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Re: GalCiv Demo?

#93839
From: Lemming
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:18
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Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:

>In article <dikh8vgs21hj56prd...@4ax.com>, 
>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>> Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <69bd8v458mvtbt77q...@4ax.com>, 
>> >l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> comstar <com...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Bret Ripley wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> In article <b5vjto$6ru$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, un...@mindspring.com
>> >> >> says...
>> >> >> > how soon?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> <MarathonManMode>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Soon.  Very soon.  So soon you wouldn't believe it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> *BZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE*
>> >> >>
>> >> >> No, not soon.  Not soon at all.
>> >> >
>> >> >    I saw that same line used at the latest colation briefing in Quatar
>> >> >about the war in Iraq.
>> >> >
>> >> >I take it to mean you havn't got a clue either. Pity.
>> >> 
>> >> Hey, be fair.  They didn't "wargame" the "enemy" fighting back.
>> >
>> >Maybe they blew their whole budget on marketing?
>> 
>> I just want to know how they hope to win the "hearts and minds" of the
>> "enemy" when they can't even win the "hearts and minds" of their own
>> "electorate".
>
>Step 1: Launch massive, multi-media ad campaign aimed at convincing the 
>populace that yes, they really do want to be liberated.
>
>Step 2: Chocolates.  Chocolates, cigarettes and nylons.  It always 
>works.
>
>Step 3: Now that the domestic front is in order, come up with a really 
>brillo plan for going into Iraq.

Troll.

-- 
Lemming

Curiosity *may* have killed Schrödinger's cat.
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From: Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GalCiv Demo?
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:18:11 +0100
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