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 Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike  [Re: Redstorm]
#5125754 - 12/31/05 11:24 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Second, putting legitimate and UN in the same sentence is a joke, right?
In your and my opinion, yes. Unfortunately, there are many people in high governmental positions around the globe who seem to disagree with us.
I seriously doubt this. I suspect they are practicing the Realpolitik of taking advantage of useful idiots wherever thay can be found.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: zappaisgod]
#5125826 - 12/31/05 11:55 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love how George Bush is just *barely* by the skin of his teeth able to occupy a country like Iraq which was already falling apart because of sanctions and where the people had absolutely no desire to fight for the country.
And now, while he's STILL there, with no end in sight, he's going to invade another country.
Someone should give him a map and show him Iran. Fighting a war in Iran is going to much more analagous to fighting in Afghanistan, only with a much stronger guerilla force. The terrain in Western Iran is extremely rough, and considering Bush is having problems finding the terrorists in Iraq, watching him attempt to subdue a larger country with a population that is very proud will be somewhat amusing.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Madtowntripper]
#5125860 - 12/31/05 12:05 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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We destroyed the Iraqi armed forces in about a month (I seem to recall that they were the fourth largest standing army in the world before we made them sit down). Twice. Afghanistan, the graveyard of the Soviet Union, in about two weeks. We wouldn't have to occupy Iran, just blow up anything that even has a radiation aura. Piece of cake.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Madtowntripper]
#5125898 - 12/31/05 12:19 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love how George Bush is just *barely* by the skin of his teeth able to occupy a country like Iraq which was already falling apart because of sanctions and where the people had absolutely no desire to fight for the country.
And now, while he's STILL there, with no end in sight, he's going to invade another country.
Someone should give him a map and show him Iran. Fighting a war in Iran is going to much more analagous to fighting in Afghanistan, only with a much stronger guerilla force. The terrain in Western Iran is extremely rough, and considering Bush is having problems finding the terrorists in Iraq, watching him attempt to subdue a larger country with a population that is very proud will be somewhat amusing.
Rough terrain! Great insight General. What will we ever do?
I Have an idea!
Blow them the fuck up, and forget about making it into a democracy. We were nice in Iraq, and have shed blood for their security. No troops should patrol the streets Iran. Nopers. Just bring death. That will give a better idea of what we can do.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: zappaisgod]
#5128232 - 01/01/06 06:54 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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(I seem to recall that they were the fourth largest standing army in the world
But remember the Hare-krishna's are the fifth largest.
Afghanistan
Good work studs.
I'm afraid you arn't going down in the annals of history as a tough fighting force taking on countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. That's about as impressive as Italy taking on Ethiopia.
Afghanistan, the graveyard of the Soviet Union.
But remember that was because the US was arming and funding the islamic fundamentalists. And what a bright idea that was.
We wouldn't have to occupy Iran, just blow up anything that even has a radiation aura
You really do sound terribly camp.
Piece of cake.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: looner2]
#5128247 - 01/01/06 07:13 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just bring death.
Loon, I think you need to quit playing Doom and listening to thrash metal and try taking a few walks in the countryside with a nice young lady.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5128589 - 01/01/06 12:56 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just bring death.
Loon, I think you need to quit playing Doom and listening to thrash metal and try taking a few walks in the countryside with a nice young lady.
What is the deal? Eurotrash and Canadians want to bash the effectiveness of our military like you people understand a single concept related to war. Do you recognize that we are an occupying force that are bound to protecting civilians while trying to slay an insurgency that at times can't even be distinquished from the civilian population? Please, no moral slamming of our military here Alex, we know the problems associated with your ability to understand the point in context, I am speaking STRATEGICALLY. Do you recognize the confines our military is asked to operate in?
We are being overly nice to Iraq, no matter how much the world screams "NAZI'S". That is a defacto consequence of being the worlds sole superpower. We scare the world and they want a means of checking our power. You have no method of matching us militarily, so what is your strategy against us? You paint us as an evil, corrupt, and morally heinous society that is hell bent on world destruction. That is FINE! We roll our eyes, but you'll keep it up until a real evil superpower comes along and you need us once again.
