war

With the war in Ukraine going badly for Russia, there's a quote that's been appearing lately: "Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across." It's attributed to Sun Tzu, whose only extant work is The Art of War dating from the Late Spring and Autumn period in China, roughly the 5th...

I think this needs it;s own thread.

Would anyone who is a Bible skeptic be convinced if the war which is discussed in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 occured? Would you be convinced that the stage is set for this war right now? Consider that it involved Magog (generally agreed upon as Russia), Persia (Iran), Libya, Ethiopia (Read...

Before anyone goes crazy on me, yes, I agree that Saddam was a murderous, bloodthirsty dictator who was about as morally corrupt as any ruler in modern history. Ok, I get that. I understand. He was a really, really, really, evil piece of crap. However, we have made deals with evil pieces of...

Linky (youtube thru BreitBart) Anyone know what the February 10th Protests were? Does anyone have any background on this group, or what is planned? This is the first I have heard of it, but I think its pretty cool.

As November approaches, the most important topic of dispute between the Republican party and the Democrats will certainly be the issue of staying/withdrawing from Iraq. Clinton or Obama, McCain or.. um.. they are in stark contrast on what to do in that country. Al-Zarqawi made clear what his...

This is a resource that should be of interest to skeptics no matter what side of the issue you occupy. It contains a searchable database of citations so you can independently verify your own position, contains a list of funders so you can decide if they are unduly influenced by $$$, and...

I remember Oliver making a similar statement (BTW, where has Oliver gone?), but I think it deserves one thread of its own. Since the US did not invade Iraq because of 911, not because of WMD, it is hard to give an explanation to the invasion. I just found a possible explanation here: Prior...

The Rat in a Hat has declared all out war on Satan, and will send crack teams of highly trained exorcists all around the globe to combat godless Satan-affected demon-carrying tools of the Evil Empire. (source) Can you get these Godless Demons at Wal*Mart? I'd like to get me some of this most...

To arms, my Brothers and Sisters! Don thy armour and hone thy blades! The War on God, is indeed On again! (According to Tony Snow, that is...) http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/17/tony-snow-war-on-god/

http://icasualties.org/oif/US_chart.aspx I have no idea if this has been posted before, but it seems that things in Iraq are improving, but as the US number of casualties is declining, and as the number of Iraqis getting killed is also declining 7th month in a row with US troops deaths declining

Is it too soon to hope that the worst is over for Iraq? This article and accompanying video are encouraging. None of this means the war was a good idea, and the future seems opaque, but it looks like at least temporarily things are starting to improve.

Hi, this is my first post here. I came across this forum after watching the movie Zeitgeist and looking for information supporting or debunking the case it laid out. I found lots of good information here, so I'd like to put forth another topic that I am having difficulty finding clear answers...

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004151.php Lieberman: Can't We Invade Iran Yet? By Spencer Ackerman - September 11, 2007, http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1804/ Lieberman Urges Iran Air Strike Associated Press staff Monday, June 11, 2007...

This is a photo I took a couple of days after 9/11/01. The quality isn't as good as the print because of the poor quality scanner i have. This was taken with my film minolta with B&W film in it. I was taking a class that year with B&W film, and had the camera already loaded with B&W film. This...

There is a rumor that the Invasion of Iraq had something to do with Saddam's plans to switch to the Petroeuro which allegedly would have threatened the US economy. Now I'm not very familiar with the Petrodollar/Petroeuro system - what would have been/would be the damage for the US economy if...

Zuhayr is one of my favourite poets at the current time of writing, and it seems to me this part of his long ode from the pre-Islamic book of the Mu'allaqat, is the very definition of the misfortune being aroused by war today, especially in the fight on terror. Would you agree? "And war is not...

"Nine U.S. military ships entered the Gulf on Wednesday for a rare daylight assembly off Iran’s coast in what naval officials said was the largest such move since the 2003 Iraq war. U.S. Navy officials said Iran had not been notified of plans to sail the vessels, which include two aircraft...

Time has always been the grounds for strong relationships, from love to marraige. The magnificent duo of past and future too often overshadow the magnificent trio of past, future and present. Is it cutting hairs to say present is so slight it does not exist or could present be so inclusive that...

Children taken from single parents in uniform when they are mobilized The problem is that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act doesn't apply to child custody cases, because the courts are there to protect the child's interests. And in some cases, it may very well be in the best interests of...

Wasteful, counter-productive, dangerous for America. This according not to a left wing newspaper, or right wing conspiracy theorist, but from the main stream media, Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/ts_nm/security_usa_dc;_ylt=Aheoox9bUSQAqb5eOwwGH9dZ.3QA

Because a war with Iran is needed to bring the whole world into desperately searching for a COVENANT to bring the world back from a near WW3. Maybe we can discuss why the upcoming Iranian War is being set up and then discuss its ramifications even as it is going on. So to start, the powers...

For no particular reason than that I found the links interesting (I've had the first two a while and the last one only recently), I'm posting this. My own stance is similar to that expressed in the third link, though it's not quite in depth enough for my taste. This link, Andrew...

Edited to remove hotlinks due to graphic images. TruthSeeker1234, do NOT post graphic images such as this with hotlinks. In addition, at least one of these images belong to a site NOT the same as www.acebakercom, and that may be a copyright violation. For those interested, the pictures at...

http://recordsearchlight.com/news/2007/feb/03/incident-may-be-bong-scare/ Last week, we had idiotic authorities in Boston go ape-**** over a cartoon character, not we have idiots in Redding freaking out over a home made bong. When will this insanity end?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-chopper-crash-footage-posted-online/2007/01/26/1169594471753.html What is going on here? The private security firms have been mentioned before, in relation to various events. However, it appears they have an active part in operations, from this story...

Department Of I Wish I'd Said That. The UK Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, said: Discuss.

ie either by military victory or a "tie" via attrition.... Three schools of thought that I can think of: - Sooner or later in the near-term after that we would have gone back to war and sooner or later the North would win due to superior resources. So timeframes would change somewhat but...

I'm sure this topic has been discussed before, but I'm new here, and always interested to hear others' comments. I've participated in a number of sceptic/atheist forums in my time, and one of the most common things I hear is blaming religion for all sorts of abuses and atrocities throughout...

So I have just spent the last few weeks travelling up and down the east coast of Australia - had to go to Melbourne for a wedding. I did some site seeing as well and travelled a distance of 4240 kilometres - phew !! Anyway, on my trip I meet a high ranking public servant who works for the...