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Because it's illegal. You'd make the order? You'd be impeached and convicted at the speed of light. The suggestion is idiotic, and the product of someone incredibly ill informed about law and the military. If understanding that, and trying to explain it to you and your wingy makes me a troll, so be it. I see it as a service.

Too much you don't understand about this. I don't have any interest in informing you.

I have no interest in responding to these ignorant fantasies. The issue is not with those who would not respond to an illegal order, it is with those who would issue an illegal order. They would be removed instantaneously, and the issue would never come to whether or not such an idiotic and illegal order was responded to.

Idiotic. You clearly don't understand this. I am repeatedly surprised by how little a couple of people who post here regularly know about these issues.

Ya I do know. The evidence is overwhelming that you have absolutely no idea about the UCMJ or what that entails. Similar to the red tail guy's claims months ago about the US using it's military to strike domestic targets. The same as you have absolutely no idea about weapons selection regarding mission goals, and how that issue determines what is used. No surprise there, but your posts are funny.

They wouldn't show up. She has said, repeatedly, that the man was OK when he was elected, but that time has passed and everything about him is surrounded by chaos, and we don't need nor want that. She says it all the time. She is correct, and that's why I like her. She certainly is not "spineless," per your claim.

I believe she has.

Not knowing the Secretary of Defense was not functioning is the final straw of many final straws, including not being able to know where he is or complete a coherent sentence. This Administration is dysfunctional, incompetent and needs to be replaced.

Two birds with one stone strategy. My plan is to tell my wife in the morning that I had a dream that if we had consensual....the Bills would win. If we didn't, it's on her.

Does this sacred pledge get equal consideration to "no more drilling?"

I don't agree, which is fine. My views are in my original post, and have not changed. One thing worth mentioning though. I think your expressed views on the military budget are grossly unrealistic. One of the things I've noticed about this forum is that there seems to very few people who actually understand what the US military is tasked with, and what that costs. Those items relate to ability to early detect, respond quickly, minimize loss of life, ultimately win and provide superior search and rescue in hostile areas, along with massive transport capability, air to air refueling capability, and a host of other things that are rarely considered by folks who aren't familiar with this stuff. If the desire is to decrease the defense budget, those capabilities must be diminished, or in some cases, disregarded. That is the reality.

Yes I can, and so can the rest of the world.

Are you serious? There aren't two people on earth who do not know that Iran is funding Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. Maybe you are one. Who do you define as a "Christian Nation?" I'm unaware of any, let alone one who was attacked. Attacking, taking over an embassy, and holding the people there as hostages is an act of war. Are you aware of that?

Taking over an embassy, which is universally regarded as an act of war is "starting it." Blindfolding and parading workers in that effort makes it far worse. I have no sympathy re the Iranian Islamic folks who have fomented countless death in the pursuit of their caliphate.

Body counts are meaningless. That regime has been at war with the US for decades, and is responsible for many, many US deaths. I have zero sympathy for them. That view does not transfer to the innocent people who may have been killed.

Same minimums, just more cameras. Europe has more days of low visibility and the UK gets a bit breezy, but the US has more really violent weather than cannot be flown through. US thunderstorm activity is far more frequent because we have cold Canadian air colliding with warm, moist Gulf air. Just a technical correction. Automated systems do fly the airplane. An autoland is such an example. Very rare, and very few airports are certified, but the autopilot(s) actually land the thing. There are very strict crosswind limitations, but if the airport, airplane and crew are certified, you can autoland. It is useful in very low visibility situations with light winds. Very rare. The training to do it takes about one hour of sim time for an already qualified captain/first officer. At 1500' above the ground, three autopilots separate, and three electrical systems separate. Each compares it's data to the other two, and if there is any discrepancy, it is annunciated and you go around. All talk is scripted, and no unnecessary things are said. The captain keeps one thumb on the autopilot disconnect button, and the other on the thrust levers which have a "go around" option. Very quite, very tense, but works great. Scripted event, so only a few things are said, but they must be said. After touchdown, you simply make sure the thrust levers are at idle, the spoilers are deployed and you manually engage the thrust reversers, as always.

I feel real compassion for the victim's families, but for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? That regime is responsible for more death, mayhem and destruction than can be described.

That group has existed for years, as have others with similar goals. You have posted a bunch on this, and never seem to have any knowledge of how Israel has defended itself. You do nothing but literally post Monday morning thoughts, void of what they do. No acknowledgement of what is involved. Ignorant and pathetic.

