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  1. Marcus

    An apology

    I'm not grandstanding. I meant it.
  2. Marcus

    An apology

    Fine. Would an admin please remove my account here. Thankyou.
  3. Marcus

    An apology

    I'm stating my opinion - or am I not entitled to one now?
  4. Marcus

    An apology

    No, Gilly, I'm not letting it get to me. And if you found it funny, good for you. I didn't.
  5. Marcus

    An apology

    Had it been stopped at 12 o'clock as April Fool's is supposed to, maybe. But to let it go on hours after that, with active encouragement from the don's, is IMHO appalling. Very far from funny.
  6. Marcus

    An apology

    And that was supposed to be funny? Pathetic :( :(
  7. Marcus

    We've got a new member....

    Possibly, though I don't think Max (second som of Oswald, by the way) is a Sir, is he? Sorry, Baldy. I missed that. I might've known it wouldn't have slipped under the Don radar :D Neither do I, as such. But it seems such names are calculated to be contentious, and that worries me a bit, as it...
  8. Marcus

    We've got a new member....

    Has his account been activated yet? Also, I'm surprised no one has commented about another recent member, also with zero posts, in this context. That being Sir Mosley (profile here) That almost has to be a reference to Sir Oswald Mosley, a well-known British fascist leader. Me suspects...
  9. Marcus

    STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

    Short of receiving absolutely massive casualties, I doubt it. It would not be politically acceptable. They are supposed to be liberating Iraq, not flattening it. On the other hand, if they catch the troops that launched such an attack out in the open, away from massed civilians ..... that's...
  10. Marcus

    STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

    Short of receiving absolutely massive casualties, I doubt it. It would not be politically acceptable. They are supposed to be liberating Iraq, not flattening it. On the other hand, if they catch the troops that launched such an attack out in the open, away from massed civilians ..... that's...
  11. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    According to the BBC TV news, a second chemical plant is being investigated by the Chemical Weapons experts, though no more details than that (not even location) are available at the moment. It has also been stated that the frst site is heavily camouflaged, not just from the air but also...
  12. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    ROFL. Our very own Mr Beaky gets right to the point in his own totally inimitable style :D :D
  13. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    It won't happen though. There are many anti-war people who have never denied that he has chemical weapons. Their point is not that he doesn't have them, or that he lied, but that war is not the solution to the problem, or that it could have been solved without a war given more time. I'd don't...
  14. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    It could be a plant producing rocket fuel - or something else that is likely to be a legitimate military target, but not a chemical weapons plant. The Iraqi's know that the US are capable of bombing such plants - it has happened before. The best way to avoid that is to hide them.
  15. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    There is not much point having a weapon if you have no intent to use it. The only question is what circumstances you would use it under. As en example, the UK's possession of a nuclear deterrrent. To be effective, people have to believe you will use it - if the right need arises (like as a...
  16. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    The army may not have screwed up though. If they reported it as a 'suspected' weapons factory and the press got a bit over-enthusiastic at the notion of such a hot story, and mitted the suspected, then ....... After all, the quoted report in this thread does say it is perhaps the first...
  17. Marcus

    Chemical Weapons Factory found

    It might be a bit premature to get to excited about it though. Initial reports have a habit of getting 'clarifed' later on. I wonder if the troops that found this are qualified to tell the difference between a chemical plant and a chemical weapons plant. I hope it IS a weapons plant - it...
  18. Marcus

    STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

    It has long been conventional wisdom that the US would respond to an attack using WoMD with a response using WoMD. For that to work as a deterrent, the enemy has to believe that you mean it. That was what the US got Saddam to believe last time and, whether it was that working or not, he didn't...
  19. Marcus

    STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

    It has long been conventional wisdom that the US would respond to an attack using WoMD with a response using WoMD. For that to work as a deterrent, the enemy has to believe that you mean it. That was what the US got Saddam to believe last time and, whether it was that working or not, he didn't...
  20. Marcus

    Oh God, bad news :(

    Similar, yes. Both Boeing, both twin rotor. But the Chinook is bigger, longer, quite a bit heavier, larger rotors, different engines, and so on.
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