Tantal

[quote]A lot to unpack here[/quote] Sounds like it was written by the dude that said that the Sheriff was near....

[quote]The people Russia is dead set on fighting, namely Europe, don't want or need its [b]territory[/b].[/quote] It's not the land, it's the resources. Hitler already tried. If you think about it, 80 years in the grand scheme of world history isn't very long. We haven't changed that much. [quot...

[quote]With planes, missiles, rockets, and drones the gaps can’t be plug even if the Russians had enough soldiers. [/quote] Even if you throw drones, bombs, and missiles into a theater, it still isn't yours until men with rifles secure it. There's a difference between destroying it and actually ta...

[quote]Same goes for much of Europe, so no real threat from the west. China and Japan also have demographic implosion. [/quote] NATO, when you EXCLUDE the U.S., already has 3 times the population of Russia AND more capital. Yes, Western Europe could easily pose a threat to Russia absent nuclear we...

[quote]Russia is going nowhere and will remain our main geopolitical adversary [/quote] I disagree. Ethnic Russians are aging into irrelevance, if not near-extinction. The only portion of their population that's growing are the Turkic Muslims in the far south. When push comes to shove, those people...

[quote]So why expand your borders with s dwindling population? Why take more territory than you can control.[/quote] Because there are natural geographical barriers (deserts, mountains, seas, etc.) to Russia, but there are gaps in them. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union controlled every gap (Ba...

Lexus GS300 is rated at 220 hp. Old 1st gen Tundra is rated at 282 hp. I don't bother checking 0-60 times on either one....

[quote]There really wasn't a threat at all[/quote] There wasn't a threat YET, but they'll lack the demographics in the future, so they had to do it now. Their birth rate dropped precipitously at the end of the Cold War. They won't have enough 18-30 year olds to fight wars against major powers in th...

[quote] "I ain't done anything like this in my life."[/quote] I'm calling bull shite on this....

[quote]They have the same intention as every other military empire building lunatic throughout history.[/quote] They're not trying to build an empire simply for the sake of empire. When the Soviet Union fell they lost all of their geographic blocking positions. What they're trying to do is reestabl...

We'll overcome a 14-point 4th quarter deficit, then dine on their souls in OT....

We'll be even in 9 more games....

[quote]Research the state of the world leading up to WWI. The elites are going to get their war. [/quote] The relative peace that the world has known since 1945 has been artificial and mostly U.S.-enforced through Bretton Woods. As we continue backing away from that agreement, expect more old scor...

A little skinny for my tastes, but I'd still let her rough up my suspect. ...

So, is this Biden's fault or Exxon's?...

[quote]worst president not named Joe Biden.[/quote] Worse than Biden. Biden's policies can easily be undone by the next administration. LBJ was allowed to not only destroy the black family, but to make them revere him for it....

[quote]It’s not just the spending dude. It all started with energy and gas prices. Biden set the stage for that, and from day 1 has done everything he can to throttle the production of oil and gas here at home. Then he added the so-called infrastructure boondoggle. Can you name any infrastructure th...

[quote]Lol. Aston Martin. Already making dumb financial decisions. [/quote] It's probably a free lease. He isn't responsible for the payments or maintenance. He'll also have to give it back the minute he's no longer the QB at Texas....

[quote]I always wanted to be famous growing up but now I’m glad just being a regular nobody.[/quote]I'd like to not be famous, but still have the money. Something like owning some inconspicuous patents....

[quote]Sorry to burst your bubble, but it is all Biden’s fault. The reason we now have high interest rates is because the Fed has had to raise rates in response to raging inflation.[/quote] Trump's (and Congress') money printing during COVID severely exacerbated it. Don't get me wrong, Biden's spen...