ShrikeHawk

Hang in there, Israel. You've got a lot of us behind you. Stay safe and do what you gotta do.

I don't have a garden; I have a parking space. So I guess I'm stuck with a Moller Skycar... http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57

Hilarious stuff! I've been watching them since I was a kid - even though I'm from the US. Formed the basis of much of my humor. Thanks for sharing.

Yet another hilarious episode of Top Gear. I just love that show. I wonder in that airplane "shop" has any Crusaders in stock. Seems like one could be just a single phone call away...

They "had" to? Why? "Only" Clinton could've stopped him? Wouldn't the Saudis have more rights to determine his fate than Clinton? He's a Saudi national, yes? Why would Clinton have more power over him than the Saudis? Why heap all of it on Clinton if the Saudis already had him in custody?

I'm leery of buying anything without some kind of uber-video card for gaming. I see you'll have an integrated video card. Don't know what your budget is like, but any modern game benefits a lot form a powerful video card. They pass a lot of the processing requirements to video nowadays.

Hmmm. So how did he get away from the Saudis? If they had him in handcuffs they must've not liked him either. Who let the dog out?

I heard it. I've been saying for a long time Iraq DID have WMDs. It took us so damn long to be in position to actually look for them, Hussein had plenty of time to pitch the evidence out the window, so to speak. WE KNOW they had chemical weapons because WE GAVE some to him to help him fight Iran. So there's no doubt whatsoever that the weapons were there. The US gov't has done many things that were lacking in "moral fibre." I freely admit it. Then again, show me a government without flaw and then they can cast the first stone. It is true we've supported Mid-Eastern Tyrants before and that wasn't cool. People claim that makes us no better than the tyrant; that's kinda true. But if the alternative was far greater instability and far more civilian deaths, well I think we chose the least of many evils. We (USA) could easily have tossed Mubarak out on his ear along with a bunch of other dictators. and then installed a "nice guy" to rule the country. Would anyone have seen him as a nice guy? They would have seen him as a "puppet" and hated him no matter what he did. The USA can do "no right thing" in the world right now. No matter what we do, somebody will think it was all wrong. My thinking has always been, "if the people REALLY don't like their leader they will do something about it." At last, we're finally seeing it. Frankly, I'd rather have the people of a nation toss out a dictator rather than "require" the USA to do it. It seems "righter" to me.

It could easily go wrong, from our standpoint. It's hard to say what will happen. I think if we interfere, we're almost guaranteed to make it go badly. Better to leave it alone and see what happens. If they turn aggressive and stick their hand in the meat-grinder that is Israel, they'll just learn why the former regime signed a treaty in the first place. It seems to me that if the military owns 40% of the business, they've ceased being military leaders and become businessman. If that's true, then they definitely won't start a fight. Having your oil wells and electric plants smashed by Israelis is unprofitable. Better to sell the energy to the Israelis and make some cold, hard cash.

All I remember is: 1. Hurry up and wait. 2. There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Navy way. 3. Don't drop the garbage off the fantail like you're told. Drop it over the side like everybody else (it makes sense if you know the story). Sparky - love your avatar. She's gorgeous.

If we (USA) stick our nose in now, we'll do more damage than good. We're always talking about government "for the people, by the people." If we interfere, we'll be contradicting ourselves. Let the Libyans and the Egyptians form a government "by the people." We can make a judgment later. So far, things are looking pretty good in Egypt. The military plans to hand things over to an elected government in six months. They plan to abide by the peace treaty with Israel. Honestly, would Egypt really want to start a fight with anyone right now? I don't think so. It seems cool heads are prevailing there. I think the same thing can happen in Libya. Let them work it out for themselves. If we keep our fingers out of the s**t, we won't have stinky fingers...

Good you guys that defected. Go back after the A-hole is gone and build a better Libya.

The guy makes some good points. I don't agree with all of them, but I DO agree with a lot of them. I think the sense of entitlement thing is getting wwaaayyy out of hand. It's good to hear someone else saying something about it.

Where was the one you found for sf1? I'd be interested in trying that.

Yeeesssss! I have every Il-2 game out there. Looking forward to getting this one too!

Good Golly!...

Spectacular shot, Sundowner. That's how I always picture the Tornado: fast, and low enough to trim the edges and pickup the newspaper.

Yeah - this is the joystick I use. It's a good one.

Havin' fun in stormy skies with the hornet squadron...

...eh...ah...you guys are making me nervous. Issues?

And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there...

Fabulous pics!

I'm so jazzed! I just finished a mission in the F-4E over Vietnam. There were boatloads of Migs in the air. I was very busy. I don't remember very much. Everything happened so fast. I just tried to stay alive. After the missions end I checked the stats and found I had 7 kills with the gun, landing 111 hits on target! 111 HITS!!! I'm shocked. I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had that many hits before. I've had the same hit percentage or better, but usually against fixed targets. I'll bet a few folks out there have done better, but I'm still super-jazzed at this result. I just had to share it. My whole flight of eight survived as well. Very proud of that. Here's the stat sheet.