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then that kind of autonomy is a fictional concept that is out of reach for any modern nation.

True autonomy and isolation IS impossible for modern countries. There isn't a single country that has access to every single resource needed for modern society, some things will always have to be imported.

A 1700s era society, however, is totally within the realm of possibility. Not much use for neodynium or lithium in the 18th century.

wtf are even 20 armed civilians supposed to do against trained military combat units?

Ask Vietnam.

Yeah I love how other countries like to mock the US for Vietnam, yet for some reason seem to forget about it when it comes to "us military would dominate their population"

I'm sorry but some random Douchebag from Omaha or some small town in Texas doesn't know jack OR shit about the countryside around the Sierra or Appalachian mountains, and all the fancy tools at their disposal didn't help them much when they had to search through desert for 20 years chasing down "terrorists"

Sure, the US couldn't beat vietman because they didn't know the terrain and would never be able to convince the people they're shooting at its for their own good.

But that totally doesn't apply when it's the US fighting against itself, somehow.

The enemy is both weak and strong, I guess.

But is it interactive?

Also I'm sure part of it for some people is the corruption of something that wasn't originally smut.

Wow, that's terrible! What mod is this? So I can avoid it? What a weird thing! That I'm definitely going to avoid and not go check out.

But I am a tad mystified. I do wonder what kind of lifestyle it is that leads a person to turn a videogame main menu into hardcore pornography.

It must be the author's first day on the internet.

If the internet were banned globally, porn mags would immediately disappear from shelves, and anything up to and including national geographic where they show cultures where clothing is sparse would all be hard to find, as the porn starved masses come out of their jizz encrusted caves to find something to give them that little hit of dopamine and oxytocin.

I will preface this by saying I don't believe for a second the US was ignorant of the intent to attack.

In fairness, if one of your allies that you've been giving tons of weapons to suddenly decides to attack its neighbor one day, especially when both countries have nuclear capabilities, you can bet your ass the people in charge of militaries all over the world will be watching just in case shit hits the fan.

For instance if France went insane and attacked England, you can be assured all of the EU defense departments (let's pretend their defensive treaties aren't in place) will be watching it like a hawk the moment it starts.

Again, I believe the US government had full foreknowledge and would have given its blessing for the attack if Israel cared to wait for it. They definitely shared Intel that made it happen.

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I'll be honest, I don't believe that Israel waited for a "green light" from the US for a second. I don't believe they even bothered to check in the first place.

It doesn't matter because republicans will green light anything Israel wants to do as long as it doesn't hurt their bank account. They gave carte Blanche a long time ago.

All of this is a distraction, from both the US and Israel, for different things. Don't get distracted in trying to point fingers and play the blame game. All players here suck ass for different reasons, with the ones attacking and backing being top of the list.

Nobody asked or gave permission because the answer was always going to be "do whatever you want"

Having been in the US military, I honestly think it would be about an even split between people who agree/don't agree but will go along with orders vs disagree/undecided but unwilling to murder civilians.

Of course it would never have been "all or nothing" but I think people would be surprised at where the split is and for what reasons people picked their side.

And I'm being completely serious here: I fully believe members of the US military would carry out a nuclear strike on US soil, as long as it was one of "the woke states", in order to make a point of "oppose us and we will kill all of you even if we die too"

Well I sure hope it does!

It would be pretty weird it if floated on cedar trees.

10/10 you can see little spider webs with moisture beads

And I’m not trying to imply that there is no reason to need a truck or no reason to need an SUV.

I didn't mean to imply that's what you were saying.

There are exceptions, but yeah 99% of trucks and SUVs on the road simply don't need to be there.

I'd love electric van, honestly. Most of the stuff I use my truck for doesn't need the open space up top or the ability to drop a load from above/the side, and the few times I have needed that I could have spent an hour hand loading things. Plus I'd prefer the extra security of having an enclosed cargo space. Vans are better than trucks in all but a small set of circumstances