January Current Events: 50 is my favorite caliber AND my BMI

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Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

Doc Hawkins posted:

probably don't plot to kill people, but definitely don't post your plots

that's my new year's resolution: no plot-posting

This sounds oddly similar to the advice we usually receive regarding the commission of war crimes.

�For gently caress�s sake, don�t post pics of it online!�

# ¿ Jan 1, 2020 19:24

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 08:48

Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

smertrioslol posted:

There�s another way to do eggs?

You can just toss a dollop of butter in if you want then to be halal

# ¿ Jan 2, 2020 19:05

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We�ll be greeted as liberators!

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 01:46

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Flying_Crab posted:

Glad I'm not in the IRR now.

Extremely pissed off I�m not in at least the IRR

Because I�m in Kirkuk

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 02:24

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The only thing good about Florida will be when it slips under the sea

# ¿ Jan 4, 2020 04:50

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45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

How long will it take to capture Tehran? 2 days
Will Ali Khamenei be killed? Yes
Total Iranian civillian casualties: 500 dead
Total military casualties Iran: 3000 dead
Total military casualties U.S.: 15 dead
Will the Iranian army regulars hold the lines? No
Will the IRGC fight to the end? No
Will chem/bio weapons be used on invading troops?: Yes
Will Ali Khamenei launch attacks on the Kurds? Yes
Will Ali Khamenei launch attacks on Israel? No
-If yes; will Isreal retaliate harshly? Yes
Will Ali Khamenei sacrifice Tehran (gas/nuke it)? No
Will the Kurds make a grab for independence? Yes
Will Turkey do anything silly like try for land? Yes
Will Ali Khamenei burn the oil fields? Yes
How long will the US be occupying Iran? ~15 years
Will the Iran war catalyze increased terrorism in America?No
In the long run, will this war be good or bad for the world? Good

we have to look at what those civilian casualties are- just because they're civilian doesn't make them innocent! Lets take a look at a few possibilities:

1) A civilian walking down the street to market gets killed by a cruise missile fired at the market.

2) A civilian asleep in their house is killed when their house is targetting by a smart bomb and blown up.

OK, these two are regrettable innocents being killed- but since the US doesn't make a habit of targetting markets or houses, they're very small in number!

3) A civilian working at a chemical weapon factory gets killed when the chemical weapon plant is bombed.

4) A civilian security guard at a weapons depot is killed when the weapons explode.

5) A civilian contractor repairing a tank is killed by a MOAB dropped on the unit.

6) A civilian engineer is killed when the military command center he works at is destroyed.

7) A civilian delivering snackiecakes to the baghdad bunker vending machines eats a 5,000lb bunker buster.

etc, etc. The list goes on. My point is that there are a lot of civilians directly supporting the military that aren't exactly "innocent" and would be mire rightly counted among the military casualties than civilian. I'm a civilian and work for the US military, but I acknowledge I'm also a valid military target because of what I do. And I think the vast majority of civilian casualties in this campaign will not be innocent.

I love the irony of mistakenly(?) leaving Baghdad in there at the end, implying an Iranian bunker buster smacks an American bunker

# ¿ Jan 4, 2020 12:46

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That's definitely just a local PMF. They sling a rocket every now and again every couple of days at random these days.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2020 18:56

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45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

everyone in the military that helped kill soleimani should be put on trial for war crimes

Trump�s pardon boner just twinged a little

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 16:40

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Flying_Crab posted:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1213919480574812160?s=20

Disproportionate response

You know if we had an actual opposition party we could notch another war crime on his impending trial at the hague

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 21:46

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Evil SpongeBob posted:

Have you been to the cop thread yet?

Why would you lead someone down that path?

# ¿ Jan 7, 2020 04:20

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Milo and POTUS posted:

Oh I absolutely think the damage is done at this point. Even a major change of regime (and I mean cloned bernies in 75+% of elected and appointed positions) won't be enough to make us trustworthy

Weird, our first civil war set the stage for us to become a world power, and now we�re rapidly losing that power and careening towards another one.

Trump!

# ¿ Jan 7, 2020 07:36

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Best Friends posted:

https://twitter.com/nick_l_miller/status/1214734403387187200?s=21

gently caress

I never figured Hannity would be the one who got me killed, but here we are.

Iran will scud every base in Iraq for real if that poo poo happens, not like the PR strike they did last night.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 09:32

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aphid_licker posted:

Dumb question, what's the Iranian IRBM inventory anyway, is it in the low hundreds, upper hundreds, 1k, 2k, 5k? Basically how fast would they run out?

Well, in addition to CRBMs and SRBMs, I think they're estimated to have around 2,000 missiles or so, ranging from the smaller Fateh 110s they hit us with last night with a 300km range and a 200 pound payload up to the Sejjil with a 2,000km range and I think a 3,000 pound payload. I'm not sure how much of each they have, but suffice to say, they could do a fuckload of damage and kill a hell of a lot of us here in Iraq before the bombs stopped falling.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 17:22

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hobbesmaster posted:

https://twitter.com/inqalabiyah/status/1214822662268170240

With tweets like this theres no way Trump doesn't institute a draft for the posting wars.

The new Stargate reboot is dark as gently caress

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 18:27

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facialimpediment posted:

Well, gently caress.

https://twitter.com/krisvancleave/status/1215309192086675459?s=19

Lotta people died on that flight.

The dude in charge of that battery is getting a negative NCOER I think.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2020 17:46

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Arrath posted:

Truly a useful feature to engage on a system in proximity to an... *checks notes* International Airport.

I have a friend who is an Italian citizen going to school in Scotland, I wonder how it'll play out.

Sorry, they�re a prisoner of war now.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2020 04:15

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Riot Carol Danvers posted:

Weddings aren't normally what I'd call "responsible" parties

I thought they weren�t supposed to drink in Islam? Sounds like a responsible party to me 🤷‍♂️

# ¿ Jan 10, 2020 09:24

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Melthir posted:

Ill stop say gently caress 24 hours.

Net loss for humanity

# ¿ Jan 11, 2020 07:17

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LingcodKilla posted:

What�s so hard about eating one?

MRE bombs or Iraqi children?

# ¿ Jan 11, 2020 19:36

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Stravag posted:

Where is it going? Into the sea?

The crabs are rising up in revolt

# ¿ Jan 12, 2020 04:06

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Hyrax Attack! posted:

Ah, that�s good. It�s fascinating to be able to flip through their old issues, and not just the front pages.

Dang does any major news site have respectable editorials? Maybe the Guardian.

The Onion

# ¿ Jan 20, 2020 08:53

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 08:48

Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

lmao I was a hair away from joining the Richmond PD too when I lived there.

So glad I didn't go down that path, gently caress dealing with those loons

# ¿ Jan 20, 2020 15:06

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