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  2. Senator John McCain Wins New Hampshire Primary

    in Federal Politics in the United States

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    Yea....that's it...Second World War..with laser guided bombs. :blink:

    So let's see..

    When did that war start? !939, wasn't it? How many Canadians died before the US decided to send John Wayne over to win the war? When was that anyways?

    O wait. John Wayne never served in the second world war. I guess he was too important. He did serve in Vietnam though, didn't he? I think he was loading napalm... But he was wearing a green beret wasn't he?

  6. Iranian Navy in Running for Darwin Award

    in The Rest of the World

    Posted

    What the Iranians are doing is irrelevant to whether the straits are international waters.

    Try and stop prevaricating. The waters are open, anyone who challenges the right to unimpeded access is technically and legally committing an act of war.

    You are free now to state what your think the Itanians are doing.

    Open according to who pray tell? Northwest Passage minds want to know.

  10. Iranian Navy in Running for Darwin Award

    in The Rest of the World

    Posted

    No one happens to wander in with a battle group. Why would the Chinese or Russians send a battle group? No one is restricting their access to the strait. If their plan was to control which nations had access, you bet the US wouldn't stand down. On the other hand, if their plan was to help keep the Strait open to shipping of all nations, why wouldn't the Americans welcome it?

    So your view is that the US should be the one to guarantee that the starit is open to shipping? Which part of the US borders on the Strait of Hormuz?

  12. New Forums

    in News and Announcements

    Posted

    I'm disappointed that there's no forum to discuss the media. This is where we get so much of our information. Anybody can say anything on the internet and it can be linked to an argument here. I think that MLW has missed an opportunity here.

    Anybody have a link where media political veracity is discussed?

  13. Need a job? US army wants you!

    in Federal Politics in the United States

    Posted

    On TV news saw that the US army is holding a job fair in Detroit for welders and mechanist, etc for $125,000 - 250,000 for one year and one day plus benefits..... the place Iraq. Now the only problem I see for these people who do sign for the money is you gotta to be able to come home alive to enjoy the money!!

    Jeez. And here I've been wondering why the US dollar is falling LOL. So I guess the surge is working, right?

  15. Iranian Navy in Running for Darwin Award

    in The Rest of the World

    Posted

    Why do people let political ideology blind them to the obvious? No, I don't think the US is going into Iran, but there is no doubt whatsoever the US military is the best equipped in the world, and it's people have the most experience in warfare of any modern military.

    So who's political ideology are we talking about really? Why are you giving the US the home team advantage? This is a bloody long way from Iowa is it not?

    I'm not sure what metric brings you to that conclusion. Dedicated insurgencies as past history has shown us have been resilent and resourceful. Given the almost 5 years of fighting the US has suffered relatively few casualties in proportion to the losses inflicted on the insurgents and terrorists. So much so it seems that the will to fight seems to be waning on both fronts, against the coalition and against each other (shia-sunni).

    I'm wondering why you are looking at Iran as an insurgency. Isn't the shoe on the other foot? Might it be the US who is the insurgency here?

    In staight up combat americans rule the battlefield.

    Yes, and a teenager can beat up an old lady. What does that prove?

    The US isn't restricting anyones access to the Strait of Hormuz except Al Queda and other terrorist organizations. On the contrary, they are guaranteeing access to ships of all countries.

    So if a Russian or Chinese battle fleet group happens to wander into the straits of Hormuz, then the US will stand down? Get a clue, Pilgrim.

    What i see is some one prevaricating to avoid admitting they are wrong. There are no sovereignty dispute over the strait

    Ha ha. I love it. WTF do you think the Iranians are doing?

    We fought both Viet Nam and Korea with two hands tied behind our back. It would be a mistake to regard the US as "bluff".

    What? Didn't you have enough napalm? Did the 'Masters of War' did not give you something better than your enemy?. Did you watch "Apocolypse Now", JBG? What did you feel when you heard a cavalry officer say, "I love the smell of napalm in the Morning."? What did you feel when you saw a picture on your front page of a crying child naked and scared, running away from a napalm attack? Did you really think that your hands were tied?

