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MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRn_x-GIpec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KHTfbsXkBs "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
Support the troops! Account frozen... |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Support the troops! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Over there, Season 1, Episode 1 FX Channel 44 min 16 sec http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3468793659374364171&q "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 3694 U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 27279 IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MIN): 69334 EXCESS IRAQI DEATHS: 655000 "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 3699 U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 27279 IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MIN): 69513 EXCESS IRAQI DEATHS: 655000 "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Rush Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3131 Credit: 302,569 RAC: 0 |
Shouldn't you probably be including a statistic about how many Iraqis have been slaughtered by their own countrymen just for the hell of slaughtering them? I don't mean in so-called legitimate combat, I mean just randomly blowing them up good. Number one threat to Iraqis in Iraq? Other Iraqis. "He blowed up good!" --Big Jim McBob "He blowed up reeeel good!" --Billy Sol Hurok, Farm Film Report. Cordially, Rush elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com Remove the obvious... |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Army suicides highest in 26 years http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_suicides "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Gavin Shaw Send message Joined: 8 Aug 00 Posts: 1116 Credit: 1,304,337 RAC: 0 |
Heard this joke from another web forum. When the Iraqis/Arabs shoot, the Aussies duck. When the Aussies shoot, the Iraqis/Arabs duck. When the Americans shoot, everybody ducks. I think that the point was someone complaining about the U.S. But it sounds a bit more like a joke. You would assume that it was probably an Aussie that came up with it. But then when there is that much firepower in any one area, most people with brains would duck, especially when someone has access to an AC-130 Gunship. Those 105mm rounds can have a big impact. And this is not a go at anyone. In fact I do have an interest in military tech (I know the AC-130, A-10 and even DU are effective at their tasks). I remember jokes made during the first Gulf War about 'smart' cruise missiles that would hunt down Saddam (by knocking on doors and navigating corridors in underground bunkers to find their target). Rush - As for statistic about Iraqis killed by their own countrymen, I don't know whether they would be any accurate ones, as I believe it would be difficult for any to accurately determine the number killed in the various bombings (especially in crowed places and at funerals, since no one has any idea how many were there to start with). But I do know the number is way too high. But stopping it will not be easy or cheap. Never surrender and never give up. In the darkest hour there is always hope. |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Attack on Abu Ghraib Prison http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=97f_1187151890 . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Rush Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3131 Credit: 302,569 RAC: 0 |
Army suicides highest in 26 years Well, yeah, duh. That would make sense. Combat and the fear thereof is brutal on soldiers. Cordially, Rush elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com Remove the obvious... |
Rush Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3131 Credit: 302,569 RAC: 0 |
Rush - As for statistic about Iraqis killed by their own countrymen, I don't know whether they would be any accurate ones, as I believe it would be difficult for any to accurately determine the number killed in the various bombings (especially in crowed places and at funerals, since no one has any idea how many were there to start with). Agreed. Frankly, it's likely that the only accurate statistics are the Pentagon numbers of U.S. Solders killed and wounded. That was really smart of them to dispense with counting enemy dead. I mean, who cares? But I do know the number is way too high. But stopping it will not be easy or cheap. Nope. Not at all. Cordially, Rush elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com Remove the obvious... |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
Heard this joke from another web forum. When my brother was in Afghanistan, he said that the most frightening thing over there was not the Taliban but American air power. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 |
Maybe the Coalition should just let the Iraqis kill each other off. It's a real shame but to let our armed forces die is worse. We should, however, concentrate on defeating al-Qaeda. It's a shame that the Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf won't let us in there in the northwestern part of his country to do some real damage there. Also there is the factor of killing civilians. How about some high-flying drones? Maybe we have them in there now. |
Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0 |
Heard this joke from another web forum. That's why the Australian National Anthem is so cool. Account frozen... |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, I'd never heard your Anthem before. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, Sorry, but I'm stuck with Francis Scott Keys Baltimore bar room song as well. Account frozen... |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
lolol "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 3702 U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 27409 IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MIN): 69806 'EXCESS' IRAQI DEATHS: 655000 "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0 |
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 3702 ...are we winning yet? Account frozen... |
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