Situation hotting up in the Middle East

[Tigadee]

Wasn't it that there were possibly substantial oil fields around the Falklands?

[TrentNz]

Fuck it. i say bring on WW3

[Indiana_Jones]

I probably wouldn't have a problem with that as it wasn't as though the Argies were gonna come and conquer the UK because they didn't defend a piece of land in the middle of an ocean somewhere. I'm getting hacked off with the excuses that drag countries into wars. Reckon if they had have polled the UK public with: Do you want to go to war with Argentina because they're contesting the ownership of a piece of land, even though it's off their coastline and nowhere near ours... expect people to die. Reckon the public woulda thought, yeah great?

Depends on your point of view, some people are quite happy to die trying to stop the Japs whaling in the middle of the Antarctic even though it's not near our coastline.

-Indy

[Indiana_Jones]

Fuck it. i say bring on WW3

Reckon it'll help the economy?

-Indy

[TrentNz]

economys fucked enough haha.
but once we get the sand niggers out of the place and usa takes over the oil then it might become a bit better.

[mashman]

Depends on your point of view, some people are quite happy to die trying to stop the Japs whaling in the middle of the Antarctic even though it's not near our coastline.

-Indy

True, although that involves slightly less weaponry. I take your point, I'm just fed up with the shitty reasons for it. 5000+ years of civilisation hasn't taught us a single fuckin thing. There are small groups of people throughout history that have wanted to war over land and resources and to what end? It certainly isn't for the benefit of the majority. I'm kinda fed up with it and what they're doing and how they're doing it.

[Indiana_Jones]

True, although that involves slightly less weaponry. I take your point, I'm just fed up with the shitty reasons for it. 5000+ years of civilisation hasn't taught us a single fuckin thing. There are small groups of people throughout history that have wanted to war over land and resources and to what end? It certainly isn't for the benefit of the majority. I'm kinda fed up with it and what they're doing and how they're doing it.

I agree. I firmly believe in the defence of a nation etc, but to turn to the guy next door and say "Oh yeah, I fancy your land" and then take it is something else entirely.

In the ideal world there wouldn't be a need for armed forces, but this is the real world and shit like this sadly happens. It'll never stop and to think otherwise is a pure dream.

-Indy

[Tigadee]

Reckon it'll help the economy?

economys fucked enough haha.

Heck, you can be sure some peoples somewhere are making money some way from these rumours of war...

[mashman]

I agree. I firmly believe in the defence of a nation etc, but to turn to the guy next door and say "Oh yeah, I fancy your land" and then take it is something else entirely.

In the ideal world there wouldn't be a need for armed forces, but this is the real world and shit like this sadly happens. It'll never stop and to think otherwise is a pure dream.

-Indy

I have a dream ... Shit like this happens because the people in charge want it to happen, no other reason. It's not like the majority want war and as we're a democracy ,,, meh, fuckit, it is what it is, but it will stop one way or another... just not in the way the dreamers would like it to

[SMOKEU]

economys fucked enough haha.
but once we get the sand niggers out of the place and usa takes over the oil then it might become a bit better.

+1 to that. The yanks should have nuked the cunts when they had the chance in WW2.

[TrentNz]

i know what you mean bro!
only fuckn anoying thing is they cant nuke the filthy fuckers because then they cant get in to get the oil out

[mashman]

i know what you mean bro!
only fuckn anoying thing is they cant nuke the filthy fuckers because then they cant get in to get the oil out

Now that they're next door to Iran, why don't they just dig a tunnel or two instead of killing people. Maybe whitey needs his pound of flesh to show how tough he is to his mates

[SMOKEU]

i know what you mean bro!
only fuckn anoying thing is they cant nuke the filthy fuckers because then they cant get in to get the oil out

It's worth a shot.

[TrentNz]

not too sure what they've been doing over their for the last how ever fuckn long but they sure fucked around a lot for the time it took and how many people they sent over.

[pzkpfw]

not too sure what they've been doing over their for the last how ever fuckn long but they sure fucked around a lot for the time it took and how many people they sent over.

Winning a war is easier than keeping the peace. The U.S. rolled over the Iraqi army in weeks. It's stopping them suicide bombing each other afterwards that's the hard part.

If the U.S. has to use force to keep the sea-lanes open, it can. The Iranian Navy would be sunk pretty quickly, and their air-force downed too. Keeping the sea lanes safe from land-based missile attack would be the hardest part of that.

The U.S. wouldn't be trying to occupy the country, well, unless they really went nuts.