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At the heart of all our modern problems in human relations, particularly dating and marriage. Is that once we removed God and introduced contraceptives. We told ourselves it was both okay and safe to pursue pleasures, even abnormal ones. Problem is, the taste for and experience
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Been putting this mercenary problem out there with my wealthy friends and colleagues. They simply can't - yet - grasp that - in fact - not all things can be bought.
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The Mercenary Problem - a thread
Throughout history the lack of loyalty and commitment to a cause beyond personal gain is a significant concern when it comes to employing mercenaries. The problem is most obvious when the mercenaries are confronted with a peer or superior enemy,
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@DolioJ
@OfficerbenTOPO
How the hell did he KNOW the one knocking was a cop and not someone claiming to be a cop to get him to open the door unprepared for violence?
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Those few of us who are highly trained and tasked with conducting and/or countering civil wars/revolutions around the world for more than seventy years now, are giving a warning. Not making a threat by any means. Only articulating recognition of a pattern we have participated in
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The Global War on Terror was merely Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield for World War Three.
More and more I'm certain this is the case. We in the West have required a WW to sustain the regime since the early 1990s. Only there were no enemies in the world sufficient to
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Important lessons I've learned from Marty Robbins about being country...
1- Carry a 'big iron' on your hip - A .44
2- After killing 20 men - you gonna lose a gunfight soon
3- Never trust the law - they will betray you
4- Never go up against a Texas Ranger - they're straight up
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The Survival Problem - a 🧵
The vast majority of the skills learned for severe civil unrest, civil war and/or collapse, most all of the preparations being made, the stockpiling, the securing, the classes taken, the shooting, medical, communication, land navigation and all the
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Let me see if I got this straight.
Our choices are...
Have a civil war that could destroy us.
Or...
Have a global war that could end us.
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1. Unreliable performance: Mercenaries prioritize their own safety and financial interests over the objectives of their employers. This leading to subpar performance, desertion, and even switching sides if the opposing party offers better terms.
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@wayofftheres
The very conversation I've been having with the families themselves. They either glass eye over, or get indignant. Oh, and their security always gets indignant!
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The Colonists did not launch a civil war - become revolution - over taxes. They launched a civil war because the British courts and judiciary systematically ruled against the Colonists and their seeking redress of grievances through the law and courts.
Lawfare - regime biased
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As my English 'war proven' gentleman grandfather taught me, "Find a woman who can outshoot you. So you can focus on the perimeter explosives and belt feds."
Dad, how will I know I’ve found the one? There will be signs my boy.
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Are we being drug unwillingly into the 10th Crusade?
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2. Influence on conflict dynamics: The presence of mercenaries creates instability and unpredictability in a conflict. Their actions not always aligning with the broader goals of their employers, causing unintended consequences or even undermining a successful resolution.
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3. Reputational damage: The lack of loyalty and to the bitter end commitment harms the reputation of those who employ mercenaries, as it's recognized as a sign of weakness, that the employer isn't worthy of attaining and sustaining such loyalties from fighting men.
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I can't say I know how to tactically - in the bar - interrogate a guy to know if he's a SEAL. But I can do so for us Green Berets, in one or two questions alone. And HOLY FUCKING SHIT BATMAN there are so many frauds.
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Hear me out. No political parties, no formal candidates. Random citizens are picked off the street at random to serve one two year term in Congress.
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Here's my take. Western Civilization's getting close to the peak insanity which began when our civilization lost its mind and morals in WWI. There's no stopping what's coming, the getting worse before it gets truly worse.
Anyone who's had and recovered from traumatic brain
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The Intelligence Problem - a 🧵
"The end of the Soviet Union was one of the most unexpected and monumental events of the 20th century. It was a surprise to the world, including to the intelligence agencies of the major powers." - Richard Ned Lebow, political scientist and
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4. Economic burden: The cost of hiring mercenaries is generally high due to the need for financial incentives, and can be significantly higher than maintaining a standing army. The use of mercenaries can also lead to heavy indirect economic costs. If a payor can no longer afford
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1. Machiavelli: In his seminal work "The Prince," Niccolò Machiavelli discusses the problem of mercenaries' loyalty. He argues that mercenaries are unreliable and dangerous because their loyalty is primarily to money, not to the state - Prince - or the cause they are fighting
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@TuckerMax
@wayofftheres
Artificial Status hierarchies have dominated for roughly 400yrs. Which is the longest they ever sustain throughout history, in every culture and civilization has ever been.
