I'm cancelling my independence day

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-04 22:53:39

The title says it all, north korea launched a bunch of medium ranged SCUD missiles into the ocean so I'm over here scared and submissive.

The US has never dealt with such technology and certainly never had any clue how to stop a scud missile, obviously korea has become a warfare powerhouse right under our noses.

I'm actually considering surrender to the superpower that is korea and hope for some mercy, obviously they will conquer us by like.....next tuesday and shit.

To be serious though, this shit is sad I thought bush was bad but these latest mental cases from iran and korea make him look like a genious.

If korea is so ballsy why not take over the PRC? I mean clearly they have the power to do so from what they say, I wonder why they still have not attacked South Korea like they promised they would since we won't stop shadowing their tugboats, they said they would firestorm south korea if we got involved, then it turned into "we will do it if you try to free your prisoners" and now it's "we will do it if your military attacks".

I'm also sure Japan just loves these cheaply built ordinance flying right over their heads that's really friendly.

Why isn't this website shut down yet? north korea is going to be pissed when they see it isn't.

Panic

2009-07-05 00:04:16

I heard they just wanna be friends.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-05 00:15:43

Panic wrote:I heard they just wanna be friends.
Well in that case nvm dawg.

s0iz

2009-07-05 02:00:51

US launchs like 30+ missiles everyday. What's the problem with North Korea and their missiles?

Paradox

2009-07-05 04:49:27

lol irony and sarcasm

The U.S. military can eat SCUDS for lunch and spit em back out. Cheap Russian boom booms are no match for our shit. Remember Operation Desert Storm?

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-05 05:52:56

s0iz wrote:What's the problem with North Korea and their missiles?
They're shitty.

Potato

2009-07-05 06:56:51

north korea is going to get their ass kicked pretty soon if they keep fucking around

L2k

2009-07-05 13:28:46

s0iz wrote:US launchs like 30+ missiles everyday. What's the problem with North Korea and their missiles?
And you get this info from where?
There is a huge problem with it when they are doing nuclear tests and trying to do what ever they can to provoke war.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-05 22:20:31

They launched more today because we obviously don't really care about med range scud shitter weapons.

They seriously think we are going to do something drastic about it I seriously think their 1 million strong army is as strong as about 100000 troops.

Hell perhaps we do shoot 30 missiles a day but we don't shoot them over Mexico or Canada while telling Russia stay away from our ships and if you try to help Mexico we will vaporize it.

Panic

2009-07-05 22:31:37

They just don't know how to get into america's heart correctly.

provost

2009-07-05 23:19:00

You guys better leave korea alone, they are leveling my Hammerdin

Jelly Fox

2009-07-06 01:20:50

Don't fuck with the Koreans they're fucking crazy :shock:

ninojman

2009-07-06 01:24:02

Clinton gave millions to Kim to not do this, kim tried it with Bush and he just cut him off. Kim is just trying to test/get paid by Obama.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-06 01:38:39

Jelly Fox wrote:Don't fuck with the Koreans they're fucking crazy :shock:

lol no they just play crazy on tv, South Korea would level the north if they ever launch a barrage, and over 50% of their military is invested in artillery due to the terrain.

Oops.

Zman42

2009-07-06 01:50:02

ninojman wrote:Clinton gave millions to Kim to not do this, kim tried it with Bush and he just cut him off. Kim is just trying to test/get paid by Obama.
I see you're still posting here, whereas you haven't replied to my PM in about a week now. Please respond, as I find it very unprofessional for an admin to ignore a player in the admins league who is trying to contact the admin about a league related matter.

Blasphemy

2009-07-06 19:11:59

Zman42 wrote:
ninojman wrote:Clinton gave millions to Kim to not do this, kim tried it with Bush and he just cut him off. Kim is just trying to test/get paid by Obama.
I see you're still posting here, whereas you haven't replied to my PM in about a week now. Please respond, as I find it very unprofessional for an admin to ignore a player in the admins league who is trying to contact the admin about a league related matter.
:popcorn:

s0iz

2009-07-06 19:54:35


Link

China > all

North Korea and Iran may be a threat to the US if they declare war. But I don't think they would ever do such a thing.
Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote:Hell perhaps we do shoot 30 missiles a day but we don't shoot them over Mexico or Canada while telling Russia stay away from our ships and if you try to help Mexico we will vaporize it.
Probably you don't, but you do test nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean that pollutes the whole Americas.

Creature

2009-07-06 20:51:36

U.S is the most powerful country in the world right now,why should be scared of a few missles being launched by a diffrent country.If they wanna threaten people fine,we'll knock koreas eyes wide.

Bitch Please

Paradox

2009-07-06 21:18:27

Well right now the U.S. is a bit weakened due to the economy. I am not sure how other countries are faring but I think it is hurting our status as most powerful. We do however have the most technologically advanced weaponry considering.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-06 22:46:59

Paradox wrote:Well right now the U.S. is a bit weakened due to the economy. I am not sure how other countries are faring but I think it is hurting our status as most powerful. We do however have the most technologically advanced weaponry considering.
They are hurting too. The other countries economies are intertwined around ours. Ive been saying this for a while, but from the looks of it, the only way to get out of this is to have another war, sort of like how World War 2 got us out of the Depression. And the lucky people on the other end of the gun would be Korea because no one likes them right now and they are just chirping away about how big and bad they are. I mean, didn't they threaten Hawaii about something recently?

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-06 23:51:25

The US citizens might be weakened due to the economy but I assure you north korea is about as big a threat as sadams original army.

The economy has done nothing to stop the fact that we spend over 50% of the worlds military expenditures and are creating the most advanced fighter/bomber jets ever made with Britain.

China may have numbers but that isn't worth a dried up shit in modern war, and they (gladly) have nothing to do with this so stop trying to play army thumb war with me soiz, Iran is no threat either even their lunatic leader knows that, he may be outspoken but he knows Isreal would level Iran within a year tops with superior combat experience and ordinance.

Soiz you don't have any idea what you're talking about you sound like a media drone right now, the United States ceased underwater testing and atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960's after realizing the effects, China didn't cease underwater testing until 1980...get some facts and stop listening to the IhateAmerica fags.

CellarDweller

2009-07-07 00:19:23

s0iz wrote:Probably you don't, but you do test nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean that pollutes the whole Americas.
that would be DID test nuclear weapons in the pacific. the last U.S. nuclear test in the pacific being around 1962. all futher testing was conducted underground in the continental united states.

perhaps you're confusing us with the french (not a stretch considering the current president) who conducted 146 tests in the pacific between 1976 and 1996.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-07 00:40:27

Partial Test Ban Treaty (1963)

The signing of the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963 forbade atmospheric and underwater nuclear weapons, and so no further U.S. tests were conducted at the Pacific Proving Grounds, with all but ten occurring at the Nevada Test Site until the end of testing in 1992.

s0iz

2009-07-07 01:33:57

Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote:China may have numbers but that isn't worth a dried up shit in modern war, and they (gladly) have nothing to do with this so stop trying to play army thumb war with me soiz, Iran is no threat either even their lunatic leader knows that, he may be outspoken but he knows Isreal would level Iran within a year tops with superior combat experience and ordinance.
I agree, the thing is that even US/UK/Russia altogether wouldn't be able to set foot in China. And China can't set foot in the US because of the long distance and the Ocean. Nazi Germany had the best weapons and technology in the WW2, but Russia sent hordes of soldiers (20 million died), and they finally defeated Germany. But yeah, we are talking about an ocean here, even the biggest fleet in the world couldn't move such a big army like China's.
Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote:Soiz you don't have any idea what you're talking about you sound like a media drone right now, the United States ceased underwater testing and atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960's after realizing the effects, China didn't cease underwater testing until 1980...get some facts and stop listening to the IhateAmerica fags.
Sorry dude, but I like reading a lot. I am aware of what I'm saying. I don't listen to the media, its all crap and publicity.

Only a few are good periodists, and I don't know any of them in NA.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-07 04:21:31

Actually, the Russians beat the Nazi's because the Nazi's were fighting two fronts. On top of that, the Russians retreated to to the furthest reaches of the country in the hopes that the Nazis would freeze to death. Which in turn basically was what happened. So it wasn't that they sent a bajillion troops in.

Panic

2009-07-07 04:56:31

I just got a chirp from Kim Jong.

Anybody good?

s0iz

2009-07-07 05:08:18

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:Actually, the Russians beat the Nazi's because the Nazi's were fighting two fronts. On top of that, the Russians retreated to to the furthest reaches of the country in the hopes that the Nazis would freeze to death. Which in turn basically was what happened. So it wasn't that they sent a bajillion troops in.
Not freeze to death, that was Napoleon, lawl. The nazis didn't have enough oil to move such long distances and provide food, ammo, fuel, etc. That's why they did the Blitzkrieg, short distance and fast attacks. And once the Russian front fell, the Russians just hop in into Germany like zombies hordes lol

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-07 05:09:00

s0iz wrote:I am aware of what I'm saying.
First you say we launch 30 missiles a day as if it were equal to north koreas threats against anybody that looks at them, then you say we test nukes in the Pacific and pollute the Americas, then you say China over all but China knew full well the consequences of testing nukes in the ocean (Pacific to be precise) the same consequences that stopped us in our tracks upon realization, China continues to do it for 20 years afterward disregarding the proven side effects.

I don't think you were aware of what you were saying.

I guess in this day and age countries can do whatever the fuck they want as long as they aren't the USA, Britain or Canada.

The public just blindly blames the superpowers for shit they could have never done, but we can be a scapegoat that's fine until upstart commie leaders go batshit insane and threaten nuclear holocaust upon their neighbors with no provocation, that fuckhead has base level ICBM missiles for the first time and he couldn't wait to threaten every motherfucker in the world with their cheaply built behind the times weaponry.

But I guess that's ok if you're not involved with western civilization right? If we said anything remotely close to what north korea has it would be "omg fuck the US they should all be castrated like the bunch of fucks they are!"

I'm over that bullshit.

Panic

2009-07-07 05:13:54

Dude seriously he just wants some weed, he's chirpin me off the hook son.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-07 05:42:12

No, the Russians did retreat and the Nazis did freeze out because, as you said yourself, they ran out of fuel, and weren't used to the cold. Also the only reason the Russians attacked the Nazi's is because, they themselves first attacked the Russians, and broke the shallow pact they had, because the Nazi's wanted to take over Russia so they could get oil, thus fueling the war even more and they would have won after that.

Another fun fact is that they thought of America and Britain as equals, and didnt want to fight us or Britain at first, so what a joy that would have been if we allied with the Nazi's, aye?

ninojman

2009-07-07 05:54:27

s0iz wrote:
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:Actually, the Russians beat the Nazi's because the Nazi's were fighting two fronts. On top of that, the Russians retreated to to the furthest reaches of the country in the hopes that the Nazis would freeze to death. Which in turn basically was what happened. So it wasn't that they sent a bajillion troops in.
Not freeze to death, that was Napoleon, lawl. The nazis didn't have enough oil to move such long distances and provide food, ammo, fuel, etc. That's why they did the Blitzkrieg, short distance and fast attacks. And once the Russian front fell, the Russians just hop in into Germany like zombies hordes lol

History repeated. Russian winter > invaders

CellarDweller

2009-07-07 07:01:22

russian vodka > than russian winter.

wait... what thread is this? :sketchy:

Paradox

2009-07-07 07:03:40

My point was also with the state of the U.S. economy I am not sure if we can afford to go to war against someone else right now. Given the fact that we are in greater debt now than we ever did thanks to the war in Iraq and the fuck up by the banks and those that loosened the regulations that allowed the whole mortgage debacle in the first place, the U.S. is pretty strapped atm. We are still fighting in Iraq and that doesnt look like its gona be over any time soon.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-07 08:01:57

Another war is really our only option. It will have to relate to World War 2 though.

