Now, that would have been an extremely stupid thing to do. Running away and leaving the oil fields just like that?

Much more than the Basrah incident I am using the witness reports from people living close to the Golden Mosque or reports from the former killer squad members.

There is one way. To keep civil war outside of the Shiite territory.

I think even the most stupid one would see that Iraq has had no chance to become a liberal democracy. I don’t think that anybody gave this idea a second thought. Every sane person who would want to profit from Iraq would do one single thing – to close a pact with local Shiites, logically the most powerful and influental group in Iraq. The pact could be pretty simple – Shiites get their revenge and a much larger share of oil money than they would ever have gotten under liberal democratic Iraq. Americans get their much needed war (read yearly $120 bn extra to the defense budget), exclusive oil contracts and assurance that Iranians would be left out of this matter.

This is exactly what I would do. And it fits the picture pretty nicely, at least so far. As the time passes by, I get an impression that Shiites are trying to cheat a bit, the oil supply is lagging behind the schedule and the whole thing is getting a bit from under the control, but that’s life, sh!t happens.

All in all it would make quite a nice little plan with thick winnings included. And, BTW, large profits have already been made. the loser side being American public, education, civil science, healthcare etc. Who givs a damn? You were ***edited *** and you even cheer up and applaud. That makes you my dream voter, sealord. :p

Iraq has every chance to become a liberal democracy, there is no reason at all why it cant.

You can do better than that flex, still nothing there whatsoever to suggest that a Civil war in Iraq is a good idea, although once againt some ignorant amusing little tit-bits, my favorite this time is ‘keep the civil war away from the Shia areas’, pure comedy nonsense from, utterly impossible (seriously you should go to Baghdad- you would learn an awful lot) not to mention the fact that any civil war between Shia and Sunni would automatically result in them attacking each others ‘areas’ not that they are even that clearly definable.

Then of course the whole Sunni awakening smears further excrement over you pointless hate fueled ranting, supporting Sunni militia is hardly going to allow the US to befriend the Shia is it?:rolleyes: You should also try looking at the reports from Sunnis about AQ as they further destroy your absurd accusation that AQI does not actually exist. Everything that has happened in the last twelve months proves you wrong (becouse you are wrong).

The fact is that you can not control the supply of oil out of an Iraq in civil war and that a liberal democratic Iraq would fulfill every single US policy aim.

The F-15’s were always going to be upgraded, the Typhoon/Raptor purchase is an F-4 replacement.

The purpose of the bizzare set of rules is to give the idea of a genuine challenge/race. What would be the point of the Typhoon racing the Veyron to Norway?;) I was under the impression that Typhoon won this one.

Thanks Jai.;)

Name the airplane in any Scandinavian or European country’s Air Force which carries 8 PGMS and 2 BVR missiles as its standard loadout.

All the PGM’s and BVR missiles in the world wont replace the A-10, ask anyone who has called in CAS in Afghanistan.

The canopy of Su-35 is metalized, maybe the same way as in F-22. The first stages of copressor blades are specially treated. There are some applications of RAM over the entire plane.
The big question is – the radar antenna. A plazma inside the nose cone is seriously considered, but there is not enough information at that moment.

All the things that have been talked about for the Su-35 could have a massive effect on RCS, the plasma radar radar shield, improved construction methods, treated engines, RAM etc. However it is worth noting that not all of this may have made it on the plane, for instance when the type was initially announced it was said that it would have a rear facing radar, that had mysteriously vanished by the time the real thing appeared.

On the issue of the Irbis ability to detect stealthy targets, well it would make sense for the Russians to have been working on A2A radars with the ability to do such things since the late eighties at least. The reality is that we will probably never know what the real capability is.