I'm still here.

BTW, I shot Artillery in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Not against an armored force, but still shot none the less.

Days are tense here. Xmas will be busy which I'll probably spend at work. I'm becoming a master at Powerpoint though.

Our intel sources suck, so we read the news like you do. Er let me rephrase.. our intel sources aren't as quick and immediate as the intarwebs.

The secret info stuff is pretty boring. I get more tangible info from a combination of MSNBC, Fox news, and CNN.

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Figure out what to do, then take a nap.

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Originally posted by Lilith Well you know one thing, they wont worry about troublesome things like civilian casualties. No it doesn't, least when I last owned defence industry shares in Thales and a few others, we buy it all ourselves with no mates rates and not a lot else. Low-intensity? Spoken by a dumb arse that's never been shot at a couple of times in 'low intensity' war, lost their house, vehicles and land. Had their neighbours hacked and shot to death, burnt alive in car tyres and petrol. Oh, thanks by the way for the US government selling them 1960's surplus $47 rifles and $10 for a 500 round brick of ammo. Good job, we really appreciated that low intensity stuff What, like the SAS being in Iraq 2 weeks before the US forces went in and the RAN Frigates that softened up the beach landings... when basically everyone else said no the invasion of Iraq is technically an illegal act and didn't go? The Australians where one of the very few that went.

I don't think you understand the difference between fighting a LIC war and one that involves fighting an organized, mechanized, fully supported nation state...

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby I don't think you understand the difference between fighting a LIC war and one that involves fighting an organized, mechanized, fully supported nation state...

I don't think you ever made it off the couch, stuffing cheetos into your face, watching CNN and figuring that qualifies you for an educated comment.

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Originally posted by Lilith I don't think you ever made it off the couch, stuffing cheetos into your face, watching CNN and figuring that qualifies you for an educated comment.

Who was the one who had product on display at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane last month? You or me? Cause I know I did.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Who was the one who had product on display at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane last month? You or me? Cause I know I did.

I've owned shares in 3 companies that where there.
Until you graduate from a military academy, you'll still just be some tourist watching it on TV without even a basic theoretical background because you don't even have any hands on experience.

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Originally posted by Lilith I've owned shares in 3 companies that where there. Until you graduate from a military academy, you'll still just be some tourist watching it on TV without even a basic theoretical background because you don't even have any hands on experience.

So you are saying there are no civilian military historians or theorists with any idea what they are talking about?

Ever hear of the RAND corporation, they basically wrote the book on how the Cold War played out and were almost all civilians.

Its really not that hard to make observations on things like the military capabilities of Australia, a allied, open, friend of the US.

Military shit is all I do Lilith, it has never not been one of my passions. I am a constant student and I surround myself with service members who are knowledgeable and passionate about their fields and read anything I can get my hands on (by reputable research groups and think-tanks).

So you owning stock in three of those companies at LWC really makes you the expert compared to me.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby So you are saying there are no civilian military historians or theorists with any idea what they are talking about?

No, I'm saying YOU know nothing.
You're an obsessive-compulsive who gets an idea in their head and follows it as a feverish belief worthy of any in church, regardless of anything presented to contrary to the that belief. Maybe you will produce something productive, because you've done nothing with your life so far.
But we've all seen the negative aspects of your OCD behaviour here when they had to ban you dozens of times and finally IP ban the whole area.

You've never fought or stand to lose anything in your life, whatever passion you have is simply a self justification.

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So you owning stock in three of those companies at LWC really makes you the expert compared to me.

Never said I was an expert. But I do know a lot about military spending practices simply from my stock reports on who was buying what, what for and why.

I find it ironic that when ever there is a sniff of war Josh gets an erection. He wouldn't last a sec as a soldier, he's that wuss that Patton brow beats in the field hospital.

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Originally posted by Lilith No, I'm saying YOU know nothing. You're an obsessive-compulsive who gets an idea in their head and follows it as a feverish belief worthy of any in church, regardless of anything presented to contrary to the that belief. Maybe you will produce something productive, because you've done nothing with your life so far. But we've all seen the negative aspects of your OCD behaviour here when they had to ban you dozens of times and finally IP ban the whole area. You've never fought or stand to lose anything in your life, whatever passion you have is simply a self justification.

So you are basing my knowledge on this on something totally unrelated... Good to know. When have I not been someone knowledgeable about military matters? Ask Zewad, I've talked pretty technical shop with him before.

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Originally posted by Lilith Never said I was an expert. But I do know a lot about military spending practices simply from my stock reports on who was buying what, what for and why.

Wow spending practices. Tell me where I am wrong.

You got all stupid and emotional about something in Indonesia. Tell me how operations in Indonesia do not constitute a LIC type war zone?

Iraq and Afghanistan are both LIC. Indonesia doesn't even come close to the scale of combat operations in those countries.

So tell me how I am wrong or shut the fuck up, because you are just bitching to bitch otherwise and it makes you look fucking stupid.

Nah, I'm not changing the subject on what you are, your reference based on your forum behaviour holds very little credibility for me, or to be advising of anything. If I wanted a military advisor or needed the defence capabilities of someone competent, I'd hire ex-Sandline mercenaries again, not a computer programmer in Seattle.

See, there's a particular epithet endemic to the US actually to describe someone like you, took me a while to remember it-

"Chickenhawk"

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The term is meant to indicate that the person in question is cowardly or hypocritical for personally avoiding combat in the past while advocating that others go to war in the present. Generally, the implication is that "chickenhawks" lack the experience, judgement, or moral standing to make decisions about going to war. The term is not applied to those who avoided military service without subsequently adopting a hawkish political outlook.