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# ? Apr 9, 2014 20:10 |
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/us-iran-russia-oil-idUSBREA311K520140402 (this is a few days old)quote:Iran and Russia have made progress towards an oil-for-goods deal sources said would be worth up to $20 billion, which would enable Tehran to boost vital energy exports in defiance of Western sanctions, people familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/08/russia-s-ace-in-the-hole-a-super-missile-it-can-sell-to-iran.html quote:Tensions between Russia and the West are hitting a new peak. And in this face-off, Moscow has an extraordinary piece of leverage: a super-sophisticated, bomber-killing missile that it once threatened to sell to Iran. Article is mostly conjecture but, as they say, it is all of a piece
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# ? Apr 9, 2014 21:00 |
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Cold war two electric Bosnia
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# ? Apr 9, 2014 21:09 |
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Speaking of Bosnia: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles...0649988892.htmlquote:Frustrated by the stalemate in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing for the U.S. military to be more aggressive in supporting the country's rebel forces. Opposition has come from the institution that would spearhead any such effort: the Pentagon. That last line might as well be the thread title. The Bosnia part: quote:Top policy makers say the rift echoes similarly fraught Clinton administration debates over the conflict in Bosnia two decades ago. Also: quote:Mr. Kerry and Ms. Power have told current and former officials the only way to turn the momentum of the war and restart stalled diplomacy would be to put some sort of military intervention on the table. Rather ironic, I think Also the biggest real objection seems to be that intervention will break the chemical disarmament process, a joke from the start but one that appears to have been jammed solid by this Russia mess anyway.
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# ? Apr 9, 2014 21:19 |
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Hey lets see how that Iraqi government is doing-- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10753645/Iraq-ready-to-legalise-childhood-marriage.html quote:Children in Iraq could be legally married before the age of nine under sweeping legislation tabled on Tuesday that introduces new religious restrictions on women's rights.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 00:12 |
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quote:Searching for new options, Mr. Kerry has been huddling with retired generals David Petraeus and Jack Keane, architects of the 2007 troop surge in Iraq. There isn't an eye roll big enough. Rule #1 of American foreign policy: As long as you insist you were right and are a genius, the actual performance of the policies you advocated for in the past is irrelevant, you will continue to be asked for advice no matter how much of an idiot you actually are. That crazy bitch Petraeus was banging deserves a medal from a grateful nation for getting his self promoting rear end off the national stage for at least a couple of years.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 00:42 |
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shyduck posted:hearts and minds This is what you get when you don't occupy for 50 years. You don't see anyone in Japan trying to make it with little kids I mean, other than US Marines
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 00:47 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:This is what you get when you don't occupy for 50 years. You don't see anyone in Japan trying to make it with little kids I have bad news.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 01:03 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:This is what you get when you don't occupy for 50 years. You don't see anyone in Japan trying to make it with little kids No they just have vending machines for soiled underwear, pay for cuddling, and have sex with dolls. Nope everything is going swimmingly in the land of the rising sun. We should have nuked them more.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 01:10 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:This is what you get when you don't occupy for 50 years. You don't see anyone in Japan trying to make it with little kids
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 01:12 |
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You guys are spoiling my Marine joke
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 02:13 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:You guys are spoiling my Marine joke
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 02:21 |
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par for the course for an officer if you ask me
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 03:03 |
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quote:TEHRAN: Iranian state television said Iran has started a joint naval drill with the Pakistani navy east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world's oil supply passes. Iran & Pakistan having a pow-wow in Hormuz two months after the Saudi-Paki arms agreement. http://www.dawn.com/news/1098545/pakistan-iran-start-joint-naval-drill Snowdens Secret posted:This is what you get when you don't occupy for 50 years. You don't see anyone in Japan trying to make it with little kids http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 04:17 |
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Is loving with the Hormuz strait shipping still a Big Red Line as far as the US is concerned? As in, "a red line they actually will enforce".
