Anyone who underestimates Russia's military capabilities is an idiot. But I guess we're meant to believe Ukraine is causing a crisis for the continued existence of Russia. Ok, then. The sainted Ukraine which massacred 100,000 Poles in 1943. The absurdity of it all reminds me of Trump's military parade. Maybe Cold War style military parades are just anachronistic and dumb.

@Bernard that was a cool video! Dissonance is interesting isn’t it, like the teacher in the video said, it makes you ache for the resolve. BTW who’s the teacher?

Well, the war isn't winnable. If one defines "a win" (and Trump has dementia; he hasn't defined "a win") then whatever "win" equals, it doesn't equal anything militarily realistic for the US. I'd add Trump's doesn't have guts. He is a cognitively impaired con artist who is frightened half out of his mind that he will be assasinated by Iran. The irony is Iran never planned to assasinate him until he assassinated Iran's head of state. He isn't going to finish anything. He doesn't even know what he's trying to do let alone how to do it.

Hear, hear!

Hahaha!

Donald gets in Camilla's way. Link to video

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My opinion is not an argument nor a disagreement with any other opinion expressed in this thread or in any other thread. My opinion is Fetterman is a tool of the Israeli lobby. I think he's a fool and an ass, when he belligerently waves his Israeli flag, the flag of a foreign nation, at anyone and everyone, in the halls of Congress.

@AndyD said: women need general anaesthetic and a 3+ days stay I missed that it said 3 day stay but am puzzled as to why someone would need to be hospitalized for that long. I'm assuming that keyhole surgery is what we on this side of the pond call laparoscopic. I had my gallbladder out that way and I was in by 9, home by 2 the same day. Yes, definitely general anesthesia. I was never in a hospital room, only in the operating room (theater to you!) and in recovery for a few hours. Did take two or three weeks before I felt pretty much back to normal.

@Daniel thank you!!

Middle Eastern version of our old saying Red sky at night Hormuz alight; Red sky in the morning US stock crash warning.

Yeah, me too. Charleston, SC is a big deal in the US, though. It's a rare Southern "Old Money" enclave with a very claustrophobic and strange society, imo. I want privacy and would no matter the price point. Charleston is anything but a privacy oriented place.

Nothing will be done until the Dems have a majority in both houses, if then. Why not focus on the themajority first?

There was another, "assassination attempt." It got worse reviews than Melania's movie.

@CHAS said: We are going to Norway in June. Where is that field? Sounds like fun! Going anywhere else besides Norway? Tell us more....