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Independence. Oy.  Well, I see Kosova declared independence.  And then it took about a day for the Serbs to burn down a US embassy.  Which happened to be US sovereign soil. Will Serbia invade and occupy Kosovo?  Not likely.  They didn't have the numbers, logistics or equipment to do so.  Genocide is one thing.  A full blown war with no real allies is not generally a good idea for a tiny landlocked nation.  Closest ally Serbia has is Russia, and that's solely based of racial solidarity and little else.  Russia's willing to sell them goods (and not at insanely cheap rates either) and publically 'stand up' for Serbia strictly in a verbal sense

The most fulfilling, wonderful and painful experience of my life drew to a close.  I had found a woman I cared about.  No small feat, that.  While I'm no Casanova, I've been around the block once or twice.  Previously, I've met many women that were pleasant enough and I enjoyed their company.  But none truly interested me.  This one did.  She challenged me, made me think, and just made things brighter.  Less grey.  I loved her.   Such a simple phrase, too often spoken.  I've never said that about or to any other person on the planet.  Not once. Due to life circumstances (deployments, federal investigations, etc), we weaved in and out of each

I'm out of the military industrial complex.  Mostly. For a long while, I was working as a contractor for the Defense Information Systems Agency.   Basically, I worked in a concrete block surrounded by more concrete.   No windows, and you don't want to misplace your badge.  That would be very bad. It wasn't bad, but I kinda wanted more civilian work. And I got it.   I work for a helicopter company, that's owned by Sikorsky.  The folks that make the Black Hawk, amoung many other egg beaters.  Here, we have a bird called the S92, which Sikorsky is trying to market to the military as the "Superhawk".   Big bird.   Not as large as a Chinook, bu