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Old 08-23-2021, 16:03   #31
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Old 08-23-2021, 16:12   #32
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Old 08-23-2021, 17:39   #33
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Old 08-23-2021, 22:44   #34
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To be fair, they mostly only wore their top three awards back in Ike's time.
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Old 08-24-2021, 06:55   #35
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To be fair, they mostly only wore their top three awards back in Ike's time.
To be MORE fair - that might be the point. Some might call it humility - at best it shows a lack of interest in 'flash'

One guy is wearing 12 pieces of "SWAG" - stuff we all get - show up, and you get an award. Throw in the name tag and the two Staff Identification Badges, and one of those guys already has enough pieces of flair to get a job at Chotchkies.

One guy has two different awards (SWAG that isn't being worn in the phot) that are literally named "Victory" medals.
You, know - medals given out for winning two world wars.


One guy was in charge and he wrote an "I lost the war its all my fault" letter in case his invasion plan went south. He went on to become the President of the United States of America, and warned us about the threat of curruptoin and malfeasance from the Military Industrial Complex.

One guy was in charge and has accused most of his force of teetering on extremism. Then he went on to explain why he wants us to learn about the origins of white rage. One guy helped plan a withdrawal not under enemy pressure that became a botched withdrawal under enemy pressure and between him, his boss, and his bosses boss, cannot seem to tell the same story about what went wrong. Coincidentally, he is part of the Military Industrial Complex..




In all honesty - that meme shouldn't even exist. One of those guys doesn't deserve to share space on a page with the other guy.
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Old 08-24-2021, 07:05   #36
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Factor in that little-advertized tidbit that Ike never spent time carrying a loaded weapon. Because of the timing of WWI and WWII, it was June 23, 1942, when he was posted to London as Commanding General, European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA), that he commanded fighting troops.
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Factor in that little-advertized tidbit that Ike never spent time carrying a loaded weapon.......
Might have been carrying a loaded pistol in July of 1928.
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In all honesty - that meme shouldn't even exist. One of those guys doesn't deserve to share space on a page with the other guy.
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Old 08-24-2021, 08:54   #39
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Eisenhower's Farewell Address should be required reading in High School. It contains much more then a mere warning against the Military Industrial complex. Here is but a fragment:



"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society."
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Eisenhower's Farewell Address should be required reading in High School. It contains much more then a mere warning against the Military Industrial complex. Here is but a fragment:



"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society."
Yes! This is the part that is never brought up when the Military Industrial Complex speech is mentioned. They are two sides of the same coin.
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Deplorable. Jokes aside, excuses aside, that fucker is deplorable. Of all the opportunities to learn, and he chose to grift. Deplorable.That masthead needs to be broken.
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