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[The New Richard Nixon]

Mr Right Wing, on 04 January 2013 - 01:31 PM, said:

Urban warfare is difficult to fight against no matter how technically advanced you are because you cant tell which are your citizens and which are insurgents. No army in history has beaten an insurgency unless they've massacred everyone like the Mongols or Romans used to do.

Um the American civil war?

[Mr Right Wing]

The New Richard Nixon, on 04 January 2013 - 02:34 PM, said:

Um the American civil war?

Didnt the Americans win that?

Werent the American rebels the insurgents?

Edited by Mr Right Wing, 04 January 2013 - 02:36 PM.

[Corp]

Guys can we have a Middle East thread that doesn't derail into how evil the American government is?

[and then]

Corp, on 04 January 2013 - 05:49 PM, said:

Guys can we have a Middle East thread that doesn't derail into how evil the American government is?

It is kind of a predictable outcome.... but it gets boring.

[Hasina]

Too bad people can't just sit down and talk out problems and differences. Meeting rooms have no use!

[Helen of Annoy]

Hasina, on 04 January 2013 - 06:17 PM, said:

Too bad people can't just sit down and talk out problems and differences. Meeting rooms have no use!

If the suggested meeting room was set on truly neutral ground, with serious safety guarantees for both parties, then maybe they’d attend.

Last I’ve heard were Russians inviting rebels to talks with Assad’s people - in Russia. No wonder they declined.

[the-Unexpected-Soul]

this is my cousin home, they randomly shelled the city today (one of the bombs fell on his house) in revenge for an operation that the FSA made against a military base
and in the media they said that the army is bombing the bases of the terrorists, and it's plain lies, as my cousin is more of a nerd than a fighter and he have nothing to do with the FSA and he still lives there

[the L]

Hasina, on 04 January 2013 - 06:17 PM, said:

Too bad people can't just sit down and talk out problems and differences. Meeting rooms have no use!

Hasina you have brilliant mind.

[Hasina]

the L, on 04 January 2013 - 10:18 PM, said:

Hasina you have brilliant mind.

I know right?! No one else could've brainstormed such an idea Okay I'm totally joshing.

The problem I see is that there's always 'sides', no one's seen as 'neutral'.

[Yamato]

the-Unexpected-Soul, on 04 January 2013 - 08:07 PM, said:

this is my cousin home, they randomly shelled the city today (one of the bombs fell on his house) in revenge for an operation that the FSA made against a military base
and in the media they said that the army is bombing the bases of the terrorists, and it's plain lies, as my cousin is more of a nerd than a fighter and he have nothing to do with the FSA and he still lives there

There's nothing else like it happening to us personally that we finally figure out how wrong it truly is.   It's sickening that thanks to a renegade vote/veto in the UN, this tyrannical violence can continue and yet that's the political charade that's gone on for generations with your next door neighbor.  I hope you and your family aren't so unfortunate as to have to live in perpetual danger for too much longer.

[Helen of Annoy]

How does one remain neutral when bomb hits their house?

How do you negotiate with psychopath mass murderer that has engaged an army against the people?

Isn't being neutral in such situation (situation that involves true terrorism on rejected president part) actually clearly taking a side? More destructive side?

[the L]

More then half dont support FSA which is proof that UM is home of smart and clever people.

[The New Richard Nixon]

the L, on 05 January 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

More then half dont support FSA which is proof that UM is home of smart and clever people.

How the hell do you know that? "Not decided" could mean that people don't care, 50/50 where they think both sides have good grounds.
it does not say they don't support FSA or Assad

[Sky Scanner]

the L, on 05 January 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

More then half dont support FSA which is proof that UM is home of smart and clever people.

If you want to generalise about the survey, the most you can say is that over 88% have failed to come out and support Assad for one reason or another.

Why we are at it though - don't imply levels of intelligence attributed to a particular view point, that's flame baiting.

[Mekorig]

Neither Assad nor the FSA have my support, the first is the tipical "enlighted" dictator in his final hour, and the latter is too fractious and muslim-radical ridden to be able of creating a true and good govermtn for the Syrian people. Very bad situation.