Shoobie

2009-07-07 15:48:59

Us in iraq, fucking brilliant. Hope you get all their Oil soon. Cuz you sure didn't find any bombs. At least with Saddam gone naaw you must be happy, altough it's something quite similar happening again with deaths of civillians and shit all the time. GG WP!

Va|iums

2009-07-07 17:02:16

Shoobie wrote:Us in iraq, fucking brilliant. Hope you get all their Oil soon. Cuz you sure didn't find any bombs. At least with Saddam gone naaw you must be happy, altough it's something quite similar happening again with deaths of civillians and shit all the time. GG WP!

;/ Hate to say it but the single largest factor of being there is the bountiful oil, as well finally being able to empire build in the heart of the middle east. One of the last places to not be under de facto western control besides China/Russia, and a few countries in Africa being puppeted by China and Russia. We just would not wage a war even with a massive attack like 9/11 unless there are more multi-faceted economical and territorial reasons behind it.

s0iz

2009-07-07 17:38:44

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:No, the Russians did retreat and the Nazis did freeze out because, as you said yourself, they ran out of fuel, and weren't used to the cold. Also the only reason the Russians attacked the Nazi's is because, they themselves first attacked the Russians, and broke the shallow pact they had, because the Nazi's wanted to take over Russia so they could get oil, thus fueling the war even more and they would have won after that.


Yeah that's correct, the cold was a negative factor for the Germans in Russia but it wasn't the principal reason why they retreated. Their uniforms and boots were very modern, actual uniforms pretty much likely their's (even the helmets). But with no food, fuel, ammo, they had to retreat (plus the cold, and when you don't eat you feel colder).
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:Another fun fact is that they thought of America and Britain as equals, and didnt want to fight us or Britain at first, so what a joy that would have been if we allied with the Nazi's, aye?
Karl Dönitz (once Berlin was taken and he turned as the new president), wanted to form and alliance with the US/UK/Japan/Italy/France/etc to fight the Russians back, but he was hanged in Nuremberg because all Germany's war criminals were gone, lol.

{EE}chEmicalbuRn

2009-07-07 18:02:19

Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote: ......he may be outspoken but he knows Isreal would level Iran within a year tops with superior combat experience and ordinance.
thats cause Isreal has Valar making practice maps for them!!!

s0iz

2009-07-07 19:19:25

England and Israel has the best Special Forces (Commandos), but the thing with Israel is that it is a very small country and its surrounded by land. An enemy with vast superiority of ground troops can easily "invade" it. But England is further over Europe in a separated island.

provost

2009-07-07 21:54:42

Koreans has now leveled my Hammerdin to 99. Where is your independance now!

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-07 22:13:09

"England and Israel has the best Special Forces (Commandos),"

Heard of Delta and SEALS?

provost

2009-07-07 22:27:10

The Argumentalizer wrote:Heard of SEALS?
Image

We all heard of SEALS and we are sick of it.



:wink:

badinfluence

2009-07-07 23:12:06

Paradox wrote:My point was also with the state of the U.S. economy I am not sure if we can afford to go to war against someone else right now. Given the fact that we are in greater debt now than we ever did thanks to the war in Iraq and the fuck up by the banks and those that loosened the regulations that allowed the whole mortgage debacle in the first place, the U.S. is pretty strapped atm. We are still fighting in Iraq and that doesnt look like its gona be over any time soon.
Another war could get us out of debt if the country backed it. Also, who really cares if we can afford it?! : ) We can't afford to pay our President with our debt. We still do everything without being able to afford it. They should make the President pay us to be President!

Uncle Rico

2009-07-07 23:38:51

It's all gun b k guys. Blue wiener will save us.
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provost

2009-07-08 00:36:12

Uncle Rico wrote:It's all gun b k guys. Blue wiener will save us.
Blue wiener with green ketchup. Ultimate hotdog from space.

s0iz

2009-07-09 03:03:16

The Argumentalizer wrote:"England and Israel has the best Special Forces (Commandos),"

Heard of Delta and SEALS?
All nations have their own elite squads or special forces, but there's no chance with England and Israel. Those are badass motherfuckers.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-09 04:22:30

This dude talks out his ass.

Uncle Rico

2009-07-09 04:35:10

Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote:This dude talks out his ass.
http://whistlebutt.ytmnd.com/
http://whistlebutt2.ytmnd.com/

s0iz

2009-07-09 06:11:39

Ghost Dog_TSGK wrote:This dude talks out his ass.
This dude talks like US > all =x

Facts are facts:

Most advanced army technology: US
Largest number of troops: China
Best Commandos: UK/Israel
Best weapon designers/manufacturer: Germany

Va|iums

2009-07-09 06:18:38

Gotta agree Green Berets and Israeli commandos are arguably STILL the best trained in the world, with the Israeli commandos especially innovating their training to really extreme levels. I'm not sure though, I have a few friends in the military and there's these guys named Black Ops apparently, they said theyve never seen one or are even sure they exist due to Black Ops usually being integrated with normal forces for secrecy or tucked away all together but they heard rumors they are superior to any special task force in the entire world.

Paradox

2009-07-09 06:39:00

badinfluence wrote:
Paradox wrote:My point was also with the state of the U.S. economy I am not sure if we can afford to go to war against someone else right now. Given the fact that we are in greater debt now than we ever did thanks to the war in Iraq and the fuck up by the banks and those that loosened the regulations that allowed the whole mortgage debacle in the first place, the U.S. is pretty strapped atm. We are still fighting in Iraq and that doesnt look like its gona be over any time soon.
Another war could get us out of debt if the country backed it. Also, who really cares if we can afford it?! : ) We can't afford to pay our President with our debt. We still do everything without being able to afford it. They should make the President pay us to be President!

Do you see what is going on in this country right now? That is why we cant afford it and why we SHOULD care.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-09 06:54:36

Paradox wrote:
badinfluence wrote:
Paradox wrote:My point was also with the state of the U.S. economy I am not sure if we can afford to go to war against someone else right now. Given the fact that we are in greater debt now than we ever did thanks to the war in Iraq and the fuck up by the banks and those that loosened the regulations that allowed the whole mortgage debacle in the first place, the U.S. is pretty strapped atm. We are still fighting in Iraq and that doesnt look like its gona be over any time soon.
Another war could get us out of debt if the country backed it. Also, who really cares if we can afford it?! : ) We can't afford to pay our President with our debt. We still do everything without being able to afford it. They should make the President pay us to be President!

Do you see what is going on in this country right now? That is why we cant afford it and why we SHOULD care.
I'm sure people said the same thing before World War 2 broke out.

s0iz

2009-07-09 23:38:30

With no WW2 the USA wouldn't be what it is today, lol. Specially the military.
Va|iums wrote:Gotta agree Green Berets and Israeli commandos are arguably STILL the best trained in the world, with the Israeli commandos especially innovating their training to really extreme levels. I'm not sure though, I have a few friends in the military and there's these guys named Black Ops apparently, they said theyve never seen one or are even sure they exist due to Black Ops usually being integrated with normal forces for secrecy or tucked away all together but they heard rumors they are superior to any special task force in the entire world.
Well that sounds like a myth or urban legend. But the fact is that highly experienced and talented soldiers many times work as mercenaries when something goes wrong, and they don't represent a nation (most of the times they wear black uniform).

EDIT:

Michael Bay did a movie envolving some of this, great movie IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFay7QYSfk

CellarDweller

2009-07-10 00:34:25

naming one the elite of elite is a bit of a fools errand. each spec ops has their place and time where they WILL be the elite of the elite. its more mission dependent imho.

the british sas/sbs tend to get the nod, but i think thats based mainly on the fact they gave birth to spec ops and are largely responsible for growing and nurturing them worldwide.

if i had to choose, i think i would give the seals a slight edge over any of the other units. i base that merely on the technological aspect of their capabilities. simply put... they have the best toys. :mrgreen:

Paradox

2009-07-10 02:18:38

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:
I'm sure people said the same thing before World War 2 broke out.
This is a whole different situation than WWII and what happened after that with regard to economic growth in this country. We are already fighting a war and I dont see any economic growth coming from that whatsoever. In fact, quite the opposite but that was overshadowed by the mortgage/wallstreet debacle. Considering we had the highest deficit in recorded history thanks to Bush and his vendetta to avenge his family honor plus Iraq in general, and we are billions more in debt due to the banks/wallstreet bailout, I dont think we can really afford to put even more billions of dollars into a war with Korea.

s0iz

2009-07-10 02:34:23

Paradox wrote:
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:
I'm sure people said the same thing before World War 2 broke out.
This is a whole different situation than WWII and what happened after that with regard to economic growth in this country. We are already fighting a war and I dont see any economic growth coming from that whatsoever.
You don't, but bankers/weapon and ammo producers/metal and oil industries/uniform producers surely do : D

Plus, unemployed people (soldiers) are getting killed so that "helps" the economy, right?

Don't hate me, I'm just saying what war really is.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-10 03:18:00

Only reason why the war in Iraq is not making us money is because it isn't supported, where as if we went to war with Korea or Iran, everyone would have our backs for the most part. At least with Korea in general currently.

s0iz

2009-07-10 03:41:31

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:Only reason why the war in Iraq is not making us money is because it isn't supported, where as if we went to war with Korea or Iran, everyone would have our backs for the most part. At least with Korea in general currently.
Hmm, the fact that South Korea loves the US doesn't mean the world will support a war with the North. Remember Vietnam?

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-10 04:26:15

Who cares what the world wants? South Korea and its allies have their own interests, which don't include the rest of the world.
Or maybe South Korea should ask for Iran's, Zimbabwe's, Venezuela's, Russia's, and Cuba's permission.
Folks who talk about the REST of the world don't seem to be aware what the REST of the world is like.

"North Korea and Iran may be a threat to the US if they declare war."
Ergo, they are only a threat IF they declare war!??!!
This makes no sense.
A cobra does not declare war.
A Brown Recluse does not declare war.
Timothy McVeigh did not declare war.
Soviet Union never declared war...
You get the point.

keefy

2009-07-10 05:54:01

The Argumentalizer wrote:"England and Israel has the best Special Forces (Commandos),"

Heard of Delta and SEALS?
A penguin is driving through Arizona on a hot summer's day when he notices his oil light is on. He gets out of the car and, sure enough, it's leaking oil all over the road. The penguin drives around the corner to a service station and asks the mechanic to take a look at it.

The mechanic says he has a few others to look at first but if he comes back in an hour he can tell the penguin what is wrong with his car. The penguin agrees and goes for a walk.

He finds an ice cream shop and thinks a big bowl of vanilla ice cream will really hit the spot since he's a penguin and it's Arizona in the summer, after all. He sits down at the counter and starts in on his ice cream.

Of course he has no hands so it is rather messy. By the time he is done he has ice cream all over his flippers and his mouth-a total mess.

He walks back to the service station and says to the mechanic, "Did you find out what is wrong with my car?"

The mechanic replies, "It looks like you've blown a seal."

"No no," says the penguin wiping his mouth. "It's just ice cream!"

s0iz

2009-07-10 19:02:54

The Argumentalizer wrote:Who cares what the world wants? South Korea and its allies have their own interests, which don't include the rest of the world.
Or maybe South Korea should ask for Iran's, Zimbabwe's, Venezuela's, Russia's, and Cuba's permission.
Folks who talk about the REST of the world don't seem to be aware what the REST of the world is like.

"North Korea and Iran may be a threat to the US if they declare war."
Ergo, they are only a threat IF they declare war!??!!
This makes no sense.
A cobra does not declare war.
A Brown Recluse does not declare war.
Timothy McVeigh did not declare war.
Soviet Union never declared war...
You get the point.
Lol dude, what I mean is that if you leave them alone nothing will happend. If you want them to be capitalist and export/import products valued in US Dollars, then there'll be war, just like Iraq. Saddam wanted to trade oil with Euros instead of dollars and see what happened? Same with Chavez, he wants to save money in Euros instead of Dollars. Media is trying to show that Iran and North Korea are agressive and unstable, which might be not true (I say "might" because I don't live in any of those countries nor I have relatives there, so I can't assume if they are dictators or not, you should do the same).

