by vladimir » Wed May 09, 2012 12:35 pm
MoodyMac wrote: Well made short film. Some nice sketching. Fair and balanced? Seems so to me.
by Walter White » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:17 am
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by andyinasia » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:51 pm
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by Jacked Camry » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:24 am
jm wrote:By that logic why shouldn't everybody have the bomb? I don't trust the US or Israel, given that I'll trust the words actions of the Iranian leadership themselves which I think is informative enough.
by angsta » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:01 am
Jacked Camry wrote: I have no trust whatsoever in the likelihood of the US or Israel to state anything truth-related in regards to Iran or, actually, anything else in which they have a vested interest. If you haven't reached that point yet, it means you haven't been paying very close attention to the world news over the last several decades.
by Jacked Camry » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:26 am
connecticuter wrote:This distinction is an important one. Both the Israelis and the Obama administration agree that the Iranians have the capability, both seem to agree that the Iranians have not started to actually build a bomb yet; although, the are not sure, hence the desire for inspections. The disagreement between the US and the Israelis seems to be centered on two issues. The US is being agnostic on the issue of intent, while the Israelis hold that the Iranians do infact intend to build a weapon. Second, the US and Israel seem to disagree about when it would be too late to stop the Iranians if/when they decided to utilize their capability. The US seems to think there is much more time before the zone of immunity is reached. Whereas the Israelis seem to think it is close at hand.
by Walter White » Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:29 pm
Chuangt2u wrote:Walter White wrote:Chuangt2u wrote:Walter White wrote: one more Pyrrhic victory for the US Huh? A grim epiphany of victory gained at too great a cost. King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans in 279 BC at the battle of Asculum in Apulia. Although Pyrrhus' forces won the battle, they suffered ruinous losses in resources and soldiers. Much like Russia and the US in Afghanistan and the US in Iraq. We've squandered our future and more over some bogus intelligence reports in order to satiate some neocolonial Zionist wet dream. Now they want more. Proverbial Ashes in our Mouth. Yeah, I know what it is. A victory in a single battle gained at such cost that any further battle in the war would be lost, ergo - the kingdom would be lost. A bit like somehow knocking out Tyson, but getting so badly beaten up while doing it that you're easily mugged by grandma at the chip shop the following Saturday night. I was Huh-ing the "one more Pyrrhic victory"... fkd by definition.
Walter White wrote:Chuangt2u wrote:Walter White wrote: one more Pyrrhic victory for the US Huh? A grim epiphany of victory gained at too great a cost. King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans in 279 BC at the battle of Asculum in Apulia. Although Pyrrhus' forces won the battle, they suffered ruinous losses in resources and soldiers. Much like Russia and the US in Afghanistan and the US in Iraq. We've squandered our future and more over some bogus intelligence reports in order to satiate some neocolonial Zionist wet dream. Now they want more. Proverbial Ashes in our Mouth.
Chuangt2u wrote:Walter White wrote: one more Pyrrhic victory for the US Huh?
Walter White wrote: one more Pyrrhic victory for the US
by connecticuter » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:08 pm
Jacked Camry wrote:connecticuter wrote: If you dig into the article, it becomes clear that those findings are connected with two things. The reluctance of the intelligence agencies to get it wrong this time around. Also, the various agencies have gotten very little intel since 2007. Essentially, they just do not know. However, what is clear, Iran is building the capability to build nuclear weapons: that is a fact. It is also a fact that they will not let inspectors into Parchin, which is where analysists suspect that they have been working on a nuclear system trigger. It is also a fact that they are enriching uranium in a facility built in a mountain 250 feet under granite: nothing supsicious there. So, you juxtapose that the intelligence agencies "just do not know" what's going on with Iran and whether they're building a bomb with "what is clear, Iran is building the capacity to build nuclear weapons, that is a fact". Okay. So it's "no logic" time then, is it? Or opposite day? Or what? No doubt your discerning mind sharpened by the graduate degree in Philosophy trumps whatever nonsense the 16 US intelligence agencies have at their disposal.
connecticuter wrote: If you dig into the article, it becomes clear that those findings are connected with two things. The reluctance of the intelligence agencies to get it wrong this time around. Also, the various agencies have gotten very little intel since 2007. Essentially, they just do not know. However, what is clear, Iran is building the capability to build nuclear weapons: that is a fact. It is also a fact that they will not let inspectors into Parchin, which is where analysists suspect that they have been working on a nuclear system trigger. It is also a fact that they are enriching uranium in a facility built in a mountain 250 feet under granite: nothing supsicious there.
by Jacked Camry » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:17 pm
by MoodyMac » Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:41 pm
andyinasia wrote:MoodyMac wrote:andyinasia wrote:MoodyMac wrote:God, just thinking about this makes me want to play Rome Total War. Unbelievable. Seriously. I read this post just as that game has finished downloading. My desire to educate myself on military strategy drew me to computer games and the one that is low spec enough to plug n play and turns me on is Rome: TW. Wahay! Look at getting the Europa Barbarorum mod. It's an accurate historic mod. I've never played it, but looks good, especially as an educational excuse for a game. I dropped my PC last year during the flooding and haven't got round to getting a new one yet. I haven't played RTW for a few years, but I reckon it is one of the best games ever made. I'll have to look at getting a new PC now, as I have my appetite whetted. This Mac just doesn't cut it. http://www.europabarbarorum.com/ If that's the barbarian add-on, it's part of the Rome: Gold set that I've just downloaded. Not sure when I'll have time to play it - too busy conquering Phnom Penh to tackle the West at the moment.
MoodyMac wrote:andyinasia wrote:MoodyMac wrote:God, just thinking about this makes me want to play Rome Total War. Unbelievable. Seriously. I read this post just as that game has finished downloading. My desire to educate myself on military strategy drew me to computer games and the one that is low spec enough to plug n play and turns me on is Rome: TW. Wahay! Look at getting the Europa Barbarorum mod. It's an accurate historic mod. I've never played it, but looks good, especially as an educational excuse for a game. I dropped my PC last year during the flooding and haven't got round to getting a new one yet. I haven't played RTW for a few years, but I reckon it is one of the best games ever made. I'll have to look at getting a new PC now, as I have my appetite whetted. This Mac just doesn't cut it. http://www.europabarbarorum.com/
andyinasia wrote:MoodyMac wrote:God, just thinking about this makes me want to play Rome Total War. Unbelievable. Seriously. I read this post just as that game has finished downloading. My desire to educate myself on military strategy drew me to computer games and the one that is low spec enough to plug n play and turns me on is Rome: TW. Wahay!
MoodyMac wrote:God, just thinking about this makes me want to play Rome Total War.
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