Supah
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I dunno if planespotting is allowed in Japan, I'd not risk it if you arent sure either. HotShot: Nice pictures and that Indian restaurant van ... That's what I call a dedication to service if they deliver this far out of their area
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A new cool paintscheme! High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4E 924th TFG (AFRES) "Outlaws", Bergstrom AFB, Texas If you have any info on this bird or its unit let me know!
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My pc: P4D 3.1 GHZ, 2GB(4x512) of DDR-II RAM, nvidia 7800GTX, 4 x 300GB SATA II HDD's. I am getting some very good framrates BUT this isnt the finished products so it might be different in the final game
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Some nice pictures killagee Did you get to see any of the country side too? Never been a big fan of cities :S
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Which such massive military support from Iran and Syria I doubt it really matters what the Lebanese people want. The majority just wanted to life in peace and hezbollah still went forward with its plan of which it could have reasonably expected israel would react in a violent manner. It is now time Hezbollah was disarmed. I hope the UN shows some backbone this time.
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I just set all the sliders under graphics as high as they would go
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Or Hezbollah could be reasonable and accept that the Sheeba Farms was never part of lebanon and never will. And even if the SF area gets returned, I would be willing to bet 2 euro's that Hezbollah will find a new reason to continue the violence.
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Well I dunno if all of you heard the speech just now from Nasrallah on CNN. He said that Hezbollah would accept the cease fire BUT, and I believe this is critical, that Hezbollah has the right to resist Israel aslong as it is occupying lebanese territory. It is my believe that he is not talking just about the recently reoccupied areas but also means the Sheba Farms area. This disputed area belongs to syria according to the UN and has been occupied by israel for a long while now. Hezbollah however has claimed that this is Lebanese territory, this was their excuse for not complying with 1559 too (partly) This gives him justification, though not very legitimate, to continue violence against Israel. Men like Nasrallah have nothing to gain from peace, the war gives them status and power, once peace comes they return to being the village idiot, why stop the fight if this is your future? Edit: You can check out the text of the resolution here Reading through the resolution this looks like a big defeat for Hezbollah, the Lebanese government is again told to reassert its controll over the south of the country,per resolution 1559, however this time there will be a UN force to support this effort. Also, Â Hezbollah is called upon to release the IDF soldiers unconditionally, so no prisoner exchange as they originally wanted. If this resolution becomes fact then Hezbollah has lost the war.
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I tried the demo, the flightmodel seems to be in a simplified mode for the demo. Sounds are great, looks are fantastic. It ran at an average of 17 FPS on my PC with all settings maxed and full AF and AA.
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Thanks man Looking forward to next week when I might get a chance to take some good refference photo's of the back of a F-104G so I can finally finish that one too
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High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel  52nd Fighter Wing Another machine from the 52nd Fighter wing, this time the commanders machine flown by General Bob Oaks and Captain Jim Parker from Spangdahlem AFB in germany High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel 52nd Fighter Wing This F-4G was to be the only 52nd Fighter Wing Wild Weasel lost during operation desert storm/shield. It crashed on the 18th of Januari 1991 after running out of fuel when it missed the orbit of the tanker. As there was not enough fuel for another attempt to join up with the tanker the pilot decided to divert to Al Kharj Airbase in Saudi Arabia. However heavy construction equipment had taken out the bases runway lights and dense fog obscured the view of the runway. The crew then decided to eject which they both survived. The machine bellied in near the airfield and had to be written of. Sensitive equipment was removed and the remainder of the machine was buried.
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Thanks Killagee, hope you have a nice stay in japan and I am looking forward to seeing the pictures
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Some sandbars typical of the waddensea in the north of the netherlands. And offcourse no typicall small frisian village would be complete without a big ass glass pyramid! Also recently I've found a new hobby, trainspotting! But none of the other trainspotters wants to be my friend! They all say I am not taking it seriously enough!
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Some pics from my flying lesson yesterday, flying from Hoogeveen to Ameland (island of the coast) and back. The plane I was flying A 1982 Cessna C-172 Skyhawk with a TDI Diesel engine. Mildly funny aircraft reg I came across at Ameland Ah yes camping! The Freedom! The open air! O wait scratch that! A sailing boat making its way back to harlingen, lots of these start of the century vessels do charters with german schookids etc. to the islands Sometimes people intentionally beach their boats on the tidal flats and camp out. I had another shot that was way better but it had some unintentional nudity. Concentric circlesin the sands of the beach of terschelling made for a performing arts festival named Oerol. Apparently it was visible from space I went there too, met a really cool australian sheila from Perth. Crazy as a bat though!
