Posts made by Cobert

@Cmdr:

Yes, our embassy is not in Jerusalem right now because we were the first ones to build an Embassy in Israel after its creation and, at that time, it was believed that Jerusalem would not be their capitol.

But it has been their capitol for over 50 years.  Perhaps it is time for us to move to their capitol like every other good little nation?  Do we keep the Israeli Embassy in New York?  Sure, you can get from New York to Washington DC in a few hours, but it’s not conducive to maintaining good relations and expedient communications.  If we’re going to do everything over the phone, I submit that President Bush has a cell phone, he can do so just fine without wasting time and money on ambassadors who are 50 miles away from where they are supposed to be stationed.

Yeah, its about time we move it into Jerusalem.

As for Obama, he is cowering though.  He ran away from reporter questions and scurried aboard his plane just the other day.  He’s refused face to face interviews, instead asking for all questions to be submitted to his office where he can answer them. (or if the answer turns out to be bad, claim it was written by a staffer who was fired or just misunderstood the senator.)

That’s cower dace. He’s running for President of the United States of America, not president of the Parent Teacher Association.

Okay well yes that is dodgy.

@Funcioneta:

You have a point. But adding Italy only for balance could even damage Germany, having to divide IPCs for Barbarossa or African campaign. Maybe add Greece as territory, at 1 IPCs so Italy have at least the income to buy trannies  :| Think that, as now, “Italy” and Germant attack as one, an so they can attack USSR best than if they get separate turns. Of course, they could act at the same turn as in Pacific USA/China or India/Australia.

OK if Italy is added only for the sake of balance, but must get serious work or we could back to bids of 16-20 as in Classic (and I don’t want see 2 subs bids for z8, 2 trannies for Sea Lion or another crazy combos  :-P )

And China, even if finally not manages playing power status, must be redone. More territories is needed even if China is still USA dependant. Maybe an IC or built-in NA “chinese divisions”

Im almost positive that there will have to be an at least slight change to the map to accommodate for Italy as a power.  Splitting them up on the current map would make Germany too weak and make Italy almost useless.

@Cmdr:

The US Embassy in Israel is currently 50 miles outside of Jerusalem.  Sure, you can drive it in an hour, assuming the roads aren’t bombed out by Hezbolla extremists, but common, every other self respecting nation has their embassy inside the city limits of the capitol of Israel.

Do you know why it is not in Jerusalem?

We cannot set a formal time table in Iraq.  To do so would invite our enemies to sit back, bide their time, wait for us to leave, then take over and murder anyone who worked with us.

Saddam Hussein did that once already.  President Bush (the first) called for Iraqis to rise up against their dictator and we would come help.  We did not come help.  Those who rose up where mercilessly slaughtered.

If we say we’ll leave in, for instance, December 2010, then Al Queda and Iran will wait until January 2011 and kill anyone who worked with America or the new Iraqi government, reimpose their dictatorship and everything we have done will be wasted.

Better to say, if Al Queda is defeated soundly, if Iraq has demonstrated an ability to handle all functions of government, including security and enforcement of the boarders, has enacted similar policies we required of Germany and has waited 50 years - we will leave. (Hell, we’re STILL not out of Japan NOR Germany!  Maybe we should withdraw from those two nations BEFORE we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan?)

Well I dont think we should have troops in Germany or Japan still either.

Even if Al Qaeda is defeated, you simply cannot defeat terrorism.  New groups are constantly arising.  Even if we establish Iraq as a democratic state and they do set up their own government and military, terrorism will persist and corruption will run through the country.  Any efforts to stay in the country past the near future will be futile.  I think a timetable will force them to set up a government strong enough to resist attacks from terrorist groups and to defend themselves instead of relying on us.

And saying he does or does not respect his heritage does not mean he’ll be using his religion to make presidential decisions.  Just like Romney wouldn’t use religion nor did JFK.  Religion is not a good way to attack a candidate.

However, if he says he fully embraces the Islamic religion and respects his fore-fathers, he can show he won’t turn on his heritage and he might have a bargaining chip for negotiating with islamic nations.  Two strong points in his favor.

nonono, I think I should have worded my post better.  I meant that if he were to come out and say he has nostalgia towards his roots, all of the conservatives that dont know how to think for themselves would attack him and would come up with more crazy theories like the one about him being a terrorist sent to attack the USA from the inside out.  I personally dont think his religion will affect his policies (like JFK and Romney, as you have said, didnt use religion), but too many people are too thick to see past his middle name or his muslim roots.

but cowering and crying foul everytime someone picks on him, or states a fact about his life just screams that he’s a little girl who needs a good spanking and sent to her room without dinner.  He strikes me more like the young Oliver saying “Please sir, may I have another” then a president when he cowers from questions about his past or cries when someone uses his middle name, or pokes fun at his ears.