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-11 00:45:23

keefy wrote:
The Argumentalizer wrote:"England and Israel has the best Special Forces (Commandos),"

Heard of Delta and SEALS?
A penguin is driving through Arizona on a hot summer's day when he notices his oil light is on. He gets out of the car and, sure enough, it's leaking oil all over the road. The penguin drives around the corner to a service station and asks the mechanic to take a look at it.

The mechanic says he has a few others to look at first but if he comes back in an hour he can tell the penguin what is wrong with his car. The penguin agrees and goes for a walk.

He finds an ice cream shop and thinks a big bowl of vanilla ice cream will really hit the spot since he's a penguin and it's Arizona in the summer, after all. He sits down at the counter and starts in on his ice cream.

Of course he has no hands so it is rather messy. By the time he is done he has ice cream all over his flippers and his mouth-a total mess.

He walks back to the service station and says to the mechanic, "Did you find out what is wrong with my car?"

The mechanic replies, "It looks like you've blown a seal."

"No no," says the penguin wiping his mouth. "It's just ice cream!"

This was a good read.

keefy

2009-07-11 04:09:56

So did you?

CellarDweller

2009-07-11 04:48:26

US launchs like 30+ missiles everyday
you do test nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean that pollutes the whole Americas
You don't, but bankers/weapon and ammo producers/metal and oil industries/uniform producers surely do : D

Plus, unemployed people (soldiers) are getting killed so that "helps" the economy, right?
s0iz wrote:(I say "might" because I don't live in any of those countries nor I have relatives there, so I can't assume if they are dictators or not, you should do the same).
u dont seem to have any problems making assumptions about countries u dont live in.

L2k

2009-07-11 05:11:44

s0iz wrote: Media is trying to show that Iran and North Korea are agressive and unstable, which might be not true
Well lets see, you have Iran skewing the results of the vote which in turn causes the masses of people to protest in the streets because they know the results are not true.
You have the president of Iran making threats to wipe Israel off of the face of the earth and then you have the North Korean leader doing under ground nuclear tests and sticking his chest out and saying dont fuck with us or you will have a massive fire storming raining down on you.
Yeah that dosn't sound aggressive or unstable to me at all. :sketchy:

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-11 06:44:40

"Lol dude, what I mean is that if you leave them alone nothing will happend."

Are you aware of the Korean War?
Where N. Korean and Chinese troops invaded South korea?
Are you aware there is a no mans land between the 2 countries and there has never been a peace treaty, technically the war is still on.
Are you aware More Artillery are pointed at each other there than any where else in the world.
Did you know We are not messing with them now?!?!

Why do foreigners have this leftist view that everything is the US fault?
Are you not aware of NK's constant threats, building on nukes, supplying terrorists, counterfeiting dollars, launching cyberattacks on the West.
Are you aware NK is the looniest craziest closed off paranoid communist country on earth?

Frankly the bullshit you mouth is just insulting.
And you sound like you haven;t a clue what you talking about.

Ko-Tao

2009-07-11 07:40:26

keefy wrote: A penguin is driving through Arizona on a hot summer's day when he notices his oil light is on. He gets out of the car and, sure enough, it's leaking oil all over the road. The penguin drives around the corner to a service station and asks the mechanic to take a look at it.

The mechanic says he has a few others to look at first but if he comes back in an hour he can tell the penguin what is wrong with his car. The penguin agrees and goes for a walk.

He finds an ice cream shop and thinks a big bowl of vanilla ice cream will really hit the spot since he's a penguin and it's Arizona in the summer, after all. He sits down at the counter and starts in on his ice cream.

Of course he has no hands so it is rather messy. By the time he is done he has ice cream all over his flippers and his mouth-a total mess.

He walks back to the service station and says to the mechanic, "Did you find out what is wrong with my car?"

The mechanic replies, "It looks like you've blown a seal."

"No no," says the penguin wiping his mouth. "It's just ice cream!"
Best post in this thread.

s0iz

2009-07-11 18:10:13

The Argumentalizer wrote:"Lol dude, what I mean is that if you leave them alone nothing will happend."

Are you aware of the Korean War?
Where N. Korean and Chinese troops invaded South korea?
Are you aware there is a no mans land between the 2 countries and there has never been a peace treaty, technically the war is still on.
Are you aware More Artillery are pointed at each other there than any where else in the world.
Did you know We are not messing with them now?!?!

Why do foreigners have this leftist view that everything is the US fault?
Are you not aware of NK's constant threats, building on nukes, supplying terrorists, counterfeiting dollars, launching cyberattacks on the West.
Are you aware NK is the looniest craziest closed off paranoid communist country on earth?

Frankly the bullshit you mouth is just insulting.
And you sound like you haven;t a clue what you talking about.
AND WHAT DOES THE USA HAVE TO DO WITH ALL THAT?

I'm just saying leave the damn country alone.
There've massacres in Africa, killing thousands of inocent people. And we (the UN countries) did nothing about. But if a oil/gas country does something wrong then the US has to do something, right? :/

Nobody said shit when two nuclear bombs were dropped at Japan.

If you want to follow the majority like a cow, go ahead. Make rich other people while they shit on your face, good luck.
CellarDweller wrote:u dont seem to have any problems making assumptions about countries u dont live in.
US is much closer because of books, movies, news channel, people I know that live there, relatives, etc. Plus I've been there.
L2k wrote:
s0iz wrote: Media is trying to show that Iran and North Korea are agressive and unstable, which might be not true
Well lets see, you have Iran skewing the results of the vote which in turn causes the masses of people to protest in the streets because they know the results are not true.
You have the president of Iran making threats to wipe Israel off of the face of the earth and then you have the North Korean leader doing under ground nuclear tests and sticking his chest out and saying dont fuck with us or you will have a massive fire storming raining down on you.
Yeah that dosn't sound aggressive or unstable to me at all. :sketchy:
That's my point, media shows something and everybody eats it up. Well, following this "method" of believing what "protestants" says, there are millions of people who believe that 9/11 was made by your own government (yeah all that Zeitgeist thing, and I am not a Zeitgeist fan nor groupie). And they make a lot of protests in the streets of New York and London about the monetary system. So ok, that looks unstable, maybe Iran/North Korea/ETC should invade the US, plus the US have massive destruction weapons... now do you see how stupid you may sound sometimes? Stop eating media's bullshit. Sometimes I really think your country died with Kennedy.

L2k

2009-07-11 19:45:09

Soiz not everything in the media is propaganda, the majority of it is true legit reporting on facts as they have occured.
Are you suggesting that the "media" doctored the shots of millions of people in the streets protesting? Or was the footage of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad edited to say "we should wipe Israel off the map" Grow up dude you are the one sounding stupid here, if you don't like the US thats fine you don't live here.

provost

2009-07-11 20:18:12

If you guys keep posting your ideas here it will change the world.

CellarDweller

2009-07-11 21:26:02

US launchs like 30+ missiles everyday
refuted
you do test nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean that pollutes the whole Americas
refuted
You don't, but bankers/weapon and ammo producers/metal and oil industries/uniform producers surely do : D

Plus, unemployed people (soldiers) are getting killed so that "helps" the economy, right?
lets take a look at that last quote...

banks? 77 failures since Jan '08.

weapon and ammo? top ten defense contractors continue laying off wokers. numero uno, boeing, i think is approaching 10,000 job cuts.

metal? U.S. Steel continues to layoff workers.

oil industry? Baker Hughes Inc. is cutting 1,500 employees, Schlumberger Ltd.— laying off 5,000 workers around the world, ConocoPhillips is also cutting 1,350 jobs, even the evilist of evil - Halliburton - is laying off.

uniforms? you may have me on this one. not sure how to research that one. but G&K and Cintas have both layed off emplyees. thats uniform rental though... so u can stick to your bigass-assumption-with-no-proof on that one.

now for the doozy... wtf do you get the idea that soldiers are counted as unemployed? or that only unemployed people enlist in the military? here's some demographics for you: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Nation ... a08-05.cfm

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-11 21:38:09

"Nobody said shit when two nuclear bombs were dropped at Japan."

Your godamn right they didn't.

And more people died when we massively bombed/firebombed Germany.

FUCK EM! You don't want trouble, DON'T START ANY!

"That's my point, media shows something and everybody eats it up. Well, following this "method" of believing what "protestants" says, there are millions of people who believe that 9/11 was made by your own government (yeah all that Zeitgeist thing, and I am not a Zeitgeist fan nor groupie). And they make a lot of protests in the streets of New York and London about the monetary system. So ok, that looks unstable, maybe Iran/North Korea/ETC should invade the US, plus the US have massive destruction weapons... now do you see how stupid you may sound sometimes? Stop eating media's bullshit. Sometimes I really think your country died with Kennedy."

What IS the point of this mess?
There is none.
It is a jumbled mess of incoherent poot that is meaningless.
Just proof you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-11 22:43:11

s0iz wrote:
The Argumentalizer wrote:And we (the UN countries) did nothing about. But if a oil/gas country does something wrong then the US has to do something, right? :/
Let's face it man the UN never does anything properly.

As far as our country dying with Kennedy sure there's a lot of douchebags here and spoiled rich kids but such is America, just because the educated aren't as bold or outspoken as the masses doesn't mean we don't exist yet I hear all too often people blindly stating otherwise.

Again let's face it no matter what happens here in these United States we have been and always will be the scapegoat of the millennium.

Ghost Dog_TSGK

2009-07-11 22:43:51

.conflict wrote:If you guys keep posting your ideas here it will change the world.
Users browsing this forum: OBAMA!!1

Game set match con.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-12 00:52:29

A Lot of folks who are always slamming the US know jack shit about America. And they know jack shit about the good we do around the world.
And they don't ever acknowledge that we provide open sea lanes and military might for Western Democracies.
And they never see our actions in any positive manner, such as stopping the spread of the Soviet Union and Communism, going after Islamists, Deposing that maniac Saddam, spending billions to stop AIDS on Africa...

What we should do is stop funding ungrateful Leftist assholes all over.
Maybe we should even take out all the dollars our troops spend in places like Germany.
And maybe we should just let Central and South America descend into Socialist Disasters and Dictator lead tyrannies.

In fact, maybe America should just say **** YOU!

Jackie Chan

2009-07-12 02:24:24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru-xQac_sWw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-10CHBHV38&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlz5dGW64M

the number of chinese female soldiers is larger than the US population

HAHAHAHA i´m using the interneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-12 04:17:57

"the number of chinese female soldiers is larger than the US population"

LMAO! They 300 million female soldiers!?!?

Their entire military budget is less than the INCREASE in ours during Bush.

s0iz

2009-07-12 17:32:38

Yeah well we destroyed Royal Navy fleets with 1950's airplanes in 1982. War is fight with weapons, but they are won by men. I think Platton said that, lol.

Ok, continue worshipping your government and its methods. All those unemployed people (because of the crisis) will probably join the army and invade Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, because their politics aren't compatible with yours.
The Argumentalizer wrote:"Nobody said shit when two nuclear bombs were dropped at Japan."

Your godamn right they didn't.

And more people died when we massively bombed/firebombed Germany.

