Sometimes I think it's a backlash against what we see as stupid rules that are imposed on us for no reason. We legitimately do want to be able to dispense with the bullshit, and admire people who can.
We are talking about the Navy, right?
And yes, Iran is a bigger, better armed country, so we should use more stuff to attack them.
Assuming we aren't gong to do the sane thing and not attack them.
Might have been. But there are dozens of us.
I trust they replied "lol, no."
In this case, the enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. Nothing more.
Always has been. Sometimes my enemy's enemy and I want the same thing for a little while.
Maxim 29.
I see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.
"Corruption" that entertains junior enlisted should be viewed with a much less harsh eye than, for example, corruption that enriches senior officers, or contractors, or elected officials.
It's not a good thing, but it's not exactly what I'd call "important." Plus, I'd be willing to bet it's an artefact of the stupid budgeting system we use.
Motivation, mostly. I have half a dozen abandoned projects in writing, model building, miniature painting, electronics, programming.
I'm a man of many talents, and limited attention span.
That's why I specified lady minotaur. I know what I'm about.
Male minotaur need not apply.
If they switched that up for a timid young farm boy and a lady minotaur with huge . . . tracts of land that need caring for, I'd read it. Wouldn't even need to change the title.
This man is a danger to all civilization. Money in this quantity is a weapon of mass destruction.
I used to be Catholic. Every Sunday, they performed the transubstantiation on the hosts and the wine. Every Sunday, I subjected both to analysis by one of the most sensitive chemical sensing device in the world.
Every week, it came back as Styrofoam and wine. Never once was it meat or blood.