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BamaGradinTn
| Favorite team: | Alabama  |
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| Registered on: | 12/27/2008 |
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re: Who Needs To Be Fired?
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/4/26 at 9:38 am to RollTide33
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We can afford it.
No, we can't.
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Yeah, right. The rest of the conference can cough up a half billion dollars over 17 years, but we're so broke that we can't afford a measly $10M a yer for six years. :lol:
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re: Oil is the goal.
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 3:05 pm to Craig86
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Trump just said we're going to be sending in all of our oil companies to take back the oil that belongs to us.
Yeah, even the Venezuelans who are happy Maduro is out are going to want to have a word about whose oil it is.
re: Why are so many people clueless on the Monroe Doctrine?
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 3:03 pm to TigersHuskers
I remember all of Latin America throwing the Monroe Doctrine in our face when Margaret Thatcher took the Falklands back. I didn't give a shite.
re: I'm a pragmatic non interventionist
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 1:21 pm to David_DJS
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Just one on that fig's list - Chile. Chile was much better off long-term with Allende deposed than it would have been under Marxist rule.
Let's just hope Venezuela gets there without their version of Pinochet.
re: I'm a pragmatic non interventionist
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 1:18 pm to Figgy
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and I hope that Venezuela becomes prosperous and free.
I visited Caracas in 1987. It's awesome, and could be a tourist destination...especially after the cartels and Hezbollah are run off of Margarita Island.
re: I'm a pragmatic non interventionist
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 1:16 pm to SirWinston
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Thats fair. But so far I havent heard a compelling argument as to why its not a clear A+ at this point in time.
At this point? Sure it is.
But it's Iike being up 7-0 after the first possession of the game. We're gonna win...but are we going to win 38-0 or 41-38? Are we going to lose the lead at some point and then come back to win? No one knows how we're going to get to the end of this story.
That having been said, yeah, it needed to happen and should have a long time ago.
re: I'm a pragmatic non interventionist
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 1:11 pm to mwade91383
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You can absolutely argue with the results, because you (nor anyone) knows them yet.
We can be hopeful it will in fact “be different this time” but the track record is atrocious, and none of them were over in 24 hours.
This is absolutely true.
I'm glad we went in and got him. This wasn't a war...it was an arrest. And it should have happened long ago.
But Trump has now said that we're going to be running the country for a while. So right from the start, this isn't a quick operation. Let's see how that works out...us running Venezuela.
Then we have the element of foreign aid. Most of the die hard Trump supporters oppose any and all foreign aid. But history tells us that now we will start pumping billions into Venezuela. Gotta help all those poor Venezuelans get back on their feet, right?
re: I didn’t vote for regime change
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 12:31 pm to DyeHardDylan
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DyeHardDylan
I'm actually glad Trump took this action.
But a lot of the guys down voting you...let's see how they feel when we send billions in foreign aid to Venezuela. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that's coming.
re: Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 10:15 am to notiger1997
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The people will now take their country back into their control.
Along with the billions we're about to send them in foreign aid. You good with that, too? Because only a moron would deny that's about to happen.
re: Anyone upset about this has no grasp of anything in a geopolitical sense
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 10:00 am to geauxtigers87
I am all for this action and am glad we got Maduro. The military performed flawlessly. It really was a liberation.
But there are many on this board who oppose all US foreign aid. Let's see how they react when we start sending billions to Venezuela. Because you know that's coming. It always does. In fact, it may have been negotiated in advance.
But there are many on this board who oppose all US foreign aid. Let's see how they react when we start sending billions to Venezuela. Because you know that's coming. It always does. In fact, it may have been negotiated in advance.
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 6:47 am to SaintsTiger
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1998. Hugo Chavez. How did that work out?
As a baby you fell down and busted your arse the first time you tried to walk. Aren’t you glad your parents didn’t make you stop trying.
Secondly, Maduro lost the last election in a landslide.
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Regardless, he was a wanted criminal.
Hey, you fricking retard, I know all that. Do you literally have shite for brains?
How in the frick did they end up with Maduro? Chavez put him in power to begin with, dipshit. Of course I know that Maduro lost the last election. I was talking about the one before that, you stupid piece of shite.
If you're too fricking stupid to grasp the fact that the US has to have a workable plan to manage the "what next" to prevent more of the same from happening in Venezuela, you are one hopelessly stupid motherfricker.
re: We should have hired Jeff Stoutland.
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 6:32 am to RiverCityTider
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You people scoffing at this are the same ones whining to "run the ball" when we are not capable of doing so.
