The Spanish government is militarizing gearing up for violent protests against the EU that are expected to turn up before a hot autumn. Spain is now equipping the police with about one billion million euros with new combat equipment. Violent protests in Spain since the crisis began almost a daily occurrence. Movements such as 25 de Mayo or the Indignados call Spaniards of all strata of the population to protest against the government on the streets. The police will always respond violently. They cover up their brutal responses by banning any video of police beatings making it a crime in itself. This is certainly illustrating the loss of freedom and any democratic process within Europe. The police scandals have only charged the atmosphere within the population and we may see this erupt into civil war as we move forward.
Goya’s painting of the brutal treatment of citizens during the The Third Of May 1808 is a reminder of what we could face in the aftermath of the militarization of Spain against its own citizens.
Since June, the Spanish Interior Ministry has signed four contracts for the purchase of protective vests, shields and other riot gear. These weapon purchases are causing many to relive very bad memories in Spain. Spain has also bought water canons, a weapon that by the end of the Franco dictatorship was in continuous use. Opposition leader Antonio Trevin called the purchase therefore “a return to the times we would rather forget.” The Interior Ministry has responded merely justifying their rearming as necessary “because of the current social dynamics”, reports the Guardian.
The protests are mainly directed against the always new austerity measures, tax increases, the extremely high youth unemployment, homelessness following the bursting of the housing bubble, and also against a restrictive policy such as the recent bill to ban abortions. Then there is the movement to establish a referenda for the abolition of the monarchy.
Then throw in the separatist movement as we see in Scotland where the Catalans are moving for their independence. There were protests against the recent visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel that had to be violently dispersed by the government.
Spain is moving toward civil war.
Even the human rights organization Amnesty International has expressed concern over the arming of the police. the police are there to protect the government – not the people. That is a dangerous position that sets the stage for civil war.
There goes Europe up in flames again
Short airlines
Not civil war, Revolution. There is a difference.
ISIS has already stated that they will recreate a new Moorish Empire in Spain.
In Ukraine they called them "Separatists" ... So are these Catalans also gonna be called that?
militants? pro-russians? muslim extremists? whatever shallow label works...
Did that say Barcelona or Boston??????
Québécois dit toujours oui nous pouvons!
Calling Rick Perry! Time for Texas to declare itself the Republic of Texas again (just like the good ole pre-Feb 19, 1846 days). I would gladly call myself a TEXAN if you do!
Not gonna happen. Perry traded in his manly chaps for some new fishnet pantyhose.
Another for the "Sad but True" catagory.
We hold these truths to be self-evident ........... Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
Exactly
i second.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3393/catalonia-islamic-republic
Posted without comment...
That surely convinced me...
"The Gatestone Institute, formerly Stonegate Institute and Hudson New York, is a think tank based in New York City.[2][3][4] The organization is chaired by John R. Bolton, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, from 2005 to 2006, and Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, from 2001 to 2005.[5] ] ... It was founded in 2012 by Nina Rosenwald, who serves as its president.[9][10]..."
"Nina Rosenwald is an American political activist and philanthropist. An heiress to the Sears Roebuck fortune, Rosenwald is vice president of the William Rosenwald Family Fund and co-chair of the board of American Securities Management.[1] She is the founder and president of Gatestone Institute,[2][3] a New York-based think tank and policy council. A descendant of philanthropists and Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, Rosenwald has focused on donating to pro-Israel organizations. She has been "an ardent Zionist all her life".[4] "
Ron Paul was interviewed on a Brazilian TV show and is was the young crowd and very in depth. I can say our little Ron Paul Internet movement has not at all been a waste. I would guess many of these protestors are starting to embrace Libertarian ideals and no so much the Marxist ideals they normally might. We may just have a global Libertarian Revolution on our hands as the good Doctors has enlightened many that its not really capitalism that's bad, by the croney kind.
"deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
The consent of the governed is the consent of those wired to be governed.
Why should those who are opposed to government be forced to obey a few genes that the consenters possess. Government is an adaptation that at one time promoted the survival of people.
Now they are burdened by it.
"An organism is a collection of problem solving devices - adaptations - that were shaped by natural selection over evolutionary time to promote, in some specific way, the survival of the genes that directed their construction."
- D. Symons
Again, why are people who wish to be free made slaves to some throwback's genes?
Article 5 Convention of the States. Rein in, or terminate, Washington, D.C. with Amendments to the Constitution without any involvement by D.C. It is up to the citizens to pressure their state legislators to make it happen.
