Nope, that was what your goverment wanted you to think. They knew he was alive and they knew Al Queda was still active (do you remember the event now called "Madrid Bombings").
Because you thought he was dead, he managed to convince and some of the european nations to go after someone completely unrelated.
If Americans finished their job in Afghanistan, I might have thought although war is a bad thing, at least they managed to get something positive out of this (fall of taleban, extermination of Al Queda). Taleban is on the rise again and this guy is still alive, plotting. Nice one Dubya!
I can't imagine how Bush will use this news, probably he will try to scare USA citizens even more but it is completely his fault that the twin towers fell down, it was completely his fault that this guy is still alive.
To all his faults, Clinton at least tried to kill this bastard once in a while.
I'm fed up with this kind of argument. Let's do some back-of-the-envelope calculations, shall we?
Let's say there are around 1/4 billion people in USA. The total cost of NASA will be 15 billion per year (this year it was 15.4 billion so I'm cutting a couple of space probes from the current plan).
15billion /.25 billion is 60$, per year. Overall NASA costs someone than 17 cents day, tops.
How can you claim you will save America with 17 cents a day per person?
Stop whining and do something about your country but stop complaining about NASA's costs.
Sun is known to be a variable star. In many variable stars, there are more than one cycles happening, mainly harmonically related. Sun spot cycle which is 9-11 years long also cycles in longer periods. I wouldn't be suprised to read there also exists a 8 thousand year cycle.
That's a misquote of the GPL.. You don't have to distribute it with the binaries. You only have to make it available (in a machine readable form I believe).
They fought well against Panama (scaaaary) and Grenada (woooow, that's a good one) before Gulf I. Before that they spent years practicing in Arizona and getting beaten in excercises in Europe. Before that, they did a short one against Libya. Last time they got hurt was when they decided to go into Beirut and tell them to stop fighting. I think they got out of there fairly quick.
In my book, anyone who is ready to kill himself for his/her country is a certified idiot.
You can't serve a country by getting yourself killed. Kill someone for it, yes, that makes sense but willing to die for it? Sheeesh... Stupid. What's the point? Who's gonna kill more gooks if I'm dead?
I have a friend in Seul. I don't want anything happen to him. How can I prevent Kim and co. not attacking South Korea?
On the other hand, when you look at the history, you find that so-called aggressors are actually very afraid of "western" society. Reading over the cold war history, I sometimes wonder if Soviets were actually not the bad guys but they were threathened by America and allies in a hideous way. Some of the things they've done (rolling their tanks into Prag being one), they weren't half bad as the allies (Vietnam, Laos, "friendly" rulers in Argentina, Chile, Spain etc.)
Once upon a time I lived in Denmark. Any modern (WWII-era) country who would fail to invade Denmark should be ashamed of themselves. This is not to discredit Denish soldiers, I'm pretty sure they did what they could, just like hollanders did their part in Rotterdam.
They also had much better causalty/dead ratio because of those helicopters. Being wounded meant that you could be air-lifted within minutes, shipped to Japan or Korea to be fixed within hours. Compare that to WWII or Korea which was only 15/25 years before where if you got wounded, the chanses were you would die or spend hours being shipped out of battlezone and taken behind the lines.
One thing the helicopter changed was there were no longer lines separating you and the enemy. It meant that you can place your infrantry anywhere you like and given air-cover, you can take them back as well.
Don't underestimte helicopters, they may be easy to shoot down but they revolutionised warfare.
British soldiers in Southern Iraq works this way and their tour of duty is moving much more smoothly.
Apparently some American soldiers are accusing Brits of cowardice. I think British soldiers are just a little bit more careful with what they are doing, not that much trigger-happy. As someone mentioned, percentage-wise Brits lost as much as people as Americans did but they aren't hated as much as Americans. They control a large portion of Iraq without shooting everyone in sight. I say that battle plan is a winner.
The problem with the guerilla war arises when that friendly native you just had a chat with shoots you when you turn your back to him. That's why in Vietnam Americans burned all villages down. That's why in Southern-east Turkey, Turks forced almost all Kurdish villagers to leave their land and move along (mainly to the bigger cities). And the story goes on... Guerilla war is a bitch to fight. The only way to stop a guerilla war is stopping guerilla-friendly countries supplying equpment and money. That's why Russians lost in Afghanistan. That's why Americans will loose in Iraq. That's why Turks managed to suppress the Kurds (albeit temporarily, now Northern Iraq contains a Kurdish entity and supplying Kurds in Turkey with money and equipment. This summer cease-fire was terminated and blood started flowing again).
UAVs look like the easy solution but they won't work. You need intelligence at the helm and on the ground. It looks like American Army lacks both.
Do you really believe that USA will permit "real democracy" and let Iraqis rule themselves? You must be either very young or incredibly naive.
Of course Allawi is America's puppet. He himself probably wouldn't deny that and America will do anything to have a puppet at Iraq's presidency. He doesn't have to be a "nice" guy, America doesn't care about that as long as they obey the Master. Saddam only became an enemy after he disobeyed. Bad dog, baaad baaad dog! and Gulf I was the newspaper rolled and hit on his nose, on Gulf II Americans finally put him to sleep.
Being a child born in early seventies, I do remember Soviet Empire's threat over all Western European capital cities but I never actually comprehended the whole madness until the first time I watched Dr. Strangelove. It is a movie everyone should own and watch.