No, we just think you're a fricking moron for thinking Stoutland would come to Alabama.
If Stoutland wanted to be a head coach, he'd have been an NFL head coach by now. He's been in his current position for 8 years.
For the record, I agree that a strong running game is essential for multiple reasons:
1. perpetually starting drives with 2nd and 9 or 10 is a recipe for disaster.
2. a strong running game means you're dominating the LOS...also an essential for success
3. when you can't line up and run for a yard on 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1, your oppponent knows this, and you end up running stupid shite like Grubb did.
4. a strong running game is essential for having the opponent worn down in the 4th quarter. See #2.
5. Without a strong running game, you get your QB killed. And if your OL can't run block for shite, they probably suck at pass protection also.
6. a strong running game is essential for protecting leads in the 4th quarter.
That having been said, you're an idiot if you think Stoutland would consider this job for one second.
re: Who Needs To Be Fired?
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 6:27 am to UsingUpAllTheLetters
This is Day 1. I'm ok with giving everyone the weekend. But that ends today.
If DeBoer hasn't fired multiple coaches by the end of the week, he needs to go. I don't care about the buyout. We can afford $10M a year for six years. The rest of the league collectively paid a half billion dollars in the last 20 years while we didn't pay a dime. We can afford it.
If DeBoer hasn't fired multiple coaches by the end of the week, he needs to go. I don't care about the buyout. We can afford $10M a year for six years. The rest of the league collectively paid a half billion dollars in the last 20 years while we didn't pay a dime. We can afford it.
re: How did this team win 11 games?
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 6:20 am to JIB
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Bama had 48 yards rushing total in the final 3 games. They were in the 120s in rushing yards overall and in conference.
I've been saying this for weeks and demanding everyone responsible to be fired because of it.
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 6:13 am to the808bass
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Otherwise, you just end up with another Maduro.
How would you know that? When was the last free election in Venezuela?
1998. Hugo Chavez. He gave us Maduro. How did that work out?
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:55 am to stout
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Not sure how true it is but the next few days will be full of power struggles.
And here's another one:
Those reports of Hezbollah being active in Venezuela, especially Margarita Island? What's going to happen there? Do they just quietly pack up and leave? Does the new administration run them out? Because now having started down this road, the US cannot allow a continued presence by Hezbollah in Venezuela.
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:52 am to TigerV
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There is already another leader that probably more than half the population believe is the true leader.
And there is a vice president who may not want to step aside. Which one will be president?
Who will the generals support?
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I have met many ex-middle class Venezuelans over the years and they are amazing people, who would love to go back to their country. Some do go on visits, but they don’t bring their kids because it’s to dangerous. Maybe this will be the beginning of the end of this nightmare they have lived.
I visited Caracas for a few days in 1987. I thought it was an awesome place. It could be a tourist destination again.
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:49 am to 13SaintTiger
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Venezuela hardly has a military.
The hell they don't. If Maduro is so hated by the people of Venezuela, why weren't they able to run him out of power long ago?
Rule #1 of being a dictator...have a strong military and pay them well. They keep you in power.
Now when I say "strong military", I don't mean strong enough to actually fend off an attack by a superpower like the US. But certainly strong enough to keep the citizenry under control and put down any rebellion.
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:32 am to Vacherie Saint
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But what happens with the generals who still control the military?
I’m guessing they don’t anymore. There’s clearly some level of cooperation from within.
Oh, there may very well have been cooperation from within. And, if so, that general that cut a deal with the US to pull this off? How has that tended to work out historically...for a Latin American general to be viewed as a puppet of the US?
Someone is controlling the military. Someone is keeping the military in a stand down posture.
This is only the beginning of a long, complicated process.
re: Consider the timing of tonight’s attack
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:24 am to Guntoter1
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Yes, 12 hours after the communist took New York City we struck back at the next best target.
We attacked Minneapolis???
re: Maduro & wife captured, evacuated out of Venezuela. DJT
Posted by BamaGradinTn on 1/3/26 at 5:21 am to AUstar
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Reality: The U.S. invaded, captured the president, and left in about 2 hours.
Now what?
That's what's going to be interesting...the "now what".
Kudos to the US military for pulling this off so efficiently and in total secrecy. Not one leak anywhere.
But what happens with the generals who still control the military? These "free elections"? Whose going to run those and make sure they are free?
Getting Maduro out may prove to be the easiest part of all of this. The "now what" is more challenging. Because the US has to be heavily involved in the "now what". Otherwise, you just end up with another Maduro.
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