If they are brown people they will get Droned
There is supposed to be a Constitutional Convention as called for by ARTICLE 5 of the afore mentioned document in 2016 and exactly where or when is not knowen by me. This ought to be a doozy!!! Milestones
IMO, no convention needed. The people need to use inalienable rights and trust law (government is a trust and owes a fiduciary duty to the people) and learn enough law to use the courts without an attorney. These treasonists sacks of shit can be held liable, but a lawyer has too much to loose by doing it. Lawyers make money from controversy of rights, but what they wont tell you is, government has no rights, only limited power and limited authority. They will allow administrative rules and process against you, that are not applicable to your rights. "Woe unto ye lawyers" Its been going on for a while.
That is not a mental image I needed... >_<
Texas will always be a vassal state of USA!
Sad truth.
As Scalia said once, the Civil War pretty much repealed the Tenth Amendment. Guess where secession falls against that flippant comment.
"Calling Rick Perry! Time for Texas to declare itself the Republic of Texas again (just like the good ole pre-Feb 19, 1846 days). I would gladly call myself a TEXAN if you do!"
That would require him to have testicles.
Obviously, this is all Putin's fault. We shall call them Russians.
They aren't going to create shit; they're just a stage magaged distraction and an excuse to fly military missions over Syria.
Oh, I'm sure it's all quite real. WWIII demands hostilities on all fronts, lest sensible people have a say.
Got hollow-points?
If you state it, I'm sure it will happen next week.
Of course. And the Obama administration will lend a helping hand. Via Muslim Brotherhood.
Sounds funky...Musslem Bruthahooood
"ISIS has already stated that they will recreate a new Moorish Empire in Spain."
Oh, leave us alone with ISIL, ok? Only dumb Americans can be scared by something as obviously staged as that. Get off Hollywood, for Jeez sake.
Al Gayda wasn't frightening children anymore, and "Islamo-Fascist" conjured images of Arab royalty. The Project for a New American Bogeyman continues, hopefully with new production crew and better photoshoppers. If you doubt the underlying nature of ISIL, consider their position vis: Israel.
Incorrectly called painting from Peninsular War, Spanish Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War
Good catch. Remember Napolean (not Dynamite).
Goya's "saturn devouring his children" is more apt.
No country for young men.
"Not civil war, Revolution. There is a difference."
I think it's a societal breakdown more than anything. A failure of central planning. What's the ideology driving this new revolution?
Harbanger,
Civil War = Control
Revolution = Changes
A Civil War is exactly What the Controllers want. It pits Brother against Brother. A Revolution is what is needed to cleanse itself from the Pure Evil Psychopathic Bankster Vermin.
Agreed. So what's the ideology driving this new revolution?
All conflict is about control and change. I just don't see any conviction of belief, all I see are people that are disenchanted with their leaders and wanting fairness, without knowing how or why. That's not going to win you anything except getting screwed.
This is usually where a charismatic leader comes onto the scene and fills the void with a Utopian vision. People that are looking at a bleak future will embrace utopian ideas of a better and brighter future. Unfortunately, guys that fill the leadership roles are usually psychopathic power junkies.
Ignorance is bliss,
Not leader. Demagogue.
Harbanger,
Ideology and revolution DO NOT mix.
"So what's the ideology driving this new revolution?"
Harbanger, revolutions do not usually start with ideologies, but with plain discontent. The frustration of the population builds up and up over years. Then a spark, a catalyst, can come at any time and boom!
Nobody can foretell what this catalyst event will be. The only thing observers can do is see the discontent grow and wait for the spark. It can take years, months, days... who knows what or when.
After the revolution, there's always a period of chaos. Then, the reconstruction period begins, usually with one ot various leaders born of the very turmoil. That's the way it's worked in most cases. No ideology save a need for change, getting rid of corruption and yes, a fairer society. Injustice is the primary fuel of revolutions.
Lea,
Great post.
Well done.
@ Lea,
Problem, Reaction, Solution.
Funny, all the revolutions I'm aware of over the last century have been bankster proxy wars. I can't think of a single revolution that focused on the central banks, instead being funded by them.
Long story short, war cannot eradicate evil because war is evil personified. The only way to defeat evil via war is by an even larger evil.
NotApplicable,
You wrote: "all the revolutions..."
Can you name few?