This does, however, do a good thing for the U.S. It lets as act as we should. World opinion will hate us no matter what we do. We now have the burden lifted from our shoulders that before kept us doing the "right" thing. Now we should do, "our" thing.
That thing will include destroying our enemies, with no promise of rebuilding. It means acting as we see fit, without regard to world opinion or our traditional "western" allies have already gone to the extreme in their threats and psychotic rants. They are a laughing stock now.
Hopefully the world will see once again what our military can do. That is what you want to see, isn't it?
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: looner2]
#5130215 - 01/02/06 01:45 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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You have no method of matching us militarily
Come again? A few iraqi's without a pot to piss in have got you on the run in Iraq.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5130535 - 01/02/06 06:28 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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You have no method of matching us militarily
Come again? A few iraqi's without a pot to piss in have got you on the run in Iraq.
Didn't read the post did you?
Do you recognize that we are an occupying force that are bound to protecting civilians while trying to slay an insurgency that at times can't even be distinquished from the civilian population? Please, no moral slamming of our military here Alex, we know the problems associated with your ability to understand the point in context, I am speaking STRATEGICALLY. Do you recognize the confines our military is asked to operate in?
2nd times a charm.
Plus, what you quoted is absolutely true, double that for Europe. You cannot match anything close to the American military. You can't deploy an army outside your own city parks, let alone your own continent. You embaressed yourself in Bosnia where you couldn't even stop genocide on your own continent as shown by your inadequate and shameful military response. U.S once again had to bail out Eurotrash from killing themselves once again.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5130581 - 01/02/06 07:58 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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You have no method of matching us militarily
Come again? A few iraqi's without a pot to piss in have got you on the run in Iraq.
The insurgents don't have the U.S. military on the run at all. They have the U.S. public on the run.
In guerrilla wars like this, the powerful occupying military force usually wins every engagement, kills way more of the guerilla force, and can never be defeated militarily. The "losing" in situations like this comes when the powerful occupying military force leaves the field of battle (usually because of political pressure at home). When this happens the guerilla force can claim victory; not because they won but because their opponent left.
For example, the U.S. won pretty much every engagement in Vietnam. We lost 50,000 soldiers but killed much higher numbers of Vietcong and North Vietnamese. We could never have been defeated there because we had too many men and too many resources. But, we left so the communists won. 
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5130722 - 01/02/06 09:49 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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In guerrilla wars like this, the powerful occupying military force usually wins every engagement, kills way more of the guerilla force, and can never be defeated militarily
I can think of only one case of a powerful military defeating a homegrown insurgency in the last 50 years.
When this happens the guerilla force can claim victory; not because they won but because their opponent left.
It's chicken and the egg isn't it. People at home get upset when the news from the military is bad. If the Vietnam war had been going well no-one would have complained.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: looner2]
#5130735 - 01/02/06 09:56 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Do you recognize the confines our military is asked to operate in?
What confines? The "confine" of only slaughtering 30-100,000 civilians (so far..)? If you havn't got the cojones to win a war without killing innocent women and kids then you want to pack up and go home now.
You cannot match anything close to the American military.
When you can lick an untrained bunch of Iraqis with a few explosives strapped to their backs then get back to us. Until then your military is impressing nobody.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5130768 - 01/02/06 10:09 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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What confines? The "confine" of only slaughtering 30-100,000 civilians (so far..)? If you havn't got the cojones to win a war without killing innocent women and kids then you want to pack up and go home now.
What are you talking about? Did you really not understand what I said about "confines"? Did you just wait to use the word incorrectly and absurdly to make some out-of-left field rant about civilians?
How utterly depressing it is if this is your method of argument. I will give you one more shot at actually having a discussion here, and I'm not going to change the way I say it, I just hope this time you actually respond with an actual answer.
Do you understand the confines our military is operating in?
