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  1. Originally posted by Yogi:Even French are accusing US for occupation of Haiti...

    The whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.

    So, food finally came to Haiti. And what do they do? They put it in depot. Unsecured depot.
    And what happens? People fighting for food like enemies and animals.

    Accidentaly? With 11.000 US marines there?


    11 000 marines against thousands of hungry people. No chance, if the marines fire than all hell breaks loose. There is so much need for food you cant protect it there. No matter which uniform you wear.
  2. Originally posted by Yogi:Even French are accusing US for occupation of Haiti...

    The whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.

    So, food finally came to Haiti. And what do they do? They put it in depot. Unsecured depot.
    And what happens? People fighting for food like enemies and animals.

    Accidentaly? With 11.000 US marines there?


    sounds to me like you're grasping for something that's just not there.


  3. It's just my opinion. US has way more influence in the world that you even imagine.

    There was war in my country when I was little kid, it ended in 1995 with two huge operations called "Operation Flash" and "Operation Storm". When leading people in army were asked why operations weren't performed sooner, because many more lives would be saved, they said: "We waited for the green light from US." And that is scary.
  4. http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/al-qaeda-us-superpower

    Comparing the Sides: The Mark of the Beast or the Mark of Futility?

    Even excluding from the US side of the equation all those US reserves, Defense Department civilians, intelligence operatives and analysts, private contractors and allies of various sorts, if you compare the two enemies in the current "war," you still end up with either the Mark of the Beast or a marker for futility.

    The active duty US military alone enjoys a 666:1 advantage over the estimated number of al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, and Somalia. Adding in the reserves, the ratio jumps to an embarrassingly-high 1,286:1. Even if you were to factor in those hordes of nonexistent al-Qaeda sleeper agents, 300 each for 195 countries from Australia to Vatican City, the US military would still enjoy a 23:1 advantage (or 45:1 if you included the reserves, now regularly sent into war zones on multiple tours of duty).

    In sum, after the better part of a decade of conflict, the United States has spent trillions of taxpayer dollars on bullets and bombs, soldiers and drones. It has waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have yet to end, launched strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, dispatched Special Ops troops to those nations and others, like the Philippines, and built or expanded hundreds of new bases all over the world. Yet Osama bin Laden remains at large and al-Qaeda continues to target and kill Americans.

    ---

    Al-Qaeda has no tanks, Humvees, nuclear submarines, or aircraft carriers, no fleets of attack helicopters or fighter jets. Al-Qaeda has never launched a spy satellite and isn't developing advanced drone technology (although it may be hacking into US video feeds). Al-Qaeda specializes in low-budget operations ranging from the incredibly deadly to the incredibly ineffectual—from murderous car bombs and airplanes-used-as-missiles to faulty shoe- and underwear-explosives.

    Of course, comparisons of the strengths of the US military and al-Qaeda "at war" would be absurd, if it weren't for the fact that the United States actually went to war against such a group. It was a decision about as effective as firing a machine gun at a swarm of gnats. Some may die, but the process is visibly self-defeating.
  5. Originally posted by Yogi:http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/al-qaeda-us-superpower

    Comparing the Sides: The Mark of the Beast or the Mark of Futility?

    Even excluding from the US side of the equation all those US reserves, Defense Department civilians, intelligence operatives and analysts, private contractors and allies of various sorts, if you compare the two enemies in the current "war," you still end up with either the Mark of the Beast or a marker for futility.

    The active duty US military alone enjoys a 666:1 advantage over the estimated number of al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, and Somalia. Adding in the reserves, the ratio jumps to an embarrassingly-high 1,286:1. Even if you were to factor in those hordes of nonexistent al-Qaeda sleeper agents, 300 each for 195 countries from Australia to Vatican City, the US military would still enjoy a 23:1 advantage (or 45:1 if you included the reserves, now regularly sent into war zones on multiple tours of duty).

    In sum, after the better part of a decade of conflict, the United States has spent trillions of taxpayer dollars on bullets and bombs, soldiers and drones. It has waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have yet to end, launched strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, dispatched Special Ops troops to those nations and others, like the Philippines, and built or expanded hundreds of new bases all over the world. Yet Osama bin Laden remains at large and al-Qaeda continues to target and kill Americans.

    ---

    Al-Qaeda has no tanks, Humvees, nuclear submarines, or aircraft carriers, no fleets of attack helicopters or fighter jets. Al-Qaeda has never launched a spy satellite and isn't developing advanced drone technology (although it may be hacking into US video feeds). Al-Qaeda specializes in low-budget operations ranging from the incredibly deadly to the incredibly ineffectual—from murderous car bombs and airplanes-used-as-missiles to faulty shoe- and underwear-explosives.

    Of course, comparisons of the strengths of the US military and al-Qaeda "at war" would be absurd, if it weren't for the fact that the United States actually went to war against such a group. It was a decision about as effective as firing a machine gun at a swarm of gnats. Some may die, but the process is visibly self-defeating.


    War is hard business.

    Also, since correcting people is fun, only about 2,000 or so of the Americans on the ground in Haiti are Marines. The rest are from the Armys 82nd Airborne Division, or from the Air forces 23rd Special Tactics Squadron.

    More Marines are inbound though.
  6. Also, too the best of my knowledge, it was just one guy in the french government bitching about the U.S. in Haiti.
  7. Originally posted by yuri31:[..]

    Yes. Seriously. Global warming is a myth, like it or not. It's just a way for a bunch of people to earn an unbelievably lot of money. Don't get me started about Al Gore...

    Just because Al Gore is a jerk doesn't mean you can dismiss global warming as a myth. Global Warming is very real, and we need to look farther into it.


    Exactly
  8. Originally posted by katherine94:[..]
    Just because Al Gore is a jerk doesn't mean you can dismiss global warming as a myth. Global Warming is very real, and we need to look farther into it.




    No, it's not. I believe the scientists who don't manipulate the data of their researches.


  9. It's real, but it's mainly NATURAL. That's the key.


  10. Your opinion against mine. I may think that the Earth is getting colder.


  11. Just as worrying. Just as bad for the current way of living. Plus the beach isnt that fun when its -10 outside
  12. In fact the global warming effect is a process that started decades before we heard about it. I believe that our planet is warming up indeed and that we humans can't do a thing about it. Several reports say that the CO2 emissions just have a little effect on our climate change, which I do believe in. We just can not stop it and we should stop pumping so much money in trying to do so. Just my 2 cents
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