Sure! This, this and this. Need moar?
ThirdWorldDude
Thanks for the links. It made me realize that I am having difficulty with NotApplicable post.
NotApplicable wrote: “all the revolutions have been bankster proxy wars...... funded by them.”
So, you are telling us that The Arab Spring, The Orange and Iranian Revolutions were funded by the banks?
Or am I missing something here?
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a bankster proxy war.
Dude, why such a limited worldview? Are you 16 y/o and only able to comprehend literal meaning of words?
Lemme 'xplain: If USSA Gubbermint is controlled and partly funded by banksters (fact #1) -> And if USSA Gubbermint is behind those orchestrated revolutions (which we have documented facts on, ergo fact #2) -> Then, Socrates says, that makes the banksters who are controlling USSA Gubbermint responsible for named turmoils (through the useful idiots proxy USSA .gov)
Get it yet?
ThirdWorldDude
So Dude,
See if this ‘limited worldview’ is better.
US is a Corporatocracy (corporations and banks run by the Power Elite) and that the President is the manager.
Corporatocracy = Weak national parties and strong political representation of individual districts, large U.S. military establishment, big corporate money financing election campaigns, and globalization tilting the balance away from workers. — Jeffrey Sachs
Coup d'état = Overthrown on an elected government by these Power Elites.
In Conclusion
1) The Coup d’état, initiated and paid by these Power Elites to take control of these nations at the expense of their domestic population; which then leads to Social Revolutions, where workers fight to own and control their means of production and workplace.
2) The abuse of the English language, especially by some of the commentators at this site, I feel like tilting at wind mills.
And many here wonder why the American population doesn’t understand what is happening.
You wrote much and said nothing, only proved that your worldview is "ass up".
1. Check your definition of Corporatocracy ("corporations and banks run by the Power Elite"; Jeffrey Sachs' one comes a bit warmer, though);
2. Coup d'etat doesn't necessarily coincide with Revolution (as shown by Berlusconi's removal and before that, the Austrian coup of 2000), instead facts show the opposite: Elites use propaganda means to provoke proles to incite turmoil/revolution which is later used as an excuse/cover to commit the coup, aka ordo ab chao or problem-reaction-solution... As evidenced in Iran '79, Ukraine '04-'13, Libya '11, Egypt '12 as well as AIPAC/CFR/Al-Cia-Duh fruitless plans for the outcome of the revolution/civil war in Syria '11-present.
But my point was and remains that banksters who own "The Free World" organize, fund and incite revolutions through proxies all over the globe in order to install their own puppets.
So, if the banksters can't own the people, who will? Their bosses?
Or, should the people that build, own? Then, hire the managers.
So, we live in a corporatocracy, underpinned by cheap oil, disguised by lots of financial innovation that will never be paid back (living beyond ones means), while having the young indoctrinated by our education system.
Then, the sheeple (adults) having the mirage these things are all in order. That, because we live in a Republic, once these institutions are disbanded, things will get better?
Do you really believe that?
Chupacabra-322,
America is a violent and divided society, so Civil War might be easier to market, to grasp, than revolution.
Revolution usually starts with the youth. Anyway, as long as there are some benefits, such as food stamps, some jobs, NO revolutions. The main problem (the fuel), within the US, is its standard of living that is way too high compared to other nations and, to what is produced in America. Good luck tell that to the Americans.
Societal Collapse = Decline of the systems
Anyway, as I wrote before: I believe with every fiber of my being that our collapse will be a consequence of multiple failures.
"is its standard of living that is way too high compared to other nations"
I beg to differ slightly. There has been an incremental decrease in the standard of living for the last 30 years. The unemployment rate, 40 plus million Americans on food stamps, outsourcing of jobs, debt, endless wars, crumbling infrastructure, open Criminality at the highest levels & most importantly a lack of morality are the Cancers which have engulfed the Host.
This Criminal Empire based on Fraud is fast heading towards Social, Economic & Political Collapse.
The apathy, indoctrination & Cognative Dissonance coupled with endless money printing is what's fueling the current facade.
"America is a violent and divided society, so Civil War might be easier to market, to grasp, than revolution."
You're right, Escrava. Cohesive societies have mass protest marches and revolutions. Divided societies have riots and civil wars.
Nickelback - Edge of Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlSYabmJuzM
Ouch, that hurts...
Here's some real music: http://youtu.be/mXwLxcSniGw (SOAD - Pluck)
Madrid?
