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From: Eeyore on 31 Jul 2006 21:47 Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > And how can Israel militarily defeat an organisation as nebulous as > Hezbollah? Are they going to kill every Lebanese supporter? From the air? Replace Israel with Britain, Hezbollah with the IRA and Lebanese with Irish for an intereting perspective ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 31 Jul 2006 21:48 John Fields wrote: > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:59:22 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > >> Hell, ship them to England and let Eeyore rehabilitate them. That > >> way he can find out first hand exactly the kind of being he is > >> defending. > > > >Some of them *have* been returned to England where they *live* ! > > > >I'm defending the rule of law which the USA seems to find convenient to forget about when > >it suits you. > > --- > Extraordinary measures are called for during times of war. I don't especially disagree with that but the action in Afghanistan wasn't a war. More like a Police Action, where laws should be respected. Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 31 Jul 2006 21:53 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:09:52 -0500, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> Gave us: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" ><eatmyshorts(a)doubleclick.net> wrote: > >>On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:31:37 GMT, Phat Bytestard >>> >>>> Wrong. You're an idiot. I am currently working on the world's next >>>>protector, the Joint Strike Fighter Program. >>> >>> Hey, so am I. They're using my arbs to simulate all sorts of stuff to >>> the engine control computers, so they can test the software before >>> they actually fly it. The driveshaft to the lift fan is interesting... >>> 32,000 hp excites all sorts of twists and vibration modes. We make >>> some tach/overspeed modules too, and we're working on a realtime >>> torque sensor thing. We're doing thermocouple and RTD simulators too, >>> for pretty much the same reasons. >>> >>> Nowadays planes are just sensors, computers, and actuators, with lots >>> of software connecting them. So a major development item is coding and >>> testing the software. "A bug every 10 lines" just won't do here. >>> >>> JSF is cool. Single engine, vertical takeoff and land, supersonic >>> without afterburners. Pratt&Whitney engine. >>> >> >>It's just so tragic that all of that knowledge and technology is applied >>to killing people. )-; > >--- >If it wasn't for all that knowledge and technology you might very >well be speaking German or Japanese right now, if at all. He would very likely have never existed.
From: Eeyore on 31 Jul 2006 21:54 Jim Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:22:08 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:59:22 +0100, Eeyore > >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hell, ship them to England and let Eeyore rehabilitate them. That > >> >> way he can find out first hand exactly the kind of being he is > >> >> defending. > >> > > >> >Some of them *have* been returned to England where they *live* ! > >> > >> Oh, really? I didn't know we'd snagged any Brits pretending to be > >> terrorists. > > > >I guess your media didn't want to let you know. They seemed pretty harmless actually. > > > > > >> >I'm defending the rule of law which the USA seems to find convenient to forget about when > >> >it suits you. > >> > > >> >Graham > >> > >> Please cite the "rule of law which the USA seems to find convenient to > >> forget". > > > >The ones about torture ? > >http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR511202006 > > > >On 29 June 2006 the US Supreme Court ruled by a 5-3 majority that the structure > >and procedures of the military commissions as defined under President George W. > >Bushs Military Order of 13 November 2001 violated US military law and the > >Geneva Conventions > > > >Graham > > > > But there was NO *torture* found by any investigators or > Democrat-biased Congressmen. > > You prove yet again that you are nothing but a BlatherMouth ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson And you're an apologist for mediaeval methods of 'interrogation'. Why not red-hot irons too whilst you're at it ? Oh - those would leave marks of course ! The pschological ones are conveniently not readily visible. It's really sad to see the USA decay into the role of World Thug. Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 31 Jul 2006 21:55
Eeyore wrote: > > John Fields wrote: > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:59:22 +0100, Eeyore > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > >> Hell, ship them to England and let Eeyore rehabilitate them. That > > >> way he can find out first hand exactly the kind of being he is > > >> defending. > > > > > >Some of them *have* been returned to England where they *live* ! > > > > > >I'm defending the rule of law which the USA seems to find convenient to forget about when > > >it suits you. > > > > --- > > Extraordinary measures are called for during times of war. > > I don't especially disagree with that but the action in Afghanistan wasn't a war. More like a > Police Action, where laws should be respected. > > Graham Then why didn't you go over there and "Arrest" Bin Laden? You are confusing a "Police Action" with everyday police actions of directing traffic and arresting whores. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |