Totally. Got up, read news had a beer - not my usual moning:-) It's a shame it took so long and so much bloodshed to bring him to justice, only to find him hiding amongst our allies (Pakistan may have some explaining to do). But however you look at it, it's impossible to see his death as anything else than a good thing.
Well, I'm not saying I believe the war for minerals bullshit. Iraq had plenty of oil to sell anyone who wanted to buy it under Hussein, after all. The US was voluntarily not buying it as a sanction.
Good job the coalition invaded then. Now they don't need to worry about that.
Well, there's lithium mines out the as for batteries
I'm sure the Taleban would have sold us lithium and used the money to murder their own people and refuse education to women if that's all we cared about.
Well, that's not ALL we cared about. Embedding US mining companies in a country not only hostile to the West but harbouring an arsehole like Bin Laden was always going to be tricky.
At what point was this ever about other countries "taking responsibility". The US didn't want the reds in, so they armed, trained and funded their opposition regardless of their venality or popular support. The same modus operandi was followed in Korea, Nicaragua, Panama etc. You may disagree with the emotive framing of OP's argument, but its basis and conclusions are sound.
you, my little spastic friend, think like a slave
By insulting those whose opinion you do not share, you immediately reduce your chances of winning them over to your point of view. Learn some manners.
Yeah, I remember this coming up before. A poster in that thread mentioned an instance where algorithmic circuit optimization produced a design that utilised the magnetic field generated by its components in its operation. Optimising neural networks using such techniques may yeild similar results (field strength notwithstanding).
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Try down the back of the sofa. That's where my flight recorders always end up.
Totally. Got up, read news had a beer - not my usual moning :-) It's a shame it took so long and so much bloodshed to bring him to justice, only to find him hiding amongst our allies (Pakistan may have some explaining to do). But however you look at it, it's impossible to see his death as anything else than a good thing.
Well, I'm not saying I believe the war for minerals bullshit. Iraq had plenty of oil to sell anyone who wanted to buy it under Hussein, after all. The US was voluntarily not buying it as a sanction. Good job the coalition invaded then. Now they don't need to worry about that.
Well, there's lithium mines out the as for batteries
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/More-than-US$-3-trillion-in-rare-earths-and-precious-metals-under-Taliban-feet-20817.html
I'm sure the Taleban would have sold us lithium and used the money to murder their own people and refuse education to women if that's all we cared about.
Well, that's not ALL we cared about. Embedding US mining companies in a country not only hostile to the West but harbouring an arsehole like Bin Laden was always going to be tricky.
you, my little spastic friend, think like a slave
By insulting those whose opinion you do not share, you immediately reduce your chances of winning them over to your point of view. Learn some manners.
Yeah, I remember this coming up before. A poster in that thread mentioned an instance where algorithmic circuit optimization produced a design that utilised the magnetic field generated by its components in its operation. Optimising neural networks using such techniques may yeild similar results (field strength notwithstanding).