Then there is the prepositions US supplies that were planned for deployed US troops. I never said it would be easy; war is never easy but it is not impossible.
There are two oil refineries on the Saudi coast and one in Rhyadh. These three along with the one in Kuwait could produce enough foul to move the army. There are also bulk fuel storage for heavy equipment dotted all over the area. There are warehouses with weeks worth of food to feed the Saudi population. That food can be confiscated. So no, not 7-11 but one or two steps higher up the chain. It is the modern twist on the way Napoleon fought; live off the land. Considering the standard of living in the Gulf states it would not be too difficult. You don't have to bring everything with you. All Iraq would have to do is close the Straits of Hormuz for a couple of months and many economies would be in trouble.
There are stores and gas stations along the way. The Gulf's coast is not a barren wasteland. Sure scorched earth might slow them down but that is not a good long term strategy
Exactly my point. I bet someone will say that it only opened the one lock and didn't trip the whole system. I would call that reaching. If the interior light came on due to remote access so would the marker lights.
I assume that etc would have to at least mean one additional country and would normally indicate at least 2 more.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates; There is the four countries.
The gulf would make a terrible supply line because if it got that far, there would likely have been a naval blockade.
By whom?
Israel has missiles and nukes.
We saw how well missiles brought Israel to it's knees when it was fired on by Iraq. The idea of Israel using a nuke, other than to defend it's home soil, is ludicrous.
You forget how the Iraq army was in such disrepair that they ended up burying broken down tanks in sand and using them as machinegun nests.,
Tanks may have been buried in sand to help protect them from aircraft. For the most part they were not "buried" but firing pits were dug so the tank would be hull down to attackers but still be able to retreat.
Note That I only listed two countries both on the Gulf coast? I didn't mention Syria, Turkey, Lebanon or Egypt for a reason.
There's a LOT of gulf coast for SA.
It is under a thousand kilometers from Kuwait to the the straits of Hormuz with three under-defended countries in the way.
Iraq could never have maintaibned a supply line.
The Gulf itself makes a great supply route and a pretty safe one since the small Gulf coast navies would probably have been sunk or captured. Also, few supplies are required if the enemy forces are easily overwhelmed. The most needed one is fuel and that can be found along the way.
Iran would happily have pounced on Iraq at the first show of weakness at home.
Iraq could do the job with the Republican Guard alone. Iraq had enough troops to stop Iran without the Guard.
It wouldn't surprise me if such a show of aggression from Iraq caused Israel to launch a preemptive strike.
With what? Any air or land operation would have to go through Syria, Jordan or Egypt and to be effective against an army it would have to happen a lot. None of those countries would stand for that?
Did anyone even really watch the video? The "object" in his hand was his thumb. He was opening a door where the handle is embedded in the door . His palm was up and his thumb was out. The door was not locked in the first place. Did anyone see him try the door before he supposedly used the "device"? The incident with the guy with the backpack is even more telling. He was walking along trying doors till he found one unlocked. Notice we took a step back when the door opened.
What is the evidence that the vehicles were locked? Statements from the victims who would loose the insurance award if they admitted that they forgot to lock their vehicle?
As another poster put it, these criminals are targeting vehicle contents; most of which are in the glove compartment.
Most people will not come in contact with true criminals, but they will come into contact with the police.
Most of those interactions will end with the officer saying "have a nice day". There is a problem with publicity. With YouTube a single incident can now be seen by millions of people. When we used to hear about incidents that only happened locally now we hear about almost every one that happens all across the country. This leads to the perception that it is getting out of hand. It is the same issue with child abduction. Due to the nationwide publicity of so many stranger abductions there is an impression that the issue is on the rise when the rates have actually fallen.
They feel they are above the law.
Excellent generalization. So according to you if every officer is not perfect that all officers are criminals. Sorry but I don't buy that.
How's that for the reputation our current police force has gotten?
When your car is stolen or a loved one killed who are you going to call? Where would the world be without police? Sorry but Thunderdome is not the society I want to live in.
What I was trying to get across is that most people have never been in the situation where they could be killed by someone else and have no right to judge.
