... One thing I think most people don't appreciate is the purpose of terrorism. The theory is that calculated acts of violence on an apathetic or indifferent...
... The way I see it, one man's terrorist is another man's terrorist. It makes no difference to me whether it's the Khobar Towers or the King David Hotel. ...
In the first few days there was at least discusion of Naval tactics and ship types that could be associated to "Naval Wargaming" It then rapidly degenerated...
Michael, The problem is that in modern naval warfare these things have become almost
inseparable. WW1and WW2 were fought in clear lines of division, as were...
yee gods.. Michael Moore wants to not discuss politics!! :-) OK, fair call. I thought I was on the path of trying to define the requirements that define the...
Another would be Northern Ireland. Fight the terrorists, support the democratic parties on both sides of the divide, (though it's ironic that the two main...
You're right, Mike. I have a bad habit of getting sucked into such discussions ..... and they rarely turn out well. So back down to the sea in ships I go. ...
Byron, Indeed, I'm off back to my new batch of pre-Dreads, which are quite lovely toys from WTJ. A reminder of simpler times. Cheers Mel _____ From:...
Guys, Has anyone tried AP's Cone of Fire yet? I use AP's some od games to run campaigns and generate engagements which I fight using minis and Seekreig. The...
Not melt, just burn. Aluminium is combustible and ignites at high temperatures. That's why, in spite of its lightness, its use in naval construction must be...
... and ship types that could be associated to "Naval Wargaming" It then rapidly degenerated into bush bashing and then definitions of terrorists and...
There are high temperature alloys available now which make this much less of a problem. DM Sergio Gonzalez <odeiiii@...> wrote: Not melt, just burn....
Mal because I have come to admire and respect you and love you as a person I respectfully decline to enter into a political discussion (despite strong...
The USAF DM Michael Moore <mikes_trance@...> wrote: what current threat (conventional ,say from today to 10 years)do you see as most likely to present...
Terrorist groups are the irregular forces against you.. Freedom fighters are the irregular groups you support. My response to those of you who can't/won't...
Jake, I think you need to take good hard look at the WW2 bombings of Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also take a good hard look at current bombing targets in...
Morality has changed over time, and applying modern morality to past acts only leads to a moral equivalency that basically has the effect of excusing the worse...
Mark McGilchrist wrote - I think you need to take good hard look at the WW2 bombings of Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also take a good hard look at current...
Howdy all! ... Statements like the above are in essence mindless, because they try to deny the very real value of EVALUATING levels of cost overruns, or...
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... individuals and groups to go raping villagers or murdering innocent men in a taxi, the business plan for most country's militaries (if not all - and I even...
1. The winners get to write the history is another way some are labeled patriotic freedom fighters and others that do the same thing are labeled terrorists....
I think what I would really like to hear on this issue, is what forum
members think the LCS should actually be designed to do. My understanding of
the original...
Some of my comments on just who is a terrorist and who is not, were intended
to merely point out that the perception can be very localised and differs
from...
All Warships are fragile, and the Cole remained afloat. The simple fact is that complacency is a Killer. that OHP class frigate hit by the Exocet during The...