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Some really nice shots Ranger Bob though the picture of the cat statue feels a bit out of place, it's so horribly Kitsch compared to your beautifull landscape shots.
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Seriously, that's a pretty big load of BS. I have owned EF-S lenses and none of them had a back ring made out of plastic. It might have a coating but trust me that is metal there. Also like sole siad the S doesnt mean their cheap knock off's. Their just not compatible with full frame camera's.
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Just saying that it isn't wise to edit yourself in a SF A-stan/Iraq mission picture. Posing can get you in a whole lot of trouble especially when it concerns SF. Riiight. All those kids that play AirSoft getting in trouble all the time. Reactions on MP.net Reading the thread on MP there is only one person over reacting there and the majority of other posters think he is an idiot for doing so. Hornet has the right to post those pictures without being hassled about it. If you don't like his pictures then don't go around whining about it.
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Just saying that it isn't wise to edit yourself in a SF A-stan/Iraq mission picture. Posing can get you in a whole lot of trouble especially when it concerns SF. Riiight. All those kids that play AirSoft getting in trouble all the time. Or those actors in movies. Again, it is not against the law nor the forum rules to post a photoshopped picture of yourself wearing a certain uniform. He never claimed that he was a member of any organisation nor that the picture was real or taken at any location.
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Neither of you guys are mods and he isn't breaking any rules. It's not like all the pictures that get posted here are that artistic. Calm down and get your panties out of the twist.
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Some very nice shots DM Hoping to see more once you get the technicall side down more! Love the pictures
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Hi Sniper. Yes I use blueprints as refference that and loads and loads of pictures!
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It's not very noble, it's what I would expect from others if they had to choose between blowing up my country or choose other methods which would cause less damage. You seem to refuse to understand that, even though IDF may not be able to see the difference between a ambulance used by Hizbollah or a ambulance used to help wounded people, it is wrong to target the ambulance as long as they don't know for sure that it is a Hizbollah ambulance. If you got a target and you don't know wether or not it is a terrorist or civilian target, it's wrong to blow it up. I would think this was quite obvious... They certainly should not blow up a building because a terrorist may be in there. Neither should they blow up a rocket launcher when it is in the middle of a schoolyard full of kids. I would want Israel to reply in a way were they kill the terrorists, not the civilians. According to reports from Sky News Israel doesn't really hit terrorists much because they blow up the spot after the terrorists have left... I don't belive that their goal is to kill civilians, but I belive that they don't really care too much if they do kill civilians. Of course support for Hizbollah comes from other sources, but at this point it's likely that most of the support for Hizbollah comes from Israels actions. Indeed, it wasn't very serious to use the word whine, and I know I should have used other words I don't refuse to understand that, though I am I quite sure Israel could have chosen another approach to this situation that would prove to fit their goal better. And I've never claimed it's ok for Hizbollah to use civilians as targets, I've said that people don't expect anything else from a terrorist organization. Hizbollahs is wrong when they operate in a way that endanger civilian life, but you don't get suprised when they do. To put it like this, what would you be most suprised of and react most to; if Hizbollah sent suicide bombers to Israel or if Israel sent suicide bombers into Lebanon? The rules apply to everyone, be they a state or a terrorist organization, but you expect a higher level of moral from a democratic state than a terrorist organization. And if Israel chooses to fight Hizbollah by the rules Hizbollah follows, then Israel loses the card of calling the other side terrorists, because they themself are also terrorists. I won't claim to be a military expert, but I am quite sure that Israel could and should have chosen a different approach to this situation. At this point it seems like their attacks have mostly killed civilians and destroyed the infrastructure in Lebanon, while Hizbollah isn't hurt to much. Their tactics have certainly failed them so far... And about IDF not hitting the building, according to a sky news reporter on the scene there was no proof of Hizbollah activity in the area, and a they reported the building being hit twice, not the nearby area. Targeting the infrastructure is a usual tactic, yes, but IMO Israel have targeted too much. Also, Israel keep saying that civilian losses isn't their fault because the civilians should have left the area, but their ways out is blown up by IDF... Honestly, I don't understand how you can "justify" Israel killing innocent people because the terrorists may look like civilians and the civilians may look like terrorists. It's quite obvious (for me at least) that in a situation like that you either think first and act later and risk taking a hit to make sure you don't shoot a little boy, or you act first and think later, and then you bloody hell have to stand up and take the blame when the target did indeed turn out to be a little boy. Again saying "Israel should use better ways" is a bit lame. There are no better ways. If you know of one come up with concrete examples. If you can't perhaps that is because there arent any. You seem to expect Israel to just lay down and die. Israel has to attack and destroy the terrorists if they are to survive as a country. A situation where israel is continually subject to incursion,terrorisme and aerial bombardement by missiles is NOT an acceptable end situation. If the Arabs want to live in peace then they should show their will to do so by stopping terrorists operating from their territory and with their consent and funds. You can not expect Israel to negotiate when the other parties starting position is the death of all jews and the destruction of Israel. What should Olmert do? Accept a deal where all the Israeli's commit suicide and the country is dissolved and handed away? Because the destruction of Israel is what organisations as Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran's government (who is behind Hezbollah) have as their main stated objective. But none of this will happen because the Muslim politicians have whipped their people into too much of a frenzy with years of antisemetic propaganda aimed to distract from their own failures. Their propaganda has taken on a dynamic of their own and now that they are being forced to cooperate with the US and Israel if they want to remain in power their behaviour is seen as weakness by their people who still believe in the old propaganda.
