History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Look, they didn't even chart him! They even knew the flight was bound for Islamabad. Wow, that should've been hook, line and sinker for America.

I like the second paragraph, showing the multi-faceted nature of policing. I can't find fault with that.

Dawid, please watch the following, thanks:

youtube.com/watch?v=d_BS83BmTIQ

youtube.com/watch?v=LQaI9uCw9hU&feature=related
sjvietboy408 summed it up BEAUTIFULLY in his comments

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

OK Franek, will u admit that it has become more unsafe as a result of waging a holy war? That religion has created all manner of problems. I just wanted to give people what they wanted to hear but all manner of terror cells exist in America and can be unleashed at any opportune moment.

Sorry, did I just contribute to the culture of fear? Oops ;)

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

U know u wanted to, Sir ;). I didn't get a response from anyone. Fighting abroad protects mainland Americans from what? I'd say that it makes terrorists more resolute in striking there but the truth is that security has REALLY been tightened so most Americans should rest easy.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Oh, and Western press is 100% credible? Al Jazeera isn't that bad. So, smartass, why didn't they capture him when they had the chance? The truth? They didn't want to. Do u want me to forward u the Youtube link? Or is that not up 2 ur standards?

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Spitfires put an end to that ;)

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Oh, come on now. He was given safe haven as certain people believed he could be a valuable asset in the fight against the Northern Alliance. Man, this is getting boring, trotting out the same arguments. The CIA supported the Taliban. Read a book by a guy called Bernstein or Burnstein, I can't remember how to spell his name. He spoke of America letting a huge convoy out of Afghanistan to cross into Pakistan. Why did Bush and Myers say that OBL wasn't important when there was a huge bounty on his head? I guess u don't read Arabic press at all so u may not have read accounts that OBL died in Dec 2001. Or u believe Bhutto was lying about his murder?

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Where's ur proof that the Taliban were behind the attacks? They denied it. Also, they can be paid to make statements. It was Mahmoud who wired the money to Atta. He was the former head of the ISI, in PAKISTAN. Many of the hijackers were Saudis, Wahhabist state.

Tell me, how did Afghanistan have a hand in 9/11?

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Well, Obama realises that America consumes close to 25% of the world's supplies of oil+gas, with only 3% of the world's reserves being in and around America.

Anyway, we should take this to a random thread Wahldo.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Yeah, I listened to the whole debate of 26/9 today. He does have some interesting proposals regarding alternative energy and maximising the benefits of oil extraction. Weaning people off of oil is logical, just like off of drugs. He admitted that it had to be executed progressively. He has to free up resources in order to put it in place.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

No-one here, OK, but many Americans are over proud of their involvement in Nam. Thankfully, many protested the war.

OK, now we are getting somewhere, separating things. AT LAST. Caring is a different issue entirely.

U have a point Wahldo. Do u know Matty? He defended the war and with some decent arguments. However, he did concede on different occasions that America needed to pursue Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. As Obama said, Iraq didn't have so many terrorists out in the open b4 9/11. The other 2 did. The whole region wasn't scared as deals were done.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Geez, how BLIND r u people? I DO, repeat DO, repeat DO, repeat DO, have sympathy for these people. Sorry Admin, forgive me but I must, no, I'll use bold. I don't like the underlying reasons for going to war in Vietnam or Afghanistan. Companies profit and people suffer, that's despicable.. Maybe I should write that again but would u even care to read it?

I hope u r getting personal stuff off of ur chests. OF COURSE I can see it's personal. I just don't want any glorification of a topic which is inextricably linked with death.

THANK U Wahldo. My point exactly. Hitler had the Luftwaffe but may not have been a threat to the US. Germany is closer than Iraq and Afghanistan. What safety threat do terrorists in Iraq pose Americans in America? Oh, it's those WMD's of course, silly me.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Nonsense BB, of course the Americans care(d) about WWII. Or were u being sarcastic? Hitler was a GLOBAL threat, how did that not affect America?

News / Candidate of "Hope and Change," Breaks Promise, Leaves Poland Defenseless [47]

I know Star Trek:TNG VERY well Crow. I c what u r saying. The Borg cannot be reasoned with and feel that resistance is futile. I, like Filios, believe in what u wrote above

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

The last time I checked Hueg, many veterans are still on the go. I can't believe so many people misinterpreted what I wrote. Hueg, people say u r smart, but u have just proved otherwise.

I HAVE compassion, I am a very humane person. I said that I don't like war veterans being hailed. I didn't say that I took any satisfaction in seeing any people wounded.

Ask Franek, our resident Vet here. I have complimented him on numerous occasions for being heroic and fighting the Nazis. THESE people were saving the world. The other wars, however, caused untold suffering AND FOR WHAT?

Come on Hueg, step up to the plate and give me a justification for loss of life on the scale of Vietnam?

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

I think we are getting our wires crossed here. Conscription to an evil agenda is horrible. I'm focussing on the underlying principles and not the practicalities. The practical decision to send them against their will is despicable. I guess Metallica said it well, 'For a hill, men would kill, why? they do not know, stiffened wounds test their pride. Men of five, still alive, through the raging glow, gone insane for the pain that they surely know'.

Nobody has given me a sound justification for the war. It's just attack, attack, attack without any attempt to see that it was flawed from the outset. Waging a protracted war for profits is sinister, what's wrong with me thinking that?