I wouldnt say hes ‘cowering in fear’ from questions about his past, but that he just knows that no matter how he answers hes going to get attacked, although from different angles.

I didnt know he had said anything about the use of his middle name though, I thought that was just his supporters.

@Cmdr:

I think we need a President who will do with Israel what FDR did with England before December 7th, 1941.  We’ll sell them equipment and stay out of the bloody way and let Israel conquer the middle east once and for all.  Israel’s already proven itself capable of defending itself against three major fronts in a matter of weeks.  Why do you think terrorism was born?  The regular muslim armies had their butts (and Russian equipment) handed to them in the war!

Why would Israel ever conquer the middle east?  We shouldnt give a nation weapons to make more wars, we should give them weapons to defend themselves against our mutual enemies.  Im still against the idea of Israel as a state and I dont think its creation was a good move, but now that its happened we need to figure out a way to less hostilities towards them.  Its much like the situaton in Iraq - going in may have been a bad move, but thats the past and we need to look at the current situation.

I think Israel, at this point, has more of a right to exist where they are then any of the other nations in the area now.  If they are conquered, we can talk about them having lost that right.  However, the ultimate definition of a right to exist as a nation is if you can adequately defend yourself from invasion.  If America would get out of the way, they would be more able to defend themselves, not less.

I dont think there should be a definiton for a countries right to exist.  If it has borders and most of the world recognizes them, they are country.  I wouldnt say Israel has more of a right to be there than any other coutnry in the middle east.

We need a President who understands that and will do it.  We also need a president who will move the US Embassy to Jerusalem instead of some backwater town.  Everyone else has their embassies there, that’s where business is conducted, that’s where we should be too.

Wheres the embassy now?  I always assumed it was in Jerusalem, its kind of silly that it isnt.

As for Iraq.  The Sunnis and Shi’ites want us there.  The Kurds are coming our way too.  Pulling out now would be horrible!  We’d be snatching defeat in the war on terror from the jaws of victory!  Though, we do need to start convincing the locals that they should go to their own government to solve their problems, not American officers.  Currently our officers are acting like local magistrates and project managers to reconstruct the nation.  That’s not really their job.  But while the dust settles and the last few pockets of resistance are destroyed, they are doing the job and doing it well.

Again, I dont agree with us being there in the first place, but now that we’re in we have to do this right.  Set a timetable for withdrawl that cannot be taken back under any circumstances (or perhaps that could be taken back but only under a unanimous vote from senate).  If we dont leave under conditions like this, Iraq will continue to demand US support.  Setting up a timetable makes them get their shit in line and run their country.

That’s how the Islamic world views the American women, especially Mrs. Clinton.  That’s not a position of respect.  As such, Hillary will find it almost impossible to negotiate and, therefore, we may see an increase in recruiting efforts by the enemies of democracy and America with greater success if she is elected.

Radical Islam has no respect for any woman, Hilary is no different.

I also believe that the candidate most terrorists would like to see nominated would be McCain.  The longer the USA stay in the middle east, the more fuel terrorists have against us, ‘the infidels’, who are in their land.

As for Barry (Barrack Hussein Obama), he refuses to answer questions as to whether or not he has any nostalgia for islam or for his islamic roots.  If he cannot answer a simple question like that, how can we trust him to do more then wag a finger and call for change?

I feel like saying that last sentence is a bit unfair.  If he were to come out and say that he respects his Islamic heritage, everyone would criticize him for either bringing religion into the campaign or they wouldnt trust him with the enemy.  If he denies it, people would say he cant stick up for himself.  Apparently saying nothing at all means we cant trust him.  Ugh.

I won’t slam him for his present votes in Illinois.  It’s standard practice here to vote present if you neither agree nor disagree with the proposed plan, but rather want to try and refine it a bit more.  Most of the country is unaware of that, and I’m sure in the other 49 states, it will be used against him.

Agreed, I cant attack him for voting present.  Its also true that the average american thinks that means he cant make up his mind or hes indecisive.

http://typelogic.com/

I also suggest going there and reading about your type.  Does it apply to you?  Mine fits me pretty well.

Italy should be in the game for 3 on 3 balance of teams.  Adding china wouldnt be good, and adding china WITHOUT Italy would just be worse.

What I’m saying is the people that are using Hussein are not the candidates themselves, the Candidates should be held to a higher standard, state your position and why you are the better person.  Irrelevant jabbering like the middle name thing is reserved for people who jabber protected by freedom of speech.  Political commentarists (is that even a word?) are free to say what they want it’s up to the people to consider the source.

Okay then yes I agree, it woud be far worse if a candidate were to try and use it.

