Skyrad

This really got me thinking about the philosophical and theological differences between those who are dedicated to fighting this war and those who are opposed to it. It's been my observation that a great many of those opposed to the war are avowed athiests or agnostics and those who support it tend to be more religious. I realize my observations are anecdotal, and I realize their are exceptions but that's the way it appears to me. Could it be that because the athiests believe that once you are dead, you simply lie in the ground and there is nothing beyond, that this fear of death fuels their opposition to the war? Let me make it clear I'm not looking to get into a debate about Christians vs Muslims or whether religious people are psychotic, violent and insane. I'm talking about the differences in their resolve. OK, this make three posting in a row we're in agreement on! I think you may have a point here. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The solution is an even more intense counter psyops.... hit them where it will really hurt them... use their belief system to our advantage. Dip every bullet in lard.....send more "unclean" women over there to perform the burials..... what is being done is not working... new tactics based on the time and plaqce are in order. I see what you are trying to get at but it simply wouldn't work and you'd just end up with GIs stinking in the sun surrounded by clouds of flys. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Oh my God, all three of us agree on something! Counter insurgency operations call for accurate targeting and good intelligence. You need to win the hearts and minds of the population amoung whom the insurgents are dependent on for support. 'Drying the swamp' so to speak. Tanks in the street just make for good targets and propergander. We closed down the IRA in NI by good targeting acting on both human and electronic intelligence. Worked on the psycops side of things on the population as a whole and on the enemy as well so he ended up so paranoid he'd hit his own people just out of fear that they were a tout. Get the troops off the street get the National Guard et al out of theater turn it into a low intensity counter insurgency scenario, use Special forces and use them well, grow your intelligence networks. But remember the enemy will always have the advantage, he wants you to go home, he is already at home. While US troops fight because that is their job he fights because he belives. He will take as many casulties as he doesn't think about death the same way as you do. To him this is just an illusion, a brief moment in eternity which is waiting for him. He will win in the end simply because in a war of attrition he is willing to go further than you, suffer more than you and do things beyond your comprehension. Iraq is already lost because the resolve of the American people is not there for this war and the casualties you would have to bear to win it; its just a matter of how many more die before the troops come home. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Black powder handguns are still legal (Pyrodex or equivalent is permitted as well as black powder. Nitro powder also) and semi automatic rifles are to, I was using one just a couple of days ago. The following are generaly prohibited Section 5 (1) (a) any firearm which is so designed or adapted that two or more missiles can be successively discharged without repeated pressure on the trigger. (ab) any self-loading or pump-action rifled gun other than one which is chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges. (aba) any firearm which either has a barrel less than 30cm in length or is less than 60cm in length overall, other than an air weapon, a muzzle-loading gun or a firearm designed as signalling apparatus. (ac) any self-loading or pump-action smooth bore gun which is not an air weapon or chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges and either has a barrel less than 24 inches in length or is less than 40 inches in length overall. (ad) any smooth bore revolver gun other than one which is chambered for 9mm rim-fire cartridges or a muzzle-loading gun. (ae) any rocket launcher, or any mortar, for projecting a stabilised missile, other than a launcher or mortar designed for line throwing or pyrotechnic purposes or as signalling apparatus. (af) any air rifle, air gun or air pistol which uses, or is designed or adapted for use with, a self-contained gas cartridge system. (b) any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing. (c) any cartridge with a bullet so designed to explode on or immediately before impact, any ammunition containing or designed or adapted to contain any such noxious thing as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above and, if capable of being used with a firearm of any description, any grenade, bomb or other like missile, or rocket or shell designed to explode as aforesaid. so as you can see you can have a semi automatic .22 rifle so long as it can't fire on fully automatic. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wow, true eh? Did someone send you that on an email with 'tell ten people you know in the next ten minutes or all your hair will fall out' at the bottom of it? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Yea, sounds like a good idea When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Evidently only as long as it's the insurgents doing it, in your opinion... Your words not mine. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If you had any knowledge on the subject you'd also know that those deemed martyrs go straight to paradise 'don't pass go' so even if there was a big deal about the physical remains (and there is not) by the time you got the body and did whatever it is you want to do to it (other than traumatise us soldiers) they'd still be kicking back in Paradise looking at seventy two raisens wondering why they didn't read the small print. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

My god! I agree with you Amazon. Try thinking about it, if the Jihadists were so worried about what happens to their bodies after death they would hardly be blowing themselves to the four winds in suicide attacks When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Perhaps evey insurgent killed needs to be castrated.. his parts shoved in his mouth and then buried in as much pork lard as we can ship over there. That should screw over their plans for the 72 virgins and give them pause to doing attrocities to others. Oh, how original.. That crap about being buried with a pig is a stupid uninformed idea. Muslims belive that once dead the reserection on the day of judgement will be a spirtual body the same applys for entering paradise. So all that you would achieve is making yourselves look stupid. Not to mention engendering further hate towards your country. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

ROFLMAO When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Friends, I love that. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Whatever happened to CrazyIvan? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Could be personally I wouldn't be suprised if the Argies won. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Actually we the British gave him a shed load. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It's not who is giving the most that is the problem. It's to whom they are being given. If you're giving them to nations that aren't threatening others, that's not a problem. If you're giving arms to crackpots that threaten others, that's a problem. It doesn't matter John, unless they actually commit a crime with them they are just tools that anyone should have access to. I know because you told me. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

THE ISSUE isn't that he's making some guns. THE ISSUE is his [G W Bush] continued push towards becoming a military dictator hell-bent on regional destabilization. It doesn't take any stretch of imagination at all to think that he'll be supplying his "revolutionary" friends in neighboring countries [Iran] soon. This is just one more straw on the back. I didn't think I'd have to spell that out for you. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I am so embarrassed on your behalf ... This is the funniest failure-to-grasp-the-concept EVER. I thought it was pretty damn funny actually, not to mention acurate. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Yea, and it started happening just after he declared that he would sell oil in Euro. Funny that. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Q) Whats the difference between American beer and sex in a canoe? A) Theres no difference, ther're both fucking close to water! Good luck! J When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Yea, raw nerve I guess. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LOL.... You drunk again mate? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I'd like to see a total withdrawl. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

So because Steve and his kin are motivated and adaptable individuals does that mean that I am wrong? I know of two US soldiers who joined for the educational opportunities how many more do then? Its not an unusual reason I'm sure. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca