US versus China for world position

The USAF and the RCAF/CFAC also had some nuclear-tipped air-to-air weapons in their inventories, such as the AIR-2 Genie.  Canada had them as late as 1984; they were carried by CF-101 Voodoo interceptors.  They were officially under US control, but they could be released for use by Canada as circumstances warranted.

In addition to the two big components of the nuclear triad that have already been mentioned – the land-based ballistic missiles and the manned SAC bombers – there was also the third component, the US Navy’s ballistic missile subs.  At the opposite end of the scale, the US nuclear inventory includes – if I’m not mistaken – man-portable nuclear demolition charges, designed for things like special commando-type operations.  I think a weapon of this type is featured in the 1977 motion picture thriller Twilight’s Last Gleaming.

If you guys havent read this list it is hilarious!!!  :lol:
Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order.

Not allowed to play “Pulp Fiction” with a suction-cup dart pistol and any officer
Not allowed to add “In accordance with the prophesy” to the end of answers I give to a question an officer asks me
Not allowed to add pictures of officers I don’t like to War Criminal posters
May no longer perform my now (in)famous “Barbie Girl Dance” while on duty
Not allowed to let sock puppets take responsibility for any of my actions
Not allowed to let sock puppets take command of my post
Not allowed to ask for the day off due to religious purposes, on the basis that the world is going to end, more than once
“Napalm sticks to kids” is not a motivational phrase
Not allowed to trade military equipment for “magic beans”
Not allowed to sell magic beans during duty hours
Not allowed to quote “Dr Seuss” on military operations
Not allowed to yell “Take that Cobra” at the rifle range
Not allowed to quote “Full Metal Jacket “ at the rifle range
An order to “Put Kiwi on my boots” does not involve fruit
An order to “Make my Boots black and shiny” does not involve electrical tape
May not pretend to be a fascist stormtrooper, while on duty
May not wear gimp mask while on duty
May not bring a drag queen to the battalion formal dance
Must not use military vehicles to “Squish” things
If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it

The list goes on and is one of the funniest things I have ever read, link below
http://skippyslist.com/list/

They way they are representing this in the states is horriffic. I read a story on Yahoo news today that framed the story as though the Sgt Meyer was actually suffering from PTSD or had some other mental problem from his experiance in Afganistan. The article started with mentioning how President Obama commented that Sgt Meyer was very “down to earth” but then this is framed like some tragic statment implying that he is disturbed. Worse then that, the story has since been removed    :oops:

My History of the World Map draws the line down the middle of the Pacific; prfectly suitble for AAR the way it usually plays out…

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/file/download/19372/Map2.gif

Industrialization was bound to kill slavery.  however there were enough radicals in both parties to make it a major issue in the conventions.  so much so in the Charlestown convention that democrats were willing to lose the election rather than nominate stephan douglas who was THE states rights candidate.

Yes its on my top 5 movie list post!

This was broadcast on Soviet television in the late 70’s and the effort spared no expense for extras because they used actual Soviet soldiers and the budget was basically unlimited. The portrayal all the Germans and Soviets is extremely good. The sets are very realistic and the battles consist of perhaps 10,000 or more soldiers, plus hundreds of tanks ( the germans are mostly tiger 1’s and some decent mockups of elephant and panther).

all the battlefield combat scenes are panoramic which is IMO the only way to film a war movie. You can literally see the 10,000 soldiers.

5 movies were presented

Stalingrad ( 2 parts)
Kursk
Operation Bagration
Assault of Berlin

however no english subtitles of this exist. My girlfriend has to translate for me ( shes from Odessa). You wont find any copies of this with english either. I have tried for many years to do this but to no avail. I own all these movies and they are amoung my favorite of all time.

It will cost you at least 100 bucks for the set of movies, unless you rent them from a russian video store and make copies.

I believe a variation of DS’s “Oil is the worst thing for a country to have…” forum would go quite well here. The oil allows some of the Middle East governments to prop themselves up. Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Jordan, to name a few(and previously Iraq.) Syria has been using the UN embargo of Iraq to make money off its neighbor.

I do believe some of the leaders of some of these countries want to hold on to their form of government(the few making most of the decisions for the many) and their power as long as they can. The struggle for the leadership(prince v prince) is one example.