It doesn't matter how many people got killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are not American and that's the only thing American Voters care (as a mass-entity). On today's The Guardian, I read about American mothers being pro-bush because "they are concerned with safety of their children"... Apparently... We, in UK, only have Blair to account for. Now, when is the next election then?
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Because you thought he was dead, he managed to convince and some of the european nations to go after someone completely unrelated.
If Americans finished their job in Afghanistan, I might have thought although war is a bad thing, at least they managed to get something positive out of this (fall of taleban, extermination of Al Queda). Taleban is on the rise again and this guy is still alive, plotting. Nice one Dubya!
I can't imagine how Bush will use this news, probably he will try to scare USA citizens even more but it is completely his fault that the twin towers fell down, it was completely his fault that this guy is still alive.
To all his faults, Clinton at least tried to kill this bastard once in a while.
How can you claim you will save America with 17 cents a day per person?
Let's say there are around 1/4 billion people in USA. The total cost of NASA will be 15 billion per year (this year it was 15.4 billion so I'm cutting a couple of space probes from the current plan).
15billion / .25 billion is 60$, per year. Overall NASA costs someone than 17 cents day, tops.
How can you claim you will save America with 17 cents a day per person?
Stop whining and do something about your country but stop complaining about NASA's costs.
Eeeek! 6000 years exactly (almost). Is this Gregorian date or Julian date?
On the other hand, if you think you are god and this stupid girl asks you to kill Bush... That's your problem, mate.
I can't understand how this can be a threat especially the requested entntiy is a fictional character...
Sun is known to be a variable star. In many variable stars, there are more than one cycles happening, mainly harmonically related. Sun spot cycle which is 9-11 years long also cycles in longer periods. I wouldn't be suprised to read there also exists a 8 thousand year cycle.
I'm checking the ads now, (alas) it works fine. I read so much about this doggie ad, I want to see it.
Let's see what SLES9 will do for you if you want to replace your MS2kServer box:
Running Oracle? Check.
Running Toy SQL Server? If you can live with upgrading to MySQL, Check.
Running web server? Check.
Running Apache/Tomcaet or IBM Websphere for Java Enterprise apps? Check
Storing your roaming profiles? Check.
Unless you are talking about some obsolete cline-tserver arch application, I can't think anything that an SLES box can't do.
That's a misquote of the GPL.. You don't have to distribute it with the binaries. You only have to make it available (in a machine readable form I believe).
They fought well against Panama (scaaaary) and Grenada (woooow, that's a good one) before Gulf I. Before that they spent years practicing in Arizona and getting beaten in excercises in Europe. Before that, they did a short one against Libya. Last time they got hurt was when they decided to go into Beirut and tell them to stop fighting. I think they got out of there fairly quick.
You can't serve a country by getting yourself killed. Kill someone for it, yes, that makes sense but willing to die for it? Sheeesh... Stupid. What's the point? Who's gonna kill more gooks if I'm dead?
Did they ever managed to get the guy who ordered to fabricate an Anthrax scare?
On the other hand, when you look at the history, you find that so-called aggressors are actually very afraid of "western" society. Reading over the cold war history, I sometimes wonder if Soviets were actually not the bad guys but they were threathened by America and allies in a hideous way. Some of the things they've done (rolling their tanks into Prag being one), they weren't half bad as the allies (Vietnam, Laos, "friendly" rulers in Argentina, Chile, Spain etc.)
I sometimes wonder...
Does anyone remember the Highway to Hell in Kuwait?
Once upon a time I lived in Denmark. Any modern (WWII-era) country who would fail to invade Denmark should be ashamed of themselves. This is not to discredit Denish soldiers, I'm pretty sure they did what they could, just like hollanders did their part in Rotterdam.
Bullocks. Facts please. Even BBC reports would be fine.
Completely off-topic but why does Baen always publish the worst SF it can find?
One thing the helicopter changed was there were no longer lines separating you and the enemy. It meant that you can place your infrantry anywhere you like and given air-cover, you can take them back as well.
Don't underestimte helicopters, they may be easy to shoot down but they revolutionised warfare.
Apparently some American soldiers are accusing Brits of cowardice. I think British soldiers are just a little bit more careful with what they are doing, not that much trigger-happy. As someone mentioned, percentage-wise Brits lost as much as people as Americans did but they aren't hated as much as Americans. They control a large portion of Iraq without shooting everyone in sight. I say that battle plan is a winner.
UAVs look like the easy solution but they won't work. You need intelligence at the helm and on the ground. It looks like American Army lacks both.
:-) After spending billions on it, Patriot missile system still shoots down friendly aircraft and what was your point?
Of course Allawi is America's puppet. He himself probably wouldn't deny that and America will do anything to have a puppet at Iraq's presidency. He doesn't have to be a "nice" guy, America doesn't care about that as long as they obey the Master. Saddam only became an enemy after he disobeyed. Bad dog, baaad baaad dog! and Gulf I was the newspaper rolled and hit on his nose, on Gulf II Americans finally put him to sleep.
I have a better name: Ministry of Peace. Also Rumsfeld's department can become Ministry of Thruth and CIA can rename itself to Ministry of Love.
Being a child born in early seventies, I do remember Soviet Empire's threat over all Western European capital cities but I never actually comprehended the whole madness until the first time I watched Dr. Strangelove. It is a movie everyone should own and watch.
It doesn't matter how many people got killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are not American and that's the only thing American Voters care (as a mass-entity). On today's The Guardian, I read about American mothers being pro-bush because "they are concerned with safety of their children"... Apparently... We, in UK, only have Blair to account for. Now, when is the next election then?