#TheEternalWar
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As I enter the beginning of the long slow journey to becoming an elder, a few lessons hard learned about the one and only thing matters in life, relationships...
1- Absolutely everything is personal - Anyone ever tells me "it's just business" or "this is just the way it is," is
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@braxton_mccoy
Want to know the brutality and inescapable lethality of modern - post-GWOT - warfare. Ask the Ukrainians and Russians.
In less than two years of fighting, more Ukrainians alone have been killed, than all combined US loses in WWII.
Let that sink in.
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In classical literature and by historical thinkers, several examples highlight the mercenary loyalty problem, showcasing instances where mercenaries' loyalty was questioned or proved to be problematic.
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@SamoBurja
My buddy and I started this in prep school. Trick was, to stay the right amount of drunk, no less and no more. For studies, tests and class and for practice and gametime.
note: He did sadly drink himself to death a few years ago.
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All the GWOT vets when they try to force us back in service to fight WWIII.
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Question for all of you's...
Who'd care to watch a show with
@wayofftheres
and myself. He talking the
#WrathoftheWendigo
world and I talking
#TheEternalWar
and the overlaps and gaps between?
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Fully evolved E4 Mafia = Warrant Officer Corps
...yes, I've had a couple drinks. But I said what I said!
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@realDrewMullins
@SallyMayweather
Also, won a war with only 7 Generals. While Miley can't win even a "cattle war" with 45 Generals.
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The Art of Being a Man
Rule
#13
Never allow yourself to hate your enemy.
Hate blinds, such all we see is the object of that hate.
Preventing us from seeing the actual threat, even when it's coming straight at us.
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A word of caution, if you will. From the men, and some few women, proven to be highly capable of sustained precision violence in any environment and condition anywhere in the world. Those who can and have and will survive even the most extreme mortal threats. We extend a caution
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4. Roman Empire: The Roman Empire provides several examples of the mercenary loyalty problem. The Praetorian Guard, a group of elite soldiers who served as the personal guards of the Roman emperors, were often recruited from the ranks of mercenaries. Over time, the Praetorian
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Word of advice from us warriors for all you legion of cowards masking your cowardice as 'virtuous' support of
#Resentfuls
waging
#TheEternalWar
against the innocent.
#Resentfuls
will just as gladly kill you, too. Given half a chance, they will, laughing at your cowardice as they
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Hit 57 in a couple of months. Got the abs back. Now, working on ruck times and distance, in the hills.
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A pattern most ancient.
At the end of a regime, before civil war and/or collapse.
A regime puts in place a leader who oversees the theft of absolutely every single thing can be stolen from everyone has anything at all, no matter how small.
Followed by a leader will kill
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Boys, find yourself one of these, have kids, raise 'em the same. And we'll be alright.
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Hypothetical - maybe.
If I were a government preparing for war against and with my own people on my own soil...
- How would I bring about and hide necessary appropriations?
- How would I hide arming up?
- How would I position these arms and hide doing so?
- How would I staff
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The Community Problem - a 🧵
In times of severe threat and crisis, whether from a steady decline in the capacities of government, from well funded and supported civil unrest, or civil war, from a foreign war at home and/or from hostile domestic government(s), the entire modern
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3. Hannibal's Army: Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, is often cited as an example of a leader who effectively used mercenaries. However, his army, while successful, was largely composed of mercenaries, an army constantly having to be replenished at great expense. This raises
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This. Fuck everything else!
Youngest U.S. Marine Medal of Honor recipient, Kyle Carpenter (28) meets the oldest U.S. Marine Medal of Honor recipient, Hershel "Woody" Williams (94).
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Everyone's all talking stockpiling guns, ammo and food....
I've yet to see anyone talking about stockpiling viagra and MDMA. You know, for when you're an aged warlord.