Senseless. We should sue the victims of a terrorist attack because they should have known better? Can't wait for the victims and Hawaiian inhabitants to sue the US over Dec 7 1941.

I don't think it's a problem that the US' has less influence over Israeli policy. I think having less US influence, which is largely driven by the US political environment, is actually more likely to end this. Israel is not the US' family pet. They are a sovereign nation surrounded by enemies that want them destroyed. They should do what they need to do, much the same as any country would, removed from wacky American election year politics.

Sorry to hear that. A few weeks ago, if I recall, you claimed to have bee recruited by that three letter agency. You claimed they passed on you and offered an opinion, jokingly. When they found out about this claim, which they would have, it most likely would have disqualified you anyway, so maybe they saved you some time. I went through two thirds of that process before choosing another career, so I'm a bit familiar with it.

A few comments on where I think this is unrealistic. First, the discussion of a two state solution is currently without reality. If one state is Israel, who is the other? Simply stated there is nobody on that side for Israel to negotiate such an agreement. There is Hamas, who is beyond barbarism and intent on not only destroying Israel but every Jew on earth, and the Palestinian Authority which is, yet another, Iranian puppet with no desire for coexistence. Ergo.....There is nobody to negotiate with. Second....The defense budget. A 50% reduction is absurd. Beyond that, if there is a desire to reduce the defense budget, it has to start with the mission and goals the US imposes on its military, which is currently to be able to fight and win a two front war on either side of the world at the same time. Want to cut the budget? Change the requirements. Late edit. Regarding the desire of including a number of "relatively equal strength wester democracies" isn't realistic. There were none with the military capability or desire at the end of WWII, and there absolutely isn't any now. The UK is probably the closest, and they aren't close and about to get un-closer. Canada, France, Germany and a host of others are not in good enough shape to shoulder any of that burden at this time. As well, the more one understands how the defense budget is as much a jobs program and technology accelerator, the more one understands Congressional desire to keep it so. Dividing it up to their liking with funds to their jurisdictions is what Congress does. About "jumpstarting the economy," it doesn't need to be jumpstarted. Passing legislation that anchors it is one of the big problems, as well as constantly changing policy and tax law after every election is a gross waste of potential. An alliance with US businesses, which are the strength of this country, (certainly not our politicians), is the way to go.

Scraping a wing tip is a very big deal. One of the dangers in a screwed up landing, no matter runway length, is what happens if the airplane is not directionally aligned properly. If there is even a relatively minor angle between the fuselage and the runway, the tires will be misaligned and could separate from the gear. There are tremendous forces on the gear at touchdown. That's why crosswind landings are an art, and have wind limitations. Regarding autolandings, landings done by the autopilot, the airplane has to have three separate and isolated autopilots and electrical systems, The internal operation of the autopilot and electrical systems separate at 1500' and go through a self test that enunciates when complete. Very few are so equipped. The airport has to have very specific equipment which must be maintained and tested far more frequently, and even the taxi hold positions near the runway have to be expanded to prevent signal interference. It is a very big and expensive deal, and if an airport has has the capability it will usually be on one runway only. The aircrew training to keep certification used to take us almost two hours of simulator time alone, and we only were scheduled for eight hours in there at every recurrent cycle. That is why very few airlines have their airplanes equipped and their crews certified to do it. US and international majors do it, like American, United and Delta, but most don't. Certainly not those that don't operate internationally, as it simply isn't worth it to them.

Primarily, because that capability and security does not exist, and is not close. Secondarily, such views are evidence of a lack of understanding of how things work, as evidenced in the link which states that airplanes are flown from shortly after takeoff to and through landing. That is grossly false. Beyond that, the money paid to this occupation is not for physical manipulation of controls. The safety, economy and success is based on understanding the system, fitting into it and using it to your advantage, better than the other guys. To do that successfully requires direct observation of the airborne situation. An airplane in flight is among very many, competing for altitudes, routes, speeds and a host of other things that make one flight far more efficient than one being run by some goof. Even getting from the gate pushback to the takeoff position requires a host of decisions to push ATC along to your advantage. In short, there's a ton more involved than just manipulating controls, and multiples more when things go wrong.

You are referring, I believe to a different Blue Angel accident at Niagara Falls in July of 1985. It was a midair killing LCDR Mike Gershon. Mike was a friend of mine, Sadly, his 13 year old son was killed in an ATV accident a year later.