Indeed. Kim Jong Fatass has the ability to obtain nuclear weapons. I got a B in science class in high school and the materials to build a nuclear weapon probably cost more than the GDP of Oklahoma.
Indeed. Kim Jong Fatass has the ability to obtain nuclear weapons. I got a B in science class in high school and the materials to build a nuclear weapon probably cost more than the GDP of Oklahoma.
Perhaps. The SJWs have thrown all logic and reasoning to the wind. I'm sure a lot of people called the hippies of the 60s and 70s crqzy as well and we survived. It is yet to be seen if we can survive the SJWs.
But, still, heat of the moment thoughts processes have produced some very bad reactions throughout history: Cystallnacht, Japanese Internment, among others.
That's somewhat true. Afghanistan is a nation of tribes with War Lords that rule over their region.
Other Muslim countries not so, or country's ruled by dictators like South Korea.
LOL, I lived in that era......yes we thought they were the odities, but in general the rest of the population was just fine.
I think the difference lies in culture. Asian culture is less tribal than middle eastern culture.
There is a theory that certain groups of humans managed to develop faster as a result of agriculture and climate. Europeans and East Asians had abundant agriculture and the climate was not conducive to the sort of diseases prevalent in the tropical regions. As a result, humans in these areas were able to settle down and develop long-term civilizations in cities.
Some areas, like the Middle East and Africa, spent thousands of years as nomadic tribesmen. That sort of lifestyle is not good for the maintenance of civilization. It's hard to support massive populations without agriculture and only as hunter-gatherers. Areas like these have not developed as well as E.G. South Korea(east asian country) had.
So you have a culture that is still very backwards and tribal, vs a country that is very homogenous and civilized.
Places like Iraq and Libya were ruled by brutal dictators, who, similar to Syria, ruled over their countries by simply putting their tribe/ethnic/religious group as superior to all the others. and then violently and brutally oppressed everyone else. They were not like South Korea, a homogenous, culturally unified and prosperous nation-state. They were simply a tribal nation that was ruled over by a small sect of the country.
sadly hearts and minds was working in I Corps vietnam until the head cheese westmoreland decided and ordered search and destroy. the Brute, Lt General Victor Krulak wrote the USMC manual on counter insurgency and came close to forced retirement because he resisted westmoreland for a very long time. we had squads and platoons, civil action groups, in the villes providing security and training. the average vietnamese only cared about growing rice to feed his family, politics was not in their wheel house. the rice was grown in coastal areas and Krulak rightly discerned that keeping the VC and NVA away from the coastal villes would limit their ability to function in the field as they simply stole the farmers rice. so,,,instead of protecting the population we went chasing the NVA up into the mountains and highlands. the NVA, whom we called Mr Charles, was a well trained trooper and a master of the ambush, in his home terrain he held the advantage. on the coast protecting the farmers we held the advantage, westmoreland was unfit for command IMO
Spent allot of damn time killing and trying not to be killed by bad guys over there, my emotion I guess is a bit different than some. I lost a marriage and all that goes with it, I lost men and what goes with that. I saw suicide bombers blow up 24 school kids without care. A bomber blow up 59 people at a voting station to hinder elections. Acid attacks on schoolgirls, cutting the fingers off those who had voting ink on them. I could go on and on. I hate the idea of that coming to our country with all my soul. I apologise for over reacting in previous posts. It truly is a very hot topic for me.
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If/when we had left that area, the opposing forces would have taken back over.
That is my point. You can't go in, fight a war, win and then leave the country to their future. If you wan't to change the country to a U.S style republic, you have to occupy and dominate the country and put down the factions fighting within.
The factions within, being religion or whatever then become the liberals and conservatives. Then holy hell takes place. LOL.
Internet hug man.
i know, and agree, but we chased an enemy and never attempted to hold the ground. taking a mountain top by main force losing several KIA and scores of WIA, then leave after you police the battlefield. the NVA just came back within moments of our departure.
if i was 20 again, i'd volunteer to go light some of those hajis up. i shouldn't even type this, but i considered going to isreal and volunteering to be a kibbutz guard, i'm no longer mobile enough to fight while moving, but i can still shoot LOL put me behind a couple of sand bags and i could do my job
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