Spain will retire to her mean normal, ever-revolving, re-accuring episodes.
Civil war or not you aint choose, globalization sets you on course .
That certainly is a revolting thought, I will give you that.
This is modern society. We have evolved beyond that. We can have both.
the difference is a revolution is when one side wins without having to kilil very many people.
The Train in Spain stays mostly in the...
Think it's about time to buy some FAZ
.. waiting .
Manana. Talk about Spain, live there and make sure before and after in Latin America. Latin American dominated US protectorates do qualify if you stayed more than 5.9999
months.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if one of these modern "democracies" actually did what the people in their country wanted? Yes; it would. If 1.8M people show up for a "fuck the EU" rally, we know there are another 3M who have the same desire but not enough time, energy, courage, etc. to show up. but the "leaders" order up more ammunition for the paid thugs that enforce the rulers dictates instead of doing what the people want. Why is this the case? Because the "leaders", as a class, occupy very desirable positions, and are easily bought; and there's not one patriot amongst them, anywhere; in Spain, in the US, in the UK, in Germany. Just a ruling class that's bought and paid for, and black-mailed with NSA intercepts. Wouldn't it be great if the Spanish govt. just said; ok. The EU was an interesting experiment, but the people don't want it, and this is a democracy, so goodbye and good luck EU. Wouldn't it be nice if the German People had a chance to vote in a popular referendum on the Euro versus the D-Mark; which chance they were never given. Democracy seems like a way to avoid serious problems; I think we should try it some day.
Direct democracy is the answer. I don't want anybody to represent me.
I mean, shit, those assholes managed to vote Obama into office.
The popular vote was for TV entertainment/diversion and had absolutely nothing to do with the installation of Obama.
Just like every other popular vote charade...
Which assholes are you referring to?
That's great in theory, but I hope you're not constantly outnumbered, wherever you go in the world.
Then you would be going the Athenian route per Solon, yes?
" the paid thugs that enforce the rulers dictates instead of doing what the people want"
You just successfully exposed the weakest or most evil thing in he chain. Get their names , addresses, spouses (hurry up, soon to be divorce up records).
Hey fellow doomsters , lighten up : any thug who ever touches government employment will wear this mark of unemployability except for thughish tasks as private security in legal realm street.
So they think they always have an easy escape ? Self hate is what gives them away ...
European's now have the ability to easily buy Bitcoin: http://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-launches-bitcoin-buying-selling-13-euro...
They never took to SpainCoin...
Spain. Check
Scotland Check
Ukraine Check
Middle East Check
America......we can only hope
OMG, fingers crossed!!!!!!
It's Texas or nothing. Hello, Texas, anybody home? Y'all about pissed off enough yet to make a run at this or what?
Back to the 1800's please
http://mrkash.com/activities/images/civilwarbeginsmap.jpg
You're thinking of the old Texas. Haven't you noticed what's been pouring across the border of the new Texas for the last 47 years?
In Spain the war takes place everytime Real Madrid plays FC Barcelona in soccer. Its like in Texas football games are proxy for war. The whole thing is called civilisation.
Emperor Rick?
Prime Minister Rick?
President Rick?
Governor Goodhair
Fuck that noise.
Any and every name should be thrown at the ballot along with the referendum if Texas is going to break out.
No parties machinery whould be allowed to gum up the works or to rotate the same old criminal cabals around the state house desks.
Rick should be sent back to painting fences or chewing his toe-nails or whatever he did before he cock-sucked his way into political suck-puppetry.
I'm ready ( and i have lots of dry powder )
Texas
is
DOOMED
I used to joke with one of my friends that whenever I go into McAllen on business the white population increases by 25%
IF you are in Texas, get out now :(
" the white population increases by 25%"
The problem is too many white people? Cause I aint seeing that.
Hopefully the Greeks are not far... behind.
Basil Fawlty: "Well, they invented it, didn't they."
Lol...., yeah right. Submissive Merikans have important things to do. Like get anal probes wait in line for the newest NSA iCrap.
The iCrap has an anal probe app? Cool, no more prostrate exams...
Bonus! They will fly off the shelves!
I believe that is the new fist watch.
Be careful what you wish for. Most people's necessities depend on a globalized and overly complex clusterfuck of a system that would not survive a civil war/revolution. What I hope for is to survive and to get it over with as quickly as possible.
"What I hope for is to survive and to get it over with as quickly as possible."
