LlamaNamedOsama
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Thank you :icon_rolleyes:
You forgot to add free and Catholic :icon_wink: Religion played it's fair share in the troubles in N. Ireland
The IRA's cause was to blow up the English
The Talibans is to blow up America
If what your saying is 'the IRA had a cause so blowing up inocent people is ok' so why is the talibans cause not ok?
Im not saying it is but how can you say blowing up an Englishman/woman for a cause is ok. But blowing up a Yank is not?
Their main goal (the Islamic terrorists, Al Qaeda, Taliban) is reform the once great, and once most feared empire of the world, the Caliphate empire.
The Irish wanted independence, just like our founding fathers wanted, just as the Indians (India) wanted, the Frenchies, Russians, Greeks ect.
um lilfatjoey i have studied history and know of many great empires... Persian, Ottoman, Songhai, Mongolian, Roman, (arguably Viking or Macedonian).... i have never heard of the Caliphate empire and dont think it is the greatest ever if its not even famous.... (also the most feared would be the Hunnic or Mongolian because of the ruthless leaders of Atila and Genghis)
If we had delayed they would have had it & started firing it(nuclear tip-head) or blackmailing the world to dance to Iraq's tune. Now North Korea has nuclear bombs,what do anti-war people suggest? how do we neutralize the threat?
The mongols would trash the Huns. Ghengis was a tactical genious. The only man ever to come even close to his genious was hitler. ( not saying I support hitler, but he was a genious) " the only difference between a genious and a maniac is his audiance
England occupied Ireland & they are fighting to be free but the case is opposite in taliban-USA case.
How? Taliban wants to be free of American oppression, in their own way. As said the Taliban wants to resurrect an Islamic state within that region combining Pakistan Afghanistan and Iran and if they could, a whole lot more. America is oppressing that, rightly or wrongly.
The fact is American involvement has aggravated the middle east for 50+ years, due to the idiotic way they created Israel. They also funded the IRA causing a 25+ year guerrilla war. Funded Osama Bin Laden in the Soviet-afghan war, which has now lead to the whole of the Western world being on constant alert of Islamic terrorist threats and attacks. I could go on but to be honest that is enough for anyone.
You dont need to argue over politics, But us brits will always be recentful over the US helping the IRA, but when it happens to them, they demand sympathy/help.
You occupied Iraq, we wont comment over the oil over there :icon_biggrin:, but afganistan doesnt get as much troop presence, I wonder why :icon_rolleyes:
? Troop levels are increasing by 50,000 troops.
Oil deals took place, and yet US companies took the back stage.
I dnt want to argue on US policies,i knw they are for the greater good of this world. Btw Israel was created by the British & not America.
Hitler was no military genius, his early successes came from his generals making use of superior tank tactics to hit Poland/France faster than was thought possible. The French defensive strategy was based on a line of static defences on the German border. Germany simply went through Belgium to avoid them and had made it to Paris before anyone could react.
Hitler's military decisions arguably cost Germany the war. He declared on Russia, then when it seemed the German forces would reach Moscow and end the war in the first few months he ordered the army to turn around to take Kiev. This delay meant they eventually reached Moscow in the middle of winter, and due to Hitler's 'genius' they had no supplies for cold weather and were routed by the Russians and slowly forced back.
Hitler spent the last year of the war ordering fictitious armies about a map that no longer had any bearing on reality. He may have been a political genius but as a military commander he was pretty poor.
Hitler's failure was not because of his military inteligence. It was because he couldn't control his own feelings. few people know that the only thing hitler hated more than Jews were Russians. Had he laid low and not massacred so many people. He could have won easily. I agree however, his plan in russia was a mistake. He should have built vertically much longer before trying to expand any further. But Hitler was able to conquer the majority of Europe. While repelling back the forces of the UK. The truth is though, losing the war was not hitler's mistake. it was the japs when they attacked Pearl Harbor. Had the Japenese not done that the USA would have waited longer to enter the war. Thus giving Nazi Germany more time to prepare.