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When you can lick an untrained bunch of Iraqis with a few explosives strapped to their backs then get back to us. Until then your military is impressing nobody.
Are you on planet earth Alex? No flame, but seriously. Do you have any desire to debate facts, understand arguments or do you truly believe you are making a point?
What would the mightly European military do in the current situation that America is unable to do, oh wise General.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5130779 - 01/02/06 10:13 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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I can think of only one case of a powerful military defeating a homegrown insurgency in the last 50 years.
I know. And the reason that the powerful military always lost is not because they were defeated, it's because they left.
Here's an analogy: If I step into the ring with a 250 pound heavyweight championship boxer there is no way in hell that I'm going to be able to knock him down. I might be able to whack at his ribs a little. I might cause some slight bruising on him. But will I knock him down or knock him out? Of course not. It would not be possible for me to defeat him. However, if I stay on my feet and refuse to go down he eventually will get sick of expending the effort and he will leave.
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People at home get upset when the news from the military is bad. If the Vietnam war had been going well no-one would have complained.
The Tet Offensive was when the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong launched a massive attack on South Vietnam and American troops. Militarily, it was a resounding failure. Tons of communist fighters were killed. Any ground they gained was quickly taken back by the Americans. However, it made American civilians queazy because they saw all of this violence and it reinforced the idea that the war was not over. When the American public got queazy and mad, American troops were withdrawn.
As far as Iraq goes, I would not consider several troops dying here and there or an occasional tank or vehicle being blown up to be "defeat" or "being on the run". These attacks are just minor pinpricks on a force that has over 100,000 people in the theater. But, these attacks make the American public scared and leery. The insurgents realize there is no chance in hell of defeating a military force with tanks, helicopters, planes, sophisticated technology, and well armed troops. The only way they can win against America is if we withdraw our troops. The only way that will happen is if political pressure at home occurs. The only way that will happen is if American citizens resoundingly stop supporting the war. The insurgents realize all of this and they are succeeding in this arena.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
#5130787 - 01/02/06 10:20 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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When you can lick an untrained bunch of Iraqis with a few explosives strapped to their backs then get back to us. Until then your military is impressing nobody.
Imagine attacking a mosquitoe with a sledge-hammer. The sledge-hammer exerts great force and can cause great damage. A man wielding this tool is infinitely stronger and more powerful than the mosqitoe.
But, it is hard to hit a mosqitoe with a sledge hammer.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5131016 - 01/02/06 12:22 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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My opinion is that we need a huge overhaul of our armed forces. Gone are the days of conventional battlefield warfare. We need to change our military to keep up with how wars are being fought. I would propose a smaller, more highly trained military coupled with the new technology of laser-guided explosive weapons. Not only would this reduce casualties, but I think it would be more effective in dealing with wars like Iraq and Vietnam.
My plan would be: Bring in conventional troops to take our the opposing force's mass of troops and heavy weaponry, and then once thing are coming to a simmer, let most of those troops leave and bring in the Rangers/Seals/Delat Force to deal with the remaining insurgency.
Just a thought.
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5131274 - 01/02/06 01:44 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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If I step into the ring with a 250 pound heavyweight championship boxer
Isn't the whole idea of guerilla warfare that you don't confront the occupation force head on tho? You don't get into the ring with the 250lb guy, you wait outside his house with a balaclava on and hit him over the head with a baseball bat.
However, it made American civilians queazy because they saw all of this violence and it reinforced the idea that the war was not over. When the American public got queazy and mad, American troops were withdrawn.
Agreed - public opinion is always going to have an effect.
Just curious, do you know if there there people in the military who thought the Vietnam war was going well?
The insurgents realize there is no chance in hell of defeating a military force with tanks, helicopters, planes, sophisticated technology, and well armed troops.
But are they interested in defeating the american military? Or just creating a situation that makes it untenable for them to stay in Iraq? Just staying in Iraq is costing America billions and the security situation appears to be getting worse.
The insurgents realize all of this and they are succeeding in this arena
This isn't anything surprising tho is it? Occupying a country generally results in a resistance. Did Bush think he'd be welcomed with open arms?
