War nerd is fantastic (I-want-to-have-you-babies fantastic, and that's after seeing the photograph). Don't agree with his analysis 100%, but the tone is awesome.

PS to anyone interested: Aren't the Sunnis just going to get rolled over at some point? Everyone hates them and they're only 15% of the population. I'd advise them to make some friends quickly.

Agreed, exciting tone ... he should check out some Codex and West stuff.

BTW: lol ... yes, 15% but never underestimate their dreadful zeal. shia proverb: you can't meet a sunni jihadi from 1m distance. (because you are already dead)

Reza - think Codex / West would just be upsetting, but at least sounds like War nerd wouldn't throw a moralistic hissy fit

"you can't meet a sunni jihadi from 1m distance" - you mean 'cos they go all splodey-dope on you?

or is '1m' a mile? (sorry, thought it was a metre)

>>> you mean 'cos they go all splodey-dope on you?

Yes. "splodeydope", lol, we just need a collection of these terms (if you can dig more) + WoT videogame click-quotes.

BTW, yes m is meter.

of course don't miss the fact that this is a Shia proverb, and sneaky Shias have made it up to cover what they , themselves, really are.

War nerd is fantastic

Yeh, war is cool, especially when, like he says, you forget all the 'democracy stuff' and admit what it is really all about - idiot americans jacking off over indiscriminate slaughter. Hey, WE're never going to be able to tell the difference between shoppers and insurgents. Points for honesty, at least, he did include the pic, so we can be under no illusions; that is the true, fat face of contemporary America.

Punisher - If you could get off your high horse for long enough to appreciate it, you'd realize that War nerd is making all the points you are but with less cheap and lazy self-righteousness

So, contrary to your previous position, you now think oil grabs (with the accompanying slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent civilians) are a bad idea geopolitically?

So ...
So much twisted in your stupid little remark it's hard to know where to start
Probable answer (have I joined the fascist-appeaser kumbaya crowd?) - No

Number of people killed in last century of wars - 39 million
Number of people killed by last century of soc...ist (commie, fascist, baathist ...)governments - 169 million
Peace is murder

So let's get this straight...
Yes, let's:
anglosphere.com/weblog/archives/000010.html

> Peace is murder

So catastrophic oil grabs *are* a good idea???

It was nice knowing you [before you descended into political desperation].

"catastrophic oil grabs"
I'm assuming no on is ignorant enough about basic economics (oil being a fungible commodity and all) to really believe this - it's more of a fashion statement isn't it?
But why bring your know-nothing wine-bar leftism here?

Why don't you swing your handbag by the Potomac, where you might actually get some punters?

Why isn't this by the Potomac?

BtW - you noticed who's won all the elections recently (apart from the ghastly Zap thing in Spain)?

Erm, pathological liars?

"pathological liars" - OK, given that's a synonym for politicians, but it's still humorous coming from someone whose entire discourse is lifted straight off antiglobo posters and whine-bar T-shirts

...und so weiter

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