FUCK EM! You don't want trouble, DON'T START ANY!
Thats the terrorist argument when they blow up in foreign soil. You mess with my country I mess with yours. And they say exactly the same "You don't want trouble, Don't start any".
Nobody touched the US during the WW2, most of Germany's capital was made there. Japan did Pearl Harbor because the US violated the neutrality rules. It cutted all exports to Japan but not England. And Roosevelt/Churchill were very aware of this attack, but they said nothing about it to get your country into war, even more, Roosevelt ordered the fallback of 3 or 4 modern warships and left the "older" ones. And even more, Churchill ordered the assassination of a whole Dutch Uboat crew because they saw this Japanese fleet heading your way. Quoting Cristopher Creighton's book:

"The decision to destroy the Dutch submarine K-XVII was taken for the following reasons.
On 28 November 1941, when Commander Besancon sighted the Japanese fleet apparently heading for Pearl Harbour, he promptly signalled in code to the Commander-in-Chief, Royal Navy Far Eastern Command, under whose authority the Dutch were operating. His message was intercepted by the M Section code and cypher office in Singapore. Within hours, copies of the signal arrived in Washington for the eyes of General Donovan only, and in London, for Major Desmond Morton. Both men informed their masters, Roosevelt and Churchill. All four already knew of the planned attack on Pearl Harbour, and all had prayed that it would come about.
At that time, eighty per cent of the American people were vehemently isolationist, and against war with either Japan or Germany. If Roosevelt declared war on Japan without any attack on American assets, the odds were that he would have been impeached. Conversely - as Donovan and Morton had secretly agreed - if America stayed out of the war, the Japanese would be left virtually unopposed to ravage India, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries in the Pacific and Indian oceans. To liberate such countris later might well have proved impossible. Besides, Britain and her allies desperately needed American help against Germany - and if the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, it was certain that America would come into war.
Yet if the British and American supremos knew of the impeding attack, why had the American forces in Pearl Harbour not been put on full alert? And why were the US warships not ordered to sea, where they would have been much safer, and able to fight back? Professional opinion of the day believed that the base could be successfully defended. So why was nothing done?
The answer is simple. In Hawaii there were thousands of Japanese expatriates. Most were fiercely loyal to their adopted country, but a sizeable minority were not, and some of these had been spying for their homeland. Also, the Japanese Consulate-General was hyperactive. Had the base been put on full alert, Japanese High Command would have learnt about it in a few hours. The attack would have been cancelled by order of Emperor Hirohito, who had insisted that the assault be a complete surprise. Roosevelt would have lost his pretext for bringing America into the war, with disastrous results for the Allies.
What had all this to do with K-XVII? The connection is clear. If everit became the public that Roosevelt and Churchill had known of the plan to attack Pearl Harbour, and had done nothing to forestall it, not only their careers, but quite probably the whole alliance, would have foundered. The Japanese have been free to conquer and pillage.
The ship's company of K-XVII knew they had sighted the Japanese fleet and reported it to the highest authority. No matter how well-intentioned, such witnesses could prove dangerous. The Allied secret intelligence chiefs therefore decided that no risk could be taken, and the Dutch submariners were silenced.
"

This book was released when Churchill died. He said the author to do so.

You see, I don't hate the US, but I hate when you think you are the "Good" and you do everything because of Human Rights and stuff. You are no different to all those you want to fight, and your government convince people by killing their own.

And, all the stuff I say, it doesn't come out of my mouth, it comes from many books written by British or American authors (with deep research and evidence). Not foreigners that are jealous or something.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-12 21:23:21

"You are no different to all those you want to fight, and your government convince people by killing their own."

Well, you are just plain ignorant.

s0iz

2009-07-12 23:44:36

Go join the army.

Trompe-la-Mort

2009-07-13 00:11:27

This revisionist history about how America shouldn't have dropped atomic bombs on Japan is a little naive. There were plans for a ground assault on Japan. With the knowledge of island hopping up to that point, it was estimated that casualties would be over a quarter of a million. Operation Olympic would have called for landings on Kyushnu in November of 1945, and later assaults on Honshu March of 1946. How much longer would the war have gone on? The Japanese didn't think with our campy Western minds about loss and gain and pragmatic decisions about giving up. The State Bushido, "way of the warrior" calls for no surrender and dying a good death. Okinawa was the site of mass suicides toward the end of the battle where over 12,000 US soldiers happened to have died (twice that of Iraq). Also, civilians were told that Americans were pillaging and raping them as they invaded and so families did not have trouble killing themselves. It took two atomic bombs and the intervention of the Emperor himself (God) to end the war.
s0iz wrote: Thats the terrorist argument when they blow up in foreign soil. You mess with my country I mess with yours. And they say exactly the same "You don't want trouble, Don't start any".
Nobody touched the US during the WW2, most of Germany's capital was made there. Japan did Pearl Harbor because the US violated the neutrality rules. It cutted all exports to Japan but not England. And Roosevelt/Churchill were very aware of this attack, but they said nothing about it to get your country into war, even more, Roosevelt ordered the fallback of 3 or 4 modern warships and left the "older" ones.
If you think that Japan would not have gone to war with America if it had only embargoed England also then 'naive' couldn't begin to describe. What America did to England wasn't going to change anything.The embargo alone was enough for war. America and a lot of Western nations didn't like Japan seizing Manchuria, but what could they do about it? America embargoed metal, and later oil and everything else.

Christopher Creighton? Who is this guy? His writing is more in the style of a fiction where he gets into the characters heads, saying stuff like "All four already knew of the planned attack on Pearl Harbour, and all had prayed that it would come about." The rest reeks of unbounded speculation. There's evidence that word got to Roosevelt about the possibility for attack, I'm not denying that. But how many reports got to him every day about attacks here, spies there, Japanese hot air balloons hitting L.A. over there? In times of war, there are reports for all manner of things, and having a Naval base on full alert for months on end is ludicrous esp. a well fortified base like Pearl Harbor. I just think it's easy to look for conspiracies in hindsight but when living it there just seems no way that Japan would make such a move against a fortified base.
s0iz wrote: You see, I don't hate the US, but I hate when you think you are the "Good" and you do everything because of Human Rights and stuff. You are no different to all those you want to fight, and your government convince people by killing their own.

And, all the stuff I say, it doesn't come out of my mouth, it comes from many books written by British or American authors (with deep research and evidence). Not foreigners that are jealous or something.
Here's the thing. When you have ideals like "inalienable rights" or even "we hold these truths to be self evident", enlightenment values that maybe aren't as believed in anymore in America or Britain then regardless you are different from the nation who has an arbitrary monarch with divine lineage, or holds the ideals of Bushido or the ideals of Arian Superior race or the ideals of Death to the Infidels. You might not know it, but your wanting "We're no different from them" is that very ideal that put America on the map. Whatever gender or race as a person you get equal rights and the pursuit of happiness. And it shocks people with these enlightenment values that another nation might be genuinely different and not think like that. And differences are fine for me and most Americans. But that's not how a monarch who feels his power slipping sees it. It's decadent America's fault. And there'll be retaliation. And then Iraq will be a democracy with Enlightenment values. And then the bunnies will sing to the spirit of baseball again treading their grass.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-13 00:30:11

"Go join the army."

Been there Done that.

11Bravo
Airborne and Air Assault Schools.
Light Leader Course

s0iz

2009-07-13 00:54:59

Trompe-la-Mort wrote:This revisionist history about how America shouldn't have dropped atomic bombs on Japan is a little naive. There were plans for a ground assault on Japan. With the knowledge of island hopping up to that point, it was estimated that casualties would be over a quarter of a million. Operation Olympic would have called for landings on Kyushnu in November of 1945, and later assaults on Honshu March of 1946. How much longer would the war have gone on? The Japanese didn't think with our campy Western minds about loss and gain and pragmatic decisions about giving up. The State Bushido, "way of the warrior" calls for no surrender and dying a good death. Okinawa was the site of mass suicides toward the end of the battle where over 12,000 US soldiers happened to have died (twice that of Iraq). Also, civilians were told that Americans were pillaging and raping them as they invaded and so families did not have trouble killing themselves. It took two atomic bombs and the intervention of the Emperor himself (God) to end the war.
s0iz wrote: Thats the terrorist argument when they blow up in foreign soil. You mess with my country I mess with yours. And they say exactly the same "You don't want trouble, Don't start any".
Nobody touched the US during the WW2, most of Germany's capital was made there. Japan did Pearl Harbor because the US violated the neutrality rules. It cutted all exports to Japan but not England. And Roosevelt/Churchill were very aware of this attack, but they said nothing about it to get your country into war, even more, Roosevelt ordered the fallback of 3 or 4 modern warships and left the "older" ones.
If you think that Japan would not have gone to war with America if it had only embargoed England also then 'naive' couldn't begin to describe. What America did to England wasn't going to change anything.The embargo alone was enough for war. America and a lot of Western nations didn't like Japan seizing Manchuria, but what could they do about it? America embargoed metal, and later oil and everything else.

Christopher Creighton? Who is this guy? His writing is more in the style of a fiction where he gets into the characters heads, saying stuff like "All four already knew of the planned attack on Pearl Harbour, and all had prayed that it would come about." The rest reeks of unbounded speculation. There's evidence that word got to Roosevelt about the possibility for attack, I'm not denying that. But how many reports got to him every day about attacks here, spies there, Japanese hot air balloons hitting L.A. over there? In times of war, there are reports for all manner of things, and having a Naval base on full alert for months on end is ludicrous esp. a well fortified base like Pearl Harbor. I just think it's easy to look for conspiracies in hindsight but when living it there just seems no way that Japan would make such a move against a fortified base.
s0iz wrote: You see, I don't hate the US, but I hate when you think you are the "Good" and you do everything because of Human Rights and stuff. You are no different to all those you want to fight, and your government convince people by killing their own.

And, all the stuff I say, it doesn't come out of my mouth, it comes from many books written by British or American authors (with deep research and evidence). Not foreigners that are jealous or something.
Here's the thing. When you have ideals like "inalienable rights" or even "we hold these truths to be self evident", enlightenment values that maybe aren't as believed in anymore in America or Britain then regardless you are different from the nation who has an arbitrary monarch with divine lineage, or holds the ideals of Bushido or the ideals of Arian Superior race or the ideals of Death to the Infidels. You might not know it, but your wanting "We're no different from them" is that very ideal that put America on the map. Whatever gender or race as a person you get equal rights and the pursuit of happiness. And it shocks people with these enlightenment values that another nation might be genuinely different and not think like that. And differences are fine for me and most Americans. But that's not how a monarch who feels his power slipping sees it. It's decadent America's fault. And there'll be retaliation. And then Iraq will be a democracy with Enlightenment values. And then the bunnies will sing to the spirit of baseball again treading their grass.
Nice reply. I respect your opinion and your points of view. If you like to have 10 wifes, eat dogshit or whatever you like to do. It's ok to me, but invading other country is never right.

Cristopher Creighton is a nickname, I'm not sure what his real name is. The thing is that he wrote "OPJB" and was released when Churchill died. In the book there is a copy of letters from Churchill asking for this. He was one of the agents who worked under the M Section, who got Martin Bormann (Hitler's secretary and Treasury Keeper of the Third Reich) out of Germany to retrieve of the treasure and restore Europe, he only received orders from Morton, who only received orders from the King itself and Churchill. A nice book, nobody denied the facts from that book. It just costed me 11 pounds and it was delivered to my home.
The Argumentalizer wrote:"Go join the army."

Been there Done that.

11Bravo
Airborne and Air Assault Schools.
Light Leader Course
Ah, I see. That explains it all.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-13 02:07:55

Some historian or simple reader will never know the trials and tribulations that a soldier goes through. So tread lightly when you say "That explains it all." It doesn't matter if the war is supported or not, soldiers sacrifice their livelihood for their country. Ive stayed out of this argument until now, only because I did not appreciate that comment.

s0iz

2009-07-13 02:23:42

Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.

CellarDweller

2009-07-13 03:43:41

s0iz wrote:Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.
im curious, do u believe a country can only defend itself on its own land? and what of defending allies?

s0iz

2009-07-13 04:59:41

CellarDweller wrote:
s0iz wrote:Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.
im curious, do u believe a country can only defend itself on its own land? and what of defending allies?
Defending allies? If anybody invaded other country, then there's no need to defend allies. Yes I know, this sounds absurd, it's like saying "if anybody killed someone then there wouldn't exist jails". But a government is supposed to be mature and bunch of wise people, its easier to control than the whole population.