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@sdbacchus
@ZeekArkham
Let kids be kids! Eat dirt, catch bugs, ride horses, prepare to participate in raiding season...
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2. Plutarch: Plutarch, the Greek historian, also criticizes the use of mercenaries. In his "Parallel Lives," Plutarch discusses the Battle of Pydna (168 BC), where the Macedonian King Perseus relied heavily on mercenaries. Plutarch suggests Perseus should have hired more
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@SallyMayweather
The purpose of the War was accomplished.
The taking of the People from their Princes in order to bind them into the slavery of the Merchant Princes.
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A direct message to all those in power who believe our most experienced and capable full-spectrum warfighters hate Muslims and will simply rush to or let you lie us yet again into their slaughter.
For more than twenty years, we stood with, fought, bled and died beside many
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Boys,
We really must, us of the Action Class, allow the Talking Class to expend every effort to thwart with their words, all that may well be.
For when all the words are spoken, all the verbal battles expended, linguistic constructs explored, there'll be a balance, or
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The Hessians were not mercenaries in the traditional sense, as they were not motivated solely by financial gain. However, their status as foreign troops fighting for the British Empire played a significant role in the propaganda war. The American revolutionaries portrayed the
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One example of the British Empire suffering defeat due to having employed mercenaries can be seen in the American Revolutionary War. During this conflict, the British forces included a significant number of German soldiers, known collectively as "Hessians." These soldiers were
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So, you portrayed and/or imagined a 'man' in a combat situation, and this makes you a combat veteran who knows and understands the reality of combat.
Yeah, no! Till you've experience 'Pink Mist' from the splattering of your buddy's brains all over you in a firefight you must
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As I start the inexorable slide towards sixty years here on this earth, there are only a few core principles I've come to after a truly unexpected quantum walk of a life. Principles which guide my every thought and action.
1- Live life firmly anchored in Base Reality - There is
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In Memoriam - a 🧵
Men, and shield maidens, this weekend we honor our dead, the fallen. Those who took our place with their lives. If I know you, and I do, having spent half my life in uniform, and all my life in service. You're half or full already into a proper drunk, and the
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A regime concerned with its native citizens, always brings in foreign peoples and mercenaries to fill the ranks of the military and to contract to. This so as to overcome the aversion a native people have to killing their own. It's an ancient knowing and model followed. Often
Yes, I’m familiar with the Lodge Act, and its use for “special” needs related to SOF/ intel. This is different.
No surer sign your Empire is finished than the use of the foreign born to fill its ranks. Prepare accordingly.
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No human being is more ruthlessly violent than the one who has had their naivete and innocence ripped away from them by base reality.
We kept telling anyone who could hear, for at least ten years, that we couldn't hold the line against darkness out there anymore. That darkness
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This was the breaking of a particular type of seal - one does not kill a king. Now it all accelerates!
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The Battle of Trenton in 1776 is a notable example of the British Empire's defeat that involved Hessian forces. On the night of December 25, 1776, General George Washington led his troops across the Delaware River and surprised the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. The
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The Cowardice Problem - a 🧵
Most civilization is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. - Frank Herbert - God
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@ConceptualJames
The loss of faith in the judiciary is ALWAYS the immediate precursor to civil war and subsequent revolution.
We must all pray our judiciary, those within it who are still solid lawyers and judges, wake up to this fact before it's too late.
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What I'd wear as a dictator
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@Mrmiked42
This isn't the way. Get out in the mountains, for a few days, let the earth reset you. Stay in touch with those who know you best.
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@thewardoll
Having this very dialogue with Millennials who refuse to see the darkness all around and in them
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De Oppresso Liber means "of the oppressed, free" meaning those who've freed themselves of oppression.
We've come to believe it means "free the oppressed" but it doesn't. Instead it has a double meaning far more profound.
- GBs are those who've done the near impossible, which
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Prepare yourselves, the products of decades of cowardice are melding fully with the incompetence we've allowed to infiltrate everything everywhere in these same decades. Be ready, for history's shown us, in no uncertain terms, in the form of the great murderous wars and
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Prediction...
