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Who doesn't want the bomb? They are like kids, who see China, Russia, Britain, France and the US ... basically doing what they want. Murder left, murder right ... no trial ... no consequence ... because they got the bomb.
A theocracy is filling the human desire for a father. When we grow up, we leave home ... and find ourselves in dire need for "security" and a constant universe to live in. Which, "theocracy" fills ... but theocracy is a lie ... in historical times, their lies were not so obvious.
Today's religion is democracy ... it's the first amendment, the second, the third, and all the rest. We belieive in our freedom ... we don't need to believe in obvious lies, about Gods in the skies. I was reading the other day, about a Wu Zhen, the only chinese empress. Murder left, murder right ... accuse this one of witchcraft, and that one of witchcraft ... have this one executed ... have the hands and feet taken off and bleed to death ... and they call themselves "Children of heaven".
I absolutely deny, to go to church and bow to their memory ... and I don't care wether it's called islam, christianity, buddism or jewism. Now confuscius is another thing, that is more in terms of phylosophy than religion ... and it doesn't include murderers and child molesters ascending to heaven.
Originally posted by Gorman91
Point to all this: I'm sorry I don't fulfill your God awful view of the world.
People kill. What faith they have or lack there of is irrelevant. Some people are evil, some people are good.
Now you're just fooling yourself ... it's called sarcastic ironi, because you don't like what you've become.
Good vs. Evil? now let me see, Iran is a bunch of nincompoops, that "basically" are like chimpansees, running around and punching themselves on the chest. Playing big, making awful sounds to scare everyone ... and hammering each other over rivalry of small things, like thugs.
George W. Bush and his Murder incorporated ... that goes to Iraq, sodomizes people, pulls them to guantanamo and tortures them. Uses depleted uranium, that has caused birth of deformed children everywhere... and has murdered over a million civilians. Puts up a patriot act, to take away peoples rights ... puts up a new law, that justifies "making people vanish". George W. Bush and his murder incorporated, put up "Wanted dead or alive" posters, makes a deck of cards with peoples lives being a game ...
Mr. Gorman91 ... do you think, that I think the monkeys in Iran are evil ... or do you think, I consider the "self exclaimed intelectuals" in Israel and the US are evil?
Evil, mr. Gorman91 ... is the person who performs the acts of murder incorporated, knowingly ... and not the monkey or the lion, that has no better sense.
But even then, you'd have to "define" evil for me ... and good. What is "good"? What is "evil"? ... and basically, I think you fail in your comparison ... the US is the only nation in the world that uses radioactive material as weaponry ....
You've murdered millions of people ... more millions than Adolf Hitler ... more millions than Josef Stalin ... and more millions than Mao Ze Dong .
The US is the biggest bully the world has every seen, right after Rome ... and that is why they are still going strong ... because they are EVIL.
But hey, "always look on the bright side of ... death" ... doobey due ... Rom did bring roads, and commerce ... and schools ... and stuff ... That's is what Monty Python said ...
Originally posted by mileysubet
Originally posted by N3kr0m4nc3r
All this talk of Iran threatening a U.S. carrier is laughable, sure maybe some of the tech on a carrier is outdated but we are not talking about just a carrier. The numerous destroyer and frigate escorts are more than well equipped to handle anything thrown at a carrier before it reaches it. Now I am not naive enough to believe that we wouldn't come out of the fight with a scratch, I do believe that it is possible that Iran has an ace up their sleeve to be pushing so hard for a fight. It could be they have something or someone we may not know about, either way until the first punch is thrown everything is just speculation.
Don't forget that it is highly possible that we also have at least one SSGN submarine in the gulf as well.
That is 154 tomahawk cruise missiles with any combination of warheads probably all pre-targeted at tactical targets and able to be launched (all 154 of them) from the safety of being underwater, within a matter of hours, those missiles will be landing on tactical targets taking out essential command and control posts.
Oh yeah and the ability to launch UAV's and UUV's (Unmanned Underwater Vehichels) to link battlefield data back to commanders, again all from the safety of underwater.
That is one SSGN....a battle-group usually has one and sometimes two fast attack submarines with similar capability's with it as well.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by bjarneorn
What have I become that I don't like?