Paradox

2009-07-13 06:44:52

First of all the Korean president is a raving lunatic and it was them that threatened the U.S. If they make good on that threat then we will defend ourselves and yes most likely bomb the living shit out of them. Thankfully they have backed off their stance for now because they know we wont run if they attack. We dropped 2 bombs on Japan because they invaded our soil. It was a war; people die in wars. Japan was trying to take over the world in case you didnt know. So yea no one said anything when we dropped those bombs. They started it, we ended it. Then we spent billions of dollars rebuilding their country. If you think we are going to sit here and let them threaten us and do nothing about it, well you are dilusional. If someone came onto your property or your neighbors property threatening to hurt your or their family, would you just sit by and watch them do it? I think not.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-13 10:55:40

Its amazing to see someone argue both ends of an argument.

Ohh the UN countries did nothing when folks were being ... blah blah in Rwanda... yadda.

Soldiers aren't soldiers, that invade other countries!??!?
Huhh??

Nothing stopped, oh say ARGENTINA from getting a coalition to go into Darfur.
I wonder why they didn't?

Also, it is self evident Iraq was NOT about Oil as the Iraqis have it.
And there is STILL democratic governments function, with out YOUR help.

And don't worry about an invasion of Argent... ohh wait nevermind.
The Brits showed you what real soldiers are.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-13 11:21:04

s0iz wrote:Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.
Last I checked I said nothing about the defense or attack of another country. I said that soldiers sacrifice their livelihood for their country and thus their fellow citizens.

"Don't get confused."

s0iz

2009-07-13 18:52:29

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:
s0iz wrote:Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.
Last I checked I said nothing about the defense or attack of another country. I said that soldiers sacrifice their livelihood for their country and thus their fellow citizens.

"Don't get confused."
They don't have anything more important to do, that's why.

If Iran threats you, you can solve it talking. If they ask you for money or something, then yes they deserve to get their asses kicked. Because you are not dealing about ocupied territories. Unless they want you out of Iraq/Afghanistan or where ever you are now.
The Argumentalizer wrote:And don't worry about an invasion of Argent... ohh wait nevermind.
The Brits showed you what real soldiers are.
Lol, yes they won the war. But if you ask high rank officers, they'll tell you how amused they got here when they saw the skills of our Air Force pilots (with shitty and old airplanes) who sunk many modern warships from the Royal Navy within minutes, and special forces commandos who took Falkland/Malvinas for the first time when were occupied by the Royal Army. The vast majority of our soldiers were non-trained low economic class kids (16-21 year old) from Chaco and Corrientes (the north of Argentina, extremly hot weather). And yes, they were sent there to get killed by the well trained, fit, prepared and equipped British soldiers. I don't denied it, the military method is the same here and in the US, they sent unemployed/uneducated people to fight face to face and set foot on groundzero. You see, the difference between you and me is that I am not blind by the fanatism of my country, I don't have problems in admiting good and bad things. I remain neutral. And I didn't say anything about Vietnam, a few villagemen with AK-47 succesfully defended their soil.

Oh, and by the way. The "Royal" Army asked for help to Chile and the US to fight against Argentina, a "thirdworld" country with WW2 combat equipment. We don't invest much in the army, but we do have free Schools and University with international acceptation for the whole population.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-13 22:58:29

"You see, the difference between you and me is that I am not blind by the fanatism of my country, I don't have problems in admiting good and bad things. I remain neutral. And I didn't say anything about Vietnam, a few villagemen with AK-47 succesfully defended their soil."

What "fanaticism of my country?"
So we as a nation are fanatics?

You remain neutral? That means you give evil a PASS. It also means you have nothing worth fighting for and are comfortable.

There are WAY more differences between us, more than you could ever fathom.
"And I didn't say anything about Vietnam, a few villagemen with AK-47 "
Really? You call a large army of North Vietnamese supplied by China and Russia a few Villagers?
The CONG were wiped out in 1968!?!?

You are just ignorant. You should learn about things in depth before pretending you have some understanding of them.
And you still know nothing about Americans.

SND

2009-07-14 00:02:23

ahh ffs I am more than sure the creator of this topic did not intended this topic to be this damn right serous.

far as im concerns you both morons thinking you can simplify the world so easily between who right and wrong. First off in war their no winners only lossers so touting your trumpet that "we" blow them to hell and we did such such to this lot is plain ignorant and disrespectful to those end up losing on both side I really would not take pride in ending anyone's life or even wish harm on a nation really.

Another thing what's this using history who wants to hear that. I know history should be looked at so past mistakes are not repeated but it should not mean you should tie your self and use it as means to justify your actions. Thing is world change hell of allot and we no longer live in the coldwar (like a particular person here thinks) and not in a global power struggle of any kind. But lets try and get these things out of the way first dropping atom bomb should not be regard as a good thing but it was done and could not be undone but look at japan now their one of advance nation in electronics on this planet and I think that great plus many them are not holding anything against the US based stuff from the past. Other thing Iraq war should never of happened main bases for starting was well unfounded and misleading but never the less it happened and even reasons to make it peaceful place to justify it still wrong if you look at many women and child and men had to die as a result of it but its done lets hope at least something good would come out of it.

Another thing Argumentalizer don't bloody drag my country into you rants last thing we need on this forum is someone stirring hatred between nations though s0iz response to it I was not at all to impressed but anyway sure a good footy match will sort it out :).

Paradox

2009-07-14 00:26:07

s0iz wrote:If Iran threats you, you can solve it talking.
lol.....have you ever tried reasoning with a tyranical dictator? Usually doesnt work out. Remember Kahdafi? Reasoning worked out real well there....NOT.
Then we blew up his mansion and he STFU after that didnt he. Problem solved.

s0iz

2009-07-14 00:38:33

The Argumentalizer wrote:"You see, the difference between you and me is that I am not blind by the fanatism of my country, I don't have problems in admiting good and bad things. I remain neutral. And I didn't say anything about Vietnam, a few villagemen with AK-47 succesfully defended their soil."

What "fanaticism of my country?"
So we as a nation are fanatics?

You remain neutral? That means you give evil a PASS. It also means you have nothing worth fighting for and are comfortable.

There are WAY more differences between us, more than you could ever fathom.
"And I didn't say anything about Vietnam, a few villagemen with AK-47 "
Really? You call a large army of North Vietnamese supplied by China and Russia a few Villagers?
The CONG were wiped out in 1968!?!?

You are just ignorant. You should learn about things in depth before pretending you have some understanding of them.
And you still know nothing about Americans.
What I meant by neutral was that I am not a fanatic of any country, not even mine. You instead defend yours even when you don't have to. When my country does something wrong, I don't lie or try to find the littlest good thing that might blablabla. If someone tries to invade Argentina, of course I'll defend it. And Iran also threated us, they named us between many other countries. But who cares, let them talk. As you said, they have mid range missiles. And Chile, always talking bullshit about us, saying that we stole them lands (when they have more than what they really should have). But guess what, we are not killing each other.

In your previous post you were glorifying your army and saying that Russian weapons are shitty, and some others said about China having a poor budget. But yeah, now you seem to lost Vietnam because of Russia and China? They didn't fight the war, they simply were carrying AK-47 and mines. And I'm not celebrating you had lost, I didn't even want to bring this subject here, you just started talking about lost wars.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-14 01:11:34

s0iz wrote:
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:
s0iz wrote:Soldiers do not invade other country to defend their own. Soldiers who defend their country are those who stand against invaders on their own soil. Don't get confused.
Last I checked I said nothing about the defense or attack of another country. I said that soldiers sacrifice their livelihood for their country and thus their fellow citizens.

"Don't get confused."
They don't have anything more important to do, that's why.
That's some bullshit right there man... I admit that there are some people that feel they have nothing better to do, or feel the growing pains of a failing economy hit them, but to say in general all soldiers have nothing better to do with their life is just bullshit. My all time dream career is to join the Special Forces. Obviously if I go through with it, it will be after my last year in college and thus Id be a officer in the military and not some grunt from the start. Its easier to say and state your pacifist arguments when you've been in the conditioned environment your in, reading your books and such, but when you live around it, and experience it first hand, you learn more then some 3rd person perspective written in a history book could ever teach you.

s0iz

2009-07-14 02:10:01

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:That's some bullshit right there man... I admit that there are some people that feel they have nothing better to do, or feel the growing pains of a failing economy hit them, but to say in general all soldiers have nothing better to do with their life is just bullshit. My all time dream career is to join the Special Forces. Obviously if I go through with it, it will be after my last year in college and thus Id be a officer in the military and not some grunt from the start. Its easier to say and state your pacifist arguments when you've been in the conditioned environment your in, reading your books and such, but when you live around it, and experience it first hand, you learn more then some 3rd person perspective written in a history book could ever teach you.
Well, that was the word then, "grunt". I thought you would understand by soldier, a regular soldier, not an officer. I always liked the military aswell, and there are many great things there. But when a jarhead grunt calls me ignorant, well, I don't feel like explaining a lot so I just generalized it. My advise to you, if you have a degree, is to work with it, and if possible out of the military, unless you are an engineer and would like to work in the intel or some labs. If not, you'll become an expendable asset for some pigs that really don't care about you.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-14 02:26:31

s0iz wrote:
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:That's some bullshit right there man... I admit that there are some people that feel they have nothing better to do, or feel the growing pains of a failing economy hit them, but to say in general all soldiers have nothing better to do with their life is just bullshit. My all time dream career is to join the Special Forces. Obviously if I go through with it, it will be after my last year in college and thus Id be a officer in the military and not some grunt from the start. Its easier to say and state your pacifist arguments when you've been in the conditioned environment your in, reading your books and such, but when you live around it, and experience it first hand, you learn more then some 3rd person perspective written in a history book could ever teach you.
Well, that was the word then, "grunt". I thought you would understand by soldier, a regular soldier, not an officer. I always liked the military aswell, and there are many great things there. But when a jarhead grunt calls me ignorant, well, I don't feel like explaining a lot so I just generalized it. My advise to you, if you have a degree, is to work with it, and if possible out of the military, unless you are an engineer and would like to work in the intel or some labs. If not, you'll become an expendable asset for some pigs that really don't care about you.
My fiance wanted to work intel in the Marines after she graduated, but when she met me, she decided to stay away from it because she wanted to live her life with me. For me, I wanted to be in the shit. I wanted to be ground force SF, chilling in a office or in some base telling my soldiers to go jump into a high risk area knowing they wouldn't probably make it out is something I cant bear and part of why I wouldn't want to work any type of high priority intel job. Id rather work with my soldiers, not chill and watch them die.

As for me, originally I planned to be a English teacher, but I don't like the current education system and refuse to teach for the sake of some impudent standards. So now I'm just gonna be a cop, unless we have a draft, and probably some of my family would get drafted and thus Id join.

s0iz

2009-07-14 04:01:47

DEATH-ANGEL wrote:
s0iz wrote:
DEATH-ANGEL wrote:That's some bullshit right there man... I admit that there are some people that feel they have nothing better to do, or feel the growing pains of a failing economy hit them, but to say in general all soldiers have nothing better to do with their life is just bullshit. My all time dream career is to join the Special Forces. Obviously if I go through with it, it will be after my last year in college and thus Id be a officer in the military and not some grunt from the start. Its easier to say and state your pacifist arguments when you've been in the conditioned environment your in, reading your books and such, but when you live around it, and experience it first hand, you learn more then some 3rd person perspective written in a history book could ever teach you.
Well, that was the word then, "grunt". I thought you would understand by soldier, a regular soldier, not an officer. I always liked the military aswell, and there are many great things there. But when a jarhead grunt calls me ignorant, well, I don't feel like explaining a lot so I just generalized it. My advise to you, if you have a degree, is to work with it, and if possible out of the military, unless you are an engineer and would like to work in the intel or some labs. If not, you'll become an expendable asset for some pigs that really don't care about you.
My fiance wanted to work intel in the Marines after she graduated, but when she met me, she decided to stay away from it because she wanted to live her life with me. For me, I wanted to be in the shit. I wanted to be ground force SF, chilling in a office or in some base telling my soldiers to go jump into a high risk area knowing they wouldn't probably make it out is something I cant bear and part of why I wouldn't want to work any type of high priority intel job. Id rather work with my soldiers, not chill and watch them die.

