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Article #93844Re: GalCiv Demo?
From: Bret Ripley
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:20
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:20
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In article <1lam8vgv0cm7pt23h...@4ax.com>, br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says... > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:14:44 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> > wrote: > > >In article <foqk8v824etg65i5n...@4ax.com>, > >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says... > >> 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. > > > >Yeah, Mem. Next time put in a Spoiler Warning. > > I'm adjusting Bret, i'm adjusting. > > Anyway, Sven's playing Rooney instead of Heskey, so very little else > can impact at the moment. I'm in that blissful cocoon of anticipation, > the one that always gets smeared under the grinding boot of reality. Sven? Rooney? Heskey? Is this some sort of Euro-code? Bret
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