Not much news on this, but this article was good.

It seems Democrats were more so supportive to an amendment which would have extended the duration of the withdrawal in a different bill:

>In July 2022, the House voted on a proposed amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act introduced by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) that would have cut all funds for the US presence in Syria within one year if President Biden didn’t get authorization for the war. The amendment failed, but it received support from about 60% of House Democrats.

That bill was introduced by Democrats, so I think this is partially "we want the legislature we write to get passed, not the other side" kind of thing that always happens. E: NH House Reps still voted no on that amendment.

The only defense of this bill I see is from when the top US general visited Syria and essentially said our presence is to deter ISIS. Sounds kind of weak.

I really wish I could say that knowledgeable people made a wise decision here, but Iraq and Afghanistan make it hard to trust anymore. We do reactionary things with no plan capable of succeeding and stick with them to save face. Military intervention is messy and has all kinds of unintended side-effects. I hope we are doing good things here and I don't know enough to say we aren't, but I'm not willing to trust that we are simply because congress approves of it.

Only bc it is being framed that way. People get breast reductions and mastectomies all the time. It's not called it mutilation. It is called an operation.

Have a friend try to find the job with only knowing the industry title for the position, in this case likely "personal assistant Berlin nh" sounds right.

getting your tonsils taken out is a bit different than getting your breasts cut off.

Why? Are the suspects from NH?

You're right, that's a pretty sweet set up! I think the hiring manager may still want to come up a bit if my advice below doesn't work.

I would say mess around with the title on job boards like indeed. If you're not seeing applicant flow it's likely that your buried. The population of the north country doesn't lend itself in that capacity though. I would suggest specifying frequency of travel as well as distance.

It's a tough market for both recruiters and the recruited right now.

That is the cost of not having a tax system other than property and being sparsely populated. Not criticizing but taxes are what pays for COs, school bus drivers, teachers, police, fire, etc. No one likes taxes but they are a necessity if you want government funded systems. The alternative is to pay tuition, pay for private police and fire companies, etc. Most of these practices were eliminated years ago because they didn’t work, were corrupt, and cost the consumer more than government funded systems.

Im not appealing to authority, Im pointing out how obvious it is that youve never served or participated in combat based on your tone and arrogance.

People like you are the definition of a coward, advocate for wars youre too afraid to participate in only to feel like a “good person” on the internet.

You don’t have what it takes, and you lack the humility to ever become the type of person who would ever be useful in a life or death situation. This is why it’s so easy for you to speak so assuredly about things you’ll never experience.

If you even live in NH and have ant contact with military people whatsoever, you would know we are over-represented in combat deaths throughout OIF/OEF, so go talk to one of those families and ask what they think.

You won’t, you can’t, and everyone reading this who served knows exactly why. The OIF generation is getting older now, its best you stop expecting your tough-guy position to go unchallenged.

It’s not for an operations manager. It’s for an assistant in the operations arm. I would also imagine that depending on the company, some operations manager jobs are more stressful than others. This is a M-F, 8-4. No after hour emergencies. Mostly WFH.

I’ve never been in operations in another industry, but I imagine if you were in a hospital the salary would be a lot higher but way more stressful.

Seems like that's something that needs to be taken to the SCOTUS if there is no authorization...

That's about half the market rate i go for as an operations manager in NH

"my appeal to authority is all I need, because who cares about ethics"

Lol you never served in the military in your fucking life and its too obvious. Would bet my life youve never even been in a serious physical fight whatsoever.

Please just stop before you embarrass yourself further. Nobody who has skin in the game talks like you, and if you had an ounce of humility you’d’ve recognized that already.

Whatever the immigrant group that is inconvenient at the time. So Chinese people

This is what I needed to hear. I’m not in charge of setting the salary, but needed evidence that it was low.

Adding in the benefits would cover another $10k.

Edit: oh, travel is reimbursed and hotel stays are 100% covered by the company. I’ve been here 10 years and it’s not a major part of the job. I’m mostly remote. We also don’t need someone to set up access points or firewalls, just know the basics so as to avoid network conflicts. Someone who can be trained as well.

