I got sa feeling Trump does not know when attack is gonna kick off. Remember he just tells Mattis what needs done and lets Mad Dog get it done. I got a feeling he is waiting for one of the SSGN to get in position.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Source?

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Apparently https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/695151/russia-syria-us-vladimir-putin-missile-assad-shoot-down-world-war-3-chemical-douma ... fells like a tabloid to me.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I have faith that Vladimir Putin is more responsible than the President of the United States.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Cool, stupid war in the Middle East. Maybe Hillary Clinton won the election after all.

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Is Outkast still around?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You guys watching Oogie's map? Stuff happening. Trump talked to President for Life Erdogan today.
Russia's decrepit Navy making moves.

CNN's got this I'm sure.

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"Change has come to Amerika."- TFG

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Say, did you see that Apple has Isaac Asimov's books in TV development?

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"Change has come to Amerika."- TFG

Dunno...WVR Flanker and Eagle is a push

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US tactics for the F-15 would be to engage BVR. That's why the USAF utilizes the E-3 and would try to engage Fox 3 with AMRAAM's.

IAF tactics on the other hand have always been geared more towards dogfighting. They have the equipment for BVR, but their doctrine has always been for the use of IR guided missiles (they developed the Python for this) at closer range. It's riskier, but I'd say their history has given them no reason to abandon this doctrine. The last time they went into a major AA conflict, they took out nearly 100 Syrian jets without a single loss.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

They still have A-4 and F-4 in reserve. They throw nothing out

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

They were using those aircraft (in reserve roles) as of a decade ago, but they are now no longer on the reserve inventory.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

wanna bet?

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I know for a fact they have been retired.

http://www.iaf.org.il/4428-45751-en/IAF.aspx

The F-4s were retired even earlier than this as the A-4s were kept as trainers until this final retirement.

I literally lived there and used to visit bases when they would open them up every year on Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) as part of the celebrations. Israel has even retired the A/B models of the F-16 so they aren't keeping these aircraft around forever.

I think Turkey and Iran are the last air forces still flying the F-4.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

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Military Balance 21016 still lists them ,they are regarded as being the premiere go to guide .

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

well Military Balance is incorrect. I can say definitively that neither the F-4 nor the A-4 are flying in the IAF, even as reserve aircraft.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Loser leaves the board?

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

you write them and tell them they are incorrect lol

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Yes...USAF doctrine is heavily biased toward BVR, I was speaking to the basic competiveness of the Flanker(SU27) airframe. IDF success Is mostly attributable to superior piloting. Put a good man with some guts and some good training in a Flanker and it cannot be overlooked

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Compared to you...Wagner was a minimalist

Yup just look at the Poles until they switched

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

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This should end well.

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I'm sure that JORR believes this.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Today's NSC meeting is at the deputy level, which is indicative that a decision has been made and the deputies are ironing out the specific details.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-sets ... 1523611801


Talking to Pentagon officials after the apparent gas attack, Mr. Trump called for a more sweeping retaliatory response than the military advised, one White House official said. He asked to consider options that would punish not only the Syrian regime but also two of its sponsors—Russia and Iran. “He’s pressed back” on suggestions from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that the response should be more limited in scope, the official said.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Hanging Mad Dog out to dry.

SAD.

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So pretty much, Mattis is stressing caution, and I really can't blame him. There are just too many ways a strike can go wrong here with a volatile and unpredictable Russia. I'd be curious what the British and French think as they seem to be in favor of strikes, but I haven't seen any reports on how far they think such strikes should go. I get the feeling that the British see this as a chance to hit back at Russia for what was pretty much a chemical weapons attack on their own soil last month.

I'd trust the man who has seen the consequences of war in this situation.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson