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FlyingDad's avatar

The Rafale faired poorly against the Chinese made fighter jets in the latest dust up between Pakistan and India, possibly one of the reasons they negotiated peace so quickly. India will probably order the jet fighters from China next if they can. Funny, China now becomes the “Big Daddy Warbucks” making money off of both sides. Dassault does make really nice Falcon Corporate jets, military equipment might be lagging China though, or maybe the Indian pilots just choked.

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What does empire have to do with an average American? Empire, since WW2, has been the purview of a few, “The Ruling Elite.”

They were different when they devised the Marshal Plan. But they did drop two atomic bombs on Japanese civilians; they rationalize it, but the most likely reason was a message to Stalin.

Soon you had Churchill preaching Cold War and another guy pushing the Domino Theory. Deceiving Harry, John Foster Dulles and his brother were directing the CIA and State. They dived right into regime change and ruined Iran. Before The Band of Brothers could enjoy settled life in Levittown, they sent them to Korea then: Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The war machine never gave us a break.

Now, who are the Elite, The Deep State? It has gotten much worse. “Who are those guys?” Now, it is women to save the day. Name one woman politician that is not as big a nightmare as all the men.

It is a long sad history of bombast and stupidity.

Let us blame it all on Trump. That makes sense.

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