No one is being prescribed that stuff at 6

Exactly. This deployment has been there for a DECADE. Pulling it now, weeks after the earthquake, would be profligate.

It’s never been a “good idea” and it shouldn’t have been going on through three Administrations, but today would be exceptionally bad timing to rectify the mistake.

One thing the Service does really well is support Humanitarian missions. Syria is a mess and is literally and figuratively unstable: it’d be a bad look for the US to leave right now.

Yup. These shitheads have far more in common with each other than any of their constituents.

Wow. Your an ass.

1. Overthrowing genocidal maniacs is a good thing and we shouldn't apologize for that. This Hitchens piece about Iraq applies all the same to Syria, except with the WMD lie from bush and Russia is using Syria as a puppet state.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/03/so-mr-hitchens-weren-t-you-wrong-about-iraq.html

2. It is bloodthirsty to be an apologist for Assad and his cohort in the name of being anti-war over pro-peace and freedom. What good is avoiding war if only to live under the iron fist of a dictatorship?

3. How many innocent people are you willing to have be slaughtered in the name of preservation of your anti-war stance so you can signal your virtuous high horse?

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>despite not winning a war in 75 years

I see you know absolutely nothing about US Military intervention. Here is every war completed and inarguably won since WW2:

• Korea (1950-1953)
• Lebanon (1958)
• Dominican Republic (Civil War, 1965-1966)
• Korea DMZ (1967-1969)
• Grenada (1983)
• Libya (1986)
• Tanker War (1987-1988)
• Panama (1989-1990)
• Gulf War (1990-1991)
• Iraqi no-Fly Zone (1991-2003), Prevented Saddam from commiting larger genocide
• Haiti (1994-1995)
• Kosovo (1998-1999)
• Pakistan (2004-2018), Pakistan asked us to intervene against the Taliban
• Somali Pirates (2009-2016)
• Libya (2011)
• Uganda (Lord's Resistance Army, 2011-2017)
• Iraq ISIL (2014-2021)
• Libya (2015-2019)

This is just wars in which the United States formerly sent troops to a situation and that went out way both on the battlefield and politically afterwards. Normally wars won are shorter and less memorable, but not always.

The list of ongoing Conflicts are as follows:

• Yemen, (2002 - Present)
• Somali, against Mujahideen, al Shabab, ISIS (2007 - Present)
• Syria, against ISIS, Russia, and Assad Regime (2014 - Present)
• Niger, to stop Boko Haram (2018 - Present)

Wars with mixed outcomes that ended:

• Bosnia/Croatia (1992-1995), this war was a stalemate effectively which ended in the Dayton Accords and an akward situation for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Iraq (2003-2011), Saddam and Ba'ath party were gone. Iraq got a democratic government despite it being shaky, and overall less violence, but ISIS and other such groups were formed from this conflict, which forced the US to return in 2014.

For the United States, most losses come not from lack of Military might but from lack of political will, because that is how smaller groups beat larger nations in war. The definite losses:

• Veitnam (1965-1973 US, 1955-1975 Overall), remember we didn't start this war, it was ongoing before we got involved.
• Loatian Civil War (1959-1975)
• Permesta Rebellion Indonesia (1958-1961)
• Bay of Pigs (1961)
• Somali (1992-1995)
• Afghanistan (2001-2021), succeed in initial mission, but couldn't hold the country forever from Taliban as the geography is difficult to control and other geopolitical goals became more pressing.

this answer is the most logical

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greed corruption fear anxiety

all forms of human nature

this is simply just humans being humans

the humans that are caring,giving, show empathy and overall want all to live happy only react when they need to

this creates a cycle of allowing X humans to do Y and the actual humans that will keep us alive react to do Z

its not an equal or bigger force then humans that are not for humanity but for self preservation

thus the scales remain tipped

It’s become an Iranian proxy conflict. ISIL has been mostly cleaned up. Operations have become so specific that the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal only applies to certain theatres of Operation Inherent Resolve. Africa is the new primary hotbed for Islamic terror groups.