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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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