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When Is A War A War
SYSOP
8/28/2014 5:31:29 AM
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desertrat
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8/28/2014 11:51:08 AM
Above all else we must be PC. Heaven help us if we don't call an "invasion" an "incursion" or a "war" a "conflict."
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Terminology
8/28/2014 4:29:46 PM
Yes terminology is wonderful. For example in the Middle East, Allies are those nations who have treaties of support except when they don't want to give support. Religious tolerance means you are tolerant of your own religion and no other. Great Victory means you have had your ass kicked but that you have only had 2000 casualty's to 70 of the enemies. Command and Control means that the guy in command is living in a swank hotel out of the line of fire but he has control of the money. United Nations - a collection of disorganized political hacks who talk a lot but say nothing. Military Aid - a payoff to someone somewhere that benefits nobody that knows anything. US Government Policy - reactive rubbish talk to a situation that has been in the making for years and has been ignored until too late. Government Operation - the inability to produce anything of any use for anyone anywhere. Terrorist - someone's fruit cake hero who should have had his/her Passport pulled. Hero - someone's fruit cake terrorist who should have had his/her Passport pulled. U.S. State Department - a arm of the U.S. Government that believes that being judicious and proactive violates everything they ever learned at any of the big 10 universities from which they all graduated. The CIA - an American nursing home. Military Intelligence - situational reports from various gleanings that are ignored by Commissioned Officers because they were collected and written by Noncommissioned Officers. CNN the enemy's PR champion. AK47 - any weapon a reporter can't identify. Tank - any armored vehicle a reporter can't identify. Gun - usually means a rifle, but it could be any weapon that is man portable. Bullet - means a complete round of ammunition that also includes a casing, powder and primer, all of which reporters know nothing about. Magazines - what reporters read in the toilet etc, etc.
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WarNerd
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8/28/2014 8:46:48 PM
Please check your editor, it has compatibility problems that cause it to remove paragraphs.
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Acid Trip
8/28/2014 10:08:43 PM
Silly, some pol promised to avoid war and keeps promise by preventing the use of the word in official documents rather than getting involved with the real cultural and political matters. Also silly is the insistance that war or police actions have meaningful star and end dates. The text books say WWI ended but it aint over. That dosn't stop stupid self serving declarations from ppolititions that the cold was and Iraq war(s) are over. ISIL shut their mouth for a second but fantacy based declarations of peace will follow. This conects with the asertion that terorism is a law enforcement problem only. Strawberry feilds forever.
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Warnerd
8/29/2014 1:33:40 AM
Yeah, I'm not sure what has happened but I am debating taking it to the Geeks or saving the difference and buying a new Apple.
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