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Torpedos Over Tripoli

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Mar 19, 2011.

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  1. suburbia

    suburbia Active Member

    Agreed. But the conservatism that rules the day today is the neo-conservatism brought to us by the likes of Reagan, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their ilk. These neo-conservatives believe that the U.S. should remake the entire world in its image using its military might, especially the Middle East, where there is a lot of money to be made off such a makeover.
     
    suburbia, Mar 20, 2011
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  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    No kidding. You need to be a political chessmaster with the ability to see many, MANY moves ahead to step out with any substantial, irreversible Middle Eastern move with confidence. Ignorance of this fact was a prime flaw of Fredo's/Bubbleboy's, and we'll be paying for it for years to come.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Mar 20, 2011
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  3. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    Just like our founding fathers did to Lafayette? And while we're at it, when was the last time we sacrificed 1.5 million men and 4 percent of the population to win a World War?
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Mar 20, 2011
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  4. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    God bless Lafayette -- though a lot of that was "Oh? We can screw the Brits? Sign us up." And WWI was hell on earth. But the Vichy rollover left the heavy lifting to US, the gritty Brits, and the "oh, hell, what's a few million more corpses?" Russians. De Gaulle was delusional, and remains so.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Mar 20, 2011
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  5. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    Absolutely, but to scar the entire history of the French military with that is just stupid.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Mar 20, 2011
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  6. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    My favorite French military leader remains Joan of Arc.


    Like Hitler, Napoleon didn't know when to quit.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Mar 20, 2011
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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    +2 for Ben.
     
    YankeeFan, Mar 20, 2011
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  8. Raisin Ham

    Raisin Ham Member

    Hot Damn, Uncle Carter's In Charge
     
    Raisin Ham, Mar 20, 2011
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  9. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    ... to the shores of Trip-ooo-liiiii
     
    Shoeless Joe, Mar 20, 2011
    #93
  10. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Screw that. How about 20 million men and 13 percent of the population?

    [/Soviet_Union]
     
    BTExpress, Mar 20, 2011
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  11. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Now batting ... Syria.

    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011320113138901721.html
     
    Football_Bat, Mar 20, 2011
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  12. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Goddamn, I bet that was a boring day at work.
     
    three_bags_full, Mar 20, 2011
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