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Alex213]
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If I step into the ring with a 250 pound heavyweight championship boxer
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Isn't the whole idea of guerilla warfare that you don't confront the occupation force head on tho?
I was using an analogy. You know what I was trying to say with that example. The weaker opponent doesn't defeat the stronger opponent in guerilla warfare situations. The weaker opponent just pesters the stronger opponent until the stronger opponent gets sick of it and leaves.
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Just curious, do you know if there there people in the military who thought the Vietnam war was going well?
The Vietnam War was a strange situation. The American military in Vietnam was completely hamstrung and micro-managed by the Johnson administration. When the military would identify valuable targets to bomb, they would have to get permission from the administration (and oftentimes the administration said "No"). So, the full might of U.S. military power (especially U.S. air power) was not unleashed.
From what I have read and seen, I say the following things with absolute confidence:
1. The U.S. could never have been defeated by the Vietcong or the North Vietnamese.
2. If political meddling had been non-existent and the generals could have run the war, the U.S. would have done much better. North Vietnam would have been completely defeated and the Vietcong would have been contained.
3. Any Vietcong insurgency that existed in Vietnam probably would have never gone away (because the Vietnamese were proud people who were sick of foreigners being in their lands), but it would have been manageable.
I have a relative who was a pilot in Vietnam and he said that exact same things.
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The insurgents realize there is no chance in hell of defeating a military force with tanks, helicopters, planes, sophisticated technology, and well armed troops.
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But are they interested in defeating the american military?
Of course not. That's exactly what I am trying to say. They know they can't defeat the U.S. so all they can do is get the U.S. to leave.
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The insurgents realize all of this and they are succeeding in this arena
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This isn't anything surprising tho is it? Occupying a country generally results in a resistance. Did Bush think he'd be welcomed with open arms?
I'm not surprised with how things in Iraq have unraveled and how the insurgency has acted. Everything they have done is "Guerilla Warfare 101".
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: Redstorm]
#5131467 - 01/02/06 02:33 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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My opinion is that we need a huge overhaul of our armed forces. Gone are the days of conventional battlefield warfare. We need to change our military to keep up with how wars are being fought.
I agree with your assertion that warfare has changed. There can be little doubt about this. Long gone are the days of troops standing up in lines and shooting at each other. Long gone are the days of battleships lining up in a row and shooting at each other.
But, I disagree with you when you say that we should reorder our military significantly. I think we should have a healthy balance of both conventional and special forces. Special forces can accomplish a lot of things but they are no substitute for the sheer numbers and power that vast conventional forces bring to the table.
The way I see it, there are three possible enemies that the U.S. faces today and in the future:
1. People using guerilla tactics against us.
2. Weak nations that have weak military forces.
3. Strong nations that have strong military forces.
For example, Iraq War II was a #2 at first and now it is solely a #1.
In each one of these scenarios, both conventional and special forces can serve valuable purposes.
Edited by RandalFlagg (01/02/06 02:34 PM)
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Re: German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5131766 - 01/02/06 03:55 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Warfare has changed into a situation where its now Open Source Insurgencies who wage a war of infrastructure degradement. The Insurgents either keep constant fear, attack on infrastructure such as water or electricity,refinement, markets, government figures. Their position is to keep the government in constant failure. Not complete failure but a situation where larger and more conventional miltaries involve themselves in a expensive war of attrition.
Wars in Chechnya,Bosnia,Balkans,Vietnam has showed modern guerrillas to basically bleed more conventional forces by keeping the government in a constant failure so as their will be bailouts by the occupying force.Degrading governmental security breeds a situation where criminals and gangs, tribal leaders can now exert their influence in traffiking drugs across the border and financing more insurgencies.
Vietnam was Lost because we did not win the hearts and minds of the vietnamese not only that but the government we set up was in a situation of constant degradement. Corruption and government waste pissed off the vietnamese people and shrinked the ARVN's strength. When we pulled out of vietnam they were promptly overrun.
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