Meanwhile in Iraq & Syria

[Fife]

The price of TLAM is actually going down, the TLAM Block III's were $1.4 million each, Block IV was $1.59 million each, but the latest Tactical Tomahawk was 2200 missiles for $1.6 billion, so only $727K each.

Shit, son, in that case give me a dozen of each. So long as you can do me right on the trade in on this old Nissan.

Made in the USA, Reb, Raytheon just hired 2000 new workers for the TLAM production plant in Tuscon, bringing the total to 3500, at an average salary of $110,000/year. MAGA.

Naw, screw that, I'm waiting for the press release on how we are bringing 4 barrel carburetor manufacturing exclusively back to Tennessee. #MTGA

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

CLINTON SUPPORTERS, REJOICE!
"I really believe we should have and still should take out his air fields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them."

We should take this time to unite in common cause now that Trump has followed Hillary's lead.

[Smitty-48]

Shit, son, in that case give me a dozen of each. So long as you can do me right on the trade in on this old Nissan.

Made in the USA, Reb, Raytheon just hired 2000 new workers for the TLAM production plant in Tuscon, bringing the total to 3500, at an average salary of $110,000/year. MAGA.

Naw, screw that, I'm waiting for the press release on how we are bringing 4 barrel carburetor manufacturing exclusively back to Tennessee. #MTGA

Oh hell, you're gonna be overrun by Hipsters, if you ain't already, the future of Tennesee is everybody moving to Nashville growing a neckbeard and working at a Tech Startup.

[Fife]

[ssu]

Morning!

So Trump wanted to do something.

Mattis & McMaster responded with an option:

- Warn Russia that they will attack
- attack one target
- avoid casualties
- and just for the hell of it, launch a lot of missiles into the airfield
- and no casualties.


Well now, obviously the US went to great lengths to avoid a direct confrontation with the Russians. If you call this "a warning shot", I would call it better what it is: a "do something" for a President that had to act... once he gave that kind of remark which he did. Because it's not a warning, it's just a show that the US has limits to what it can do.

And have to say that Trump showed his weakness here. If he campaign on premiss that he won't go on mindless military expeditions, this showed that again he lied, and was as similar as Hillary. If Trump would opt out from unnecessary wars and military operations, this would have been an easy one. If you guys are dissappointed, so am I. Because this thing has all the markings that the military didn't actually want to do anything serious.

And the cost, well, remember that those Cruise missiles are already paid. And there's 50 billion increase in defence spending, so they will be covered.

[Smitty-48]

I would say the opposite of a warning shot, a blatantly phoney wag the dog distraction for domestic consumption simply sends the message that you ain't serious, a warning shot would be something which actually spooked them, which, this sort of theatre achieves the opposite, just confirms that you don't really want to mess with them at all, which, clearly, is what they were assumming in the first place.

Like I say, perfect opportunity for Mr. Ivan to respond with a real warning shot, one that says "don't fuck with us, in fact, don't even play like you want to fuck with us, because you know, and we know, that you don't, so if you try to front, we'll bitch slap you in front of you women."

Warm up the Su-34's, fly over and drop some KAB500's on the Green Beret FOB; "how you like us now? Kas me outside, how bout dat, Biiiiiiiitch?"

[ssu]

I would say the opposite of a warning shot, a blatantly phoney wag the dog distraction for domestic consumption simply sends the message that you ain't serious

As I said above, it was no warning, just an acknowledgement that the US has it's hand tied.

[Smitty-48]

I would say the opposite of a warning shot, a blatantly phoney wag the dog distraction for domestic consumption simply sends the message that you ain't serious

As I said above, it was no warning, just an acknowledgement that the US has it's hand tied.

Just an acknowledgement that Russia has 8,000 hydrogen bombs, and that America is a bully who only picks on virtually defensless countries it can pummel with impunity, but doesn't have the balls to even look another nuclear armed opponent in the eyes, if it was ever for realz.

[Speaker to Animals]

This was fucking stupid.

[Smitty-48]

Utterly stupid, this was the stupid move that Obama dodged, which now Trump has blundered straight into, if you're going to whip it out, it better not be a flaccid limp dick 50 TLAM's into the dirt on purpose, if you ain't rock hard and ready to take it to the brink, just keep it in your pants.

All this proves, is that America wants absolutely no part in actually confronting the Russians, and so Assad has now been given carte blanche, from behind Mr. Ivan's nuclear petticoats.

Better to keep them guessing, than to actually whip it out, but have it be a soft serve. Before, they didn't think you were serious, but now they know you ain't.