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Re: GalCiv Demo?

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From: Brad Martin
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 04:46
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On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:13:53 +0100, Memnoch
<mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:44:01 +0100, Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>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".
>
>Not only that but slaughtering the very people you are trying to win over
>doesn't help. And slaughtering the people you arre slaughtering those people
>with as well. If I was a Brit squadie and was told to get on an American
>chopper now I'd tell 'em I'd walk to Basra!

Is the world not perfect then? That's a terrible shock.

br d
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From: Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GalCiv Demo?
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 05:46:48 +0100
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