This is a Bad idea, right now the filibuster is an annoyance with the shutdown crap. One day the democraps will be back in power and without the filibuster, they will be able to push through all their leftist agenda. I say no to removing the filibuster
There is an AD on these aircraft about lavatory water lines that leak due to mis installed or faulty couplings. These leaks could leak water into the electronics bay and cause catastrophic failure. The AD was ffrom Feb. 2024 and updated a couple of days after this incident.
I was a Marine from 1966 to 1970, I spent almost all of 1968, and part of 1969. in Viet Nam, I was in country when I achieved the rank of Sergeant. I was then assigned as a perimeter defense squad. My squad had M2-HB .50 cal machine gun. The first night we got called out to man our position we grabbed our weapon and headed out to the perimeter, set up and waited. The kicker is we were never issued any ammunition. Luckily there was no breach that night. I went and complained to my C.O. he told me we couldn't have ammo unless there was a breach. I couldn't live with that, I was an armorer for my regular duty, and as such I had a key to the ammo bunker. Needless to say that was the last night on the perimeter w/o ammo. If I would have got caught there would have been hell to pay but I couldn't put my team in that position ever again.
That was when I and all of the guys I was serving with knew that this was nothing more than a huge cluster fuck of a political and unjust conflict. But we all did our duty to fight the influx of communism, "TIC" The powers that be didn't care about winning, they just wanted the grift that could be acquired. I am not sour about serving, but like OP said all these wars/conflicts are for the bankers, and I hope that will come to abrupt end.
I agree, without US funding, both the UN and NATO would crumble to the ground in ashes.