
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Benny, Bibi, wtf these clownshoes names on Israeli politicians
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Orange Devil posted:Tankie dream. Honestly, if you think about the ANA "commandos" who exclusively hung around the nice hotels in Kabul, or the Vietnamese Airforce tank guys who reportedly just hung out around the airport bars in Saigon, given the civil wars tearing their counties apart, that's about as good a gig as you can ask for. Thoughts and prayers for the brave members of the Knesset Guard  The askew cap badge, fingerprints on the visor, unstarched, unstayed shirt and lowriding pants on this guardsman is going to drive me crazy. DTI.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Benny, Bibi, wtf these clownshoes names on Israeli politicians Please, it's Pipi.
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Frosted Flake posted:Honestly, if you think about the ANA "commandos" who exclusively hung around the nice hotels in Kabul, or the Vietnamese Airforce tank guys who reportedly just hung out around the airport bars in Saigon, given the civil wars tearing their counties apart, that's about as good a gig as you can ask for. I bet his shoes are scuffed and scratched
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Doc Walrus posted:Austin is famously bad at coming out for protests (San Antonio and Houston get larger turnouts, generally, and Roe V Wade protests only broke the 2,000 mark maybe twice) but there were well over 10,000 in the streets today. Ok maybe I’m Not seeing the clarity here. Can someone offer some insight? 1: From the arabs I know, and I don’t know why it’s this way (and I don’t agree with it), but they look down on Palestinians. Nothing more than a bunch of rampant thugs. Saudi obviously sees everyone and their grandma as subhumans, but Palestinians in particular because they just see them as “the help” in their country/ migrant workers in the UAE laboring under the Kafala system. Helping Palestine doesn’t benefit them at all. And while they can afford to take in refugees. They ain’t about that life. Jordan same thing. The millions of refugees that came allegedly wreaked havoc. When I speak to Jordanian Arabs they talk about a lot of mumbo jumbo regarding ‘Black September.” And the last time Jordan took in Palestinians, they attempted a coup and assassinated the president. And they fear they might start another attempted revolution. So they are like F that nonsense. Egypt signed a deal with Israel in 1978 to get rid of Gaza, mainly because back then it had become a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood (which in Gaza gradually became Hamas in 1987). Obviously the Egyptian military is not too keen on letting them have any political power. And as we know, the 2013 coup happened because they didn’t want Morsi and the Brotherhood to begin with. And so, since our boy Sisi is a bonafide shitshow, he’s gonna coast and ride this one out because he rather have Israel than a semblance of solidarity with what he considers “extremists.” Lebanon and Syria have gone through decades of civil war and sectarian divisions, as well as war with Israel in 1982 and 2006. Both are simply too weak to take any action. With the exception of Hezzbollah going balls to wall. Lastly, a military buddy of mine said, location is trash. Gaza is located in enclave, so other countries just dont have proper ability to help. And if they do it makes logistics all the more complicated. If Türkiye or Iran were to get involved, they’d have to bark up a few trees (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and maybe even Iraq) to get boots on the ground In Palestine. I don’t know if I believe this reasoning, but Palestine is cornered in a sense geographically. But then, if you think about it, you can’t call them all “Unified Muslim” countries. Because unfortunately Shias and Sunnis have beef. Turkey, a predominantly Sunni country (like Saudi) won’t get much loyalty from Shia dominant countries (Iraq & Syria). Also since Iran is playing the role of “big daddy” to Hamas, Saudi doesn’t want to tag team with Shia led Iranians. I guess the point here is there’s a lot of contending factors. And so that’s why we’re here. That’s why we’ve been here for 75 years. The most well get out of these Arab countries is talk. “Israeli condemnations” because it's popular. They are even sending some aid to show as it they are doing something to help. My personal opinion is I hope they all go F themselves, and help Palestine. Lastly, why isn’t anyone talking about Macron. What in the literal hell kind of 180 was that? Listen, I know he was probably getting a semi seeing geriatric Palestinian women, but that can’t be the reason why he flipped. Either he’s rear end to the grass petrified there will be civil unrest and terror attacks from radicals living within his country orrrrrr maybe there’s bigger things at play. Not to get all conspiracy theorist-ist but while Netanyahu is the new and improved Hitler 2.0…he isn’t an idiot. The monster does have a strategy here. Him going on air and telling every other puppet country to shut the gently caress up, seems like there might be a waft of change in the air. Clearly something or someone got to ol’ prissy boy Macron, so I wouldn’t put it past Hitty 2.0 to shut that poo poo down, Pat! Not to mention Blinken peddling all over the ME to insure everyone is in line. Even after the OIC summit Friday, he immediately called Qatar to make sure every bozo Arab country was still loyal. And super duper last thing, why this everlasting love and support from the US for Shitsreal if it isn’t about oil or monetary gain? I’ve seen it before, “if Israel didn’t exist we’d have to create one” but why? Forgive my naivety here, but is it solely to have a white guy foothold there, someone who aligns with US’s democratic beliefs in the middle of crazy Arabs/ Muslims? Also since we were on the topic of Texas Protest. This image breathed life back into my soulless body https://x.com/cirnosad/status/1723854348885618840?s=46
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Honky Mao posted:All can be accurately blamed on the Great Satan more are saying this
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Tirade posted:https://twitter.com/DanelBenNamer/status/1723808610197667975?t=DdPIlj03U3fQDzH5YPeiww we have Hitler 2 so it makes sense we’d also have Ernst Rohm 2
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Mister Bates posted:we have Hitler 2 so it makes sense we’d also have Ernst Rohm 2 to be Rohm he has to get long knifed instead this dude is just gonna get gibbed in a burning tank by a teenager with an improvised explosive
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mags posted:I bet his shoes are scuffed and scratched tennis shoes
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf lmao the few pages dedicated to the "diplomatic" option are just "sanction Iran more" followed by "Iran isn't vulnerable to American sanctions anymore after decades of sanctions, maybe convince China to sanction them?". America is truly incapable of any sort of diplomacy with a peer state. Where's the paper on America policy suggestions for Palestine. Is it all "do more genocide"?
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Rexicon1 posted:tennis shoes new balances prob
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HallelujahLee posted:israel apparently banned al-mayadeen as well as banning al-jazeera last week al jazeera hasn't been banned (yet)
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Malloc Voidstar posted:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/13/israel-moves-to-shutter-al-mayadeen-takes-no-action-on-al-jazeera close enough they're bombing them anyway
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Al-Saqr posted:someone found all the missing israeli tanks guess the "tank and sniper only" approach has some kinks to work out
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Al-Saqr posted:someone found all the missing israeli tanks rip bozos
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Al-Saqr posted:someone found all the missing israeli tanks hamas making a traffic jam outta all these dumbass nazi tanks
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paul_soccer12 posted:kill israel Pig fucker mods Kill Israel Kill all Zionists
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