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Captante

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I mean they aren't people being soldiers as a job. They live there, they don't go away just because they aren't shooting at people.
If they cant win the fight they can just wait for you to leave!


Worked for them multiple times now historically .... there was never any other possible outcome for anyone paying attention.

Fact is they DID win the fight by outlasting us... 75% of the many, many billions we've poured into that festering bunghole of a country was completely wasted and the remainder paid for infrastructure that may well be used against us in some way.
 
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However open is better then concealed.... still though its really hard for a shooting of any kind to happen when folks are not packing a loaded weapon everywhere.



Can you imagine how "open-carry" in NYC or Newark would go? :p

More like open warfare !!! :confused_old:
Less people of color tossed in the slammer tho. ;)
 

Captante

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Less people of color tossed in the slammer tho. ;)


NYC is actually pretty tame overall these days despite media BS to the contrary.

HOWEVER part of the reason things don't get out of hand a lot more than they do is the simple fact that if you start crap in NYC it has the potential to escalate VERY quickly. (look up what a "NY minute" is)
 

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NYC is actually pretty tame overall these days despite media BS to the contrary.

HOWEVER part of the reason things don't get out of hand a lot more than they do is the simple fact that if you start crap in NYC it has the potential to escalate VERY quickly. (look up what a "NY minute" is)
Speed is definitely the New Yorker’s key attribute. My mom always made mention of how slow Marylanders are and she was an immigrant that landed in NY in the late 80s.
 
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Captante

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Speed is definitely the New Yorker’s key attribute. My mom always made mention of how slow Marylanders are and she was an immigrant that landed in NY in the late 80s.


When I was a courier and drove all day every day I dreaded being stuck behind Maryland closely followed by Virginia plates above all others.

Worst drivers I've ever seen though were in South Florida.
 

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I totally agree. The problem is Anquan Boldin and Derick Mason aren't there anymore.....not that I ever cared for that shitty team to start with.
Well, I never had affinity for that team and that pre-Lamar muddy and greasy football. I instead cheered for the ever-mediocre football team Redskins, lol.
 

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Wow that's savage. Also kind of impressive they were even able to figure out how to fly it.

For some reason I can just picture them initially trying to figure it out with their hostage in a bag in the back.

"Ok Amir, you take copilot seat I take pilot, look for flight manual!"

"Found manual, it's in American, of course! YOU! TRANSLATE FOR US!" *hands to hostage*

"Uhh this is just the safety manual"

"SHUT UP! YOU NOT HELP US WE KILL YOU!"

"Amir I got this, just press buttons see what happens!"

"Rotor is turning! YOKE UP, WE ARE FLYING! Ahmed the door needs to close!"

"NO NO NO, we throw infidel out door after! Door stay open! Allah guide us!"

The first 3 crashed, but eventually they got one going.
 

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Wow that's savage. Also kind of impressive they were even able to figure out how to fly it.

For some reason I can just picture them initially trying to figure it out with their hostage in a bag in the back.

"Ok Amir, you take copilot seat I take pilot, look for flight manual!"

"Found manual, it's in American, of course! YOU! TRANSLATE FOR US!" *hands to hostage*

"Uhh this is just the safety manual"

"SHUT UP! YOU NOT HELP US WE KILL YOU!"

"Amir I got this, just press buttons see what happens!"

"Rotor is turning! YOKE UP, WE ARE FLYING! Ahmed the door needs to close!"

"NO NO NO, we throw infidel out door after! Door stay open! Allah guide us!"

The first 3 crashed, but eventually they got one going.
Intellect is a key feature to the usual ethnicities who subscribe to Islam.
 

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Not sure about the "hanging" part. Nobody seems to say anything about that. Seems like that guy might be alive but just voluntarily "dangling". Maybe for the sheer buzz of it?
 
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I mean, this is pretty standard for the US, no? Isn't it an oft-repeated pattern, from Vietnam to Iran to Nicaragua, to provide dodgy regimes with vast stocks of military equipment, that then falls into the hands of US enemies when the regime inevitably collapses? This is just what the US always does.
And probably it will go the same way as with Iran, that it proves too difficult to maintain most of that stuff.
 

[DHT]Osiris

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Wow that's savage. Also kind of impressive they were even able to figure out how to fly it.

For some reason I can just picture them initially trying to figure it out with their hostage in a bag in the back.

"Ok Amir, you take copilot seat I take pilot, look for flight manual!"

"Found manual, it's in American, of course! YOU! TRANSLATE FOR US!" *hands to hostage*

"Uhh this is just the safety manual"

"SHUT UP! YOU NOT HELP US WE KILL YOU!"

"Amir I got this, just press buttons see what happens!"

"Rotor is turning! YOKE UP, WE ARE FLYING! Ahmed the door needs to close!"

"NO NO NO, we throw infidel out door after! Door stay open! Allah guide us!"

