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highplainsdem

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17. Some DUers have a lot of military experience. Some have civiilian experience dealing
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 03:30 PM
Mar 2022

with military equipment and issues. Some have experience with public debates on defense issues.

All have access to a lot of information, and they have every reason to want to talk about this.

I noticed that in the "Where does DU stand?" poll in GD now, you were in the small minority voting to "stay out of it."

Which I'm guessing explains your OP ridiculing discussions of the conflict here.

The Internet has always been well-stocked with armchair generals. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #1
I learned more about war and weapon than I ever wanted to! AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #2
For what it's worth, some are left over from Vietnam. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #3
There's plenty of good information available underpants Mar 2022 #4
IKR? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #5
Agree..watched one young vet say..if you haven't been in a combat zone then STFU!! PortTack Mar 2022 #13
No, we all get a say in what our military does. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #16
I'm an American citizen and have no obligation to STFU. Tomconroy Mar 2022 #21
Which is a very anti-American sentiment, really. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #35
Lets see... lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #39
Facebook is full of immunological & Constitutional experts RainCaster Mar 2022 #6
what kind of society doesn't have knowledge and understanding about what their military is doing? bigtree Mar 2022 #7
There seems to be an odd movement here lately that disdains actual discussion about events Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #15
+1. NutmegYankee Mar 2022 #29
Definitely qazplm135 Mar 2022 #41
Precisely. We live in a democratic republic with a civilian controlled military. radius777 Mar 2022 #52
Quite a few, it seems EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #8
Isn't that the truth. I am surprised they aren't on a plane to Ukraine to oversee the operation JohnSJ Mar 2022 #9
+1000 USALiberal Mar 2022 #10
+1000 Celerity Mar 2022 #38
If Trump is a war expert, we all are. Doodley Mar 2022 #11
I haven't seen anyone proclaiming to be war experts. I have seen Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #12
Exactly, but our elected leaders can also be persuaded by public opinion... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #42
Most people probably understand that we can't be actual combatants Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #43
They understand what they are being told, ad nauseum n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #45
I am fairly sure the OP is referring to the 'cruise missile Putin's palaces and the Kremlin' and/or Celerity Mar 2022 #44
There's a difference between proposing something and having that Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #46
I have never told anyone here to STFU, and certainly am not doing so now. Any posters doing so are Celerity Mar 2022 #50
First of, it's a discussion board drray23 Mar 2022 #14
I'm a veteran too EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #18
read the last part of my post. drray23 Mar 2022 #22
Football vs nuclear war EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #23
Perhaps you should work on not finding it so galling. NutmegYankee Mar 2022 #30
Then it would be best for you if you simply stayed out of the conversations. Because most of us Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #32
Some DUers have a lot of military experience. Some have civiilian experience dealing highplainsdem Mar 2022 #17
The poll made no sense.... USALiberal Mar 2022 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Mar 2022 #20
Sigh. I think it was clear. It's also been a major topic of discussion in the media. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #24
That is pretty nebulous EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #25
Besides the bad grammar? LakeArenal Mar 2022 #55
Meta!!!1!1!11!1! demmiblue Mar 2022 #26
We have experts here for any subject. nt doc03 Mar 2022 #27
I was a Russian linguist in the 528th Military Intelligence Company in the 60s. marie999 Mar 2022 #28
I bet that was an interesting job though. Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #47
It was, but there were some scary times like the Cuban Missile Crisis. marie999 Mar 2022 #54
You don't need to be a chef to recognize a shit sandwich dalton99a Mar 2022 #31
And a lot of us are old enough Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #33
War experts, political experts, governance experts mcar Mar 2022 #34
+1000 USALiberal Mar 2022 #48
The same people are also infectious disease experts fescuerescue Mar 2022 #36
True!! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #49
In the marketplace of ideas, some people are wealthy. Others, not so much. n/t Whiskeytide Mar 2022 #37
I have been in combat IBEWVET Mar 2022 #40
Yakov Smirnoff says, In America we let civilians run the military. 48656c6c6f20 Mar 2022 #51
Newly appointed from the pandemic ward lame54 Mar 2022 #53
ok lol nt Torchlight Mar 2022 #56
I got a stalker! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #57
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