I think all the football hooligans are currently busy in southern Iraq. 😀

Tailiban Johnny is a U.S. citizen. He was apprehended outside the U.S. but there are laws in place like sedition that cover punishment of U.S. citizens. Timothy McVey was a U.S. citizen captured by local police passed on to Federal authorities. So far “sedition” hasn’t been used per se but it involves more than it’s actual definiton in the dictionary. An example would be: A few citizens talking about how to overthrow or damage the elected government. No problem. Overt planning to do this is, is sedition, which a U.S. citizen could be charged with. Of course it can vary with the manner of different areas federal judges and how a federal prosecutor decides to charge the accused.

The Buffalo Six: They were captured on U.S. soil so they get a trial ( lucky for them )

The Gitmo people: They were captured in a battle zone as terrorists and are not considered soldiers. Matter of opinon? Sure. But ownership is 90% of the law and we aren’t going to do something stupid by putting them back into circulation where they can have another shot at us, just so we can appease a bunch of bleeding hearts. They are dangerous and committed to destroying us. They aren’t going anywhere until we know what their intent is, so get over it.

Don’t know that much about the Challenger but the main gun is rifled where as smooth bore is all the rage these days in a lot of other tanks

Also don’t know about the logistics support of the UK mech stuff.

I do know that with the case of the M1 it really is a case of the Logistical “Tail” wagging the Operational “Dog”.

One thing I do like is U.K. basic training. Not so much all the fancy hardware but the way the people are instructed. While not armor or mech, I saw a good recent documetary on how the Royal Marines were trained and I was impressed with the “product” that the instructors produced and their methods. Again, Impressive.

I was in error. I remember the days when “general conversation” was intermixed with the AFM part of the forum. Now we have a separate “General” section for all forum goers here.

I would hate to upset a male flight attendant and have them spill hot coffee on a passenger all because that ” *$%%## ELP ” said something in a certain manner. Could ruin their layover in Frisco. :p

the resistance is starting to heat up now.
BRING BACK OUR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS!

Now, there is a statement that shows backbone.

War isn’t easy. I do find some of the views here consistant with the same ideas under discussion here for months. Falls under the heading of: “Are you a man, or a mouse?”

Typical pacifist whinning. Its is a war. Get over it.

:confused: :rolleyes: 😮 😀

Crying about calling Chirac names ? That is amusing. People here don’t mind insulting Bush or Blair, so I would say don’t bItch about it.

As for Chirac, I am not interested in anything he has to say.