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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
You said that the days of winning wars by genocide were over. You were clearly wrong.
I am sorry if that stings a bit, but the truth is the truth.
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The days of winning wars by genocide for the civilized world are over. They have set up a system of checks and balances that prevents them from going all the way unless they face total war which they can sell to their public and alllies as necessary. COIN does not come under the bit. Thats what I was getting at. [For the 3rd time]
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If you meant to be more specific, you should have been more specific. I was merely responding to your written words.
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You were just yellin' for the heck of it, but never mind.
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LOVE the comments in bold though, very witty. 
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Why the hell would i be in Darfur?
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You said it was "interesting" that I "didnt care about 400 K people being killed in Darfur" because I mentioned that the world doesnt give a damn to whats happening unless its covered in vivid prose in the media. My question was flipping the same back..but never mind..
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I don't give a flying damn about those people. I don't give a flying damn about the Iranians either, for that matter.
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I do give a flying damn about the people in Darfur, its just that I cant do anything about it in practical terms as an individual. My country can do something, but it wont till the UN decides to. And the UN wont, till the scale of the tragedy becomes so much that it cant ignore it.
And then the UN will send my countrys troops in, under restrictive ROE, then they will leave and the SOBs will start the slaughter again.
The janjawid militia has had extensive support from the Islamic bloc- I doubt whether they'll allow those SOBs to be neutered.
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If "Victory" meant killing every Iranian in Iran, i doubt i'd lose much sleep over it at all. Wouldn't be the first time we wiped out an entire people. I doubt it'd be the last either.
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Sure, but you'll need a causus belli to do it and you wont be able to just go off the bat either. Thats the way the system works and thats what I was getting at. For instance, immediately after 9/11 everyone was behind the States and ponied up for their bit in the then announced WOT. Five years on, everyone is sitting and looking after their interests first.
Whats funny is that everyones war is "just", but the other guys war is not.
I was watching the BBC and they went on and on and on, about how their good lads were fighting the Islamist Taliban. Zzzzip. Change to Israel and Hezbollah, and suddenly its Israels "aggression" against "local Hezbollah".
And these idiots shape public opinion.
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Let's face it, mankind has an enduring fondness for mass-murder.
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Of that theres no doubt. And at times, I definitely think there are a heck of a lot of people whom this planet would be better off without.