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 08:31 |
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Whip Slagcheek posted:No they just have vending machines for soiled underwear, pay for cuddling, and have sex with dolls. Nope everything is going swimmingly in the land of the rising sun. We should have nuked them more. They outlawed those vending machines over a decade ago. The used panties ones, I think they still have the fresh panties around but I haven't been to Japan for awhile. lightpole fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Apr 10, 2014 |
# ? Apr 10, 2014 10:18 |
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Sjurygg posted:Is loving with the Hormuz strait shipping still a Big Red Line as far as the US is concerned?
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 10:38 |
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Didn't see anything last week. The diving was excellent but somehow I got a text saying "welcome to Iran" while in Oman lmao. Not a ship in sight, only RAFO working up their NH90s.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 11:18 |
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lightpole posted:They outlawed those vending machines over a decade ago. please don't white knight glorious nippon
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 13:53 |
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friend of the family DEATH TURBO posted:please don't white knight glorious nippon I will unironically white samurai grorious Nippon forever
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 14:52 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:I will unironically white samurai grorious Nippon forever looks like we got a tom cruise wannabe folks
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 17:40 |
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:looks like we got a tom cruise wannabe folks According to the movie he was supposed to be the last one, I want my money back.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 19:42 |
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Full Battle Rattle posted:According to the movie he was supposed to be the last one, I want my money back. Actually in all seriousness so many people misinterpret that title. The last samurai are the Japanese dudes Tom Cruise is with; Japanese doesn't have pluralization like English so even when you're talking about multiple samurai you wouldn't say "samurais". There are some people who know that and are just making a joke, but I've met a number of people who literally thought the title meant Tom Cruise was the last of the samurai.
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 23:41 |
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Putin just sent a letter to a dozen countries telling them to cough up Ukraines gas bill, or else http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/727287
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 23:45 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:Actually in all seriousness so many people misinterpret that title. The last samurai are the Japanese dudes Tom Cruise is with; Japanese doesn't have pluralization like English so even when you're talking about multiple samurai you wouldn't say "samurais".
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# ? Apr 10, 2014 23:47 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:Actually in all seriousness so many people misinterpret that title. The last samurai are the Japanese dudes Tom Cruise is with; Japanese doesn't have pluralization like English so even when you're talking about multiple samurai you wouldn't say "samurais". Well then the title should've been "The Last of the Samurai"
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 01:09 |
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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/why-russians-long-for-the-soviet-union/497095.htmlquote:Left-wing leaders vociferously criticized the "oligarchic regime" one day and supported it wholeheartedly the next. Even Sergei Udaltsov, the Left Front leader on trial for charges that he organized riots in 2012, wrote an appeal to Ukrainians supporting the Kremlin plan for self-determination in eastern Ukraine." Gippers will be happy to hear her Nazi comment was "Sometimes you're sorry that the Nazis didn't turn the forebearers of today's liberals into lampshades." http://www.duma.gov.ru/news/273/646438/ quote:"What will be written in textbooks, and how convincing and attractively this will be written depends the attitude of a whole generation of youth toward the history of our country. It is always important to remember in which country you live and work and remember its traditions. Our Fatherland has a great past. A branch of the Aryan tribe descended from the Carpathian mountains, peacefully settled the Great Russian plain, Siberia, the coldest part of the planet, reached the Pacific Ocean, founded Fort Ross, and absorbed the juices of the richest cultures of Byzantium, Europe and Asia, and destroyed the most ancient enemy of humankind, Nazism, then built a road to outer space. But there are few places where people so poorly know and do not fully appreciate their past and present," said Nikonov. That's Molotov's grandson, btw Interview with Dmitry Kiselyev, head of Russia state TV: quote:"Meaning that other countries are held to a different standard. Can it be that they were annoyed by your statement about burning or burying the hearts of gay people killed in traffic accidents? Finally this is worth a read: http://www.interpretermag.com/milonov-i-%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8bbelieve-russia-has-a-moral-right-to-undertake-a-peacekeeping-mission/ quote:Vitaly Milonov is a prominent Russian conservative and member of the United Russia party. A staunch advocate of Russia's controversial ban on 'homosexual propaganda,' and he has also repeatedly made anti-Semitic statements, including during a session of the St. Petersburg legislative council in March. He is a prominent critic of the pro-EU Ukrainian movement, and is often considered an ideological leader of Russian conservatism. Snowdens Secret fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Apr 11, 2014 |