    The generals were severely restricted in both wars as to where they could bomb, whether they could invade the aggressors' territories, etc. This resulted in at least the Viet Nam war being fought in South Viet Nam, thus ensuring the maximum casualties for friendlies and allowing the North Vietnamese forces to fight without fear of counterattack. Basically, a coin toss of heads the Communists win, tails South Vietnam loses.

    O brother.

    Vietnam and the iraqi invasion are as comparable as a well thought out post and one of yours.

    Vietnam wasn't a conventional war. It was a jungle insurgency. Care to look at the tally of killed?

    56,000 US vs over 1 million vietnamese fighters.

    So the technolgy got better. What has happened? Thousands of Yanks dead and hundreds of thousands of countrymen dead. The US has technology that makes them better at killing. "Yas boss. Three barrels full boss." Is that what you want to hear, boss?

    Sorry Buffy, perhaps I'm just missing it but I haven't noticed anyone going rah rah and salivating over the prospect of more war. I also haven't noticed anyone eagerly anticipating Armageddon either. Could you clarify just who does desire these things for me, from what I've read it appears you believe this to be the case with some MLW posters.

    You must have missed John McCain's victory speach in New Hampshire. "I know how to handle Iran." Sound familiar? I am reminded of a song by Simon and Garfunkel. "7 o'Clock News Silent Night" - '... the US can look forward to four more years of war..."

    "Oh yee masters of war...."; Bob Dylan; Masters of War; Columbia Records.

  18. Was the US Right to Declare Independence?

    in Canada / United States Relations

    Posted

    I am posing the question of whether the US should have revolted in 1774-1781, as it did, to forcibly obtain independence or obtain it via the Canadian/Australian/Newfoundland route of gradualism? Many say that the US should have done the latter, in terms of saving life and property, as well as protecting the rights of Loyalists.

    I think the US did better by revolting....

    Thoughts?

    So you understand the Palestinian position. This is something I can work with...

  20. Iranian Navy in Running for Darwin Award

    in The Rest of the World

    Posted

    Really now? Please source this international dispute. Who is contesting the Straights of Hormuz? Iran? No....Oman? No.....UAE? No......

    What body of the UN has the contest been filed with? Your reputation hasn't improved....

    Why don't we all take a moment to look at a map? And what do we see on the shores of the Straits of Hormuz? Do we see anything inside of the Beltway? Do we see anything inside of the Eastern Seaboard? Do we see any part of the United States of America? Do I see M.Dancer hoisting Condy Rice on a pike pole? Do we see anything that might give the US a legitmate claim to the waterway? Enquiring minds want to know.

    And by the way. China is holding your currency hostage and the price of gold is climbing....

    Barak Obama. Maybe.

    Good luck. You had a window of opportunity when Russia crashed. The window has closed. Don't get me wrong. I am not delighted to see this. There is gonna be a lot of sacrifice ahead.

  23. U.S. Presidential Elections 2008

    in Federal Politics in the United States

    Posted

    McCain SHOULD mop the floor with him. From the years have followed US politics McCain has always stuck to his guns, generally ignored partisanship and tried to do "the right thing". That should bode very well in a general election against Obama who is trying to portray himself as a "uniter" - in fact they may neutralize eachother in that realm which would leave clarity on positions, experience and foreign policy as big deciding factors - McCain has an edge on each one of those.

    The wild card is this: Liberals and hollywood types are DYING to make this a historic vote (ie. first woman / first black President).

    As always with lefties, they're so obsessed with race and gender, they'll vote that way based upon it, and not upon the issues.

    I can just picture the Oprah / The View / Hollywood crowd cooing all the way through the campaign. This could be enough to tilt the scales for Obama...or it might get old by the time the polls actually open. That's the great thing about US politics - Pres. campaigns are too long for fads and emotion to win the day.

    Obama.

    Republicans = Brian Mulronery.

    Just saying.

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