Kinda sounds like getting raped.
Sadly, I think many people are going to learn about the folly of Just-In-Time inventory systems when they are applied to critical infastructure in a crisis situation.
"Most people's necessities depend on a globalized and overly complex clusterfuck of a system that would not survive a civil war/revolution."
Whose necessities depend on anything globalized? You mean, you can't live without your iPad, iPhone, Car Wash, made-in-China underwear and Walmart? Even like that, everything is possible. Look at Iceland.
http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrit...
the sooner, the better...!!!
Let them... who cares... we had one here in the US too... that's just the way of the world.
Armstrong has the breakup of the us beginning in 2016 thru 2032
The was a Russian dude (Panarin) who said the same thing. Can't recall the timing - but I think he missed it pretty good (too soon).
Shit like this falls into context that "there are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen."
I could easily see things falling apart and new alliances being made more on a state to state basis - regional over national. Sooner or later state politicis/budgets/etc. are going to cross federal ones in some nasty way and the fight will be on.
They already had one recently,back in the thirties.
Yes, and occasionally you can still see old people their missing noses from it. Seriously.
The last Spaniard to leave, please shut off the lights...As the Minister said, they are 'exercising external mobility'
Spain's brain drain 'worst in Western Europe'
the lights (and energy industry) in Spain are largely bankrupt on account of Govt going eco-loon green energy ...'green' being short slang for economic moron
so the lights will probably shut themselves off
Hey, did you hear the Bieber got booed off the stage for taking his clothes off?
No one likes to be shown a mangina.
Isn't that child abuse?
"Hey, did you hear the Bieber got booed off the stage for taking his clothes off?"
At last, sense. I was anxiously waiting for the moment people would realize they're taken for fools by no-talent "performers" who show their asses to compensate for nondescript, abysmal music.
You can still take immature male audiences for morons this way (show them boobs and they are happy), but it is getting to glut females.
Phew. There's hope to get back to real music.
Just a nice fall day outing with friends. Nobody works, nobody cares.
The executioners dress in black.
I thought Spain always did the dress rehearsal before the big show.
it doesn't feel anything close to civil war in Spain ..there's no evidence on the streets of massive student unemployment or homelessness.. and apparently 1 million Spanish homes are cut off from electricity too
the Spanish Police are high profile ..road stops fishing for speculative petty fines instead of investigating real crimes reported ...try reporting a car stolen as you get rejected by 2 Police stations and at the 3rd needing 'approval' on a telephone to be given an interview ...they're just f'n pathetic
roll on the revolution i say ..anything brings Govt down is a friend of socio-economic progress
Yup, that's how the French Revolution started. [Sigh,] such a romantic.
And what follows? Unicorns, rainbows and lollypops? Not likely. History shows that the most organized, armed and violent group takes charge.
What kind of person takes control of that type of group? Mother Theresa? After the French Revolution, France got Napolean-the Hitler of his time. Russia got Lenin, Stalin, etc. Cambodia got Pol Pot. China got Mao and his 60M dead.
That doesn't seem like an upgrade, so be careful what you wish for...
So when the govt falls would that be ETA then?
In otherwords, if it happens here, you'll have to not only know who you are and what you stand for, but also be willing to use violence and organize people if you want there to be a good chance of having something decent for your kids to look forward to.
Upvote.
Wonder who the downvoting troll is?
Perhaps someone who just can't process the concept that there is a chance we wind up in such a nasty place.
The banks versus the people...
What's so civil about war, any way?
do dooo doo do.. doo do dooo do do....do do do doooo doo do do...
I'm sure it must be Putin and the Russians behind it!
(sarc)
Can we be next? PLEEEEEASE
why don't they throw this nutjob back in jail, nothing he has ever predicted has ever happened, lock him back up and throw away the key
Just watch the tanks start rolling if Scotland votes yes.
so is this the "If you like your EU, you can keep your EU" response?
Remember when Zero only had photos with a halo around his head taken by the "press" ? Well check this out from last night:
http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/8d/494cc130409d2c65756262e98cc2...
He's a Pure Evil Psycopathic CIA Mason Lucerferian Piece of Shit. Head CEO OF that Gold Fringe Flag which represents Criminal Fraud UNITED STATES, CORP. INC.
If he is not one evil-incarnate motherfucker, I don't know what is. He must be scary even to blacks.