Unless the BRICS can stop it, and this soon.
We as a human species will be drawn into the cataclysmic global war that finally ends the Abrahamic World...
Judaism, Christianity and Islam will all be wiped from the earth, along with billions of human beings.
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Starting when a man's in his late forties. He simply must go back and read all the classics again. There's power and wisdom in the thoughts and words of our elders and ancestors. Wisdom far beyond what we were able to grasp even partially in our youth and early manhood.
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As I've stated, nothing more dangerous than a civil servant concerned with ensuring their payroll, promotions and pensions are secured.
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I'm all for forgiveness and redemption. Truly. As noted before. However, as former interrogator. This, this is a purely manipulative look and posture. As was her entire dialogue.
I believe everyone can find a path of forgiveness
But I also recognize a grift when I see one
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With the beginning I had, never thought I'd make it to thirty. Neither of my biological brothers did. And yet, here I am, nearly thirty years from thirty. Guess I'll just have to stick around another thirty years - making my continued existence the world's problem.
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All you who have been through or know someone who has been through a custody battle with an evil ex-wife. Need your thoughts, prayers, sacrifices, any and all we can throw at it.
Have an 18D and PA turning himself in on a warrant for something he never did and was never ever
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Message, approved.
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This is who and what we actually are. Don't let anyone tell you differently!
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"Special Forces commandos are a unique breed..high standard of honor..dislikes politicians and bureaucrats and displays an open animosity toward them"
“The men we recruit to become Special Forces commandos are a unique breed. Dr. McFarland, would you please give our guests the
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Here's the deal. I've two autographed copies of
@braxton_mccoy
's book
#TheGlassFactory
. Looking for two people who can't or can't justify the cost of an autographed copy. DM and I'll send one to you free, and I'll cover the cost of shipping. -note: vets who're struggling is a
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This defeat, along with other strategic losses and the high cost of maintaining a large army of mercenaries, contributed to the eventual British withdrawal from the American colonies. It highlights how the British Empire's reliance on mercenaries, in this case, the Hessians,
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So, they're going to kill Chauvin before he can be exonerated and released from prison for the wrongful conviction in the Saint George Floyd death.
If one were to search to find the coroner report of a couple weeks ago which exonerates Chauvin, good luck. Look at search engine
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@Partisan_O
4/5ths of all Medals of Honor have gone to the Scots and Irish and those of Scots and Irish descent.
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Yes, we've both old man strength, and with all the brain injuries, retard strength. To say nothing of our just don't give a damn anymore 'winning' attitude. - Oh, and we no longer believe in fair fights.
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Disturbing. But can't say this Tweet is wrong. Keep your powder dry and/or have a freedom of movement plan.
Americans are in this weird state where most of us know that our corrupt ruling class are a bunch of pedos and genocidal maniacs, and we are just kinda making memes and waiting to see if Trump will put them in chains like he promised.
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Wait, there's an upgrade for the Hilux?
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Hell, something tells me this is half the country everyday in the past ten years.
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Feudalism, as a social, economic, and political system in medieval Europe, did not fully remove the mercenary problem as we understand it today. Mercenaries were often required even during the feudal era. However, as the system was primarily focused on the relationship between a
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Ukraine War is lost, horribly. Prepare for distraction operations in the West...France and elsewhere.
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Who's your ride or die for Friday the 13th's International Jihad Day?
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Only reason US Navy has steamed to the M.E., is to have one of their ships to be "sunk" in order to start WWIII.
You detail experts, mind terribly much putting up the full list of conflicts and wars started by the sinking of US warships...I'll start with...
USS Maine - Spanish
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@braxton_mccoy
And let us never forget, when it came right down to it, his life, he redeemed himself fully with his life.
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I'll say it again, smells like an OP.
Thread 🧵
Remember that house that just blew up in Arlington? Well things are not exactly as they seem.
Hang on, here we go…
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Nerf guns? In my hood, back when I was a kid, we used wrist rockets and slingshots, sometimes with rocks, sometimes with M80s or firecrackers.
this was the lore of the NERF wars with the neighborhood kids
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