Casey a wimp
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So aren't I allowed to show my love for my country? It seems every American on here does...
Fine there may have been suicides, but then there would have been suicides in the American veterans too. All I'm saying is that Australians are statistically better soldiers, and in my opinion this would flow from greater discipline.
Fine there may have been suicides, but then there would have been suicides in the American veterans too. All I'm saying is that Australians are statistically better soldiers, and in my opinion this would flow from greater discipline.
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
I propose slavery.
You can be proud of everything you want. I am at least no pacifist. I don't understand any government beginning a war because of reasons which are no ones. Milosevic and the NATO for ex. It was okay of the NATO to help, but it was wrong of Milosovic to start...that was what I meant. The NATO darely had no losses. But I feel sorry for the Serbian soldiers who were sent into a senseless war by their political leader in which they had no chance. Of course I know it is always so. But I don't like it. And what happened to serbia? The country is deeply divided, foreign soldiers are stationated, kind of a revolution took place, the UCK...one time also a war for the NATO will come which is bigger and where they'll also 'loose'. Maybe not the war but many lifes...if you understand.
And the US knew in the Vietnam war it would be very difficult with the whole country against them...and they didn't directly have anything to do with the war. They wanted to be the savers of the world, like the political leaders and many people give themselves...because they're Americans...sometimes hey forget other countrys are partners...at least the US could have known the war won't be winnable. And they started. They lost much money many soldiers and give themselves often as winners. The Vietnam 'won' but the Maerican bombardement also made them lose...it wasn't necessary at all...
And the US knew in the Vietnam war it would be very difficult with the whole country against them...and they didn't directly have anything to do with the war. They wanted to be the savers of the world, like the political leaders and many people give themselves...because they're Americans...sometimes hey forget other countrys are partners...at least the US could have known the war won't be winnable. And they started. They lost much money many soldiers and give themselves often as winners. The Vietnam 'won' but the Maerican bombardement also made them lose...it wasn't necessary at all...
There are vets today that still deal with the effects of Vietnam and Korea. Many committed suicide because until recently, governments had little to do with helping these defenders of democracy, sort of left them out in the cold. War has bad psycological effects on even the best of soldiers, no one is immune.
RFB
Soldiers are everywhere equal...they consist of such a huge group of different people...there does no propaganda work...because not everybody reacts on the same propaganda. It was luck and if I am not wrong informed I'd say the US sent more soldiers than Australia....so the statistic is little failed. You can count it up and compare, but it won't give you the same result..it isn't the same.
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
I don't think that statistics are a good mean to show that one's nation has better soldiers than other ones. Statistically, the Americans lost much less soldiers than the Germans in WW2 (and WW1) but not because they were the better soldiers.
But, of course redwolf you are allowed to be proud of your country, as much as everyone else. I, too, am proud of my country. I think that "pride" monopoly of the Americans is just a cliché, invented by America haters.
"haters": does this word exist?
[Edited by Mekt-Hakkikt on 04-23-2001 at 13:41]
But, of course redwolf you are allowed to be proud of your country, as much as everyone else. I, too, am proud of my country. I think that "pride" monopoly of the Americans is just a cliché, invented by America haters.
"haters": does this word exist?
[Edited by Mekt-Hakkikt on 04-23-2001 at 13:41]
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Slaves perform many functions to the Kilrathi -- they're used for difficult labour, as 'toys', as personal servants, as food, as tools in research -- and as researchers themselves (other races are generally responsible for Kilrathi weapons development -- the furballs themselves aren't particularly intelligent).
Less reputable humans, of course, have slaves too in Wing Commander as well...
Less reputable humans, of course, have slaves too in Wing Commander as well...
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Other humans, yes (well, and Varni and other species...) -- if you're a pirate in Privateer, you can traffic in human slaves.
mpanty
Keen Commander
Like what? The same type human slaves performed on Earth in the past? i.e. mining... the such?
Ehm... I don't know about that... They stole the jump drive technology, true, but weren't they able to build spaceships at that time anyway?
The Kilrathi appear to me to be very intelligent beings...
At least more than the Mopoks...
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
The Kilrathi are not particularly technical. They stole the ability to produce spaceships and the jump drive from two different species...
As for slaves and weapons: They used Varni slaves to develop the first torpedoes, for instance.
And yeah, they use slaves to do things like mining (Dekker, for instance, mined ore for the Kilrathi while he was a POW -- or working on assembly lines...
As for slaves and weapons: They used Varni slaves to develop the first torpedoes, for instance.
And yeah, they use slaves to do things like mining (Dekker, for instance, mined ore for the Kilrathi while he was a POW -- or working on assembly lines...