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Article #93862Re: GalCiv Demo?
From: Bret Ripley
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:50
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:50
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In article <igmm8v82tq5ga16pl...@4ax.com>, l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says... > Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >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. > > I'm just please they have found all those chemical and biological > weapons. Makes the whole thing worthwhile. What a relief. Surely you are not suggesting that finding such weapons would make the whole thing worthwhile? Tsk tsk. Bret
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