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Future Army Battle Uniforms - Wired, Lethal
ssyladin writes "CNN is running an article about the future US army battle dress, code-named 'Scorpion'. It says that "..soldiers of 2011 will step into wired uniforms that incorporate all the equipment they need. The uniforms will monitor vital signs and plug them into a massive network of satellites, unmanned planes and robotic vehicles the military has planned." There will be sensors to monitor heartrate and blood-pressure, built-in tourniquets, a HUD to connect to GPS info, overhead maps, infrared and starlight cameras, and even the venerable M16 rifles are slated for an overhaul."
My theory is that Iraq's WMD's are hidden behind shields of invisibility. That explains a lot.
Of course, the British, Canadians and other had NOTHING to do with it. No sirree, there were only american troops fighting the Germans.
Regarding that and the Marshall Plan: you didn't do it out of the kindness of your hearts. You did it for your own benefit. Besides, countries that did not receive aid did well. Finland (for example) didn't receive any aid, yet we paid the massive war-repatations to Soviets, re-settled hundreds of thousands of refugees, rebuilt Northern Finland (that was destroyed by withdrawing Germans), rebuilt the damaged cities and buried the dead. Yet we ended up just fine.
Yes, you do have good equipment, but what I have heard, your training is nothing to write home about. The one thing you seem to excel at is shooting at your allies and own troops.
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It won't. In any way.
There are very few armies in this world, who would not be able to wipe out any terrorist group anywhere, if only they knew who to fight.
But the thing about (successful) terrorists, is that you *never* know about them beforehand.
And once the deed is done, what can you do? Go after the ones responsible? They have dissapeared or are allready dead.
Retaliate on their supporters? Sure, and create a million new enemies, a hundred of which desperate enough to go on suicide missions.
No, to defeat terrorism You have to think like a terrorist. What are their goals?
Why do they attack america? Is it just because they hate americans?
Beep! Wrong!
They attack america because they want america to strike back. Invading Iraq was doing Usama bin Laden the favour of a lifetime. His arch-enemy (Saddam) overthrown, and another country in chaos, providing fertile ground for new recruits.
To defeat terrorists, you must deny them what they want. Ignore their stings, however hard.
Protect yourselves (of course) Strike back when you can (of course) but remember that they *want* you to lose your temper. They *want* you to over react.
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Unquestioning loyalty to the Fatherland is the only defence against the tyrannies and injustices of the lesser peoples of the world. This country is alone in the world. We are a nation of great people, superior in morals, technology, and ideology.
No, Dictators love people like you. Mindless rally behind the flag syndrome, senceless trust in the lies spewed forth by those corrupted by money and power... you're a despots dream.
Mr Bush points to an enemy in the shadows, one that lurks among us and strikes invisibly and without warning. He calls them terrorists.
Adolph Hitler pointed to an enemy in the shadows, one that lurked among the people of Germany and struck invisibly and without warning. He called them Jews.
The enemy within is a powerfull force, it makes people distrust those who question, those who dare to speak freely. The enemy within encourages people to place their trust in their leaders to save them. The very nature of that enemy also divests those leaders of all responcibility.
How can we call this safe? How can you feel patriotism at a time like this?
I see little american flags trailing behind SUVs on the interstate and in my minds eye the rallies at Nuremburg spring to mind. Hundreds chant "U - S - A" and I hear "Seig Heil!" My country stands on a slippery slope.
Secret military tribunals and the formation of a nebulous "Department of Homeland Security" define the political climate of this last year. Land of the free....
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind....And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so. how do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." -- William Shakespeare.
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but if the USA and UK hadn't declared an illegal preemptive war against Iraq then Baghdad would look like the city it was and not the city it is now
Because by spending so much on armaments, we are able to exercise hegemony without having to expend lives. It caused fear in you, and will cause fear in others. It's a bargain at any price.
You don't like being afraid? Tough shit, the world is a nasty place, deal with it. When someone attacked our country, we decided to stop being pansy ass and start playing the game by the standard old rules. An enemy who runs away needs not be defeated. You are running away. That is a good thing.
Because you certainly are our enemy, judging by your words.
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.
How does this help rebuild our decrepit schools and pay the teachers of our youth a decent wage? How does this help the RICHEST nation on Earth provide health care for it's own damn children!?!?? We are one of the LAST countries to realize things like health care for all, and yet we spend trillions on war and all the goodies that go along with it. Aren't we GREAT! (US)
So THIS is how we end up spending more on our military than all other industrialized countries COMBINED.
Screw them AND us right? As long as we have all this tremendous power and can instill enough fear (yay!!), who cares! Right?
...right?
Dumbasses...
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel Boorstin