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

And who voted him in? The enemy? I am thinking, I'm asking hard questions, trying to get around the blind patriotism.

Oh, I have the fullest of sympathy for people who were forced to go and put their lives in jeopardy. I'm a libertarian, I believe in freedom of choice as much as possible. I'm merely stating that we shouldn't glorify what war represents. I can't thank sb for fighting a cause that I believe is WRONG from the outset.

Please don't paint me as heartless. U really don't know me then. I deplore the loss of life too, it's the underlying motives that I take issue with. Lockheed Martin profiting from the misery of others, that's rampant capitalism and disgusting.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

Oh, I applauded them and MANY times Filios. I will never retract that. Look elsewhere and u will see that I'm not lying. Look at the previous page, where the above quote was taken from. I watched the Brotherhood serial about American involvement and they did wondrous things.

I was thinking Vietnam and Afghanistan.

So u sent them into a war that they couldn't even see the point of fighting? U still haven't answered my question. How were they saving me or Americans? Were millions of Americans seized there whilst on vacation? What imminent threat was there?

Glorifying WAR is not nice, sorry. As humans, we value the loss of one life. How about the loss of MILLIONS, repeat, MILLIONS? Come on, what cause is worth more than human life?

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Trust me, I thought it through. Defend their country? I wasn't aware of any Iraqi or Afghan force entering America to attack. I ain't being disingenuous here. What American interests are being defended abroad? U tell me.

Let me remind u that it's a volunteer army in America. Life is like a contract, u make a decision and u bear the consequences.

As for Vietnam, that was an ideological war, perpetrated by evil forces who stood to profit in the vilest way. Don't get me wrong, I deplore the loss of life. I also deplore the motives that lie behind those losses.

Sorry, I've grown tired of this spouting of glory. I applaud the toppling of Saddam and the efforts to create a workable democracy in Iraq. It's as the old adage goes tho, 'no pain, no gain'.

Kept America safe from what exactly?

News / Candidate of "Hope and Change," Breaks Promise, Leaves Poland Defenseless [47]

U have some nice ideas Crow. What do u make of the NATO notion that they all rally around to support one another in the event of an attack from an outsider?

Love / More beautiful Polish women: in Warsaw or Krakow? [37]

Give it time

News / Candidate of "Hope and Change," Breaks Promise, Leaves Poland Defenseless [47]

Obama talked about reversing the damage done in the Presidential Debate of 26/9. Well said Patrycja.

We are staring right in the face of an impending global crisis, greater than just a financial one. Relations will need to be repaired but the task may be too onerous. Obama has many solid visions but antagonising Pakistan, while pragmatic in a policy-based sense, may prove to be volatile. America laid bare this possibility but chose to befriend Musharraf. I know sb from Pakistan and he believes that many Pakistanis are growing tired and will retaliate to any incursions it feels to be unwarranted. Expect fireworks!!

News / Candidate of "Hope and Change," Breaks Promise, Leaves Poland Defenseless [47]

A greater degree of neutrality, whilst potentially undermining its security, would be in the interests of Poland. I mean, what has Poland really gained from its pursuits in The War on Terror, combat experience?

Poland has been lured into the middle position, sandwiched firmly between Russia and America. I feel that Poland should not act with alacrity in entering into new agreements and tie its hands. The Polish govt is said to be abandoning conscription next year. This will divert much of the focus off of military duty and hopefully prompt a rethink into military spending and involvement.

Crow, I agree. I think Poland has made itself a target unnecessarily. Worse still, it has bought the rhetoric of the fear culture. Just like there was no Al-Qaeda in Iraq b4, the situation turned full circle and we are now in a nasty predicament. The same can take place with an escalation of the Polish presence abroad.

Life / A trip to a Polish supermarket [136]

Good 2 c that I'm not the only edgy one at the cashier. I hate when sb starts to pack behind me. I like my space and I sometimes feel like they are encroaching on it.

News / Two Polish workers die in Norwegian fire. [6]

I wonder if they used wood. Didn't John Lennon once write, 'Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?'. Not in this case!!

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

That's a good point Greg. Eichmann fled to Argentina and lived it up for quite a while. He slipped under the radar until the Mossad got smart.

History / German POWs after WW2 - did the allies commit mass murder? [228]

It is all history now, yes, but experience nonetheless. You obviously told Don King all about it :)

Life / Deadly Roads - "Are polish roads really THAT dangerous?" [139]

As I tacitly implied b4, it's the stop/start nature of driving that frustrates people. They have to brake and wait, then go, again and again.

Life / Deadly Roads - "Are polish roads really THAT dangerous?" [139]

Day-to-day driving is hampered here by dangerously positioned crossings. I really believe that. U start crossing and suddenly a car appears at speed. I don't blame the drivers, I blame the conditions if anything.

Life / Deadly Roads - "Are polish roads really THAT dangerous?" [139]

The Scots are no saints in that regard. The young boy racers are the worst.

Life / Deadly Roads - "Are polish roads really THAT dangerous?" [139]

Let's move onto another dimension, that of tailgating. Does it happen that often in Poland? I've seen it a little but I don't think it's any more prevalent here than elsewhere. It's so rude just to sit on sb's tail, rather than just bide ur time (at a safe distance) and overtake. Harassing older drivers is just not right