In regards to Obama it’s simple.  His middle name IS Hussein.  His heritage IS muslim.  He may not be muslim, but his heritage IS muslim and if he holds any sympathies or familial ties to the Islamic faith that may jeopardizes his ability to perform the duties of Commander in Chief, then we should be made aware of it.  Gagging people and preventing them from using their freedom of speech is a violation of the US Constitution and thus, unAmerican and VERY liberal tactic.

I agree that the president should hold religion out of their decision making.  Now go tell that to any of the Christian presidents.

Who said we should prevent people from using his middle name?  I said it was perfectly fine, just really annoying.

As for pulling out of Iraq, why would we do that when even Iran says we’re winning in Iraq?  The next president will NOT pull out of Iraq.  We’ll be there until 2030 unless something strange and unforeseen happens (like America ceases to exist after China forecloses on us after we implement universal healthcare and drop our GPD to -2.0% per annum.)

Sadly, yes, this war will continue for a looooong looooong time.

The next president is going to have to deal with Israel.  Which presidential candidate would allow Israel to defend itself and stop middle east aggression permanently and conclusively?  Which presidential candidates would allow Islam to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth and complete the job that Hitler attempted to do in the 1930s and 1940s?

Israel probably shouldnt exist.  No president would dare allow them to try and stick up for themselves though, because they would be called ‘the new hitler’.  The second hitler term should be applied to those who relocated the jews to that area in the first place.

As for Hill/Barry I like that they’re going to have to drag this out until August.  McCain’s a spineless little twit, he’s already gone on the record that he will not attack Obama’s record, nor run any campaigns to show how he’s better then Hillary or Obama.  That means we need SOMEONE to do it, and right now, the only ones who are doing it are Hillary and Obama.  The longer that campaign goes on, the better our chances to get a “Conservative-Liberal” (McCain’s description of himself in a speech just this week) or a Conservative into the office.

This inter-party democrat bickering is definitely helping McCain.  I wouldnt call hims pineless for not attacking obama, but I would call him senseless for not running a campaign that will compare him to hilary or obama.  People are too lazy to do it themselves, not putting the comparisons in a TV ad will just ruin you.

Honestly, I hope McCain finds the most, damn, Conservative person on the plant to run as his VP.  Then we can vote for the VP and hope the Pres has to retire due to a failing heart or terminal cancer or something.  After all, he’ll be the oldest President in American history, there’s a very good chance he may not survive his first term of office.  A nice 35 year old red blooded conservative for his running mate would at least give real conservatives some hope of conservative policy re-entering the White House after being absent since 1992.

I think having a strong conservative to offset his centrist views would help McCain greatly.  All of those conservatives that jumped ship when they realized that Romney or Huckabee werent going to win may just hop back on board.

This will be radddddd.

China probably wont be in the game and shouldnt be.  I dont really like individual victory either, that should stay as house rules.

My guess is that cruisers will be 3/3 with bombard, 1 hit to destroy, and probably cost 16.  I get the feeling they will have another ability up their sleeve, it wouldnt be worth introducing another naval unit thats not much more powerful than the destroyer unless it had another ability.  Maybe it is just bombard, well wait and see.

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Now what are you?

@dezrtfish:

I don’t think using obama’s middle name is worse than Obama’s I’ll fart peppermint if you vote for me speeches.  Or Chris Matthews Obama makes me cry crap…

It might be different if it were McCain getting jabs by using his middle name but I think you have to consider the source on comments like this one.

Obama’s peppermint farts and the republican and conservative use of his middle name are both equally silly.

Elaborate more on the second statement, please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC02MiF3Gi8&feature=related

Please note that responses such as the one above should be completely disregarded. Im guessing shes one of those typical ‘rebel’ kids that yells ‘BUSH SUX!!!1!!1!11’ because hating the president without reason is the cool thing to do nowadays.  Not saying the president is good, but please dont be an ignorant sheep when criticizing him.

I think rigor mortis sets in pretty fast, and we dont know how long that puppy has been dead for.  Maybe im saying this just to convince myself that it is already dead because i cant take how messed up it is to throw a living creature off of a cliff.

Ack, I hate youtube comments.  I havent read any of them in a long time and now i know why.

PETA is such a hypocritical organization.  Any member of PETA that thinks everything they do is ethical to animals probably hasnt done their research.

Keep the politics out of it, this has nothing to do with liberals, it has to do with two dumb-a** Marines who don’t have the sense not to make somthing this idiotic.  If it’s fake that’s even more stupid.  Both of these guys and their first line leader at a minimum need to see some UCMJ action.

The marines involved should have understood the implications of uploading a video of this to youtube.  Dont they realize how much unjust criticism the military gets already?

@dezrtfish:

Barring some strange occurence, McCain is going to be president.  Get used to the Idea.

