Tex -USMC-

Tex, should I reveal to him who you really are so that he'll show you some respect? No, that's fine, thanks. My secret heritage should be preserved only for the most serious circumstances. I honestly couldn't give two craps who you are...so yeah save it for someone cares.. You're a pleasant one, aren't you?

Tex, should I reveal to him who you really are so that he'll show you some respect? No, that's fine, thanks. My secret heritage should be preserved only for the most serious circumstances.

You really ought to stop referring to yourself in the third person.

Why *do* you hate America so much, Akira?

Exactly. He's one of the best sports commentators of our time.

Right now I'm reading The Greco-Persian Wars by Peter Green, which details the series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the assorted Greek city-states, from Marathon all the way through the Pelopennesian Wars. Great stuff. Also my damn seminar professor has us reading a biography on Alexander the Great, so... yeah. I'm up to my ass in ancient wars at the moment.

It stands for 'quod erat demonstradum'. edit: which means "which was to be shown/proven". Generally used to indicate the end of an argument after a particular piece of evidence or argument is brought to bear.

For a second there I could have sworn there were two badgers in your avatar...

Q.E.D.

Outstanding! That's like an A!

Those are some tough bastards- I remember seeing a guy crash and end up in a tree, and he just climbed down, got back on his bike, and got back in the race. That's why I watch- it's athleticism as it's best. And for some reason I enjoy hearing a guy with an Australian accent say 'peloton'. Go figure.

Yeah I've tried it- it's more stable than the 162, and better armed, so I prefer it for work against bombers- otherwise though, the Salamander will be handling most of my future jet-jockying needs

Fuck, you're right; apologies. This is why I shouldn't be allowed to post after 3 in the morning. edit: I can't even get the current time right- this is bad

My story is updated one because it was posted 21 minutes ago...now its 1 hour, 2 minutes ago See above. Yahoo's timer in those regards is slightly screwy.

Allah... Check the dates, my story is an update on your story. edit: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....raq vs. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....aq_dc_8

Whoa, thread necromancy.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....aq_dc_8 Christ...

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The AEP is great! We're talking an assload of new airplanes- here's a couple shots I took yesterday... http://members.cox.net/msulliv....-62.jpg (<100kb)

Fun fact- Number of prisoners kept at Abu-Ghraib prison under the Hussein regime: 5,000 Number of prisoners kept at Abu-Ghraib under the Coalition Provisional Authority (pre-scandal): 7,000 Freedom kicks ass.

No, they already had a contingency plan. The administration wanted them to draw up a new one about 3 years ahead of schedule. When I say find a link I mean find (wink wink, nudge dudge) a link.

He is not lying because Bush never said directly that Iraq was a part of the 9/11 attacks im public. OMG it is 3:13 AM..... Â Â Â Â Read Plan of Attack. And then read the transcript of the White House press conference I posted earlier. 1) Because from late September '01 on, the administration pressed the Pentagon to draw up an invasion of Iraq and for the CIA to find an Iraq-9/11 connection, despite being busy with Afghanistan at the time 2) The White House never made more than vague assertions of the link between Iraq and AQ; in a situation where most Americans don't know anything about AQ except they were responsible for 9/11, just vaguely referencing a connection is tantamount to implicating Iraq in the attacks. How else do you explain the polls showing over 40% of Americans still believing Iraq was involved? It's the Goebbels 'Big Lie' theory in practice. 3) Contacts != ties, collaboration, or relationships. The two entities made contact less than 10 times, and no working relationship or coordination ever occurred. AQ wasn't even able to use Iraq as a recruiting base (bar recruiting in the Kurdish autonomous zone) until post-invasion. It's embarassing to point to this abortive game of international phone tag as "long standing ties" as both Cheney and Bush have asserted. But, for fun, let's play your game. Let's say that a meeting between two officials constitutes "long standing ties" and a "collaborative relationship", as far as 10 years down the line... Oh snap- that means that we actually attacked Iraq during the Gulf War while we simultaneously having long standing ties and a collaborative relationship with them. How awkward.

Yes, and he also started a massive war with far-reaching implications for the entire region as well as for our countr- oh wait; HE DIDN'T. Face it: containment worked, and you have Clinton to thank for it.