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Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by johneffendoe
It's whacking. Just whacking. Whacking off is a completely different meaning but not without a certain bit of humor.
I don’t know….I’ve seen a lot of strange pix of Putin. He is former KGB.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by Razziazoid
WW3?? Say it ain’t so!
The US economy is on the path of failure now. The world balance will shift soon regardless. With all due respect, I think Russia and China (and many others – including many within the US including Obama) would like to see the US defeated and marginalized.
That’s my opinion…
Originally posted by seabag
I think a guy who is a whistle blower would be down for getting whacked, no?
Back to the OP….people do disappear when they say too much but I think you’d have to go a bit farther before you face a good Whackjob from TPTB.
- All out war, which benefits no one in the long run.
- Covert means of bringing the US to its knees, which seems to me the most likely option. Conventional war on a grand scale is a thing of the past. Why risk your country's infrastructure, morale, funds, population on a big war with lots of explosions while you can do it via subversion?
Take a look at Israel, they're masters at this. I strongly believe that they have a hand in every Middle Eastern "uprising" that took place so far. After all this bloodshed and revolution, Israel comes out as the winner here. It's pure geopolitics, almost all surrounding countries are now destabilized.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by MrSpad
What your talking about it is a fantasy not a threat.
In YOUR opinion…..
It’s not a ‘fantasy’ to me and all of the people who I quoted and linked. What makes your opinion more valid than mine or Jeff Nyquist’s?
I’m not saying everything in the OP is going to happen. I’m just saying the potential is there. Is it likely?? I doubt it but stranger things have happened and the buildup in the Russian and Chinese militaries as well as the alliances they are building with rogue nations like Iran are alarming to me and others.
Maybe my personal experiences have made me more concerned than you about the possibilities of war? People who have never been in a serious car accident aren’t nearly as cautious while driving as those who have. Either way, it’s an interesting subject and one I will be following.
Be afraid of Russia??
China is at fault for everything??
You can't even trust your allies??
EVERYTHING EXCEPT, our government has failed us since assassination of Kennedy.
Blame everyone except your idiot leaders in Pentagon and Washington,
everyone is to blame except our gods in Washington, they are working for us
I have been in combat and I even spent a few years as a war planner. I know and understand war at several levels. The US faces real threats and those are the ones we focus on. Russia's nukes are a threat, granted a unlikely one considering that use of them would lead to their own extermination as well. Beyond that niether Russia nor China bear any direct military threat to the United States itself. To some of it interests in certain regions yes. To the point either would get involved leading to a conflict with the US? Extremely unlikely as they nothing to gain and everything to lose.
This is not guess work. A simple study and understanding of the make up of both the Russian and Chinese militaries will tell you all you need to know about what they designed to and capable of doing.
Again however, all three nations work together on a variety of issues. The real threat is if the US ever decides to withdraw from the world stage and the massive arms race that would happen world wide to fill that void. You want see a likely scenerio for WW3? Then thats the ticket.
The Scenario is not possible, it would take tens of millions of troops to take the US and even more to hold it.
Originally posted by petertheskinny
Originally posted by seabag
I think a guy who is a whistle blower would be down for getting whacked, no?
Back to the OP….people do disappear when they say too much but I think you’d have to go a bit farther before you face a good Whackjob from TPTB.
Dude........your alias picture is that of a gas mask
You go around ATS advocating attack on Iran.
You are willing to support all kinds of BS on every country being enemy of United States.
You are willing to say anything except that our political leadership is slowly but surely destroying US and will destroy it within your and my lifetime.
You are a patriot ??? Sorry I see you as the enemy within, A TRAITOR
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by auraelium
The Scenario is not possible, it would take tens of millions of troops to take the US and even more to hold it.
What war EVER had 10’s of millions of troops? You really think highly of the US, as do I, but the reality is that if our economic and logistic systems collapsed we’d be as vulnerable as the next country. By the way, we could crush Russia or China without 10’s of millions of troops we don’t have; Reagan crushed the USSR without a shot. what makes you think they couldn't do the same??
edit on 19-8-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
Dude........your alias picture is that of a gas mask
You go around ATS advocating attack on Iran.
You are willing to support all kinds of BS on every country being enemy of United States.
You are willing to say anything except that our political leadership is slowly but surely destroying US and will destroy it within your and my lifetime.
You are a patriot ??? Sorry I see you as the enemy within, A TRAITOR
Not the same...to take a country you have to get boots on the ground.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by auraelium
Not the same...to take a country you have to get boots on the ground.
And how many US boots were on the ground in Iraq and Stan combined??
10’s of millions?
How about Libya?
Again, you think highly of US capability but I disagree with your assessment, sir.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by GBP/JPY
no one has mentioned the washington vision document....on display at the smithsonian it tells of exactly something like this account.
Very interesting…I hadn’t heard of this.
Strange indeed!
The account of this vision was given in 1859 by an old soldier. He gave it to a writer, Wesley Bradshaw, who published it. In the vision God revealed to George Washington that three great perils would come upon the Republic.
link
"Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene. From each of these continents arose thick black clouds that were soon joined into one. And throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men. These men, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America, which country was enveloped in the volume of cloud. And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns and cities which I had seen springing up. "As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I again heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by auraelium
The Scenario is not possible, it would take tens of millions of troops to take the US and even more to hold it.
What war EVER had 10’s of millions of troops? You really think highly of the US, as do I, but the reality is that if our economic and logistic systems collapsed we’d be as vulnerable as the next country. By the way, we could crush Russia or China without 10’s of millions of troops we don’t have; Reagan crushed the USSR without a shot. what makes you think they couldn't do the same??
edit on 19-8-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by P12SOLD
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by auraelium
The Scenario is not possible, it would take tens of millions of troops to take the US and even more to hold it.
What war EVER had 10’s of millions of troops? You really think highly of the US, as do I, but the reality is that if our economic and logistic systems collapsed we’d be as vulnerable as the next country. By the way, we could crush Russia or China without 10’s of millions of troops we don’t have; Reagan crushed the USSR without a shot. what makes you think they couldn't do the same??
edit on 19-8-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
You are right know world power has millions of troops on the ready to go to war. But majors wars of the past like World War 2 for example have shown and, by the time it was over and done. Tens of millions of men were engaged in fighting the enemy. And millions of fighting men had also been killed in action when it was finally all over and dusted.
The US military has enemies, but their weak. None of the armies they have fought had first world military equipment to fight back with! Do Americans really believe China and Russia can't stop up or stand up to America today. This isn't Hollywood or Fox news. Russia, armed forces have never been beaten in a war and crushed.
But finally Reagan didn't crush the Soviet Union. It fell because the Russian people and its leaders could know longer keep with the United States spending. The people of Russia were tired of communism and were sick of being poor. They brought it down not the United States.