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That's the other thing that I find myself having to explain a lot: Peacekeeping. The thing about peacekeeping is that it often involves killing a lot of people. If it didn't, we wouldn't need to send the army, we could just send Senators to talk at them and then laugh when they get beheaded on...

As you all know, I'm a liberal, so my liberal civvy cocktail party friends often seek my opinion on these matters. Obviously, since I speak from a biased position, I try to be a bit more reconcillatory than most, and I try to stay away from the "sheep" references. The following spiel usually...

Mmm, those Leopard road wheels will just have to move themselves.... You're confusing "keep you fit" with "having high standards of physical fitness".  There aren't any jobs in the army that will "keep you fit", especially not the combat arms. Eating stale, greasy food, not getting any sleep...

They started with you guys because the rest of us are all going to warmer places!  :D Seriously, any good?

From wiki: Why not? Knowledge is power, no?  :)

I agree, but it wasn't exactly a "Pearl Harbor" type deal.  Minor skirmished over the Line of Control had already occured and it was no secret to either side that a conflict was imminent, since BOTH sides claimed quite loudly that the other's forces were within "their" borders.

Well, up until proably the early 1990s, the stated mission of the ROC armed forces was to "liberate China from the Communist bandits" or something close to that. Remember that Taiwan/ROC was a SOuth Korean style military dictatorship up until very recently. In any case, my view is still that...

Why? If you can come up with any before WW2 I'd be happy to hear it, like I said, news to me. You're not serious about this, are you? What were the casualty figures for either of these "wars"? How could they "invade" Tibet when it was already Chinese territory? Oh wait, you're counting...

Oh really? That's certainly news to me. So from the year 1905, how many wars of agression has China partaken? Perhaps you could give some examples? The only kinda-sorta agressive war I can think of off is Vietnam in 1979. I'd be interested in hearing what you've discovered. Although just off...

Well, China doesn't have any real enemies this day and age on its land borders, so I'm not sure how relevent the German comparison is. The PLA's original mission was to defeat the 100 Soviet divisions massed on China's northern border, drawing them into China and bleeding them dry in Stalingrad...

Ah, that's why they alwasy want the NEW stuff. Now it all makes sense.

What does the 3rd Bn need issued kit for anyway, it's not like any of them atually wear the issued stuff..... :)

Since the Mother Teresa Slagging thread was canned, it's been all election, all the time around here. <a href=http://www.niqash.org/wahlomat/wahlstart.php>Which Iraqi political party best represents your views?</a> I was split evenly between the Islamic Virtue Party and the Iraqi National...

So, the fact that the old leather gloves, or any kind of glove that's big enough to accept a liner, were also  useless for operating weapons doesn't bother you at all? The old glover/liner combo is a useless POS. I can't imagine what ANYONE would wear it for, aside from handling POL in a...

Didn't I do that In the very first post? ??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa And don't start with the wikipedia-isn't-a-real-quote stuff.  If there's something in the above quote that doesn't add up, point it out and we'll discuss it further.

*shrug* I'm not going to argue over the finer points of religion, that is your own business. But even RCs must admit that all the money she took in for her charity ended up doing pretty much nothing for the people she purported to help, and in many cases her actions and words were directly...

You know what I meant....... :) Baptizing people on their deathbeds without their consent is a little over the top even for a nun.

Well, if the premesis for her beatification was that she was advancing the Catholic cause, then there's nothing unreasonable about it. Certainly I don't *hate* her as much as some people, especially many gay/lesbians do.But you have to admit that in the context of giving practical assistance to...

Hey I've an open mind. If anyone has anything to say in Mother teresa's defence, I'll be very interested to hear it.