I can tell you this first hand because I watch the helicopters and planes launch every day. We are looking for Bin Ladin and we're looking very hard. We just boxed up 20 guys and sent them home because they died looking for Bin Ladin. These people don't care who they kill and they have nothing better to do. The Islamic world will never change. When we leave here they will revert back to killing each other. I say we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq and use a couple of those nukes sitting on ships and subs.

 

Starky I think you're probably right.

I've heard it stated like this:
Talking to a Taliban warrior or Islamist about improving his quality of life is like trying to teach an ape how to hold a pen; eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks you in the eye with it.

Keep your head down over there.

 

Starky hang tough man, from others I've personally heard from your statements are pretty much right on.

Captain Quint I loved your informative nuke post, and laugh and the accurate ape metaphor.

 

In the Words of my favorite Spec Ops Instructor....."Kill'em All Let God Sort them Out" or Allah in some cases.....

 

I think that's Special Forces motto.

 

If Chinas not interested in war why have they initiated wargames with the Russians, involving more than 30,000 troops, airforce and navy?

 

Russia's weak. China wants to be Asia's ONLY dominant player. 30,000 troops doesn't sound like many Chinese.

 

It's a small # compared to the size of there forces. Practice of a mock invasion of Taiwan sounds like something else we will be in the middle of with troops spread thin.