Topic: Don't you know there's a war on? (Read 77184 times)

McDohl · « **Reply #480 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:16:19 PM »

Gulf War II: Electric Boogaloo

Mongrel · « **Reply #481 on:** March 24, 2011, 06:52:50 PM »

Great editorial from The Economist

Büge · « **Reply #482 on:** March 24, 2011, 08:02:43 PM »

I like how fear over 1% of the world's oil supply raised prices worldwide by 20%.

Mongrel · « **Reply #483 on:** March 24, 2011, 08:06:48 PM »

Yes, this is how fear + money works.

Büge · « **Reply #484 on:** March 24, 2011, 08:12:18 PM »

Math you can believe in!

Mongrel · « **Reply #485 on:** April 12, 2011, 06:56:32 PM »

So Pakistan recently called for a ban on drone strikes, CIA operatives, and pretty much anything US in their territory.

The war's still being prosecuted with hopeless idiocy, but as long as Pakistan was sort of on board, there was a slim chance of a resolution that wasn't hopelessly awful for the US. But unless this can be resolved I think it's sunk for sure.

I think the time has come for a very, very ballsy play. The US needs to present the Karzai government and the Pakistani government with an ultimatum. Either they step up or the US walks - including all current aid to Pakistan. The Karzai government has reached a point where it's actively self-sabotaging and this will never be resolved unless the Pakistanis finally break the North-West territories.

To be honest, it's probably an unfair play. The Afghan central government is a failure (ooo now there's a surprise), and the Pakistani central government would (for the most part) be happy with getting the tribal areas under control - they just want the US to stop randomly shooting them up.

If they do withdraw, use the aid money to reward any of the middle eastern states where democratic reforms genuinely take hold. Basically tell the whole world that from this point on, the US will put the onus on the locals to do something, dammit.

It's never going to happen, but unless there's a dramatic improvement soon, you might as well just close that damned book. To say nothing of the "this area is going to go back to becoming an extremist training centre" factor, which acts as a brake on all possible sanity.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #486 on:** May 03, 2011, 07:35:02 AM »

I'm really curious about the deleted post that got the new guy both his negative karma.

Bal · « **Reply #487 on:** May 03, 2011, 07:45:07 AM »

He posted a slowpoke image macro and said something about catching Saddam. Your basic 4chan reject.

Mongrel · « **Reply #488 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:40:49 AM »

Guess what guys! You now have secret prison ships!

SECRET PRISON SHIPS

What kind of 3rd rate dystopian science fiction world do we live in now?

Büge · « **Reply #489 on:** July 07, 2011, 09:03:46 AM »

Explioting treaty loopholes in International Waters? Unthinkable!

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #490 on:** August 21, 2011, 03:54:03 PM »

So it's looking like Libya is successfully toppling its tyranny. That's wonderful.

Hey, so remember that time we invaded that one country in order to bring down its leader and free its people and it totally fucking backfired and we've been there for nearly a decade?

Yeah.

Thad · « **Reply #491 on:** August 21, 2011, 05:50:09 PM »

This is pretty much what the neocons were after all along: we invade Iraq and it acts as the first domino in a series of popular uprisings in the region.

However, (1) Iraq had fuck-all to do with any of this and (2) I think the neocons are finally starting to figure out that maybe popular uprisings don't always lead to stable, friendly democracies.

I was just saying this morning, it's great that Ghadaffi's finally going to be out of there, but who are we going to prop up in his place and how long until he becomes our next big enemy?

Mongrel · « **Reply #492 on:** August 21, 2011, 07:14:49 PM »

Oh well never mind. For now, just sit back and enjoy the moment in the sun. Or let the Libyans enjoy theirs anyway.

Mongrel · « **Reply #493 on:** September 01, 2011, 05:43:04 AM »

Al Jazeera runs story claiming Jack Welch was advising the Ghaddfi regime right up until August 2nd at least and that Dennis Kucinich directly contacted the regime to support his position against the intervention and offered advice in exchange.

Mongrel · « **Reply #494 on:** September 03, 2011, 01:36:07 PM »

Well, now that Tripoli has fallen, and there's been a few days to rifle through stuff, it's DIRTY LAUNDRY TIIIMMMME!

Trove of documents confirms China sold huge quantities of arms to Libya while maintaining official neutrality

The US comes doesn't come off much better, as other documents show that the CIA was working closely with Libyan intelligence.

Of course NATO may well have supplied arms too, but I doubt the rebels will be complaining about that particular violation.

Büge · « **Reply #495 on:** September 23, 2011, 09:07:51 PM »

Dennis Miller interviews George Carlin (1997)

Büge · « **Reply #496 on:** October 20, 2011, 06:01:34 AM »

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Ghadafi has been captured/killed.

Büge · « **Reply #497 on:** October 20, 2011, 08:31:22 AM »

Also, the Libyan ~~orks~~ militia built themselves a tank.

Ziiro · « **Reply #498 on:** October 20, 2011, 08:32:43 AM »

They've built themselves a lot of weapons and vehicles.

It's quite orky.

Büge · « **Reply #499 on:** October 20, 2011, 09:05:13 AM »

Apparently they did kill Gaddafi. How do they know? Because he was using a golden gun.

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