No Iran saw Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, and now Syria all destroy themselves with western interference. They feel they are the last ones left. And in many ways they are. They are like the nerdy kid telling the bully that they can win the fight. Now for one reason or another, the bully walked away, so the nerd feels like they won, and can say what they feel without any consequences. But we've all seen how that ends in the school playground.
Not a million civilians. Hundreds of thousands. And in war, civilian lives don't matter. We killed more German civilians in WW2 than the Germans killed Jews. War is war. It sucks.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by bjarneorn
I can always tell when I posting to a person who has never been to the Middle East....never mind Iran. All the freedoms you have...even posting on this board...well you could kiss them all goodby.
Originally posted by Gorman91
Oh yea. You did it again: comparing the entire history. Of a country to a single man in one war.
So yea. Fear tactics and shock drama don't work on me, fyi.
I know ... but sooner or later, that nuke for bagdad will end up in Washington ... we'll make sure of it ... we tore down Rome, we'll tear down the US/EU too :-)
And, the apex of civilization is Greece ... not Rome. Greece is the cradle of modern civilization, and Rome is the hell that caused 2000 years of dormant time and dark ages.
And now, we two are the epic of good vs. evil ... or, Rome vs. Athens. Bullies, vs Phylosophy. Of course, one leads to the other ... inevitably, as Hellas led to Alexander the Great, and followed by Rome ... so did Rome, lead to modern rediscovery of the Hellenian principles and modern technology. That is good vs. evil for you ...
A US aircraft carrier currently deployed in the Middle East should "not return" to its base in the Gulf, the head of Iran's armed forces declared today, adding ominously there would be no repeat warning.
Originally posted by bjarneorn
I know ... but sooner or later, that nuke for bagdad will end up in Washington ... we'll make sure of it ... we tore down Rome, we'll tear down the US/EU too :-)
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by bjarneorn
The players change their colors but they're always the same. Every generation has its Rome, and has its unwashed barbarians. You want to be the barbarians be my guest. As I recall, after destroying Rome, they became Rome.
Ah yes. What a lovely time with the unending wars and feudal disagreements over whose mother gets raped next. Yes, let's all sing poems and songs and make art of the rape and pillaging of thy self.
Ah yes, and this lovely time of unending feutal disagreements comes from Ludvik the 14th, 15th and 16th and the british Kings, all of which draw their lineage to Rome. And then you have the lovely religious feutal disagreement, all of which are related Israel ...
Feutal disagreements, is what makes the world advance ... without the feutal disagreements in Hellas, the glory of Hellas would never exist. It's this feutal disagremment of yours, that makes people compete and which brings out the advances of the earth ... it is what has brought modern times.
But it's people like Julius Caesar that brings hell on Earth ... it's people like his followers, that consider themselves to be "above" and "beyond" the rest. It's these "holy" nutcases, that consider their blood to be blue ... or their lineage from heaven.
So if you want to bring end to your feutal disagreements ... dump Israel. Ironic, isn't it. Now, there is an idea ... that I would never support ... if people started lobbying to end Israel, I would fight for Israel with my life ... because I want all those different ideologies, different peoples and different regions ... I want a world, where there is room for all the morons that get born, even people like you ... and me. So, to hell with Rome ... and it's imperial shiny behind.
But in your world, Gorman91 ... there is only room for the people with perfect goodliness in their bloodline. And "I", for one, already know I am not of that lineage ... I'm just a normal, every day ... gentile ... so, I'll end that dream of yours ... no matter how long it takes.
Originally posted by Gorman91
I reserve the right to say screw you, drop a bomb on you, and tell you to get lost.
Fact is I hate purity.
BS. You love purity ... your fighting the good fight, saving Israel ... and every other town in the US, has the name "the promised land" attached to it, one way or the other. It's people like me, Gorman91, that is saying end these wars of yours ... or we will end you.
So if you want to bring end to your feutal disagreements ... dump Israel. Ironic, isn't it. Now, there is an idea ... that I would never support ... if people started lobbying to end Israel, I would fight for Israel with my life ... because I want all those different ideologies,