Firemen do not have people threatening them every day. They don't have colleagues who have been killed by "unarmed" aggressive people. Every interaction with the public has the possibility of becoming a life and death situation. There have been many instances where a simple traffic stop has escalated into a gun battle. Do i think the some police abuse their power? Yes. DO I think that all police abuse their power? No.
When a member of the public is being childish, it usually only leads to to the policeman having a bruised ego.
Or black eye, knife in the chest, etc. When some hopped up drunk idiot would rather mouth off in hopes of impressing his friends than not back off there may be a reason to use force. You are taking the extreme cases and viewing them as the rule. There is something wrong when the standard response to an officer saying "please step back" is "Fuck you".
If you were an officer facing an aggressive person would you wait for him to pull a knife or would you taze him?
Iraq would not have to take all of Saudi Arabia. They would just need the Gulf coast and oil fields.The republican guard alone could have easily swept aside the Saudi forces and occupied the the important parts of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, once they invaded Kuwait, the rest of their neighbors went on high alert.
What neighbors would come to the rescue of Saudi Arabia?
Do you have a degree in psychology? It is interesting that you can diagnose thousand of people you never met based on the highly publicized actions of a minority.
If you consider taking over Kuwait in one day barely then you might be right. The Saudi army is tiny It is smaller than 2 divisions. The Republican Guard alone had 4 divisions.
Iraq threatened to ruin the US economy by cutting of oil. Afghanistan threatened to harm the US economy by terrorist attacks and did on 9/11. I also never said they were equivalent, just defensive. As for the US putting nuclear weapons in Turkey, I never said everything that the US did was defensive.
I also think that pictures and reports of beatings and killings of non violent protesters had a part to play in freeing India. The general British public just couldn't associate themselves with such violence so close to the fall of Hitler.
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Then there is the prepositions US supplies that were planned for deployed US troops. I never said it would be easy; war is never easy but it is not impossible.
There are two oil refineries on the Saudi coast and one in Rhyadh. These three along with the one in Kuwait could produce enough foul to move the army. There are also bulk fuel storage for heavy equipment dotted all over the area. There are warehouses with weeks worth of food to feed the Saudi population. That food can be confiscated. So no, not 7-11 but one or two steps higher up the chain. It is the modern twist on the way Napoleon fought; live off the land. Considering the standard of living in the Gulf states it would not be too difficult. You don't have to bring everything with you. All Iraq would have to do is close the Straits of Hormuz for a couple of months and many economies would be in trouble.
There are stores and gas stations along the way. The Gulf's coast is not a barren wasteland. Sure scorched earth might slow them down but that is not a good long term strategy
Who would attack them on the ground? If no one is attacking them they would not be expending supplies. By the way, a blockade is part of a war.
Of 5 Acura models in Canada only 2 have smart entry.
Exactly my point. I bet someone will say that it only opened the one lock and didn't trip the whole system. I would call that reaching. If the interior light came on due to remote access so would the marker lights.
One can not his left hand at all in the first video.
I assume that etc would have to at least mean one additional country and would normally indicate at least 2 more.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates; There is the four countries.
The gulf would make a terrible supply line because if it got that far, there would likely have been a naval blockade.
By whom?
Israel has missiles and nukes.
We saw how well missiles brought Israel to it's knees when it was fired on by Iraq. The idea of Israel using a nuke, other than to defend it's home soil, is ludicrous.
You forget how the Iraq army was in such disrepair that they ended up burying broken down tanks in sand and using them as machinegun nests.,
Tanks may have been buried in sand to help protect them from aircraft. For the most part they were not "buried" but firing pits were dug so the tank would be hull down to attackers but still be able to retreat.
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Note That I only listed two countries both on the Gulf coast? I didn't mention Syria, Turkey, Lebanon or Egypt for a reason.
There's a LOT of gulf coast for SA.
It is under a thousand kilometers from Kuwait to the the straits of Hormuz with three under-defended countries in the way.
Iraq could never have maintaibned a supply line.
The Gulf itself makes a great supply route and a pretty safe one since the small Gulf coast navies would probably have been sunk or captured. Also, few supplies are required if the enemy forces are easily overwhelmed. The most needed one is fuel and that can be found along the way.
