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Volaris

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2. Right and i would think that actual professionals would take

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 09:15 AM

13 hrs ago

Effectiveness over kill power any day of the week.
I would THINK, that if we had managed to oust Saddam, and not a single armed Iraqi had to be shot for that result, that would have been preferable to everyone in the DoD who's ever had to put their finger on a trigger.

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