ArthurRE: world acc. to USA!
Bombed Hainan? I wouldn’t call an EP-3E which failed to detonate upon impact a bomb.
Glad the Old Europeans are still considered friends though. I wouldn’t want to hear the rhetorics against the real baddies 😀
ArthurRE: Mobile phones.
Gee… actually, my first one (a Motorola 8-something, really cheap back in 1998 when i got it) somehow keeps coming back to me. It’s big, clumsy, noisy and has hardly any features yet it continues working. Good thing about it is that you can replace it’s battery (which is deteriorating now) with four penlites.
After that, i got an 6110 but it’s antenna started falling off. I’ve fixed it now again (with lots of epoxy and a plastic tube, it looks really dumb now) and hope it stays fixed. In the mean time, i’ve also owned a 3310 (stolen) and a 5410, the latter i really liked. But that one got stolen too.
The problem with low-end current cellphones is, that they are by no way ment to last. Batteries go dead after only minimal abuse, displays are often crap… I think an unfashionable is what you’d want, those seem to last longer. Untill they’re nicked of course.
ArthurRE: Mobile phones.
Gee… actually, my first one (a Motorola 8-something, really cheap back in 1998 when i got it) somehow keeps coming back to me. It’s big, clumsy, noisy and has hardly any features yet it continues working. Good thing about it is that you can replace it’s battery (which is deteriorating now) with four penlites.
After that, i got an 6110 but it’s antenna started falling off. I’ve fixed it now again (with lots of epoxy and a plastic tube, it looks really dumb now) and hope it stays fixed. In the mean time, i’ve also owned a 3310 (stolen) and a 5410, the latter i really liked. But that one got stolen too.
The problem with low-end current cellphones is, that they are by no way ment to last. Batteries go dead after only minimal abuse, displays are often crap… I think an unfashionable is what you’d want, those seem to last longer. Untill they’re nicked of course.
ArthurRE: War or no war?
I disagree. Although Steve certainly has a point about Saddam trying to become a regional nuisance (…not really comparable with a global threat…), i have yet to be convinced that an attack on Iraq will do more than solve this problem in the short run. And on a second note, an attack on Iraq will definately antagonise a whole lot of people who will be more than happy to fly some Boeing into the Sears Tower, Seattle Space Needle, Big Ben, Tour Montparnasse, just name them. On a short notice an attack with regime-change in Iraq it will indeed remove the (currently hardly existant) threat on the oil fields in the region. But i don’t think that stability is a lasting one.
Because after all…
[li]It’s nice to remove the percieved Iraqi threat against Saudi and Kuwaiti oil fields, but if you in the process piss off the bulk of the Saudis and Kuwaitis (amongst others), you’ll be creating a completely new threat to those very same oil fields. A new threat which has far easier access to those oil fields.
[li]When Saddam is gone, everything’s fine. Yes? If you believe that, go and have a holiday in Afghanistan. Outside of Kabul. The peacce and stability Allied Force brought to Afghanistan is less peaceful and less stable than the Taliban regime.
[li]Steve’s excuse also works perfectly well against Iran. After all, it’s one of the spokes on the Axis of Evil.
[li]Steve’s excuse will also work perfectly well against Saudi Arabia. Although i’m not an expert on the matter, i don’t think it’s unlikely that SA will turn against the US far, far worse than Iran after the revolution.
ArthurRE: War or no war?
I disagree. Although Steve certainly has a point about Saddam trying to become a regional nuisance (…not really comparable with a global threat…), i have yet to be convinced that an attack on Iraq will do more than solve this problem in the short run. And on a second note, an attack on Iraq will definately antagonise a whole lot of people who will be more than happy to fly some Boeing into the Sears Tower, Seattle Space Needle, Big Ben, Tour Montparnasse, just name them. On a short notice an attack with regime-change in Iraq it will indeed remove the (currently hardly existant) threat on the oil fields in the region. But i don’t think that stability is a lasting one.
Because after all…
[li]It’s nice to remove the percieved Iraqi threat against Saudi and Kuwaiti oil fields, but if you in the process piss off the bulk of the Saudis and Kuwaitis (amongst others), you’ll be creating a completely new threat to those very same oil fields. A new threat which has far easier access to those oil fields.
[li]When Saddam is gone, everything’s fine. Yes? If you believe that, go and have a holiday in Afghanistan. Outside of Kabul. The peacce and stability Allied Force brought to Afghanistan is less peaceful and less stable than the Taliban regime.
[li]Steve’s excuse also works perfectly well against Iran. After all, it’s one of the spokes on the Axis of Evil.
[li]Steve’s excuse will also work perfectly well against Saudi Arabia. Although i’m not an expert on the matter, i don’t think it’s unlikely that SA will turn against the US far, far worse than Iran after the revolution.
