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Heatherg21 said:
The orange white dog is Cheddar. He was a Pembroke Corgi. That was the picture of his graduation from puppy training. He belonged to our 25 year old daughter. I adored him and he loved me. He lived 2.5 years before cancer took him.
He was the best boy.
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Aw 🥺

I had to put down my dog, jake, like the day before this semester started. He was 16 and saw me start elementary, middle, high school and even college. He was old as dirt, but it was so hard to let him go.

I'm sorry about cheddar, but it made me crack a smile when you said that picture is from his puppy training graduation! He looked so happy!
 
NJROTC-CC said:
Why is the Ukrainian President upset that the US and the Brits are saying that it looks like the Russians are getting ready to invade? Isn't that obvious?
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It hurts their economy. There is a needle to be threaded between preparation and keeping the economy healthy.
 
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NJROTC-CC said:
Why is the Ukrainian President upset that the US and the Brits are saying that it looks like the Russians are getting ready to invade? Isn't that obvious?
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kinnem said:
It hurts there economy. There is a needle to be threaded between preparation and keeping the economy healthy.
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and it would fit the Russian narrative that Ukraine is escalating the situation, either at the behest of the US/UK/NATO or as a cry to them for help. Anything out of the mouths of Ukrainian gov't officials' mouths is grist for the Russian language propaganda mill.
 
By the way, all those record numbers of Gulf of Mexico oil leases that were opened by the Biden administration, well the Biden Admin went to federal court to stop it and they won. Better to use foreign oil over US oil because as well all know, foreign oil is cleaner for the environment

www.npr.org

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
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Humey said:
By the way, all those record numbers of Gulf of Mexico oil leases that were opened by the Biden administration, well the Biden Admin went to federal court to stop it and they won. Better to use foreign oil over US oil because as well all know, foreign oil is cleaner for the environment

www.npr.org

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
www.npr.org www.npr.org
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They aren't very successful at stopping it.

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Humey said:
By the way, all those record numbers of Gulf of Mexico oil leases that were opened by the Biden administration, well the Biden Admin went to federal court to stop it and they won. Better to use foreign oil over US oil because as well all know, foreign oil is cleaner for the environment

www.npr.org

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
www.npr.org www.npr.org
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Just read that story & it doesn't sound like the Biden Administration went to federal court, but environmental groups did to STOP the Interior Department (part of the dreaded Biden Administration, play ominous background music here) from granting oil drilling leases in the Gulf.

Granted, originally the Biden Administration was averse to granting those leases but appears to been resigned to it after losing an ealier case. In fact, the "Friends of the Earth" appear ready to file more legal actions stop future Interior Department leases.

"The fight is not over," said Hallie Templeton, legal director at Friends of the Earth. "We will continue to hold the Biden administration accountable for making unlawful decisions that contradict its pledge to take swift, urgent action on 'code red' climate and environmental justice priorities."
 
Day-Tripper said:
Just read that story & it doesn't sound like the Biden Administration went to federal court, but environmental groups did to STOP the Interior Department (part of the dreaded Biden Administration, play ominous background music here) from granting oil drilling leases in the Gulf.

Granted, originally the Biden Administration was averse to granting those leases but appears to been resigned to it after losing an ealier case. In fact, the "Friends of the Earth" appear ready to file more legal actions stop future Interior Department leases.

"The fight is not over," said Hallie Templeton, legal director at Friends of the Earth. "We will continue to hold the Biden administration accountable for making unlawful decisions that contradict its pledge to take swift, urgent action on 'code red' climate and environmental justice priorities."
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And these are all "new" leases, it doesn;t impact current flow. Kind of like the gov saying we cut spending when all they did was decrease the upcoming spending increase. :)
 
NJROTC-CC said:
Economic leverage is the answer. The U.S., Japan, EU, India and the rest of the free world as a trade block can strangle both Russia and China if we stick together. Invade Taiwan = World embargo on China. Same deal for Russia. The hard work is putting together a trade block as a coalition of deterrence against the new imperialists. A lot of diplomacy is required. I don’t think the answer is an arms race with China. We can never build enough Arleigh Burke destroyer‘s or Virginia class submarines.
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Elon Musk, NBA, Wall Street, and the majority of Silicon Valley say no to this statement. I completely agree with you but it will be difficult to place sanctions when a large chunk of your company's revenue is being funded by a brutal regime regardless of the crimes they commit to humanity.
 
NJROTC-CC said:
I get that NATO should be free to decide what nations get admitted to NATO and that Ukraine should be free to seek membership in NATO. But is it in the USA’s interest for Ukraine to be admitted as a member of NATO?
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My only concern with Ukraine being admitted to NATO, hypothetically, is that if a situation arises where they are a NATO member and are attacked by Russia, Germany/France/[insert hesitant country here] refuse to mobilize and assist, and the entire concept of Article 5 collapses and NATO goes with it. Given the importance of the alliance in deterrence alone, I fear this situation may arise.

