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What were cops in various euro countries driving in the 70s, I need to imagine what the euro bluesmobile looks like
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Chantilly Say posted:What were cops in various euro countries driving in the 70s, I need to imagine what the euro bluesmobile looks like a trabant with one of those aoogah bike horns mounted on the driver side door
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So I've been reading up on the theory of guerilla warfare, mostly stuff published in the wake of Vietnam, and the sheer number of pitfalls various authors pointed out in counter-insurgency strategy that we have managed to stumble into since then has me really depressed. I knew the War on Terror was stupid as soon as I heard the phrase, but the fact that people could have broken down the political, social and economic reasons why it was stupid forty years before it was implemented is just a real kick in the balls.
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Jan 16, 2015 07:36
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:So I've been reading up on the theory of guerilla warfare, mostly stuff published in the wake of Vietnam, and the sheer number of pitfalls various authors pointed out in counter-insurgency strategy that we have managed to stumble into since then has me really depressed. I knew the War on Terror was stupid as soon as I heard the phrase, but the fact that people could have broken down the political, social and economic reasons why it was stupid forty years before it was implemented is just a real kick in the balls. You wanna bring up any specific thoughts you had? If we were fighting the war on terror like we did Vietnam, we'd be killing a lot more terrorists. Unfortunately, the proliferation of inexpensive video recording and personal media consumption has made previous strategies inoperable due to lack of sufficient political will.
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My Imaginary GF posted:You wanna bring up any specific thoughts you had? If we were fighting the war on terror like we did Vietnam, we'd be killing a lot more terrorists. Unfortunately, the proliferation of inexpensive video recording and personal media consumption has made previous strategies inoperable due to lack of sufficient political will. A lot of it is the reliance on air campaigns to fight an insurgency, 'clear and hold' like patrols, basically still having the mentality of trying to gain and hold territory and rack up a body count. American political will has nothing to do with anything in this case, unless it involves the will to kill every man, woman and child in the country. Which I guess would fall within your gimmick.
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Jan 16, 2015 08:09
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:A lot of it is the reliance on air campaigns to fight an insurgency, 'clear and hold' like patrols, basically still having the mentality of trying to gain and hold territory and rack up a body count. American political will has nothing to do with anything in this case, unless it involves the will to kill every man, woman and child in the country. Which I guess would fall within your gimmick. Territory has little intrinsic value beyond the food which it produces, something that our modern sensibilities allow terrorists to use as a weapon, yet prohibit our policy implementation aimed at curtailing the external supply of. Which is an interesting question: are all humanitarian convoys, even those which prolong a civil war, legal to combat areas? What separates the Russian 'humanitarian aid' convoys from the Turkish flotilla to Gaza? At what point do you say, "No, you can't provide slavers with food"? To defeat an insurgency, you have to have a combat force focused on enemy body counts during their clear and hold patrols. Thankfully, for the fight against ISIL, there are the Kurds. Air campaigns are a supplement to aid in the imposition of malthusian dynamics upon opposing forces, a lesson lost after WW2. To defeat an insurgency, the enemy organizations must be held responsible for the starvation of the population under their control, by the population under their control. Only then will the insurgents face their own insurgency. To defeat an insurgency, you must induce an insurgency.
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Jan 16, 2015 08:26
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My Imaginary GF posted:Territory has little intrinsic value beyond the food which it produces, something that our modern sensibilities allow terrorists to use as a weapon, yet prohibit our policy implementation aimed at curtailing the external supply of. Separating the insurgency from it's popular base of support is the key, true. But attempting to remove that base by acting against the base itself, say by removing their food supply, only ties the popular base and the insurgency closer together. Even the brutal Nazi suppression campaigns against partisans and the civilian population that supported them was fruitless. If even the Nazis couldn't apply enough devastating violence to silence insurgencies, what hope do we have? The Kurds don't stop ISIS because they can magically fight them better, it's because they actually have a base of popular support that few if any governments have in the region. Notice how the Kurds have difficult mounting any kind of operation outside of the areas with significant Kurdish populations. The idea that an insurgency can be defeated by aping their methods and tactics or through a high enough body count is completely missing the political nature of an insurgency, and all previous attempts to do so have failed.
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i wish migf was still probated. its a constant deluge of poo poo. post less for more reactions, imo otherwise its just noise
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Jan 16, 2015 10:11
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Exclamation Marx posted:re movies: is frank good? Yes, very imo. Might not appeal to everyone though. DEAR FOREIGNERS: Domhnall Gleeson's name is pronounced Doh-nil. You get one warning.
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Jan 16, 2015 11:30
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I am the Richard Gere of these forums
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Jan 16, 2015 13:04
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SedanChair posted:I am the Richard Gere of these forums A charming buddhist closet homosexual, beloved by women in their 40's and 50's? A surprisingly good dancer?
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Jan 16, 2015 13:10
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kustomkarkommando posted:
dbopple, got it.
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Jan 16, 2015 13:17
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How is the Gleeson part pronounced, I'm confused.