# ? Apr 11, 2014 01:46 |
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Sorry my phone is butchering the formatting of all that
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 01:59 |
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Koesj posted:Didn't see anything last week. The diving was excellent but somehow I got a text saying "welcome to Iran" while in Oman lmao. Not a ship in sight, only RAFO working up their NH90s. Did you at any stage roam onto MTN Iran? I recall a tactic of theirs (MTN in Rwanda) during one of many Burundian conflicts, was to set up cells-on-wheels or even fixed base stations really close to the border to capture cross border traffic. Or you could have been subject to a hamfisted man in the middle.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 08:52 |
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ming-the-mazdaless posted:Did you at any stage roam onto MTN Iran? I recall a tactic of theirs (MTN in Rwanda) during one of many Burundian conflicts, was to set up cells-on-wheels or even fixed base stations really close to the border to capture cross border traffic. Can't remember which operator sent me a text but it was p weird anyway because my phone was lying on a shelf in Khasab for the whole day, and mainland Iran/Qushm Island is more than 50km away on the other side of the strait e: looks like it was du being flaky with a "have a great stay in Iran" message Koesj fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Apr 11, 2014 |
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Koesj posted:Can't remember which operator sent me a text but it was p weird anyway because my phone was lying on a shelf in Khasab for the whole day, and mainland Iran/Qushm Island is more than 50km away on the other side of the strait Koesj posted:e: looks like it was du being flaky with a "have a great stay in Iran" message
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 11:59 |
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Du having errors extends to ones home connection so no surprise there. Also someone was looking over my shoulder when I tried to torrent something, closing off every site I hit along the way. Internet in the UAE Then there's the unmarked Il-76s coming in and out Minhad every day, but hey what else is new.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 12:08 |
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Koesj posted:Can't remember which operator sent me a text but it was p weird anyway because my phone was lying on a shelf in Khasab for the whole day, and mainland Iran/Qushm Island is more than 50km away on the other side of the strait When I was hiking in the Sinai Peninsula, I got text messages welcoming me to Saudi Arabia and Jordan on my phone- despite them being like 20 miles away across the Gulf of Aqaba. Cell carriers are weird.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 15:45 |
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Koesj posted:Then there's the unmarked Il-76s coming in and out Minhad every day, but hey what else is new. Playing "guess that cargo" with the unmarked Il-76s coming in and out of KAF was a fun game. It was always opium Also lol at the new thread title.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 17:35 |
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Are unmarked aircraft flying in and out of military bases really that common? I thought that kind of thing only happened in movies.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 19:19 |
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Frosted Flake posted:Are unmarked aircraft flying in and out of military bases really that common? I thought that kind of thing only happened in movies. KAF shares its runway with a civilian airport.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 20:25 |
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http://www.stripes.com/inside-the-fbi-s-secret-relationship-with-special-operations-1.277453 Details the relationship the FBI developed with JSOC since 2001.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 22:06 |
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Derek Dominoe posted:KAF shares its runway with a civilian airport. Yup. That said, there were also unmarked birds that would occasionally show up and taxi to places other than Juliet Ramp (the airport). Didn't show up nearly as often as the weekly opium run Il-76, but they were definitely a thing. Usually they were unmarked C-130s or air freighters (767s, 747s, A300s, etc) but there was a sanitized C-17 that would show up once every couple of weeks. You could tell that it had national markings that had been covered up...for the life of me I couldn't figure out whose it was, because all the usual suspects who you would expect to be flying C-17s into KAF (USAF, RAF, Aussies, NATO, UAE) all flew their aircraft in the open. I dunno, maybe the Qataris were running guns to the Afghans too.
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Looks like NATO is going on the offensive. On Facebook.
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# ? Apr 11, 2014 23:41 |