(As a side note, one of the opportunities I am looking forward to greatly should I receive an appointment to USAFA is an internship at NATO HQ. It seems to have happened in the past and I would love to work with coalition partners in any capacity.)
 
moho said:
My only concern with Ukraine being admitted to NATO, hypothetically, is that if a situation arises where they are a NATO member and are attacked by Russia, Germany/France/[insert hesitant country here] refuse to mobilize and assist, and the entire concept of Article 5 collapses and NATO goes with it. Given the importance of the alliance in deterrence alone, I fear this situation may arise.
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I'm not eager to see Ukraine in NATO either, at least not yet. However, the same hypothetical scenario you point out could happen with any of the eastern members, perhaps especially with the Baltics and Poland.
 
Fort Bragg’s famed 82nd Airborne Division just deployed 2,000 paratroopers to Europe 14 hours ago.

I can only assume that the Ranger Regiments and Special Forces Groups are currently war gaming the situation.
 
kinnem said:
I'm not eager to see Ukraine in NATO either, at least not yet. However, the same hypothetical scenario you point out could happen with any of the eastern members, perhaps especially with the Baltics and Poland.
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You are absolutely correct - I just specifically highlight this as my biggest concern (of many) about admitting Ukraine into the alliance. You are also correct in that this could occur to any of the Baltic states and perhaps even Poland, but I see it especially more likely to happen to Ukraine since admitting them is something Germany is already opposed to.
 
Banzaipipeline said:
Fort Bragg’s famed 82nd Airborne Division just deployed 2,000 paratroopers to Europe 14 hours ago.

I can only assume that the Ranger Regiments and Special Forces Groups are currently war gaming the situation.
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CNN. USS Harry S. Truman in Adriatic Sea.
This is the first time since the end of the Cold War that a carrier strike group, which includes the Truman and five other ships escorting it (plus at least one or two submarines whose presence is never publicly acknowledged) has been under NATO command.

"This is the first time I've worked with NATO out on a carrier," F/A-18 fighter jet pilot Lt. Alex Tidei told CNN.
 
Quick read for those deployed. Only 40 pages.
 

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Banzaipipeline said:
Fort Bragg’s famed 82nd Airborne Division just deployed 2,000 paratroopers to Europe 14 hours ago.
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It is very interesting to put in historical context today's deployments from the US and reshuffling of troops within Europe.

I spent the Summer of 1976 in what was then West Germany. I spent Sept 1978-June 1979 in Poland. At that time there were 250k+ US military personnel permanently deployed in NATO countries of Europe. Today there are about 80k, in support of an alliance covering almost twice the European territory it covered in 1980. If you have flown on a low cost European air carrier, there is a good chance that the carrier uses a former US Airbase. While some of the drawdown could be ascribed to the use of civilian contractors, the reduction is massive in the context of the change in missions between the late 1970's and post Sep 11. US forces in Europe support a host of missions in Africa and the ME that didn't exist 40 years ago.
 
cb7893 said:
It is very interesting to put in historical context today's deployments from the US and reshuffling of troops within Europe.

I spent the Summer of 1976 in what was then West Germany. I spent Sept 1978-June 1979 in Poland. At that time there were 250k+ US military personnel permanently deployed in NATO countries of Europe. Today there are about 80k, in support of an alliance covering almost twice the European territory it covered in 1980. If you have flown on a low cost European air carrier, there is a good chance that the carrier uses a former US Airbase. While some of the drawdown could be ascribed to the use of civilian contractors, the reduction is massive in the context of the change in missions between the late 1970's and post Sep 11. US forces in Europe support a host of missions in Africa and the ME that didn't exist 40 years ago.
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NATO can also yield some ground today and still stay in the game, unlike the late 70s. The Russians also lack access to the forces provided by the new independent republics. It may be awash; I don't know. It's worth keeping in mind though.
 
In the UK, where I often am, there is little doubt that conflict is coming with Russia, be it military or diplomatic. Since the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in the UK and the various illness and death caused by the tossing around of plutonium in those cases anti-Putin sentiment is high. There is little by way of a more pro-Putin movement as their appears to be in US politics and that he has intentions toward Eastern Europe is taken as given. No one wants war, especially after two decades or war in the middle east (well I imagine some do but it's not the dominant sentiment) but there is a clear sense that if Russia is allowed to take Ukraine all of Europe will be in danger. And one thing I can say for certainty is that in the UK there is no question that if NATO take a stand we have to do our part. After so many years of NATO joint action in every corner of the world, I don't think that anyone facing the very peril that NATO was set up all those decades ago to mitigate is going to be very happy to hear that we didn't come because we were terribly concerned about the Southern border.

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Emsa said:
There is little by way of a more pro-Putin movement as their appears to be in US politics
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Given that Putin and Xi drone on and on about the US/NATO being stuck in a Cold War mentality, is it time to pull a few Cold War terms out of mothballs--terms like "useful Idiot" and "fellow traveler".
 
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