As for me, originally I planned to be a English teacher, but I don't like the current education system and refuse to teach for the sake of some impudent standards. So now I'm just gonna be a cop, unless we have a draft, and probably some of my family would get drafted and thus Id join.
Nice. Nowadays, I think a teacher, cop (clean one) or a doctor do a lot more than soldiers for their country. I just can't believe how people still wanting war and going to war in these time, when we have so much comunication and education than medieval times.

And I don't believe in tyrans, that "dictator" of Iran is probably a ultranacionalist. I don't know what are his request but I'll try to find out.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 04:20:58

Try reading "The Fall and Decline of the Roman Empire", or reading any general book on ancient Rome. We mirror their ambitions, mistakes, excuses to start war, treatment of client countries/states ect. All throughout ancient history since the beginning of civilizations and city states there has been war and the desire to attain more power. The U.S. empire is just another blip on the timeline of history of countries blessed with timing, positioning and resources to become one of the "great" empires in human history, our time will come soon enough like all the rest never to have thought to fade away. The only questioning of empires I make now after so much reading is not the morality of the wars they start, the territory they conquer, or the dubious excuses and means they did it with because it is all but inevitable in the end; but more of a question of how the particular empire/conquerors treat their new subjects. One of the reasons I admire Alexander the Great and Muhammed the Prophet (Founder of Islam) is because after all the tireless conquering and wars they won, they treated their new subjects with enormous respect for their cultures, looseness and were disgusted with corruption, abuse by their empire onto their new subjects and preached entirely against abuse. OH and for Impala, we are using and will continue to use even more Iraqi oil, Exxon Mobil has just recently positioned itself to take control of the largest Iraqi oil fields, to assume oil wasnt a factor in the Iraq war is stupid.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-14 04:41:40

"One of the reasons I admire Alexander the Great and Muhammed the Prophet (Founder of Islam) is because after all the tireless conquering and wars they won, they treated their new subjects with enormous respect for their cultures"

LMAO! Hilarious.

The Valium rewrite of History.
Alexander and Mohammad treated cultures with respect!??!
Are you ****ing kidding me?

s0iz

2009-07-14 05:07:20

Va|iums wrote:Try reading "The Fall and Decline of the Roman Empire", or reading any general book on ancient Rome. We mirror their ambitions, mistakes, excuses to start war, treatment of client countries/states ect. All throughout ancient history since the beginning of civilizations and city states there has been war and the desire to attain more power. The U.S. empire is just another blip on the timeline of history of countries blessed with timing, positioning and resources to become one of the "great" empires in human history, our time will come soon enough like all the rest never to have thought to fade away. The only questioning of empires I make now after so much reading is not the morality of the wars they start, the territory they conquer, or the dubious excuses and means they did it with because it is all but inevitable in the end; but more of a question of how the particular empire/conquerors treat their new subjects. One of the reasons I admire Alexander the Great and Muhammed the Prophet (Founder of Islam) is because after all the tireless conquering and wars they won, they treated their new subjects with enormous respect for their cultures, looseness and were disgusted with corruption, abuse by their empire onto their new subjects and preached entirely against abuse. OH and for Impala, we are using and will continue to use even more Iraqi oil, Exxon Mobil has just recently positioned itself to take control of the largest Iraqi oil fields, to assume oil wasnt a factor in the Iraq war is stupid.
I don't know if it is correct to call it the US empire when the UK has never fallen and the Royal family is still alive enjoying all the stuff they can buy with the most powerful coin (I don't know if you call that a coin, anyway I think you understand) the Pound. They basically don't produce much but they buy the finest products from the whole world. Since medieval times these bastards have been invading countries and buying kings and now politicians. I don't hate UK citizens, but I don't understand how can they stand work day by day and love the Royal family, lol.

Modern historians say that the WW1 was originated because England saw that Germany was becoming the new world power with their inventions like oil and gas. England had the vapor trains and the largest fleet in the world, but Germany was going to sent to hell all that. And well, it happened what happened. And I think we all know that WW2 was originated by WW1.

Btw, Rome had fallen because they had nowhere to expand, their coin devaluated and they had no more new slaves and soldiers (no new conquer = no new treasures = no more new money = no new soldiers = no new slaves). Their economy collapsed. And well, the huge expansion also provoked failed communication and stuff. And talking about Romans, one of their Emperors had 3 historians who wrote the history he wanted to be written, lying and a lot; just like nowadays, huge business man have their own media and choose what must be seen and what must be not seen by the general public.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 05:30:51

The Argumentalizer wrote:"One of the reasons I admire Alexander the Great and Muhammed the Prophet (Founder of Islam) is because after all the tireless conquering and wars they won, they treated their new subjects with enormous respect for their cultures"

LMAO! Hilarious.

The Valium rewrite of History.
Alexander and Mohammad treated cultures with respect!??!
Are you ****ing kidding me?
No it's really not hilarious, I know you didn't probably didnt learn a whole lot from the army manual and your AP history class in high school but Alexander the Great was revolutionary in the way he treated his subjects. He left their adminstrative policies and cultures untouched, leaving many of the existing high ranking government officials in place, of course installing a governor to make sure they would still be loyal and subject to his rule. He forced intermarriage of his least favorite generals to Persian women to signify his willingness to mix Macedonian and Persian culture (in ancient times inter-marriage of cultures was the most powerful way to creat unity in culture and territory, this however was shocking and disgusting to Macedonians that he try and mix cultures). He executed any governors, administrators and generals whom committed corruption and abuse toward a subject city-state, he even considered ending his entire military campaign early and return to his throne JUST to execute every single corrupt/abusive official in his government. Only during the last few years of his life did he start to ignore the corruption, which I will admit that for about two years he started to ignore the cries of abuse and corruption.

As for the Muhammed, the revolutionary thing about what he did was to create a religion that was far looser, more unifying, more tolerant then any of the previous Arabic tribes ever had. The Arabic tribes at that respective time were in constant war, with two classes, the priviledged aristocrats and the very poor masses, a middle class was essentially non-existent which in turn created mass poverty and social stagnation. His laws were historically revolutionary in Arabic areas, giving extended rights to the poor, women, and the rejecting aristicratic/hierarchel social order that had suffocated the Arabic tribes for so long. During the time of his living he spent much of it conquering, and did in fact treat certain tribes with what we would consider warcrimes, and did not treat the Jewish factions well at first, only later adopting a more lax view on them. The point is the new laws and religion he had put in place created a mass unity that provided long term peace, and believe it or not entirely openness to sciences and philosophy that the Christian church of those times had all but rejected and threw into the abyss. It was Islamic peoples were the ones actually rescued texts of Plato, Aristotle, Pyhthagreas and continued studies into their texts, without these Islamic scholars international scholars widely believe these texts and mathematical teachings could have been permanently lost. The rescued texts and interpretations of Pythagreom texts by Islamic scholars of course gave rise to modern Algebra from Islamic scholars. What I admire most about Muhammed's teachings I guess to say is his seperation of god from the sciences and philosophy, a fundamental problem with the Christian church at the time who threw away most of Greek and Roman sciences and philosophy.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 05:37:36

Don't worry I'm not a muslim BTW Impala, I don't mean to get you scared or anything.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-14 07:24:54

I'm not a fan of Muhammad, but I do like Alexander the Great. I also like Julius Caesar and his nephew Augustus. Both were great men in my opinion.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-14 12:00:15

Muhammed gathered an army and slaughtered anyone that look at him funny.
He subjugated the ME world with a sword, not nice tolerant religion.
I can't even believe you you say Muhammed created a tolerant religion.
Are you unaware of the History AFTER Muhammed?
What do you do, read the ****in cliff notes at school to everything!?!??

They call Alexander the GREAT because he slaughtered every army that dared face him. They joined him or died.
Yeah he brought Western Culture with him. He brought western military skill.

I think you watched the the Colin Farrell movie on that one.

Valiums, you are one of those guys that reads the TV Guide and thinks he is an electronics expert.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 16:41:56

I'm perfectly aware of the history and what Islam has turned into as it progressed. Jesus and Muhammed both had designed very accepting, liberal, peaceful religions that accepted almost anyone into it's kingdoms at first. Unfortunately both religions were turned into warmachines, hardly suprising. Pope Urban II revolutionized the Christian church and it's clear restrictions of declaring war on a country that was not attacking, Urban II said that "Jesus was misquoted" and that war is perfectly acceptable IF the peoples are not of Christian faith, which was completely not Jesus' intentions. Later on Islam also too had prominant scholars that had suddenly claimed the Qu'ran was "misinterpretated" and "found" new entrances to justify aggressive wars, when Muhammed prophacised that God told him "God hates the aggressor in war" and will accordingly punish him. Just because ambitious, aggressive popes and Islamic scholars distorted and warped the Bible and the Qur'an doesnt mean I somehow view Jesus and Muhammed less for the courage they had to preach and introduce religions that at first were extremely tolerant and peaceful, far more tolerant the previous religions before them. Christianity was the first major western religion to formally accept ANYONE into it's kingdom, reguardless of wealth, race or gender, which I greaty admire Jesus' teachings for even though in general I find all religions false superstitions.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 16:55:09

As for why Alexander the Great was revolutionary in the way he treated his subjects after the wars had been done, I don't need to go over it twice, I gave you a laymans terms/cliff notes version already, I'm not interested in writing a three page essay with sources for you unless your giving out special prizes like cookies or a BJ. I already stated in an earlier post that I'm not interested anymore in the moral questioning of the type of wars conquerors unleash or how they do it, it's always brutal no matter what, only how those conquerors had treated their new client states after is what is important to me.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-14 20:09:36

Client states?!?! Thats like saying Poland and Czechoslovakia were the Third Reich's client states.
Or Eastern Europe were Soviet client states.

My point is that in war there ARE often winners and that your idea Alexander and Muhammad were sensitive benefactors of some sort is ridiculous.

You also mistake clashes of civilizations with clashes of religion, which is also shallow and ridiculous.
The West was clashing with East in Greece and elsewhere for a thousand years before Christ ever showed up. The Mongols swept across Russia all the way Eastern Europe and that had nothing to do with religion.
WWII had nothing to do with religion.
In fact, the worst conflicts were most died were clashes between Westerners and ideologies, or even Japan with western arms.
But, never give up an opportunity to make some silly insult to religion, which does more good than you'll ever notice.

DEATH-ANGEL

2009-07-14 20:29:03

Not to interrupt, but as long as threads like this don't turn into flame wars, I enjoy them very much. Its hard to have a intellectual conversation (even if you don't agree with one another, hence the beauty of it) with anyone anymore these days, so thank you guys.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 21:29:11

The Argumentalizer wrote:Client states?!?! Thats like saying Poland and Czechoslovakia were the Third Reich's client states.
Or Eastern Europe were Soviet client states.

My point is that in war there ARE often winners and that your idea Alexander and Muhammad were sensitive benefactors of some sort is ridiculous.

You also mistake clashes of civilizations with clashes of religion, which is also shallow and ridiculous.
The West was clashing with East in Greece and elsewhere for a thousand years before Christ ever showed up. The Mongols swept across Russia all the way Eastern Europe and that had nothing to do with religion.
WWII had nothing to do with religion.
In fact, the worst conflicts were most died were clashes between Westerners and ideologies, or even Japan with western arms.
But, never give up an opportunity to make some silly insult to religion, which does more good than you'll ever notice.
Yes Impala, believe it or not states subordinate to more powerful states such as Greece, Rome and Macedonia were officially known as client states. Also, I'm not mistaking civilization clashes with clashes of religion, often times they are directly parralel to eachother as factors in war, if not the primary reason for "civilization clashes". Civilization is a broad term that includes the paradigm of religion as a factor, so to exclude religion from "civilization clashes" is shortsighted. I swear I feel like I'm arguing with someone from the Flintstones, is anyone else around these forums willing to debate me, in a comprehensible, grammatically logical way? To suggest religion is not a primary factor many of the ancient wars is really absurd, your not even worth debating anymore, sorry. Take a class, buy a history book on ancient kingdoms, read about mystery cults, Zeus, the Christian crusades, jihad, the Jewish peoples never submitting to other religions and consequentially were continually oppressed and brought into war since the founding of city states, how religion was the primary factor in the shaping of the early Arabic area, how religion was the primary factor in the decisions of Pharaohs to commence war ect....

badinfluence

2009-07-14 21:34:40

Oh ffs.

s0iz

2009-07-14 21:39:25

I'm with you, Valiums. But I haven't read much about ancient civilizations and I don't have anything to argue, lol.