Send in the Ferguson PD!
what did you expect?
with 25% unemployment rate
plenty of "leisure" time for the masses
It's 1% of the country's population protesting in Barcelona. Or about one third of Barcelona's population.
they were lucky it wasn't 1 million or more
Don't blame me. I voted for Franco.
Coming from NYC, I spent a couple of weeks in Catalonia last year. Great place, great people! Viva La Revolution!
Burn the whole fucking thing down.
Draghi had better prove the value of the Euro soon, times a wastin'.
A Civil War is exactly What the Controllers want. It pits Brother against Brother. A Revolution is what is needed to cleanse itself from the Pure Evil Psychopathic Bankster Vermin.
1.8 million people at a rally, wow.
I can not wait until the first of these large demonstrations goes to 11 and results in the people killing everyone in their corrupt, theiving, stealing, spying government. The planet needs a few total government purges before these politicians, judges and police chiefs start getting that they are here to serve the people, not themselves. We need to exterminate all the tyrants on this planet now.
Guns out, bums out!
Just remember...in revolution a lot of old scores are often settled by using the mob to take care of foes and the biggest 'foe' it turns out is the guy to whom you owe money.
Doctors and 'sophisticated' citizens (you know, stuck up people who have good teeth and wear glasses and certainly anyone with an education) are often eliminated. It helps the 'revolutionary' if there is no one with a brain to challenge him. Think Fidel Castro..I remember the televised firing squads. The crime of the prisoner?..being wealthy...Fidel hated that, his good bud Che hated it even more.
Let's have a collective lop 'tick tock motherfuckers'..
50/50 Scottish referendum, Catalonia ref., Venetia ref, Swiss gold ref., French +\+ polls for FN, and a Spanish revolution, blowing up DoucheBank, UKIP rise&shine.
When they say "civil war" they mean a centralized government killing innocent civilians who are trying to exercise their right of self-determination.
great comment.. +1
this is what 35% unemplyment gets ya
Where'd Spain get a billion Euro?!?!
The time for the populations of human slaves (AKA "citizens") to fight back against the predators-that-be and predator-class was long ago. Now it will be more difficult.
All predators-DBA-governments, everywhere on the planet, must be eliminated if humans are to survive as anything more than abject slaves. Those who fight back will find they are successful if... and only if... they fight smart and efficient, not when they fight when ruled by emotion (and therefore easily predicted by the predators-that-be and their paid predator-thugs).
Ann, you are as correct as you are smoking hot.
Ann looks vaguely like one of the ex-wives...'hot' does not always mean sane...
honestann,
I usually don’t comment in lemon posts, but yours take the cake.
You wrote: "they fight smart and efficient, not when they fight when ruled by emotion....
Girlfriend, this might help:
30 percent of U.S. adults are now considered obese.
One-third of teenagers are now believed to be incapable of passing a treadmill test.
Some 32 million Americans now in this group, the Army deems the vast majority too obese, too uneducated, too flawed in some way, according to its estimates for the current budget year.
I wonder where you would fit on that?
I am 5' 5" and 105 pounds.
However, while I may look like I'm in great shape, I'm actually a bit of a physical wimp (not very strong). However, part of my point was say being smart makes a huge difference. Consider all those strong, brave, manly-men who operate drone controls in the USSA to kill people thousands of miles away. Probably the most effective means for local actions are sniper rifles from a long distance, or binoculars and push buttons attached to explosive devices far away by radio control.
Nonetheless, fighting isn't my personal choice. I left the USSA about 3 years ago, live in the extreme boonies in my simple but comfortable little self-sufficient digs, and work on a better solution to the insanity of human beings.
honestann,
About you last paragraph I’ll say this: You’re way ahead of time, compared to most of us.
It’s obvious that America is all-in in Ukraine and now, Syria. That means Putin might be right about a war in Europe this winter.
It looks like Russia will be financially crippled while fighting those two fronts. And perhaps Poland, as well.
China is the wild card.
I think the outcome will be: Putin folds.
US and Europe saved, for another 5/10 years.
This is a fine line, of nuclear disaster, that humanity will be facing.
Because US won’t back down, because it can’t.
If humans would just fight the predators in their own fictitious nation, life on earth would become dramatically better. Fighting people you don't even know in other fictitious nations is just stupid.
Eliminate the predators preying on you, not some random fools you don't even know. Sheesh are humans ever stupid. Let Spaniards hang their own predators-DBA-government, and ditto for everyone else.