Counterspin: Pro-war mythology

Lost User

Damn straight. You've been doing so for the last 50 years, so why stop now? :laugh: :laugh: PS: I didn't read the article either. I don't have to because I'm a patronising even cooler Brit. Yah, boo, sucks!

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Lost User

KaЯl wrote: But we don't want to invade Iraq again Us Brits do! We can't wait to get stuck in! We can't afford it, our equipment is shite, and we're totally overstretched, but hell, lets muck in with out Yankee cousins! Plus we want second-dabs at that slice of oil pie and our shared of the inevitable post-war business contracts! :rolleyes:

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Lost User

Jim Crafton wrote: I don't have to cause I'm a cool American. Ain't you to old to be cool? ;P Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002

Michael P Butler

Our best hope is for Saddam to invade Poland as Northern Europe is the place all our equipment is designed for. In the desert, our boots melt, the helicopter blade lifespan is reduced to seven hours, the tank airfilters malfunction and our guns need cleaning between shots. Not to mention our communication system doesn't work. In the Balkan conflict our troops were reduced to using their own mobile phones to communicate. Unless Saddam has built a large system of mobile phone towers as well as his weapons of mass destruction, we won't be able to talk between tanks. I just wish I was joking, Michael You gotta roll with it You gotta take your time You gotta say what you say Don't let anybody get in your way - Oasis

Ted Ferenc

Here is one more to keep the fires burning http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-543296,00.html[^]

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton 1676

KaRl

"If Saddam didn’t have the oil, he could torture his citizens to his heart’s content. Other leaders do it every day — think Saudi Arabia, think Pakistan, think Turkey, think Syria, think Egypt. " Ted Ferenc wrote: Here is one more to keep the fires burning Yep, temperature is rising :)

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Ted Ferenc

As in all things there generally has to be a vested interest before any action is taken. As long as it is "not in my back yard", or affect my people, or you have something I want, et. al. Fortunately there are some people out there that want to help the oppressed and hungry, but they are not in power!

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton 1676

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Michael P Butler wrote: Not to mention our communication system doesn't work. In the Balkan conflict our troops were reduced to using their own mobile phones to communicate. Unless Saddam has built a large system of mobile phone towers as well as his weapons of mass destruction, we won't be able to talk between tanks. I know. The Clansman radios the UK Army has are totally and utterly crap. A GSM phone is way more reliable and secure! As an aside, while I was at Racal Instruments I got hauled into the refit programme for the Clansman Base ATE (circa 1977) in 1994, and what we found when we started digging was appalling. It's a miracle the system ever worked. X| The stupid thing is that the replacements (Bowman) have been "close" to being ready for years...the Racal Comms unit (the Panther V) that the mobile radios were based on has been available since the mid 90's (another contract I got dragged into!). I shudder to think when the kit from the last job I worked on there (a mobile ATE system to support the RAF EH101 helicopter) will be deployed! :rolleyes: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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Vuemme

This war propaganda it's only a joke :) As you can see from this picture mf. Rumsfeld and mr. Hussein are good friends since 1983: http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/US/09/30/sproject.irq.regime.change/rumsfeld.80s.jpg The american attack is schedule for april the 1st. -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD

KaRl

I was right, Talleyrand was a genius! :cool:

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