Invite ye felawes and frendes desirous in gold to enter the gates of Shrewd'm, for they will thanke ye later.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 2
Headline says that Big Balls had a rough time.
Upsets me as much as the Luigi thing.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Headline says that Big Balls had a rough time.
Big Balls as it turns out, has big balls.
And Trump might just stick troops on the streets to make DC safe for once.
No. of Recommendations: 7
And Trump might just stick troops on the streets to make DC safe for once.
There are still Marines on the streets of LA
Now he’s thinking about putting troops in DC?
Your perfect world edges closer.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Your perfect world edges closer.
People should be careful what the wish for...they might get it.
The very first time I traveled to a foreign country (Mexico), I was a teen. I was startled to see a soldier (federali?) with a machine gun in the middle of the tourist area. I also noted that all the cars were obeying the traffic laws (e.g. stopping for the sign, etc).
It hasn't happened often since, but occasionally I encounter someone with a machine gun and flak jacket (sometimes small groups of them) patrolling around. It's very unsettling.
My first trip the Philippines, 1poorlady took me to KFC (fresh off the plane, she thought I might be hungry). The doorman was a security guard with a shotgun. Yeah, he wasn't really a doorman...just security...I think he just occupied himself holding the door for people.
You do NOT want Marines patrolling L.A., or D.C., or pretty much anywhere else.**
**And I really feel for those guys. Legal Eagle and Scowl Owl did a deep dive on this across a few episodes. Boiled down, it's in the best interest of the individual Marine to follow an order, even though he supposedly has an obligation to disobey an illegal order. We can't expect an 18-yr old to parse the law on the spot. If he disobeys, he is in great peril of a DD and possible brig time. On the other hand, if he obeys the order and something happens, he can be held personally liable if the order was found to be illegal. It's an impossible situation to put a young person in.
No. of Recommendations: 4
There are still Marines on the streets of LA
The Marines were withdrawn.
Try and keep up. Don't let your fantasies take over your world.
No. of Recommendations: 0
The very first time I traveled to a foreign country (Mexico), I was a teen.
When I was in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, armed troops all over the place. In Israel especially. Soldiers travel on public transit with their weapons. No big deal. What I did not like was NOT seeing the military presence where you would expect it to be. Innocent civilians died in two separate attacks. When that access was cut off, no more attacks.
No. of Recommendations: 1
And Trump might just stick troops on the streets to make DC safe for once.
There are still Marines on the streets of LA
Now he’s thinking about putting troops in DC?
Your perfect world edges closer.
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No - Im winning - BOOM - the country you people deserve is coming ;) but still much more time to go- these are still gtood ol days.
In the meantime, if Trump almost runs someone over with a tank, will you offer him free trade deals and look the other way on concentration camps like you do with China ever since?