The first 3 crashed, but eventually they got one going.
Intellect is a key feature to the usual ethnicities who subscribe to Islam.
Guys, your overt racism is showing.
 
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K1052

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I mean, this is pretty standard for the US, no? Isn't it an oft-repeated pattern, from Vietnam to Iran to Nicaragua, to provide dodgy regimes with vast stocks of military equipment, that then falls into the hands of US enemies when the regime inevitably collapses? This is just what the US always does.
And probably it will go the same way as with Iran, that it proves too difficult to maintain most of that stuff.

ARVN actually fired its munitions at the NVA at least...

Some of the UH-60s are certainly operable in the very short term. They are maintenance hogs though and even the Afghan air force had trouble caring for them. Only a matter of time before they start falling out of the sky. The Taliban would be better off selling it all as parts to another country so they can buy spares for the Mi-17 fleet.
 
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However open is better then concealed.... still though its really hard for a shooting of any kind to happen when folks are not packing a loaded weapon everywhere.



Can you imagine how "open-carry" in NYC or Newark would go? :p

More like open warfare !!! :confused_old:
I can tell you how it would go in NYC
1. A bunch of middle aged white guys from Suffolk and Nassau county wearing mom jeans, local trade union t-shirt or a t-shit featuring an American eagle wandering around aimlessly with tactical cosplay sunglasses and vest adorned with thin blue line flags with NYPD directing traffic for them.
2. EVERY single brown guy NOT wearing Union t-shirt or t-shirt featuring American eagle flag up against the wall.
3. Brooklynite walking around with handlebar mustaches, antique revolvers and muskets.
4. Various people throughout the Bronx taking the gun that was already tucked in their waist band and instead using duct tape to tape it to the outside of their pants.
5. Staten Island jackasses travelling in groups of 20 approaching some black guy trying to buy a latte before his 10am conference call and dropping the N word as many times as they can to get a reaction.
6. People from Queens will be either some grandpa pointing his gun at that Chinese women he's been complaining about for 2 years because she stole his seat on the bus or a bunch of Asian kids aggressively scrolling on their phone chinese knockoffs of combo holster\iPhone case\bluetooth hairbrush while trying to kill wizards in the game they just downloaded.
7. Girls shouting things at the guy walked into the Starbucks with a gun while their boyfriend is standing there thinking to themself (Not again....can we go please? I didn't want coffee....please let this guy just not ...) "Alicia....please stop. Lets go....please."
8. Random person will be eating at their favorite Vietnamese\Cajon\Eskimo vegan wine bar reading on another quiet lazy Tuesday afternoon a facebook post from their friends Aunt in Rochester that NYC has turned into a complete dystopia of Antifa and Blacks westworlding the entire city into a choas.
 

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Hold my AK, my buddy just got his learners permit.

Actually, it could very well be a now former Afghan airforce pilot at the controls. Could also simply be flown by a Taliban member who also happens to be a Helicopter pilot.
Simply add "Dave" who has never flown in a helicopter before and begged to try out the winch and now you have internet potato pics circulating on right wing site concerned about helicopter lynchings.
 

Captante

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I can tell you how it would go in NYC
1. A bunch of middle aged white guys from Suffolk and Nassau county wearing mom jeans, local trade union t-shirt or a t-shit featuring an American eagle wandering around aimlessly with tactical cosplay sunglasses and vest adorned with thin blue line flags with NYPD directing traffic for them.
2. EVERY single brown guy NOT wearing Union t-shirt or t-shirt featuring American eagle flag up against the wall.
3. Brooklynite walking around with handlebar mustaches, antique revolvers and muskets.
4. Various people throughout the Bronx taking the gun that was already tucked in their waist band and instead using duct tape to tape it to the outside of their pants.
5. Staten Island jackasses travelling in groups of 20 approaching some black guy trying to buy a latte before his 10am conference call and dropping the N word as many times as they can to get a reaction.
6. People from Queens will be either some grandpa pointing his gun at that Chinese women he's been complaining about for 2 years because she stole his seat on the bus or a bunch of Asian kids aggressively scrolling on their phone chinese knockoffs of combo holster\iPhone case\bluetooth hairbrush while trying to kill wizards in the game they just downloaded.
7. Girls shouting things at the guy walked into the Starbucks with a gun while their boyfriend is standing there thinking to themself (Not again....can we go please? I didn't want coffee....please let this guy just not ...) "Alicia....please stop. Lets go....please."
8. Random person will be eating at their favorite Vietnamese\Cajon\Eskimo vegan wine bar reading on another quiet lazy Tuesday afternoon a facebook post from their friends Aunt in Rochester that NYC has turned into a complete dystopia of Antifa and Blacks westworlding the entire city into a choas.


TL: DR (sorry)

"It won't end well" would have been fully sufficient. ;)
 
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