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Are those Rioting Arabs (tm) on the middle TV?
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VanSandman posted:i wish migf was still probated. its a constant deluge of poo poo. post less for more reactions, imo Post.....less? Ha Duke chickened out on broadcasting the adhan because a bunch of bigots who don't even go there mega qq'd over it. zoux fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 14:32
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Randler posted:Useless is kind of a strong word for mail order brides. I know this is kind of pedantic and possibly creepy but, are mail order brides only four figures because that's absurd to actually think about currency value on humans and have it be so low. E: my buddy's stepmom is an honest to god order bride and loves it here in America. She's very lovely but I can't help but be weird out by her husband who is easily 50 years older than her.
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Jan 16, 2015 15:31
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SedanChair posted:I am the Richard Gere of these forums what's the gerbil's name, or do you go through so many you don't bother with it because it's better to not get too attached?
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Jan 16, 2015 15:33
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Nintendo Kid posted:politoons status: This is art, Fishmech.
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Jan 16, 2015 15:50
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What movie do you quote the most in everyday life.
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Jan 16, 2015 15:54
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zoux posted:What movie do you quote the most in everyday life. edit: this is analogous to why Joe is right when he says Forrest Gump isn't a good movie. It is basically a pile of references. pangstrom fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 15:58
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Weird mine's BL or Office Space.
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zoux posted:What movie do you quote the most in everyday life. MacGruber, Friday or Milo & Otis - at home E: definitely Office Space or Workaholics (TV though) at my own lovely office job pangstrom posted:edit: this is analogous to why Joe is right when he says Forrest Gump isn't a good movie. It is basically a pile of references. Honestly, the biggest problem with Gump is that the book is actually a huge pile of references while the movie makes sure that Hanks-Gump indirectly manipulated those references to occur and making it way, way more saccharine than necessary. The novel Gump is more B.J Blazkowicz, hell, look at the novel cover. IMO the most offensive thing in the movie is Gump teaching Elvis how to dance. loving stellar collection of music, though. I still have the four disc set somewhere. Armani fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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zoux posted:What movie do you quote the most in everyday life. I got extremely drunk once and got stuck on quoting Deadwood. People didn't seem to understand why I kept going on about cocksuckers on the bus. Yeah that was too drunk. Probably the Big Lebowski. Also Apocalypse Now and other Vietnam movies.
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our prime minister: "wrote" a history book about hockey and loves the beatles
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Armani posted:I know this is kind of pedantic and possibly creepy but, are mail order brides only four figures because that's absurd to actually think about currency value on humans and have it be so low. What's the best mail order bride site?
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Jan 16, 2015 16:11
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Doctor Butts posted:What's the best mail order bride site? Truly the question all goons wanted to ask but were too chicken to.
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Jan 16, 2015 16:12
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It's not a movie but I quote Futurama at every opportune moment. Though when my girlfriend first said that sentence I looked her in the eye and said "I know."
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Jan 16, 2015 16:18
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One of my dogs is named scooty puff jr.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:One of my dogs is named scooty puff jr. She sucks
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:So I've been reading up on the theory of guerilla warfare, mostly stuff published in the wake of Vietnam, and the sheer number of pitfalls various authors pointed out in counter-insurgency strategy that we have managed to stumble into since then has me really depressed. I knew the War on Terror was stupid as soon as I heard the phrase, but the fact that people could have broken down the political, social and economic reasons why it was stupid forty years before it was implemented is just a real kick in the balls. Read War From the Ground Up.
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Hail Satan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDRwZIcY3k
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Doctor Butts posted:What's the best mail order bride site? I'm pretty sure SA did a front page on such a site billion years ago on their weekend web and promptly invaded the forum into closure with fake usernames. E: actually, thinking about that makes all the weird groaning about SJW and things lately really funny because that's what SA has always done with it's Goon Rushes. SA was nothing but social justice before it became uncool to invade forums. The numerous Paedogaeddons come to mind. E2: I am only posting aloud please do not derail to SJW chat OH MY GOD GUYS LOOK A BUNNY USING A TOY DRUM AND BIG BOSS/SNAKE/ IN JUGGALO MAKEUP http://youtu.be/WgMjqt2PXiY http://youtu.be/qxgShppev8E Armani fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 16:35
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Doctor Butts posted:What's the best mail order bride site? Uhh Tinder?
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I try to be with it but I cannot understand a single word Young Thug says. Hey ESA we found your stupid garbage that doesn't work. zoux fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 16:45
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Someone who knows things please kindly explain what is going on with the Euro and Swiss Frac.
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Jan 16, 2015 17:13
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zoux posted:Hey ESA we found your stupid garbage that doesn't work. Your post has like a perfect SeaLab 2021 vibe Salvor_Hardin posted:Someone who knows things please kindly explain what is going on with the Euro and Swiss Frac. Someone will be along to assist you after the quorum adjourns on Champagne *14 million years pass* Armani fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Leave it to the States to bail the UK out... Again.
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