ArthurRE: Funny ( or not that funny) pics
Kev,
Yes, it is the 707 prototype, back then still known as the Dash 80. It was barrel-rolled by Tex Johnston when he felt there were enough people watching 😀
Gary,
Sorry, didn’t mean to copy your post! Hope you can forgive me, non-civvie minded me not visit AW forum often.
ArthurRE: Funny ( or not that funny) pics
Kev,
Yes, it is the 707 prototype, back then still known as the Dash 80. It was barrel-rolled by Tex Johnston when he felt there were enough people watching 😀
Gary,
Sorry, didn’t mean to copy your post! Hope you can forgive me, non-civvie minded me not visit AW forum often.
ArthurRE: Quotes
A biopic on Bush Jr? A Braindead sequel would be nice, especially if he can make a similarly nice parent-child relationship as in the original Braindead (for those who don’t know: the hero’s mother is bitten by a Sumatran Rat-Ape and changes into a zombie, while the hero tries to take care for her and keep the damage minimal… hahaha).
But why not a movie on the whole current White House? Meet the Feebles II. In the end we can have Condoleezza Rice rampaging through the White House with an M-60, killing everyone except for Powell who only get’s shot in the kneecaps. Good thing about Meet the Feebles II would be that a completely new episode of Frogs of War can be included as well (for those who haven’t seen Meet the Feebles: try and check it out. Some info can be found on http://www.badmovies.org/movies/meetfeebles/ ).
As for Bush: well, probably the best thing he could do is just admit he’s dyslexic. It’s either that, or he is really dumb.
ArthurRE: Quotes
A biopic on Bush Jr? A Braindead sequel would be nice, especially if he can make a similarly nice parent-child relationship as in the original Braindead (for those who don’t know: the hero’s mother is bitten by a Sumatran Rat-Ape and changes into a zombie, while the hero tries to take care for her and keep the damage minimal… hahaha).
But why not a movie on the whole current White House? Meet the Feebles II. In the end we can have Condoleezza Rice rampaging through the White House with an M-60, killing everyone except for Powell who only get’s shot in the kneecaps. Good thing about Meet the Feebles II would be that a completely new episode of Frogs of War can be included as well (for those who haven’t seen Meet the Feebles: try and check it out. Some info can be found on http://www.badmovies.org/movies/meetfeebles/ ).
As for Bush: well, probably the best thing he could do is just admit he’s dyslexic. It’s either that, or he is really dumb.
ArthurRE: Funny ( or not that funny) pics
That B-1 pic is a painting, and someone has mirrored the background (twice, both on the left and right sides) to make it a horizontal image in stead of the vertical one, as the original is.
As for funny pictures…
http://www.aviationpics.de/military/f16-4.jpg
And for once in a while something else than an embarassed F-16…
ArthurRE: Funny ( or not that funny) pics
That B-1 pic is a painting, and someone has mirrored the background (twice, both on the left and right sides) to make it a horizontal image in stead of the vertical one, as the original is.
As for funny pictures…
http://www.aviationpics.de/military/f16-4.jpg
And for once in a while something else than an embarassed F-16…
ArthurRE: The goose step
Chile and Argentina also did the goose step during their dictatorial years. The Chileans looked extremely eerie, because (at least still during the Pinochet years) they used the German helmets with their parade uniforms… Buuuuh!
ArthurRE: The goose step
Chile and Argentina also did the goose step during their dictatorial years. The Chileans looked extremely eerie, because (at least still during the Pinochet years) they used the German helmets with their parade uniforms… Buuuuh!
ArthurRE: So I guess it’s just a matter of ‘when’ the US is going to war
Kev,
You should remember that the Iraqi dissidents started a massive uprising in March 1991. Bush Sr asked them to, and suggested US aid in their attempt of toppling Iraq. Unfortunately for the rebels the US did nothing but provide two aerial playgrounds for US and British aircraft (the no-fly zones of course) which didn’t really stop Saddam from gassing/killing/torturing/eradicating the in-country resistance.
Fun huh?
After this uprising, Saddam’s regime became even more opressive. There are a whole bunch of expatriate dissident Iraqis in more flavours than you can find in a Turkish spice market, but those are very divided (apart from the fact that the majority does NOT want the US to invade) and only minimally active in Iraq.
ArthurRE: So I guess it’s just a matter of ‘when’ the US is going to war
Kev,
You should remember that the Iraqi dissidents started a massive uprising in March 1991. Bush Sr asked them to, and suggested US aid in their attempt of toppling Iraq. Unfortunately for the rebels the US did nothing but provide two aerial playgrounds for US and British aircraft (the no-fly zones of course) which didn’t really stop Saddam from gassing/killing/torturing/eradicating the in-country resistance.
Fun huh?
After this uprising, Saddam’s regime became even more opressive. There are a whole bunch of expatriate dissident Iraqis in more flavours than you can find in a Turkish spice market, but those are very divided (apart from the fact that the majority does NOT want the US to invade) and only minimally active in Iraq.
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