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the constant bomming of children does. So you call the intifada with its intentional bombing of Israeli Busses a Genocide on the Israeli people too? Or is it only a Genocide when people die because of collaterol damage caused by IDF bombs?
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How very noble of you. I'd like to see you when the situation are real and this question is asked of you ten minutes after you have buried a family member who was killed by a terrorist bomb. Again, the IDF is not targeting civilians for the fun of it, these people are dying because Hezbollah forces are hiding amongst them as a way of blackmailing Israel to not bring them to justice. Perhaps you should email your methode of differentiating between an ambulance being used to ferry troops and supplies from a ambulance that isn't being used to do so to the NATO headquarters. They will be highly interested in it. Again, what choice does Israel have? Just let the terrorists get away with it because they hide amongst the civilian population afterwards? That would be an open invitation to come and kill Israeli's in Israel because once you envoke the magic "O look civilians!" Shield they wont attack you. Ofcourse using non violent means to appease this situation would have been better. Israel did that when they fully complied with UN Resolution 1559 by withdrawing from lebanon. Sadly the other side completely ignored their responsibillities under this resolution and even went on the attack. Apparently Hezbollah only wants to chose the path of violence. Again, How would you want Israel to reply? Enlighten us. Again, where do you get this idea that it is the stated goal of this operation to kill as many civilians as possible? Hezbollah is using the population as a shield. If Israel doesn't attack because of this shield Hezbollah is given free reign to attack Israel and if they do Hezbollah uses the images of dead civilians as propaganda in the west. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. In this situation Israel has chosen for its own safety rather then what certain people in the west think. Here you are making a big mistake. Hezbollah is part of the current lebanese government. When a political party who is actively taking part of the governance of a country uses its armed branch to attack, kill and abduct citizens and armed forces personell of another souvereign nation then this can be seen as an act of war between states. If you think this comes just from Israel's action then you are being a bit short sighted. Radical Islam, Antisemitisme taught from a very early age (I can provide you with lot of nice pictures of arabs bringing the nazi salute etc., mein kampf being a best seller in the arab world), attempts of countries leaders to use Israel as a lightning rod for their own corruption and lack of democratic principles and freedom's and a failure to attain a measure of economic growth that spreads beyond the royal family. Israel's actions in the gaza strip can also be viewed as a response to terrorisme and/or massed military attacks by its neighbours in various previous wars. Chicken and the egg. A nice way to drop your mask. The moment you can't "win" a conversation you call the other person's point of view whining? That says a lot more about you then it says about me. If you fail or refuse to understand the situation Hezbollah's use of civilians as shields places Israel in then you have a very limited empathic ability. It is blackmail of the worst kind and you simply can not give into blackmail or you will forever be the victim of it. About your claims that it is ok for Hezbollah to kill civilians and use them as shields because their terrorists .... if the rules don't apply to everyone they apply to noone. If your enemy fights by the rules then you fight him by the rules ... if he doesn't .... Apparently you know a better way to respond, please share it with us.
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Perhaps you should try and calm down a little before posting. Collateral damage does not constitute a genocide. You are sounding like the Lebanese president who just claimed on CNN the IDF had "Purposfully butchered all the lebanese people". Now you are not telling me there just 750 people in lebanon? Where did I say they were ungratefull? I am just saying that this was not a intentional strike on civilians but most likely a strike on a hezbollah target near a civilian structure. Also I get the feeling you had little sympathy to loose to begin with.