Emp_Palpatine

Even if I'm from western Europe, I won't think you will provocate them, old chap! : :yes: They just suffered the same as Tchecoslovaquia did: Russian tanks, puppet governments and all the rest. Berlin 1953 for instance. Poland was on the verge to be invaded too in 1981, hadn't Jaruzelski done his putsch. And what about Hungary? How surely, you easterners know what freedom his, and apart from soviet, all other participants in that military move were to some extent victims too.

Or nice planes to shoot communists down with.

True name of Taiwan is "Republic of China", it's the same state that founded the republic and fought the jap, but its power now only extend to Taiwan Island. Hence the name of its Air Force: "Republic of China Air Force".

I hope they made those people pay an horrible price for these lifes...

Are non-US allowed to vote? And is Alf the one I think?!

So do I!

China and Russia are no longer in the very bad relationship they were until Gorbi's visit in 1989. Some analysts say they are lurking into the empty spaces of Siberia, and attempting some migrating strategy in Vladivostok (more and more Han). Well, siberian empty spaces... Devoid of people. Not of precious minerals or oil. But I don't know how far it's serious. My bet is China would play on both side.

Set your radar into range. If you can lock a target, you will have little hooks. Choose your target (check your keys), then attempt a lock. A little dot will raise to the target, and when it will be correctly locked, you'll have range circles for the weapan currently selected. But you might have locked a friendly plane! You can emulate an IFF with crtl-R, but I don't think this as very realist. The other solution is waiting to be in visual range, that is doing it the way it was done in 'Nam. And loosing your sparrow advantage.

Same here. :yes:

Without surprises, Germany tried to take Metz back in October. The forts are now french-maned and what's left of them ironically are now helping french defense. Apparently withou much intelligence about the french lines and troops, German GHQ launch several offensive once again, perhaps with the hope to get back the initiative on the western front. They are defeated in the Vosges and in Lorraine. Sadly, the quary goes on in Serbia. Still, Belgrade hasn't fall yet! Brave Serbians... But Skopje defenders, surrounded, are now flying the white flag after a bloody fight. Finally, maybe learning from the Western offensives, Central powers are trying the offensive in the East. Russian armies do hold, but it's sometime close. We are yet in the second fall of the war.

And now, what are the military situations for September-october 1915? In France, September is the logical continuation of August. The offensive goes on. The Lorraine fortress-town of Metz surrender to Pétain's forces. 55 years earlier, following Franco-prussian war, it was annexed to Germany. Freed at last! Pétain's legend is born. Despite these setbacks, German High Command still tries to get back on the offensive and to reduce the Entente salient in German line, and actually, into German Empire. Without much success. In Serbia, the difficulty of supply situation has been clearly understood by the Central Powers, and general offensives are on their ways! Belgrade is definitively surrounded. All hopes of having the situation recover are gone for the Entente. British expeditionnary forces are pushed back toward Scutari. The port itself is under attack! But for the time being, British soldier did manage to hold it. This port is the vital link toward the outside word. If they are to be re-embarked, it would be there or not at all and face destruction. As usual, good news are coming from the Caucasus, where Russia do seems unstoppable and is now deep into Turkish-owned Armenia. In Middle-East, British forces are still advancing too, without much opposition. By the end of September, Jerusalem is in Christian hands. The last time was 700 years ago, during the Crusades.

There are surely genocides there too...

Gosh, I don't care about Checheny actually. I didn't gave a damn about the fate of the little islamic state fate that was build there and haven't shed a tear on the situation there, even if I thought that the Russian pushed the repression quite far... What I care about is dishonnesty. Russia claiming humanitarian intervention in a situation that looks like the one they faced in Checheny is nonsense, the same as claiming genocide in S.O. Let's say the thing clearly instead of old soviet-styled propaganda: Russia wanted to make Georgia submit and did not give a frak about human lives. I won't agree either, as I think this move does threaten the whole West, but it would be, at least, honnest. That sort of humanitarian propaganda claims are for sissies in western papers. It won't work with me.

Grozny, 2006. F.Y.O.I... And show me a picture like that of Tshinvali. By the way, you should also be more coherent: 1500 civilians, then civilan/military. Things seems to change following your own tries of justification.

You said yourself "civilans and military". Give us precise international-based breakdown of casualties, Mr Propaganda! What you are speaking about is called "war". That's not a lovely business, but it's how it's working. Now, we could also compare S.O and Chechenya, will you? Difference between war and genocide... Do you want to come on that terrain? I do not advise you to do so. By the way, if Georgians did have the time to commit a genocide during the few hours they effectively controlled much of S.O, they are the most efficient people on earth. For your own information: legal definition of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG). Article 2, of this convention defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group" It rings several bell in my head. Not S.O, but Chechenya, for instance. Or Serbian in Kosovo, actually. Or what will happen in a few days/weeks into Abkhazia and S.O for Georgians. And we all know, thanks to you, that Russia's priority is to prevent genocide, wether they are real or fantasy. Wait and see...

Glad to hear it.

No french Mirages F1- III/Jaguar in 68 or 79?

And that's what you dared to call "Genocide". The only things one will get, by calling whatever does move a "Genocide" is pure indifference and scepticism when a real one will occur...

September-October 1915. It was expected, but it's still a bad news. Italy is now officialy in the brawl. As the Alps were ready since the summer, it would not be that serious, hadn't be this problem: Italian fleet, combined with Austria-Hungary one, is sufficient to contest Entente's superiority in eastern Med! That means that British forces in Serbia are cut from supply and for the time being, isolated there. It might be the end of Entente expeditionnary forces there, or at least the begining of a "Dunkirk" style operation... Serbia is indeed in an increasingly bad shape. How are the big guns of the Entente? Russia is finally enterring a war economy. HQ points and arm refits can now be purchased in significant numbers Britain still do the core job of research and naval things, but must now take care of its infantery commitments. And France, of course, is still focused on the ground war. Research efforts stay the same: artillery, assault, tanks, gas.

Everywhere those ideas were put into motion, the results are the same. Almost 1/3 or half of the countries of the World are here to show those facts. From Cuba to North Korea, Russia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Vietnam, Cambodgia, Benin, Congo, China... The same reasons drive to the same results: those ideas are wicked.

Here's the greatest caption possible : http://punditkitchen.com/2008/08/12/politi...olleyball-wwbd/

I've experienced Libyan way of socialism, seen security forces searching people on street, having seen people dissaeppered, seen the fear in the eyes and habits of libyan friends, heard and seen purges, been on watch myself and seen the results of state-managed economy. Thank God, as a member of an embassy (but not a diplomat), I had some protection and privilege... I'ven't been more awake of what liberty and free market mean that those days. Without any doubt in my mind, Communism and Socialism are evil.

It is indeed. Here's the J/F-8I A super sized two-engined fished. The J-8II just got a new nose.

Might be related to George Bush strong speech yesterday (or this morning, don't know with that jet lag).

Indeed, you're right! I forgot about this one. And Fantan too, by the way.