My prediction is that the Obama bandwagon wont lose its wheels and he will be the next president, but the race will be close.

About his middle name:  Theres nothing wrong with using his middle name, but its not even in the same ballpark as saying ‘George W. Bush’.  The W is there to distinguish him from his father.  Using ‘Hussein’ doesnt distinguish him form anything, but instead tries to tie him to saddam and is a subtle attempt to influence ignorant americans who would refuse to vote for somebody based off of their ethnic and religious background.

Using the argument that its no different than using W is like when you were with your sibling in the backseat of the car saying ‘IM NOT TOUCHING YOU!!!’.  True, you werent touching them, but you knew what your intentions were.

well clinton wins ohio.  i think.

what about texas, will obama carry the day.

will clinton leave the race if she loses texas, or will she insist on going on?

CNN says less than 1% reporting in Ohio, so I wouldnt declare her the winner yet, but I think she will win there.  If she loses Texas by a small margin she will hold it out for the superdelegates.  This will be to much annoyance from the democratic party because she is doing nothing but draining Obamas resources for the general election.  If Texas is a complete blowout, Clinton will give victory over to Obama.

Its not a ‘trick by liberals’, you cant pigeonhole them all like that, its not like every liberal in America has concocted some sort of plot to get this video leaked across the globe.

The dog was probably dead.  Still kind of messed up that they did this, but it really is just a couple of guys and is in no way representative of the military as a whole.  And like you said, A LOT worse has happened from our enemies…

Some of you sound wayyyyyy too partisan.

If there was a candidate for the opposing party that you liked more than your party of choice would you vote for them?  Would you even admit that you like them?  Would you vote for a third party candidate, even if they realistically had no hopes of winning?

All media has a bias in some way or another.

To sum up my thoughts on the issue, I agree with everyone here about the lack of a conservative.  I feel like 2 party politics has hindered america, since both major parties are seemingly becoming more and more centrist, and in then end you arent stuck with much of a choice.

The lack of real right and left wing, liberal and conservatives in politics is the reason I listen to the opinions of people like Michael Savage.  Even though I disagree with him on a lot of issues, its refreshing to hear radicalism instead of the standard politico-speak of every candidate in the election.

Always.

Im not sure what type of cheating youre talking about, the options seem to imply a number of different things called cheating.

It just HAPPENS to have been Clinton.  It could have been Joe Blow for all I care.  You cannot chose to apply the laws of this nation to certain people and not others.  There’s no royalty.  No one is above the law.  If it’s okay for one person to lie to Congress and not get fined, put in jail, removed from office, whatever; then it’s okay for ALL CITIZENS to do the same thing without penalty.

Sorry.  But you trying to white wash this with a holier then thou attitude is not going to work.  He broke the law, it was decided the law did not apply, thus, the law does not apply to EVERYONE.  The law, effectively, was repealed because it was not applied to one person.  A person who happened to hold the highest office in the land and thus should have been held to the highest possible standards, especially in regards to the LAW.  Thus, I have to assume that he DID live by the HIGHEST standards in regards to following the law and thus, THE LAW DOES NOT EXIST.

It was decided by a few judges, not by the entire population.  What he did was wrong.  They made the wrong decision in letting him off with that.  Its not like they can impeach him now.  The fact that is was revealed that he lied to congress should be enough of a mar on his reputation.

Im not whitewashing this at all and I see nothing holier than thou about my post.  I never said it was right for him to lie, I in fact directly stated it was wrong.  Im also not trying to protect Clinton. I was only born in 1989, so its not like I was into politics during his administration, so I have no opinions about his policies and I cant take sides in any argument about his presidency.

One person escaping a penalty does not make it right for others to do so, it makes him and the people that let him escape just more wrong.  OJ Simpson got away with murder (okay well he never came out and said that but cmon), that doesnt mean its alright for everyone to murder.  Its tragic that these things happen, where people evade punishment, but they do happen.  If I were to lie to congress that would be no more right or wrong than if it were the president standing accused, and it would be no more right or wrong for he to get away with it than I.

Also….why are baseball players even being charged for lying to congress? This steroids thing has gotten out of hand.

Going off topic…

Why isnt political discussion allowed in this forum?

It kind of pisses me off to read things about WELL IF CLINTON COULD DO IT THEN WHY CANT (insert liar here), it seems like thats a rallying cry for anyone that didnt like him.  It was wrong when clinton did it.  Unfortunately, me and you dont have control over these things.  Dont pin it on Clinton for the way OTHER people have chosen to treat him, pin it on those who made the ruling.  People arent treated like royalty because they are royalty, they are royalty because they are treated as such.

Well both schools shouldnt be too expensive since I will receive federal aid, and in penn state Ill get more PA state aid for being a resident.  Ill take out a few loans and college should end up being a few thousand a year.