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It didn't involve Iraq. That was the point actually. Go back and read my terms again, won't you? And relax a little, too.

It's probably some multi-level marketing scam. That's how those things always start.

It's always like this. I tell a joke and everyone get's all offended and politically correct and whiney. I say something serious (like above) and everyone laughs at me. I guess it's kind of like how I get better PDRs if I showed up for work drunk every morning. 

What about just to have FUN? This isn't Soviet Russia you know, you're allowed to have fun at your job.

Meh, I'd go. Just as long as there's still a war going on after Layton pulls the tanks, heavy air lift, attack helicopters, transport helicopters, their operators and all the other kit we would need out of his ass.

Tell them you enjoy killing and eating toddlers. Everyone knows that's the real reason anyway.

"In excess of 8 KM" is the DECLASSIFIED range of the Hellfire. Considering that the Hellfire was designed to put the Apache well outside the Soviet short range AD envelope, I really wouldn't want to be much closer than, say, 15 or 20 kms of a Hellfire launcher. Let's just say that there were...

ATGM are terrible weapons or insurgents anyway. They're heavy, take some time and practice setting up properly, and more importantly require TRAINING. What do you think your chances of hitting a tank are if you've never fired the silly thing in your life? Or do you also have a training simulator...

Hey, as long as you're referring to healthy skepticism and not a blind comitment to ignorance, we're on the same page. You sure had me fooled when you asked a string of questions about polling and then didn't bother to look for any of the answers that were easily found. I guess I just got the...

??? Ookay. *Shrug* Fine, then I apologize for misunderstanding. In my defence: Pretty clearly implies that in order to shield the delicate sensibilities of our soldiers, the media should practice self censorship. (Back on topic) Perhaps, but that doesn't invalidate the poll's methodology...

By calling the article in question "junk" without substantiation, and implying that soldiers deployed should somehow be shielded from possibly unpleasant news/opnions at home, lest their delicate egos be bruised. You live in Winnipeg already, friend. I can't think of a worse fate to wish upon...

Why? Do you have evidence that a statistically significant number of people lie in a statistically significant portion of polls, given a representative sample of both polls and people?  :) It is fair to say that polls themselves can only reflect a very limited amount of information about the...

Yes. Your only recourse is to spend more money until you become a statistically significant niche market all on your own. That way someone can start a business catering to your needs only, and sell you your favourite products at a 500% markup.

Uh, is "accurate and useful information" not a reason? How do you think big companies figure out which new products to launch, for example? Dismissing ALL opinion polls as being biased because the pollsters may have ulterior motives is kind of like saying that since Bush has an ulterior motive...

Well it seems to be a reoccuring theme around here. Any poll that says something we don't like is automatically poo-pooed as being inaccurate or biased without any supporting evidence. Statistics isn't a social science, if the poll's methodology has problems then it's not hard to find them. If...

I say go for it. You've already volunteered to one day advance across fire swept ground and jump out of planes at night without being able to see the ground, but you're afraid to sew some pockets on your shirt? What's the worst that can happen? A few days of extra duties and some money to pay...

It's not hard to find, if you actually looked. Maybe you should heed your own advice before casting any stones about "doing one's research", eh?  :)

So does Sweden, and Bangladesh, who have probably done more. This board has collectively more experience in operations overseas in adverse conditions than the Chinese do.

Couple of points: 1) Despite what the Western media tries to portray it as, BOTH sides of the Darfur conflict are largely black in skintone and Muslim in religion. Christians and Animists are certainly disadvantaged and persecuted in other parts of Sudan, but they do not live in Darfur. "Arab"...