Iran would happily have pounced on Iraq at the first show of weakness at home.
Iraq could do the job with the Republican Guard alone. Iraq had enough troops to stop Iran without the Guard.
It wouldn't surprise me if such a show of aggression from Iraq caused Israel to launch a preemptive strike.
With what? Any air or land operation would have to go through Syria, Jordan or Egypt and to be effective against an army it would have to happen a lot. None of those countries would stand for that?
Very few cars have that right now and I doubt any of those in the video do.
Hence the fact it works on some cars and not others. Opening an unlocked door does not work on cars that automatically lock their doors.
His hand is on the door handle as he walks by. The inside lights come on when the door is unlatched as well as when the remote is used.
Did anyone even really watch the video? The "object" in his hand was his thumb. He was opening a door where the handle is embedded in the door . His palm was up and his thumb was out. The door was not locked in the first place. Did anyone see him try the door before he supposedly used the "device"? The incident with the guy with the backpack is even more telling. He was walking along trying doors till he found one unlocked. Notice we took a step back when the door opened.
What is the evidence that the vehicles were locked? Statements from the victims who would loose the insurance award if they admitted that they forgot to lock their vehicle?
As another poster put it, these criminals are targeting vehicle contents; most of which are in the glove compartment.
Most people will not come in contact with true criminals, but they will come into contact with the police.
Most of those interactions will end with the officer saying "have a nice day". There is a problem with publicity. With YouTube a single incident can now be seen by millions of people. When we used to hear about incidents that only happened locally now we hear about almost every one that happens all across the country. This leads to the perception that it is getting out of hand. It is the same issue with child abduction. Due to the nationwide publicity of so many stranger abductions there is an impression that the issue is on the rise when the rates have actually fallen.
They feel they are above the law.
Excellent generalization. So according to you if every officer is not perfect that all officers are criminals. Sorry but I don't buy that.
How's that for the reputation our current police force has gotten?
When your car is stolen or a loved one killed who are you going to call? Where would the world be without police? Sorry but Thunderdome is not the society I want to live in.
What I was trying to get across is that most people have never been in the situation where they could be killed by someone else and have no right to judge.
Firemen do not have people threatening them every day. They don't have colleagues who have been killed by "unarmed" aggressive people. Every interaction with the public has the possibility of becoming a life and death situation. There have been many instances where a simple traffic stop has escalated into a gun battle. Do i think the some police abuse their power? Yes. DO I think that all police abuse their power? No.
When a member of the public is being childish, it usually only leads to to the policeman having a bruised ego.
Or black eye, knife in the chest, etc. When some hopped up drunk idiot would rather mouth off in hopes of impressing his friends than not back off there may be a reason to use force. You are taking the extreme cases and viewing them as the rule. There is something wrong when the standard response to an officer saying "please step back" is "Fuck you".
If you were an officer facing an aggressive person would you wait for him to pull a knife or would you taze him?
Iraq would not have to take all of Saudi Arabia. They would just need the Gulf coast and oil fields.The republican guard alone could have easily swept aside the Saudi forces and occupied the the important parts of Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, once they invaded Kuwait, the rest of their neighbors went on high alert.
What neighbors would come to the rescue of Saudi Arabia?
Do you have a degree in psychology? It is interesting that you can diagnose thousand of people you never met based on the highly publicized actions of a minority.
Excellent turnaround and blatant generalization. So you are calling every police officer a violent and dangerous sociopath. Interesting view.
That cuts both ways; I wish the public could be a little more mature in their interactions with the police.
If you consider taking over Kuwait in one day barely then you might be right. The Saudi army is tiny It is smaller than 2 divisions. The Republican Guard alone had 4 divisions.
Iraq threatened to ruin the US economy by cutting of oil. Afghanistan threatened to harm the US economy by terrorist attacks and did on 9/11. I also never said they were equivalent, just defensive. As for the US putting nuclear weapons in Turkey, I never said everything that the US did was defensive.
How about the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
I also think that pictures and reports of beatings and killings of non violent protesters had a part to play in freeing India. The general British public just couldn't associate themselves with such violence so close to the fall of Hitler.