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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:59 PM
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Going down...
Regardless of how much the U.S. taxpayers have been milked by our defense corporations, it’s nearly impossible for our modern tools of death to kill a target that insists upon hiding in the jungle or some dismal back alley. There was a time when warriors didn’t run and hide. The old days were more fun for the U.S. military.

The larger problem here is obvious. Our enemies refuse to play the role that the Pentagon war planners have assigned to them. We all have a role to play in life; unfortunately these obstinate dunces insist upon playing a role that has not been written into the war script. They refuse to come out in mass, gather on a nice green flat pasture on a clear sunny day, and allow the world’s most expensive and powerful military to decimate them cleanly and completely. Now, that’s what war is about.



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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:03 PM
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1. They must not want to get killed or something.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:06 PM
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2. The Revolutionary Army sniped from trees.
Good strategy then. Good strategy now. Good strategy tomorrow.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:20 PM
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6. I was just going to say the same thing.
Our Revolutionary Army refused to play by the British Army's rules, which is probably the reason we beat them in the end.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:29 PM
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8. When confronted with a superior force...
I wish I could say the irony was delicious.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:07 PM
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3. We're replaying WWI all over again.
We're the ignorant British and French, trying to fight a war with cavalry and swords, charging over the hill, only to be mowed down with machine guns. We HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED THAT WAR HAS CHANGED AGAIN.

These guys are NEVER going to fight a traditional war - ever!
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:09 PM
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4. Nobody has won a war by dying for their country.
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MarmiteVarmint Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:15 PM
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5. Fun?
Dear God, man, do you have any idea what war is about?

How old are you?

Have you served yourself?
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:24 PM
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7. for sociopaths
war is "fun" because sociopaths like to rape, torture and kill others they get a kick out of it because they can't feel emotions at all,they don't have any empathy and they love "games" and domination. Sadly alot of people have conduct disorders.
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