2008-11-30, 01:44 | Link #1042 |
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Mutually Assured Destruction. No country in the world can afford a nuclear war, even if they have nuclear weapons to retaliate. Still, many people I know share the same opinion - that attacking Pakistan might very well be a move that the Indian government would consider, its just not my opinion.
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2008-11-30, 01:45 | Link #1043 | |
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2008-11-30, 01:55 | Link #1045 |
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Well sure, thats how it is if you think about it logically. As soon as you start a war with Pakistan the threat of nuclear war appears. just the fact that either country can use nuclear weapons is enough to stop either country from starting a full fledged war. Just what if, what if either country used their nuclear weapons, no matter how slim the chance is? Once a war starts, theres no way you can ensure that it wont happen. Its definetly definetly not worth the risk. Once again, this is just my point of view.
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2008-11-30, 02:02 | Link #1046 |
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Death toll and finger-pointing aside, Mumbai's "9/11" will have chilling implications for defence establishments throughout the region.
This is the first time that a terrorist cell has pulled off such a blatant frontal attack on civilians and public buildings, and it amply demonstrates the severe operational difficulties of preventing and coping with such low-scale attacks on a crowded urban environment. I'd be very surprised if senior officers in my country's armed forces aren't studying the proceedings and aftermath of India's response very closely at this very moment, to draw some important lessons with regard to Singapore's defence. |
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2008-12-01, 02:03 | Link #1049 | |
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Using nukes invokes the possibility of cultural suicide... not just a bunch of people - but the whole entirety of a culture. Fortunately, most governments are run by or staffed by people that think about that.
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2008-12-01, 17:47 | Link #1051 | |
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I mean, it's nice and all to try to explain things by ideology and stuff, but at the end of the day the practical reasons always are the better ones when trying to fully explain any given event.
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2008-12-01, 20:13 | Link #1052 |
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I meant the weather conditions on the Eastern Front during the first winter (and some of the second winter). It was separately not a lot of help that the nazi political leaders wasted resources even early on in the western theater that could have been used in the east.
Generally, I find that behind every "glorious ideology" or "righteous theology" throughout history there lurks banal greedy economic or resource drivers. "Follow the money" in other words... But we're digressing from "news stories" --- this would be "history chatter"...
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2008-12-01, 21:24 | Link #1053 |
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http://voanews.com/english/2008-12-01-voa37.cfm
President-elect Barack Obama has selected his former Democrat rival Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Although this thread is "news stories", the discussion is more like "History 101". Last edited by Shadow Kira01; 2008-12-01 at 21:28. Reason: added one line; avoided double-post |
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Canada: Coalition set to topple present government
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/canad...ent-government
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2008-12-01, 22:28 | Link #1055 | |
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And Yes, the Bloc might be finaly make something at Otawa, but we might be prefering THe Bloc to be useless as usual.
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2008-12-01, 22:42 | Link #1057 | |
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Bush: I was unprepared for war
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2008-12-01, 23:40 | Link #1058 | |
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If you ask me, I'd say the Nazi had driven a horrible deal. And honestly, any half witted planner when comparing the size of Germany with that of the Soviet would say "lulz." As for "news:" Bush never declared war on anybody. How can he say he was "unprepared for war." What war? |
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2008-12-01, 23:58 | Link #1059 | |
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Separatist parties gaining power is not a good thing .
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2008-12-02, 00:11 | Link #1060 | ||
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All this talk about how Russia was "saved by the winter" is nonsense and is borne from anti-communist sentiment.
The nazis never had a chance to win against the Soviets, unless they bombed every airfield in England and even then they'd end up like napoleon. Also, the reason why Hitler was winning so much in the beginning was because the nations he was attacking were small enough for blitzkrieg to work, and even then they didn't work in the long run because of partisans. For a huge country like the USSR its amazing that the Germans got as far as they did. Also consider that in 1941 Germany had 3000 tanks sent to attack Russia while the Russians had 12000 in their western regions. The Russians didn't do very well at first because their entire army was undergoing upgrades and training at the time, so their forces weren't organized whereas Germany had the blitzkrieg tactic perfected. The victory had very little to do with snow or ice. Quote:
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