Posted on 12/07/2019 8:16:57 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
Oh so NOT religion of peace!!!!
Johnrob showed up the other day doing a test post, it worked, and BAM, new functionality.
Twitter is obviously a hosting ground for terrorists. So why is it still on line?
“Why do these guys never shoot any Democrat politicians?”
Why would they shoot their friends?
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JimRob upgrade.
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Yeah pretty cool.
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Feed this savage to wild hogs while he’s still alive.
Then do the same with his friends.
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The big issue is that Islam is really a political system masquerading as a religion.
Why did it take the LOCAL sheriff's department to end the rampage and not the MPs on the base?
I shudda read ahead
Two words:
“purchase American politicians and arms makers”
Actually, I suggest you have that backwards. IMHO.
US international arms sales (FMS) are severely restricted by the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), section 505, and the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753) and section 4 (22 U.S.C. 2754). Additional controls are defined in countless other policy manuals and service-specific instructions, as well as mandated in the sales contract—LOA.
Why we do FMS:
1. “Access.” The sale of FMS kit and/or capability requires political access to a country’s leadership. Before a FMS sale may proceed, political considerations affecting the current and forecast geo-political environment takes place. If a country decides to establish ties and/or expand relations with the US, then FMS is an excellent way forward to accomplish this goal. Purchasing US military gear is a highly visible political-military step that is noticed world-wide. An FMS sale therefore needs to initially be explored at the highest-level of government—US and the customer country. During initial FMS discussions through delivery and follow-on support, political and military relationships are developed and trust established. Additionally, a “total package approach” (TPA) to FMS is agreed and this ensures long-term political, military and physical access to the country as the program is introduced, activated, maintained and upgraded.
2. “Influence.” FMS expands ties and strengthens ties between the US and the customer country (“Small nations when treated as equals become the firmest of allies” ). These closer ties and stronger relations allows the US to exercise greater influence though political, military and physical means.
Additionally, International Military Education and Training (IMET), is one such avenue of influence. Through IMET, foreign political and military customers attend service school and learn about human rights, civilian control over the military, among other Western attributes, consequently, foreign servicemen are influenced and shaped by US values and traditions.
Influence may also be exercised by suspending deliveries, withholding technical and training support and retaining payments made by the customer (no refunds) if the customer country behaves in a manner that violates the terms and conditions of the FMS contract or act counter to US national security interests.
In addition to the suspension of deliveries, termination of technical and training support will result in US-supplied products grinding to a halt, as military kit requires a high level of maintenance and support, as well as constant training to remain proficient.
3. “Infrastructure,” a vastly important aspect of the US international arms business. Today, the US engages in FMS as a way to keep the defense industry alive. Most NDAA expenditures are for maintenance, modifications, upgrades and personnel. Consequently, new product manufacturing and research and development are limited in scope. This threatens the defense industrial manufacturing base. With FMS, research and development continues and the defense industry remains viable and productive.
The US defense industry and the US government work to ensure they operate within the law, as oversight and reporting requirements are many and in plain view (except for classified programs, they come under different laws and reporting requirements and are beyond the scope of this proposed research effort).
Basically, access, influence and infrastructure are the benefits of FMS programs.
We can’t overlook Trumps contact with the Ukraine, as he has a DUTY to review ALL FMS countries, too include the Ukraine, to ensure the kit and training are in accordance with the law. Trump would have been in violation if he DID NOT check on the Ukraine because of the well-known corruption that was underfoot.
Iran. Most definitely.
“We had to make extraordinary effort to have only male staff operate the simulators when Navy and contract flight instructors had Kuwait students in the training cockpits.”
That is a clear violation of the LOA. To have our Navy cave on the women issue means the Navy was violating the LOA, not the customer.
Indeed, the country must sign the LOA and in the LOA is specific and clear language stating they have to accept whoever we assign to the program, be it women or homosexual. I’ve been in meetings in the US and the host country where US women were running finance, delivery schedules and IMET programs. The muslims accepted that as the way it had to be.
I’ve been associated with FMS programs since before Gulf War I, well before, and that clause in the LOA goes back decades.
He says he hates us because of the evil we support against humanity - then shoots up people. How insane is that ?
Time to bomb the shit out of Mecca.
Never mind all that. Of course they were in on it. But did it go viral on twitter?
Good post I think you are right there.My guess is MBS will be all over this while keeping Trump informed.
What makes more sense in this act of terrorism is a group interested in creating chaos on a grand scale,now who could that be?
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