One tweet about trigger control leads to another of Ukrainian propaganda brilliantly done.
The VDV are the Russian airborne. They have been squandered by idiotic, arrogant leaders who are clearly terrified of the boss.
Possibly better placed in the guns thread but...
Trigger discipline is a thing. When you see it you note it. When you don't see it...run or get behind something strong enough to prevent the bullet from hitting you.
Just now had a chat with my 93yr old dad about Biden's speech. My dad and I are both Nevertrump and he has his lifetime GOP credentials in good order as do I. He loved the speech and thinks the WH should not be walking back the comments. I think that's my dad being annoyed at the young staffers trying to protect the elderly Biden who they see through their optic as whatever it is that the young misjudge the elderly as being.
I told him that i thought it was what Nixon and Kissinger called the "Cowardice of the Eastern Establishment"
The whining and whatever from the Fox News types reminds me of the scene in The Crown where his finagling and scheming cabinet members are trying to force Churchill out for being a little off his game and they react with glee when Churchill begins his eulogy for the King with a slow halting beginning and then are horrified when Churchill knocks it out of the park.
Inception is Chris Nolan's best movie. Even if the concept of Mal having 3 psychiatrists certifying her as "sane" is the most ludicrous plot device i've ever heard of