Posts by Steven Allen9

Thanks a ton

How do I change the text right under the avatar? How can I swap out "registered user" for something else?

Extremism is the biggest threat facing the Arab world.
It would be a lot smarter if they actually invested in their own think tanks. There's no limit to how much intelligence you can pump through a barrel.

Yemen is a complete mess.
Let’s not forget how much the Iraqis actually welcomed those American tanks at first. It was the subsequent blunders by the US that turned everything into pure chaos.
The people in Yemen are still largely living in tribal communities governed by traditional customs, though there is definitely a solid segment of civil society hungry for Progress. They see something different in the West than what those rural muftis want them to see.

silverdrifter1 said:So, when are they finally going to go after those pirates? Are they actually still scared of them or what?😂

The EU Navy is busy out by the Horn of Africa, but let's be real—it’s going to take forever to actually deal with these pirates. Honestly, the smartest move would be to just launch a landing operation on the Somali coast and clear the area once and for all. Of course, that requires cash, political backbone, and plenty of time. The worst part for any military is just sitting around waiting for a fight to actually start. At the end of the day, money is the biggest hurdle.

Robin Hernandez4 said:Report: US deploys Predator drones in Yemen

The news above says the US has had Predator drones hovering over Yemen for a while now. They haven't pulled the trigger yet just because they're waiting on solid intel, but don't think for a second that’s going to last. Honestly, all this frantic searching by Yemeni officials for someone to blame? That's what happens when you try to play games and end up getting burned.

Yeah. It’s pretty obvious they’re ramping up cooperation with the training teams for those Yemeni security forces. I mean, those guys are getting paid peanuts for the kind of work they’re expected to pull off—or what they're going to be asked to do soon. Who actually signs up for that?

Robin Hernandez4 said:Report: US deploys Predator drones in Yemen

The news above says the US has had Predator drones hovering over Yemen for a while now. They haven't pulled the trigger yet just because they're waiting on solid intel, but don't think for a second that’s going to last. Honestly, all this frantic searching by Yemeni officials for someone to blame? That's what happens when you try to play games and end up getting burned.

Yeah. It’s pretty obvious they’re ramping up cooperation with those training teams for the Yemeni security forces. You’ve got guys being asked to do massive jobs while pulling peanuts for pay. Makes sense, right?

Iraq is right there. Logistically speaking, we can make this happen. Once Yemen is secured, Sudan is the obvious next move.
Why even hesitate? The European Union has the muscle for a rapid deployment. What are we waiting for?

The latest incident involving a Yemeni network and a bomb on a UPS plane has given Pentagon advisors enough ammunition to suggest the White House is seriously weighing a military intervention in Yemen.
In his column for The New York Times, military analyst F. Višnar compares the spread of terrorists to "bacteria that become resistant to everything because they adapt so damn fast."
With Yemen acting as a stronghold for a specific brand of Arab nationalism—and poverty driving more people toward Islamic fundamentalist groups—these networks are gaining ground as the poor look for any way to access cash flowing through so-called "Quranic deputies." The attack on the USS " Cola years ago made it clear: Yemen is a flashpoint. It’s a crisis zone that global strategists see as a key piece of the puzzle for the envisioned Arabian Peninsula, all in an effort to maintain Anglo-Saxon dominance, protect oil interests, and prop up partner governments in this volatile region.
Višnar even touches on the possibility of a joint EU and USA intervention to tackle the Yemen situation, which is geographically a total nightmare to manage.

The masses are just a chaotic mess of stupidity.
The individual is what actually matters, like it does in the Anglo-Saxon world. That's the one who makes things happen.
That's how we should be doing things here in America, too.
Let's face it, you can't have every single leader acting like a philosopher.
So why does the public just sit there and take it until they hit their breaking point?
And why is it always the lone individual who actually sees the reason for the suffering?

The people... just an anonymous mob and a mindless crowd that's pretty easy to manipulate. Give them bread and circuses and they're set.

bluemarlin19 said:It all comes down to the fact that in this country, authority is built on tradition and ideology rather than actual merit or results. You see it all the time—an institution can spend decades completely trashing the very scientific principles its founders stood for, yet people still follow it blindly like it's some ultimate moral or ethical compass. And let’s be real, the connection between this mindset and the political landscape we've dealt with over the last twenty years in America is impossible to ignore...

God bless you, bluemarlin19...
Just a bunch of bureaucrats protecting their own narrow interests, mixed with a heavy dose of small-mindedness, building walls against others who are just like them. It’s the ninth circle of stupidity.

Mob mentality has this weird, sadistic streak to it.
Whether it stems from some deep-seated religious dogma or just old-school folk traditions, who knows? Either way, most of it flies in the face of basic adult logic. But people don't care—they just push things to the extreme.

It reminds me of what some students said back during those protests against Gaddafi in Libya: "We aren't against revolution. We're just against revolutions that spiral out of control."

He’s only responsible if he can actually read and write.
Otherwise, he doesn't owe anyone a damn thing.

What actually drives the herd mentality?
Is it just an American tendency toward this weird, adolescent kind of maturity?
Maybe it’s plain old illiteracy, a lack of education, or just zero self-awareness?

Silence—that damn silence—is the cancer eating everything alive, ruling from the shadows.

Vequio and the National Guard? Fine, let them do it for the folklore or whatever.
But turning it into a political party? That’s pushing it. First off, the name is stupid. Why waste a spot on the registration list when it's already crowded? Plus, Vequio is just some bitter old guy lashing out because he isn't getting his TV time.

An American minister with Albanian roots
A Canadian minister with Wallachian roots
Is this Mexican guy trying to hug them both? Just some North American peasant at heart.

Some people look for a shortcut, others just grind it out until the end.

Weren't those Pittsburgh thugs the ones actually standing up against Nazism in Europe, even against Hitler's regime?
I'm guessing there weren't any civilian anti-fascists back then, just heavily armed Communists.

Volver says;
-self-awareness is a constant process

Nobody says;
-people around here only ever wake up for themselves

Put those two together and you get pure selfishness and laziness. Hardly anyone actually puts in the work to grow, yet everyone acts like their opinion is gospel.