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lmao wait you haven’t been in the military ? you should really really really go
I'm actually shocked he hasn't been in the military.
i’m assuming that I’m not unlike a couple other PALs in here, in that i’ve never been in the military (no wars i would willingly fight in while i was still of the age), but i am by all means a militant, and considering how out in the open and mobilized the right is in Amerikkka, i don't know how other people who claim to be of "the left" can justify not being so, at least to some degree.
in addition to basics like the classes I’ve taken to get and repeatedly renew my CPL, i’ve had some modest tactical training (a couple of classes), friends and i have been running ourselves through modest drills at points, all in addition to having been raised with and around guns from childhood--unlike the vast majority of the Ukrainian civilians who had never even held a gun before...god bless them.
my gun safe is stocked with a number of guns that are arguably superior to the AK 74s (5.45 x 39) i heard they’re handing out to many of those poor, reluctant, and brave Ukrainians who had never shot a gun before--only difference being none of mine are select fire, just semi-auto, but who cares, because full auto is only useful in certain situations anyway--including a Galil ACE (Israel) and an Arsenal SAM7SF (Bulgaria), both in the AK platform, and both 7.62 x 39...of which, I could bring nearly 5,000 rounds of my own ammo, today, just to get started, if it came to it.
like most of my close friends, i have all of my own tactical gear, including Hesco ceramic plates in Spiritus Systems plate carriers, all of my own medical equipment in IFAKS, that i have some modest training in, etc., etc., etc....
...in general, many American civilians are ready if it came to it--we’re obviously far more prepared and equipped to step up, today, than the majority of the reluctant Ukrainian civilians who didn't ask for any of this fucking destruction and chaos, but who know that running is not an option, if they want any hope of there being any trace of their home to be left after.
and it's crazy to me, how many people
still want to deny that the fucking minute Putin--leader of one of THE few truly "super” military powers on this planet--started this chaos, on this scale, that he threatened the rest of the world too...this stopped being merely about Ukraine from jump.
i didn't really see the point in going into these kinds of details with hell ride, because he's one of those posters in here who--as entertaining as he can be--habitually conveys that he’s generally not worth the effort...