Va|iums

2009-07-14 22:07:53

The Argumentalizer wrote: But, never give up an opportunity to make some silly insult to religion, which does more good than you'll ever notice.
Sorry I missed the part where I "insulted" religion. Was it the part where I told you how the Christian church used to be a docile, non-warlike entity until a pope wanted more power and effectively re-worded Christ that aggressive wars were afterall acceptable against non Christian peoples, hence the 1st Christian crusade? Also religion has brought as much death and oppression as it's brought peace and unity, have fun viewing religion in whatever kind of world you live in.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-15 04:06:04

Okay. By your way of thinking, Bush spread democracy to our client states in the ME.
He is like Alexander the Great, crushing extremists and building civil institutions.
I am sure you behind his efforts 100%.
Since you only concerned with the spreading of culture, you make a great Neo-Con (join the club).

History will celebrate Bush for his tireless spreading of democracy and respect he had for native peoples.
George the Great, he will be known, by Valiums, sometime in the future.

My mothers family is Armenian. Ask them about the respectful kind and caring qualities of Islam, which of course, NEVER existed.
The Catholic Church held civilizations ancient arts and sciences through the Dark Ages, so it deserves some respect.
This notion that Islam kept Western culture alive is horseshit.

-Nothing is looser AND more unifying.

America is the result of the Christian World.
Saudi Arabia is the result of Islam.

Everything else you say is an ad hoc pseudo-history lesson, probably from Howard Zim.

"even though in general I find all religions false superstitions."

s0iz

2009-07-15 04:46:14

The Argumentalizer wrote:Okay. By your way of thinking, Bush spread democracy to our client states in the ME.
He is like Alexander the Great, crushing extremists and building civil institutions.
I am sure you behind his efforts 100%.
Since you only concerned with the spreading of culture, you make a great Neo-Con (join the club).

History will celebrate Bush for his tireless spreading of democracy and respect he had for native peoples.
George the Great, he will be known, by Valiums, sometime in the future.

My mothers family is Armenian. Ask them about the respectful kind and caring qualities of Islam, which of course, NEVER existed.
The Catholic Church held civilizations ancient arts and sciences through the Dark Ages, so it deserves some respect.
This notion that Islam kept Western culture alive is horseshit.

-Nothing is looser AND more unifying.

America is the result of the Christian World.
Saudi Arabia is the result of Islam.

Everything else you say is an ad hoc pseudo-history lesson, probably from Howard Zim.

"even though in general I find all religions false superstitions."
Good point, but don't forget that the Islam invented and discovered many important things. Not only Greece but Saudi Arabia was great in Maths and science. And they knew how to create civilization in the middle of a fucking desert. The Islam is tough in a directly way, when the Church isn't; but it is in a indirectly way.

"From some crack in the wall, the smoke of Satan has entered the Vatican." - Pope Paulo VI, June 26th 1972

Va|iums

2009-07-15 06:21:09

The Argumentalizer wrote:Okay. By your way of thinking, Bush spread democracy to our client states in the ME.
He is like Alexander the Great, crushing extremists and building civil institutions.
I am sure you behind his efforts 100%.
Since you only concerned with the spreading of culture, you make a great Neo-Con (join the club).

History will celebrate Bush for his tireless spreading of democracy and respect he had for native peoples.
George the Great, he will be known, by Valiums, sometime in the future.

My mothers family is Armenian. Ask them about the respectful kind and caring qualities of Islam, which of course, NEVER existed.
The Catholic Church held civilizations ancient arts and sciences through the Dark Ages, so it deserves some respect.
This notion that Islam kept Western culture alive is horseshit.

-Nothing is looser AND more unifying.

America is the result of the Christian World.
Saudi Arabia is the result of Islam.

Everything else you say is an ad hoc pseudo-history lesson, probably from Howard Zim.

"even though in general I find all religions false superstitions."

Well you have decent points, and after his second re-election I did end up supporting his mission after realizing Iraqi peoples would simply be much better off with a democracy, any nation is. You and I both know George W. Bush will never be considered a great president, his leadership was continually viewed as weak with the exception of about a year and a half of popularity before and for a period after 9/11 while leaders like Julius, Augustus Caesar and Alexander had high popularity ratings from start to finish of their thrones. While in ancient days lies to get into war could be covered up and presented to the public in an unquestioned fashion, the modern times of a veracious media exposed quite a few lies and deceit, which the American public did not like, and will forever look upon down in distain, as well as the economy collapsing under his term whether it's his fault or not will forever be associated with his term, and theres no getting around it. If a Ronald Reagan type of leader/speaker was in there making powerful speeches, creating better lies, or coming out with some straight truths about why an invasion was needed it could've been an entirely different situation and view on what happened. Bush's leadership style just simply cannot compare to a Julius Caesar, an Augustus Caesar, a Ronald Reagan, Alexander the Great, a FDR, a Dwight Eisenhower, he's just simply lacking some intangible strong leadership qualities. As for Islamic scholars rescuing western culture being horseshit, I never said Islamic scholars "rescued western culture", I said they rescues specific texts, which had fallen into obscurity due to the profound wave of illiteracy in middle Europe from the Hellanistic Era to the Renaissance, for a thousand years there was widespread illiteracy and ancient texts thrown into obscurity. The game has changed in the criteria of being a great leader with the introduction of mass media and electronics, you cannot compare leaders from eras so far back to modern 21st century leaders because of this new x-factor.

Paradox

2009-07-15 07:12:18

Less Debate...MOAR DM

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-15 09:01:51

Truth is, Islam has really never progressed anywhere, hence today's mess and intolerance.

This notion the Caliphate was a center of mathematics and science is a lot of politically correct nonsense.
Mathematics was founded in the West, starting in Greece.

I don't know about all that Bush stuff you posted.
I THINK (MHO) is that History will remember Bush as tough and forward looking. He withstood years of withering lies and nonsense from Democrats and the Media. Day after day a different bit of Nonsense.

Depending on what the Arabs and Afghans build, he may be considered great, world changing.
And Clinton will be the one forgotten for not accomplishing anything other then the Great Fannie Mae/ Sub Prime scandal which really set off this horrible economy.
(There is also others to blame like OBAMA. He sued Bank of America for REDLINE (racist) lending on behalf of community agitator/socialist assholes- the same BOA being bailed out!)

Shoobie

2009-07-15 18:23:08

Paradox, maybe Iraq should bomb the Us with nuclear bombs? You invaded their country, so it's their right, right? Wtf are you talking about? Is it okay Killing civillains just because their goverment invaded your country? Is it okay what's happening to children even today in those areas the bomb were dropped, being born with various mutations?

You lady are a total asshole, you just lost all of my respect.

s0iz

2009-07-15 19:32:34

The Argumentalizer wrote:This notion the Caliphate was a center of mathematics and science is a lot of politically correct nonsense.
Mathematics was founded in the West, starting in Greece.
Hmmm, yeah right. Mesapotania, Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, Egypt and China buildt and invented so many stuff without maths. Greece is recognized as the "leader inventor" of maths because your "lovely and innocent" Church saw China's book as evil's book with all their symbols and burnt them. Egyptians math has been lost because it was a subject of only a few.

Paradox

2009-07-15 19:33:25

We went in there because we were attacked and over 3000 innocent civilians died on 9/11 or dont you remember that? Japan attacked the US, it was an act of war. We probably would have stayed out of it if not for that. was our reaction a bit extreme? Probably. I am not a strong supporter of our activity in Iraq and I think it is time we get the hell out of there but I do believe we have right tosome extent, to protect our country against future attacks. They (in the case if Japan) and people they were hiding (in the case of Iraq) started it, we didnt. I really dont care if you respect me or not. Who are you anyway that I should give a damn? Watch your friends and neighbors die and tell me how you feel then.

s0iz

2009-07-15 19:38:41

Paradox wrote:We went in there because we were attacked and over 3000 innocent civilians died on 9/11 or dont you remember that? Japan attacked the US, it was an act of war. We probably would have stayed out of it if not for that. was our reaction a bit extreme? Probably. I am not a strong supporter of our activity over there and I think it is time we get the hell out of there but I do believe we have right to protect our country against future attacks. I really dont care if you respect me or not. They (in the case if Japan) and people they were hiding (in the case of Iraq) started it, we didnt.
LOL nice mix of wars. In the first place, in the 9/11 official report, Bin Laden was guilty and author of 9/11. He was an independent (no official support from any government) terrorist from Afghanistan. So what does that have to do with Iraq? About Japan, we talked about that. I'm not going to say it all over again. But if you like official facts and stuff, check Bush partners from Carlyle Group (Oh noes, it's Osama Bin Laden's brother D:, who would knew!). And I'm not going to post all your inversions after 9/11 and what does Carlyle Group do, just Google it.

Paradox

2009-07-15 20:00:48

It was believed that Iraq (Saddam) helped them.

I agree that the U.S. sticks its nose into places it shouldnt be. I dont think that we should be the (self defined) "defender" of the world (and spend my tax dollars doing it).

Maybe we should just let them kill each other off like they have been doing for 1000s of years, let the taliban and al qaeda take over everything. Did you see what it was like over there when they were in charge? It wasnt a pleasant place to be. Then they can go kill all Isrealis (sorry Valar) and anyone else they dont like. Then they can focus on europe (closer than the U.S. so they would be the next target) and we all can just roll over and let them do it? Better start learning to speak arabic.

Shoobie

2009-07-15 20:30:36

Lol? para you know who helped the Afghanians in the first place? It was the US. They were armed by US to fight the russians. So it was the US who made Bin Ladin and armed his terrorists in the first place. So Invade yourself instead of others cuz you armed him and his terrorists.

"It was belived iraq helped them?"

Starting war upon a belief? That's classy and very responsible. Just face it there's no valid reason of invading Iraq, it was done to Gain a few people not to protect the US. the patriotism makes you blind. You invade vietnam to protect your country, you invade Iraq to protect your country, no you do it for the rulers which play their game of personal gain or for a gain of whom they are puppets too. You havn't wondered where all the money for the campains came from have ya? I don't think they spend millions and millions on nothing, but do you?

Va|iums

2009-07-15 20:53:54

The Argumentalizer wrote:Truth is, Islam has really never progressed anywhere, hence today's mess and intolerance.

This notion the Caliphate was a center of mathematics and science is a lot of politically correct nonsense.
Mathematics was founded in the West, starting in Greece.

I don't know about all that Bush stuff you posted.
I THINK (MHO) is that History will remember Bush as tough and forward looking. He withstood years of withering lies and nonsense from Democrats and the Media. Day after day a different bit of Nonsense.

