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(made me think of Heinlein too though) I wonder how 'covert' this insertion would be though, I'd imagine they'd have to drop pretty far from the target area, so they're not spotted landing. Marines aren't exactly known for their subtelty. I take this type of vehicle to mean a "normal" beach landing, not a secretive Recon/infiltration mission. The advantage is that it will be dropping out of the sky at quite insane speeds, so SAMs won't be able to target it until it has slowed down later on... Would be interesting to see that in action

Cooling off period is over. Discussion should continue about the helicopters only. If this goes off-topic again, and requires moderation, then it will be closed for good.

Hm, I was under the impression that pretty much every military maneuver resulted in negative results for the civilian populations, i.e. lootings, killings, etc. I can see your point though, if these occurrences are the exception and not the rule, then yeah, the psychological factor isn't really applied since there's no basis in reality for previous atrocities. Point taken

So applying psychological pressure by having your troops march towards a certain region is not inducing ethnic cleansing? If you were a civilian and an enemy force (which is rumoured to be brutal) is marching towards your city - will you wait for them to tell you "get out or we will kill you"? Thus risking them not telling you anything and shooting you on sight? I know I wouldn't, and I would consider myself to have been chased away...I'd rather be ethnically cleansed (even if the gunpoint is miles away but approaching) than suffer from genocide, i.e. be killed instantly without the chance to leave. That's why a gun does not have to be physically present to commit ethnic cleansing. By simply having your most savage of troops march towards a city, you can induce ethnic cleansing without much effort. It is a bullying tactic...which will result in ethnic cleansing anyway. So why stay. To make it legal? Are you willing to take that risk? Rubbish, Greek Troops were never ordered to committed any warcrimes in or near Smyrna. Unfortunately, individual elements did commit warcrimes in '21, when the army left Smyrna in the attempt to hunt down Ataturk and burn down Ankara. The deeper they went into Anatolia, the more savage these fringe elements became. Mind you, can't expect much more from the royalists... But upon the retreat to Smyrna, the army didn't commit any crimes, because they were too busy retreating. In Smyrna herself, the only crimes committed were by the Turks by killing and burning Greeks and Armenians - as ordered per signed order from Kemal Ataturk, let's not forget. Let's also not forget our "allies" (the British and the French) sitting on their ship decks and playing music so their sailors wouldn't get upset by the screams of the victims :/ Either way, a classic example of ethnic cleansing. Greek population of Asia Minor before 1921 - 3.5M (not counting istanbul). Greek population after 1922 in Asia Minor (again, not counting Istanbul): less than a thousand. There are no Greeks on Cyprus, only Cypriots. You're probably referring to the actions of EOKA-B in the 60s...that wasn't ethnic cleansing, it was a fascist terrorist organisation blowing random people up and executing them. As far as I am aware, no Turkish Cypriots were removed from their homes...but Turkey's invasion of Northern Cyprus did result in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, with movement from south to north and vice versa. Anyway, the point is, whether the gun is there or its just being imagined to be there via bullying through having troops march towards you, ethnic cleansing remains ethnic cleansing.

Yeah there is. Take all the countries in the Balkans for example, they are a people, they have a right to be free from an oppressive empire (Turkey, Austria, Italy), or to simply rule and govern themselves. Hell, the United States were founded on that same principle. People have a right for self-determination, and there's plenty of precedents for that. However, I probably misunderstood you, as there's no way you will deny someone the right for self-determination. Might as well have Sweden ruled by Norway again then I'm sorry, but you just described ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing is not genocide, the difference is that you kill the people in a genocide, but in ethnic cleansing you merely remove them from the area. Now whether that's through applying force or through making them flee your (savage) armies, its still ethnic cleansing. By your logic, neither 1922 (Smyrna) nor 1974 (Cyprus) are Ethnic Cleansing...nor is Kosovo or Berg-Karabach. A people that is uprooted from its locality by force of arms, or threat of force of arms, is being ethnically cleansed (well, the land is, but point still stands.) I find that there's a misconception of Ethnic Cleansing vs. Genocide. Ethnic Cleansing doesn't require killing, it "merely" means uprooting a people and chasing them away from their land. Genocide means killing them. Of course, genocide also results in ethnic cleansing, since dead people don't live on land anymore (absurd thought, but you know what I mean).

Thread closure for the length of time of Kuba's Post Restriction - i.e. 48 hours. Kuba, calling people names is a good way to have yourself banned from this forum.

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Because I changed the links If you resize them and make sure they are smaller than 100kb, you can hotlink them again

Hi, all but 1 of your pics are breaking out 100kb/pic rule, could you please resize them, then you can hotlink them in your initial post. Also, the picture with the monoxide gas, the English translation doesn't make sense, it doesn't say what to do with the panel. Finally, Happy Birthday Turkey

Two words for you: 48hrs Post Restriction! Also, the politics talk ends now. Every post after this one containing politics ends in a 48hr Post Restriction!

Until my question has been answered - unfortunately, your reply did little to help in that matter.

An A340-600 with 6 engines Is this a photoshop, or is it real? Does anyone have any information on it if it's real?

Moving to correct forum...

Whoah, blast from the past! How are you mate, how you been!?

Bring back Hermes!

Wanna watch the spacewalk?

I have a puzzle for you. 1) America+Zambia announce arrest of Haroon Rashid Aswat, alleged to have been in telephone contact with the London bombers Source Interesting? Wait for number 2! 2) The same guy, captured in Pakistan, a week ago Source! WTF happened How did he leave Pakistani custody!? Then get to Zambia!?

Whoever wrote the software deserves a bullet in his head. That's not artificial intelligence, that's a single line: <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> If (IFF.code != 1) { fire;}

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Read what Lee said, and take it in.

I think he's at BCT now and won't be able to read this anymore

The next one to mention US vs UK scenarios in this thread gets a 60hr PR, capice? Stick to the topic.

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