Michael Ritland

Or even, even if you were to charge whatever you had to, like now you're not selling it because it's so far over price that nobody's going to buy it, you know? And so, um, To me, like, I don't know if we give our politicians too much credit to think that they're thinking from that perspective, but it doesn't seem like they are in a lot of cases.

yeah yeah and uh and over promising and under delivering i think uh you know is a problem i mean take uh the israel stuff the ukraine war uh similarly you know i mean i remember hearing there was a hard line not long ago of saying hey if all of the hostages aren't released by this date yeah it's going to be hell to pay like where's the hell being paid yeah because there's still like 50 or 60 of them

yeah yeah and uh and over promising and under delivering i think uh you know is a problem i mean take uh the israel stuff the ukraine war uh similarly you know i mean i remember hearing there was a hard line not long ago of saying hey if all of the hostages aren't released by this date yeah it's going to be hell to pay like where's the hell being paid yeah because there's still like 50 or 60 of them

yeah yeah and uh and over promising and under delivering i think uh you know is a problem i mean take uh the israel stuff the ukraine war uh similarly you know i mean i remember hearing there was a hard line not long ago of saying hey if all of the hostages aren't released by this date yeah it's going to be hell to pay like where's the hell being paid yeah because there's still like 50 or 60 of them

We haven't done anything about it. Why not? And to me, you can't say shit like that and then not do something. I mean, you have kids.

We haven't done anything about it. Why not? And to me, you can't say shit like that and then not do something. I mean, you have kids.

We haven't done anything about it. Why not? And to me, you can't say shit like that and then not do something. I mean, you have kids.

Yeah. I mean, I'm all for carrying a big stick and making those threats, but you have to follow through with them.

Yeah. I mean, I'm all for carrying a big stick and making those threats, but you have to follow through with them.

Yeah. I mean, I'm all for carrying a big stick and making those threats, but you have to follow through with them.

I mean, I feel that way about all foreign policy, like whether it's Iraq, Afghanistan, anything we've been involved in, I think... You know, if you look at it almost like a street fight, you know, if you walk by Black Rifle down the street and there's a fucking bar brawl going on, like you can choose to walk in or you can keep walking.

I mean, I feel that way about all foreign policy, like whether it's Iraq, Afghanistan, anything we've been involved in, I think... You know, if you look at it almost like a street fight, you know, if you walk by Black Rifle down the street and there's a fucking bar brawl going on, like you can choose to walk in or you can keep walking.

I mean, I feel that way about all foreign policy, like whether it's Iraq, Afghanistan, anything we've been involved in, I think... You know, if you look at it almost like a street fight, you know, if you walk by Black Rifle down the street and there's a fucking bar brawl going on, like you can choose to walk in or you can keep walking.

If you walk in, I don't care how well-intentioned you are or how you conduct yourself, you're going to create enemies no matter what. Even if you do nothing, you're going to create enemies because you were there and stood by. Now, granted, even if you walk by, you may create enemies. But to me, I'm only walking in that place if I have to.

If you walk in, I don't care how well-intentioned you are or how you conduct yourself, you're going to create enemies no matter what. Even if you do nothing, you're going to create enemies because you were there and stood by. Now, granted, even if you walk by, you may create enemies. But to me, I'm only walking in that place if I have to.

If you walk in, I don't care how well-intentioned you are or how you conduct yourself, you're going to create enemies no matter what. Even if you do nothing, you're going to create enemies because you were there and stood by. Now, granted, even if you walk by, you may create enemies. But to me, I'm only walking in that place if I have to.

And I think you can look at that micro example and apply it to the macro of saying... We're not going to send our guys anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary. But if we do, I'm going to let the gloves come completely off and we're going to go, you know, full Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War Atlanta, burn the entire fucking place to the ground and wipe you off the map. And then we're going to leave.

And I think you can look at that micro example and apply it to the macro of saying... We're not going to send our guys anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary. But if we do, I'm going to let the gloves come completely off and we're going to go, you know, full Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War Atlanta, burn the entire fucking place to the ground and wipe you off the map. And then we're going to leave.

And I think you can look at that micro example and apply it to the macro of saying... We're not going to send our guys anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary. But if we do, I'm going to let the gloves come completely off and we're going to go, you know, full Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War Atlanta, burn the entire fucking place to the ground and wipe you off the map. And then we're going to leave.

And the next person that fucks with us, we're going to do the exact same thing. So you can just not fuck with us. And we won't mess with you at all. Or if you do it, then that's what's going to happen. And I think as maybe oversimplified as that seems, I do think some of life's most complex problems actually require the simplest solutions. And I think that's one of them.