Depending on what the Arabs and Afghans build, he may be considered great, world changing.
And Clinton will be the one forgotten for not accomplishing anything other then the Great Fannie Mae/ Sub Prime scandal which really set off this horrible economy.
(There is also others to blame like OBAMA. He sued Bank of America for REDLINE (racist) lending on behalf of community agitator/socialist assholes- the same BOA being bailed out!)
"The truth is Islam never progressed anywhere, hence the mess today's mess and intorance"

Have you ever been to an Islamic country? I have, and the few I've traveled to with my father for speeches were not "messes". In fact I've traveled to many, many countries with my father as a child for his speeches and everywhere I go I meet people like you, ethnocentric, uneducated, average intelligence, middle-lower class people blinded by false religions, political propaganda, nationalism and fear of the unknown. I have come to a realization however through this conversation, rulers and politicians need people like you to make their careers and secure their careers, they exploit fear from your ignorance and I'm realizing it's the most powerful tool of submission and loyalty to ones power over others. So as it turns out as a future lawyer and hopefully a politician I'm coming to like people like you more and more, because I know I can manipulate your ignorance through fear or well orchestrated lies in the end. So to Impala, besides the fact you think George W. will turn out to be a savior eventually, I salute you as another person who makes up the fabric of the largely ignorant, stablized and submissive United States.

s0iz

2009-07-15 21:03:19

Shoobie wrote:Lol? para you know who helped the Afghanians in the first place? It was the US. They were armed by US to fight the russians. So it was the US who made Bin Ladin and armed his terrorists in the first place. So Invade yourself instead of others cuz you armed him and his terrorists.
That's true.
Shoobie wrote:the patriotism makes you blind.
That's what I told to The Argumentalizer.
Paradox wrote:I agree that the U.S. sticks its nose into places it shouldnt be. I dont think that we should be the (self defined) "defender" of the world (and spend my tax dollars doing it).

Maybe we should just let them kill each other off like they have been doing for 1000s of years, let the taliban and al qaeda take over everything. Did you see what it was like over there when they were in charge? It wasnt a pleasant place to be. Then they can go kill all Isrealis (sorry Valar) and anyone else they dont like. Then they can focus on europe (closer than the U.S. so they would be the next target) and we all can just roll over and let them do it? Better start learning to speak arabic.
Well, better I start learning English. It's the same that you are doing, invading. Everyone has their own interests, and it's ok while they don't invade or kill others for achieving something. And Al Qaeda, fuck off, those guys don't even exist.

"I agree that the U.S. sticks its nose into places it shouldnt be. I dont think that we should be the (self defined) "defender" of the world (and spend my tax dollars doing it)."

I clap on that. I heard you have a shitty public health system, don't know if it is true. But I know it's true you spend thousands of millions in the army and CIA.

Paradox

2009-07-15 21:41:24

Patriotism? PFFT! As I said before, I dont agree with everything my governement does, but thanks to our form of government I have a right to say that out loud. There are many places in the World where you would be shot to even suggest that what the government does is wrong. No country is perfect, not even Argentina. :wink: You have had your share of government corruption, economic problems as well as threatening other countries to get what you want. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Look under Foreign policy. You even participated in the Gulf War and other worldwide "peacekeeping operations".

Yes we trained the afghan troops and created Bin Laden in the process. Should we have done it? No. However we didnt force Bin Laden to send his brainwashed slaves over here to fly airplanes into buildings. It was his own hate that did that. I do believe we had to do something about it and not just sit here and let them do it again.

I also think invasion of Iraq had more to do with Bush Jr. (not a fan of his by any means) to save face and his fathers honor. I think he used the events as his excuse to do it.

Shoobie, its very easy for you to sit over there in your neutral country and point fingers at me. Like I said before, live with watching your friends and neighbors die and tell me how you feel then.

ninojman

2009-07-15 22:00:03

Kuwait? Like with Japan we told Iraq they couldn't have weapons after invading another country. Funny enough Kuwait gave money to Iraq in the Iraq-Iran war.

s0iz

2009-07-15 22:02:31

Paradox wrote:Patriotism? PFFT! As I said before, I dont agree with everything my governement does, but thanks to our form of government I have a right to say that out loud. There are many places in the World where you would be shot to even suggest that what the government does is wrong. No country is perfect, not even Argentina. :wink: You have had your share of government corruption, economic problems as well as threatening other countries to get what you want. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Look under Foreign policy. You even participated in the Gulf War and other worldwide "peacekeeping operations".

Yes we trained the afghan troops and created Bin Laden in the process. Should we have done it? No. However we didnt force Bin Laden to send his brainwashed slaves over here to fly airplanes into buildings. It was his own hate that did that. I do believe we had to do something about it and not just sit here and let them do it again.

I also think invasion of Iraq had more to do with Bush Jr. (not a fan of his by any means) to save face and his fathers honor. I think he used the events as his excuse to do it.

Shoobie, its very easy for you to sit over there in your neutral country and point fingers at me. Like I said before, live with watching your friends and neighbors die and tell me how you feel then.
Good to see you're not a moron. I thought you were another "we are the good guys and everything is perfect here, haters just envy us".

Well, I don't know if they are happy, but from outside nordic countries look perfect (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and even England), they have no unemployment, great education and public health system. Violance and crime is nearly nule. Economy is great, etc.

About the Gulf War, I'm not sure if we sent troops or medics. And I guess it was because our ex President (Carlos Saúl Menem) was a close friend of Bush father and very loyal to him.

Shoobie

2009-07-16 00:18:13

You can never justify killing that's what I'm trying to say. You try to justify the deeds where people get killed for no reason. I'm just using yout arguments so don't get so upset, I'm just showing you what you say, I'm just using other examples. It's your point of view para not mine.

9/11 ofc it's very tradgic. The bombings of hiroshima and Nagasaki are too. All of this are horrid actions, there's nothing that can justify them. I just can't stand people trying to do so. A life it's a life. An american civiallian is not worth more than a Iraqi one. Think of that. And you talk about getting close. Comes nice from US who never have been invaded by another land since God know when. I don't say sweden have been attacked. But you get the point. I'm not trying to make sweden stand out like a soft nice place, cuz it isn't.

I just don't want to justify actions made by a goverment for their own gain. With the cost of human lives.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-16 01:49:56

"ethnocentric, uneducated, average intelligence, middle-lower class people blinded by false religions, political propaganda, nationalism and fear of the unknown."

Take a look at the ME. Its a basketcase. Saudi, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Yemen... Poor and dysfunctional.
So you took some trips. Have you been following events there for 30 years?
The proof of what i say i SELF EVIDENT, in the news, in books, in writing, in movies, in reality.

And you have me pegged all wrong. I have decades of study in all sorts of things and am nowhere near average intelligence.
Not that im a genius, but not average. And neither are you.
I just made some points and you went to the ad hominen.
You rolled out paragraphs of college history lessons that are impossible to address.

I believe my rebuttal stands- Muhammad and Alexander SUBJUGATED entire cultures with violence, not goodwill.
And yes, they spread culture but your emphasis is on this point.
Mine is that they killed folks and seized land with the sword, not votes.

So, good luck in your continued study. I think this whole thing is played out.
(love the avatar as usual, classy)

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-16 01:51:56

Shoobie: "You can never justify killing that's what I'm trying to say."

Sure you can. It happens all the time.
Its creative destruction in action.

Paradox

2009-07-16 03:14:23

I never said an American life was worth more than an Iraqi life or the life of any other nationality.

The fact is people and nations dont get into a war because they love each other. People die in wars and people justify it for power, religion, territory, money or a myriad of other reasons. Not saying its right or good but it happens. Saddam Hussein killed many many people before we went over there just because they didnt agree with him. Dictators the world over have done the same. Is it right to stand by and let them torture and kill other people who dont have the means to fight back? If your neighbor was getting murdered, would you not step in to try and stop it or would you turn a blind eye and let him die and hope that the killer doesnt come after you? In a perfect world, everyone would love each other and there would be world peace, prosperity and happiness. Things in life are not that idealistic. Sadly its just not that way.

[EYE] Valar

2009-07-16 04:10:53

yawn :deadhorse:

s0iz

2009-07-16 04:26:35

Paradox wrote:Saddam Hussein killed many many people before we went over there just because they didnt agree with him.
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE1403722006
http://hrw.org/reports/2006/iraq1106/iraq1106web.pdf

He was hunged for killing suspects after an attempt to assesinate him in the middle of a war in 2002.
The Argumentalizer wrote:Mine is that they killed folks and seized land with the sword, not votes.
Votes votes votes votes. Hitler and Mussolini were voted by the people. What makes people think that democracy is always honest? A man in a public charge (senator, president, whatever) can easily get bought by a richer country or company/entity. Kings were not always dictators, many kings were the best that could happend to their country. Such as the zar Alexander II and Nicholas II from Russia.

Justice does not always win.

The Argumentalizer

2009-07-16 05:29:14

Nothing is the answer.
NOTHING.

Democracy does not replace intelligence, heart, ethics, morality, philosophy, common sense.

When i say Democracy, i mean Constitutional Democracy.
And Limited Gubbmint, which solves Hitler?!?! DUHHHH!!!

See how that works?

Va|iums

2009-07-16 06:52:44

[EYE] Valar wrote:yawn :deadhorse:
lol


Yeah I agree this thing is played out. Look I mean this thread showed what everbody already knows, I am a genius and the next messiah for the United States. Impala is that old drunk passed old guy you trip on walking home from a party late at night, and s0iz is that crazy Brazilian who can get you a good cocaine hookup on the cheap. OK so I'm overgeneralizing but I think we all see whats going on here.

Panic

2009-07-16 07:15:03

you are all suckling the liberal media's ballsack.

we went to iraq for oil btw.

Paradox

2009-07-16 07:15:14

s0iz wrote: He was hunged for killing suspects after an attempt to assesinate him in the middle of a war in 2002.
Maybe there was a reason people were trying to assasinate him?

From the Wiki in Saddam:
As president, Saddam maintained power during the Iran–Iraq War of 1980 through 1988, and throughout the Persian Gulf War of 1991. During these conflicts, Saddam suppressed several movements, particularly Shi'a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or gain independence, respectively. Whereas some Arabs venerated him for his aggressive stance against foreign intervention and for his support for the Palestinians,[7] other Arabs and Western leaders vilified him as the force behind both a deadly attack on northern Iraq in 1988 and, two years later, an invasion of Kuwait to the south.

provost

2009-07-16 17:11:25

Let's face it, people never learn from the past.

hence you guys arguing with impala, welcome to 2009 guys, when will you ever start ignoring him?


2012?

s0iz

2009-07-16 18:53:20

Paradox wrote:
s0iz wrote: He was hunged for killing suspects after an attempt to assesinate him in the middle of a war in 2002.
Maybe there was a reason people were trying to assasinate him?

From the Wiki in Saddam:
As president, Saddam maintained power during the Iran–Iraq War of 1980 through 1988, and throughout the Persian Gulf War of 1991. During these conflicts, Saddam suppressed several movements, particularly Shi'a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or gain independence, respectively. Whereas some Arabs venerated him for his aggressive stance against foreign intervention and for his support for the Palestinians,[7] other Arabs and Western leaders vilified him as the force behind both a deadly attack on northern Iraq in 1988 and, two years later, an invasion of Kuwait to the south.
Yeah well maybe there was a reason why 9/11 happened T_T. You can't justify killing.

It was a war, secret agents or special forces try to kill the leader or officers in the middle of a war.

I think we all know that there'll always be complaining people. In Iraq there is some people who think that their new Democracy party is a cocksucker of the US, in Iran some people don't like their government, some others do. Blablabla. It's just like Karl Marx says. For every ideology, it'll be an anti-ideology.

Paradox

2009-07-16 23:37:22

s0iz wrote: Yeah well maybe there was a reason why 9/11 happened T_T. You can't justify killing.
I believe its called 'hate' and they certainly justified it in their minds didn't they? Are they any more right?
s0iz wrote: It was a war, secret agents or special forces try to kill the leader or officers in the middle of a war.
And they too probably justified it in their own minds.


s0iz wrote: It's just like Karl Marx says. For every ideology, it'll be an anti-ideology.
Yep that's what makes the world go-round.

s0iz

2009-07-18 23:11:00

Paradox wrote:I dont agree with everything my governement does, but thanks to our form of government I have a right to say that out loud.

Link

Sorry for resucitating the quote and the thread, but just saw this video and I lol'd.

Law is written but not always properly applicated.