yay!! WWIII Avoided.........barely

2008-01-07 13:51:08

#51

Lai: Member; +186|6586

But like you said not militarily and never so much as to render Iran strong enough to withstand a Russian or Chinese assault after the US have been repelled.

I would see Russia doing with the US more like what the allies did with Russia during the previous WW, postponing their assault (on Nazi Germany/Iran) to have their "ally" and their enemy weaken eachother.

2008-01-07 15:25:01

#52

deeznutz1245: Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.; +483|6928|Connecticut

sergeriver wrote:
usmarine2005 wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
WW3? Aren't you exaggerating a little bit?
Did you miss history class in school?
WW1 ok, but invading Poland isn't a minor episode.

The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.

Malloy must go

2008-01-07 15:26:26

#53

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|7079

deeznutz1245 wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
usmarine2005 wrote:

Did you miss history class in school?
WW1 ok, but invading Poland isn't a minor episode.
The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.

brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775

2008-01-07 15:27:55

#54

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7036|132 and Bush

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:
sergeriver wrote:

WW1 ok, but invading Poland isn't a minor episode.
The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.
brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775

...an zee french

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-01-07 15:29:34

#55

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|7079

Kmarion wrote:
GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:

The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.
brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775
...an zee french

at lexington and concord?

2008-01-07 15:38:24

#56

dan673: Member; +46|6418

WWIII already started. Just nobody has noticed yet.

2008-01-07 15:58:07

#57

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6840|North Carolina

ah crap... You know, I'm starting to warm up to the idea of just wasting Iran. I really don't want us to do it, but they definitely make it hard for us not to attack when they pull this kind of shit.

2008-01-07 16:08:35

#58

deeznutz1245: Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.; +483|6928|Connecticut

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:
sergeriver wrote:

WW1 ok, but invading Poland isn't a minor episode.
The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.
brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775

Ya know I often wonder what would have happened if they had safety's on those rifles back then.

Malloy must go

2008-01-07 20:15:59

#59

Major.League.Infidel: Make Love and War; +303|6913|Communist Republic of CA, USA

deeznutz1245 wrote:
GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:

The revolutionary war started with one gun shot and now The U.S. is a country.
brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775
Ya know I often wonder what would have happened if they had safety's on those rifles back then.

Probably the same thing.

And it may have been the Army that got us our country, but it was the Marines on the shores of Tripoli that put us on the World Stage (13May1805).

2008-01-07 20:22:06

#60

dan673: Member; +46|6418

Major.League.Infidel wrote:
And it may have been the Army that got us our country, but it was the Marines on the shores of Tripoli that put us on the World Stage (13May1805).

Which thus prompted the birth of the U.S. Navy. "To the shores of Tripoli" - the marine hymn

2008-01-07 20:22:53

#61

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6759|New Haven, CT

Major.League.Infidel wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:
GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775
Ya know I often wonder what would have happened if they had safety's on those rifles back then.
Probably the same thing.

And it may have been the Army that got us our country, but it was the Marines on the shores of Tripoli that put us on the World Stage (13May1805).

You could also argue that the Marines made us the foremost world power in 1944 and 1945 by capturing the Pacific islands necessary to mount the atomic attacks on Japan.

2008-01-07 20:23:36

#62

Major.League.Infidel: Make Love and War; +303|6913|Communist Republic of CA, USA

nukchebi0 wrote:
Major.League.Infidel wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:

Ya know I often wonder what would have happened if they had safety's on those rifles back then.
Probably the same thing.

And it may have been the Army that got us our country, but it was the Marines on the shores of Tripoli that put us on the World Stage (13May1805).
You could also argue that the Marines made us the foremost world power in 1944 and 1945 by capturing the Pacific islands necessary to mount the atomic attacks on Japan.

The Marines are just badass in general.

2008-01-07 20:26:49

#63

dan673: Member; +46|6418

Major.League.Infidel wrote:
nukchebi0 wrote:
Major.League.Infidel wrote:

Probably the same thing.

And it may have been the Army that got us our country, but it was the Marines on the shores of Tripoli that put us on the World Stage (13May1805).
You could also argue that the Marines made us the foremost world power in 1944 and 1945 by capturing the Pacific islands necessary to mount the atomic attacks on Japan.
The Marines are just badass in general.

Amen.

2008-01-07 20:38:34

#64

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7036|132 and Bush

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

brought to you in part by the United States Army. June 14, 1775
...an zee french
at lexington and concord?

I was referring to "and now the US is a country". Lexington and Concord would have more to do with militia. Don't tell me you buy that Paul Revere stuff.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-01-07 20:40:01

#65

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7196

dan673 wrote:
Major.League.Infidel wrote:
The Marines are just badass in general.
Amen.

word

2008-01-07 20:41:33

#66

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7036|132 and Bush

usmarine2005 wrote:
dan673 wrote:
Major.League.Infidel wrote:
The Marines are just badass in general.
Amen.
word

Not you.. settle down.

..lol

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-01-07 20:43:15

#67

Superslim: BF2s Frat Brother; +211|7127|Calgary

suomalainen_äijä wrote:
WWIII is close

I think it has already started when US invaded Iraq. Iran will just become another front.

2008-01-07 20:51:21

#68

eaglecorps: shotguns; +23|6679|TEXAS

US will win the war like always... HAVE NO FEAR THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD IS HERE!

2008-01-07 21:41:50

#69

Superslim: BF2s Frat Brother; +211|7127|Calgary

eaglecorps wrote:
US will win the war like always... HAVE NO FEAR THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD IS HERE!

Ahem............Don't forget to give some credit to your allies.

2008-01-07 22:43:45

#70

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6900|Melbourne - Home of Football

This New York Times article gives quite a good summary of the event, it's likely causes and possible implications:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/washi … tml?ref=us

2008-01-07 22:45:37

#71

clogar: damn ain't it great to be a laxer; +32|6391|Minnesota

wooo freaking hoooo we're all gonna get nuked

2008-01-07 22:46:20

#72

Major.League.Infidel: Make Love and War; +303|6913|Communist Republic of CA, USA

The New York Times wrote:
The Hopper had trained an M240 machine gun — which fires upward of 10 armor-piercing slugs per second — on one of the Iranian boats that had pulled to within 200 yards of the American vessel, well within the gun’s range, Pentagon officials said. But before the order to fire was issued, the Iranian boat suddenly steered away from the Hopper.

Dangerous to let them get even that close. I would have given them a warning shot from the deck gun much farther off. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not a captain of a Ship then.

2008-01-07 22:47:15

#73

clogar: damn ain't it great to be a laxer; +32|6391|Minnesota

Superslim wrote:
eaglecorps wrote:
US will win the war like always... HAVE NO FEAR THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD IS HERE!
Ahem............Don't forget to give some credit to your allies.

yeah like the french... lol

2008-01-07 22:54:59

#74

NantanCochise: Member; +55|6413|Portugal/United States

The Iranians are bored again.

2008-01-07 23:05:46

#75

LividBovine: The Year of the Cow!; +175|6815|MN

"This is an ordinary issue that happens for the two sides every once in a while and, after the identification of the two sides, the issue is resolved,"

How close to a Navy warship do you have to get to identlify it?

I can only deduce that they are just trying to provoke our boys.

"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" - Barack Obama (a freshman senator from Illinios)

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