Trump seems to only understand blunt talk and people with a backbone. He’s a typical bully.

Norwegians. That’s a CV90 in the background.

Again, a fantastic army. I served alongside a Norwegian mech battalion and special forces in Afghanistan.

Three - five years with a *massively* funded crash program (ie: the entire defence budget). But then you need to deliver such a weapon.

There are far too many obstacles to an independent nuclear weapon. But we could invest in *conventional* systems which can be almost as effective at far less cost.

The bonds alone would wreck the US economy. But Trump doesn’t think of second order effects.

The nice Cpl just pushed them across the table to me. They were going to replace the barracks boxes in a while anyway.

You’d never be allowed to keep Kevlar or CADPAT. The old tin hat shouldn’t have been a problem, though.

I gave a bunch of boots - some new - to charity.

If the balloon looks like it’s going to go up, I’ll go on a spending spree. As it is, I’m likely in no shape medically to be camping out planting IEDs. However, I do possess certain other skills.

They let me keep a barrack box, which was nice.

I also ended up with an old “Vietnam War” style helmet…LOL

I don‘t have much. Old style polar fleece, a set of boots, my old desert boots…DEUs…. The rest went back to Edmonton Base Supply when I cleared.

We indeed should. We might but keep it fairly quiet. No government announcement, for instance.

I served alongside the Danes. I get it.

Fair enough.

But Vance probably yapped the entire time.

I’m a tanker. I don’t like the cold. It messes with my massive quantities of arthritis.

I did managed to keep the original polar fleece, though. That’s handy.

To be fair, the transatlantic alliance is being threatened with open warfare by its most powerful member.

As much as I’m a supporter of Ukraine, that *has* to be the focus right now.

Right now, I’m regretting not hanging on to my Gore-Tex stuff.

A picture of the White House isn’t the attraction they think it is.

Also: don’t mess with the Danes. Do and you’ll find out why.

This is true. However, we (the collective we) are giving the US agency in areas in which it has given it up. Ukraine is the most obvious example.

It’s time to stop entertaining these charlatans & speak to them in their own language. The Danes have NATO backing them - that’s not inconsequential.