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I’m sorry, didn’t @aiannucci.bsky.social beat them to this or is my memory of that particular episode of The Thick of It a bit off?
Perception of coercion versus duty owes a lot to the societal acceptance of the requirement and the fairness of its application, even when it’s pretty selective or relatively minor chunks of annually eligible cohorts.
Everything with this clown car of an 'administration'... www.youtube.com/shorts/oR_Cs...
The Houthi have been plinking transiting ships at truly impressive ranges from within the Yemeni interior using monster garaged missiles and drones, so yeah, seize some coastline, guys who'd never allow themselves or their children to be in a position to have follow such an absurd order.
"Just one word..."
Safety first, please. Spit take warnings are appreciated.
Just like COVID would “disappear”.
"Only the best people..."
If only the CENTCOM commander was a Navy officer, a surface warfare officer, maybe had commanded a numbered fleet, Fifth Fleet even...
*Starkly aware of the mortal requirement to find flotation ASAP
Wait 'til they find out that the troops get paid and have healthcare...
I enjoyed Mountainhead on first viewing, but the incrementally accumulating knowledge of just how little farce and hyperbole there was to it is, well… not good.
Meet Caddyshack
“How much was that prototype?” “Four.” “Million?” “Middle schools.” youtu.be/0c47QMq7vTw
Will never forget sitting in my conference room dialed into an update on the effort when someone in the room remarked "there's more people in all those boxes on the screen than are going to cross the border... what do we think they'll accomplish?"
