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Old 02-03-2015, 06:36 PM
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Old 02-06-2015, 07:42 AM
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It's hardly unprecedented....

Learning German with Political Chat is always such a pleasure...
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Old 02-06-2015, 08:07 AM
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LOL!

There are a number of teaching aids of that sort:

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Old 02-06-2015, 10:57 AM
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I would like to hear you pronouncing that one... har har har...
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Old 02-06-2015, 11:05 AM
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I would like to hear you pronouncing that one... har har har...
I'll try.

ge-bergs-floog-zoy-gab-vair-kah-nohn

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Old 02-03-2015, 06:54 PM
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I'm not in favor of burning masses of people with area weapons. Ghads, it feels really weird to have to say that.

Give the pilots cyanide pills and carry on.
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Old 02-03-2015, 07:40 PM
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Jordanian pilot locked in a cage and burned to death.

Time to send in the Buffs (B52s) and Warthogs with Napalm. Give the civvies 24 hours to get out of Mosul and level the fucking place.
They're trying to get us to respond emotionally instead of rationally.

Like we did after 9/11.

Air power is over rated and assures that there will be massive collateral damage.

Then we'll send in ground troops and be once again find ourselves suckered into fighting a guerrilla war 6,000 miles from home against an enemy that has home field advantage.
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Old 02-03-2015, 09:38 PM
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They're trying to get us to respond emotionally instead of rationally.

Like we did after 9/11.

Air power is over rated and assures that there will be massive collateral damage.

Then we'll send in ground troops and be once again find ourselves suckered into fighting a guerrilla war 6,000 miles from home against an enemy that has home field advantage.
So? Negotiate? Pay ransom? Walk away from an longtime middle eastern ally?

Meh, there's got to be a point where the civilized people on this planet say enough is enough.
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So? Negotiate? Pay ransom? Walk away from an longtime middle eastern ally?

Meh, there's got to be a point where the civilized people on this planet say enough is enough.
True, but we can't be the ones wanting peace/security more than the people of Iraq and Syria themselves. The Kurds seem to be the only ones who care enough to do something about it.
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Old 02-03-2015, 10:28 PM
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True, but we can't be the ones wanting peace/security more than the people of Iraq and Syria themselves. The Kurds seem to be the only ones who care enough to do something about it.
With Turkey doing everything they can to stop them.

Some ally!

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