-Siegfried-

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">True, but the immediate threat to America was Japan. Japan controlled the Pacific. The Germans were a threat to Great Britain, which is why the U.S. fought a two theatre war instead of tackling the problems one at a time. I don't doubt that war would have eventually come with Germany, but only after all of Europe fell. <span id='postcolor'> Well, I wouldn't feel confortable of being at war with a country that has the most advanced rocket technology and is just pretty close to manufacturing an atomic bomb. That was the case with ww2 Germany and I think the Allied secret services knew about this stuff.

0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SirLoins @ April 14 2003,050)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I've done my part in Kosovo. What have you done? (Going from the TV to the fridge to get a beer does not count.)<span id='postcolor'> Fuck you Denoir you piece of shit. Â I spent my time in Vietnam so don't lecture me with your crap. Â Shove that beer up your ass. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> It's coming Mr. Spine not comming nor cumming nor cummin. Â You're a real nut job aren't you? <span id='postcolor'> Yes, I am a nut job. Fuck you too. That's FUCK, Â not fuk, fuc, or fuque. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I hear the eating of humble pie as we speak!<span id='postcolor'> No that's the sound of you eating shit, American shit. Now Denoir, the almight one that has everyone hear by the balls, I don't ask to be banned, I DEMAND IT!!! I can no longer read anymore of your socialistist European (you too badgerbaby) bullshit. You guys have a nice life. Oh and by the way, did I mention FUCK YOU.<span id='postcolor'> Well, I think you have now shown your true face, SirLoin. If you cannot express your view without resorting to insults (in this case of the lowest category) that shows that you don't really have any good reasons to support the points you made. This forum will be a better place without people like you.

BBC article about the event here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2921807.stm

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Eatable: French and Belgian Tastes bad: Danish, Spanish, Czech, Croatian, Italian and Russian Disgusting: Swedish, British, Finnish and Polish Horrific: German, Greek, Austrian, Norwegian, Dutch and from the United Arab Emirates Absolutely appalling: Turkish, Morroccan, Argentinian and Swiss I'd rather eat a dead cat: Romanian and US<span id='postcolor'> Well, I think you are a bit subjective I did my military service in the Spanish Army and their MREs are not that bad but I can understand that foreigners don't find them appealing as they often contain typical Spanish dishes such as lentil or beam soup. The problem is when you have to eat that kind of warm delicacies in the summer

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well, nothing about the Maine can be said for sure, but I doubt it was blown up as part of a big conspiracy to start a war. <span id='postcolor'> I don't think it was the US that blew it up. Probably it was the work of Cuban independentists who wanted to spark a conflict in order to find a way to independence. If I can criticise something here is how the whole event was handled by the US, who was happy to go to war without really having evidence that Spain was responsible for blowing up the Maine. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Saying that is like saying the attacks of September 11th were huge government conspiracies, made in an attempt by arms suppliers to get rich<span id='postcolor'> It's you who says that I didn't even mean to insinuate that the 9-11 events were a government conspiracy. In my opinion, the similarity between 9-11 and the Maine incident is that both events were used as a reason to start a war, not that they are government conspiracies. The irony of it is that just as the US could not prove that Spain sank the Maine, they could not prove that Iraq has links to terrorist organisations.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Wouldn't be the first time fabricated evidence was used as the basis for launching military action - Tonkin Gulf Incident anyone?<span id='postcolor'> The sinking of the Maine anyone? (led to the 1898 war between Spain and the US in which the US won easiliy the colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philipines) http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/15/remember.the.maine/

Thanks for your replies, Denoir and Darlight. I asked that question because I was having a chat with a friend and I said that the embedded reporters were subject to censorship but he [my friend] claimed that one Swedish journalist, who is embedded in a Coalition unit, said his information is not being censored.... I thought this was a bit odd...

BTW does any of you guys know if the embedded reporters are subject to any type of censorship? I mean, I know that they cannot disclose information that can compromise the troops, but can the Pentagon let's say not allow them to report how many soldiers die or material losses?

Well, this stop just ocnfirms what iraqwar.ru is being saying now for days, that "At the current level of combat operations and at the current level of Iraqi resistance the coalition may face a sharp shortage of troops and weapons within the next 5-7 days, which will allow the Iraqis to take the initiative. The White House took this conclusion of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with great concern" For those of you who have not read these Russian analysis check them out here

And yet another biased source (in this case a Russian one) here: you may have heard of it already Russian Thinktank Still, I like to read their comments everyday. These guys claim they have access to military communications and satellites (dunno if it's true), but the truth is that they offer an additional point of view that I think can be valuable if contrasted with other sources. Edit to add: Among other things they claim that "At the current level of combat operations and at the current level of Iraqi resistance the coalition may face a sharp shortage of troops and weapons within the next 5-7 days, which will allow the Iraqis to take the initiative. The White House took this conclusion of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with great concern" Hmmm makes me wonder if there is some truth in it...

That's true! It looked as if the chopper was not on the ship but sinking in the sea. I am however impressed that you managed to get aboard....

So, this is what I tried: I created a custom mission. I placed this large troop transport ship (I think it's called LST) on the water and I spawned as a helicopter. If you have noticed, this ship I am talking about has a platform for helicopter landing. I then tried to land my bird gently ont he right spot, but, alas, the ship would go down with my weight! Â So I ended up sinking the darned ship. I tried again with the same result.... it's a pity this one was not modelled