Keith Willshaw wrote:
Then there's the little matter of the fall of communism, the
dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the USSR

robert arndt wrote:
Which is more due to Soviet citizens standing in line for bread 8 hrs
a day and the forever unattainable 5 year plans they made... not to
mention devoting almost all their resources to defense and the

Multiple problems all devolving from the same cause... and why
exactly did they do this?

C'mon, I know you can say it, even if it galls you.

"The West."

There, was that so hard?


The war aims of protecting the Kosovans from Serbian ethnic cleansing
were achieved

Oh please, too little too late. Serb soldiers insulted International
forces as they left Kosovo and threatened ethnic minorities right in
front the peacekeepers.

Killing pathetic bullies may feel good, but when is it right to
pull the trigger? The only reason the Serbs acted this way
was because they knew they were safe doing it.

Killing someone over an insult is the sort of the thing your
favorite SS boys did. look where it got 'em.


A US Naval warship which should have been adequately protected. Taken
out by a raft of explosives.

You'd have our guys shoot any boat which nears one of our
ships? You must not own a pleasure boat!

By your lights you'd have us kill every living thing in
Afghanstan and Iraq, I guess, just to be sure we got the
Bad Guys (tm).

Or do you have a (realistic) better idea?


Oh thank God for British token forces whose own weapons and gear are
****. I assume you're British, so don't you read your own papers for
God-save-the-Queen sakes!!! All you guys did was sit in the rear and
deliver humanitarian aid while the US drove downtown to Baghdad.

Gag. Bet you wouldn't have the balls to say that to a guy who was
there.



Jeff