J Ruddy

If it walks like a dog, barks like a dog, wizzes on it's pals like a dog, it is a dog. There are ways to make a point without being a prick, and like so many senior Canadian officers throughout history, ole' Hillier chose the path of arrogant prick. You're not convincing me that this decision wasn't completely out to lunch. The Leo is required to fill the direct-fire role. Since the MGS system is a wet dream, this only leaves Leo's. I have argued from day one that totally abandoning tracks for a completely wheeled force is a poorly thought out concept. Though the MGS could have filled the direct-fire role, it's thin armour and lack of mobility were serious concerns for me. These were concerns that no one could dispell either. Also we wanted a C130 mobile force because we couldn't provide strategic lift. So we solved the logistics problem by getting rid of MBT's in favour for the vapourware MGS. Now we recognize the problems with MGS plus we've committed to strategic lift. The reports have come in from the field of an urgent need for direct fire support, so Leo's are back in. I have it first hand, from a few 'in the field' non-com's, that the Leo's are a huge morale boost for the boots on the ground. They provide an impressive show of force and an excellent direct fire platform. I haven't seen any official reports, so I guess my buddies will have to do. I guess I'm being a bit tough on Rick, but bias aside, when so many people claim the emperor has no clothes, he just might be 'nekkid'...

I hope that prick Gen Rick Hillier is eating crow. I guess the "millstone around the neck of the service" might have some use afterall, eh? I wonder how vindicated the retired officers who he called "armchair strategists who didn't understand the changing face of warfare." are? Or are they just as disillisioned as they were three years ago? Bitter, me? No. I can't wait to see the look on my bro-in-law sr officer's face when I rub this in it. Guess what? I, the ex-reserve radio technician armchair strategist was right and you, your pals and that dick Hillier were wrong! Geez, with an attitude like that, no wonder I never made a career out of the military!

OK, time for MD to put me in my place... IIRC hind-sight has shown this this to be more "political decision" than actual "hard deployment limitation". If it is easy to do, and if there are enough Canadians who bought CMBB CMAK CMBO then why the hell not? Throw them in and be sure to include the new Leo's!!!!

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I do, but it's holding up my coffee table...

I'm for the giant index finger of God popping out of the sky and pish-tooking the troops / vehicles back into the play area. Can you think of a better solution? I thought not. It's because God is perfect, therefore God's index finger is perfect, therefore any system of moving troops via Gods index finger must also be perfect. I'm telling you... PISH-TOOK!!!! Now, forget American versus European birds, what colour should God's index finger be? White? Brownish tan? Black?

Is anyone else tired of hearing about this Finn's flam? :mad:

Operation Urgent Fury!!!!! San Carlos - Bomb Alley!!! Er.. what?

Ahh... Alas poor Abbott. His capitalist American pig-pigs crashed like waves on the rock that was my German defence. His Sherman tank did well, scaring the squirrels out of the <font color = green>tree's</font> and turning <font size = 5>boulders</font> into tiny <font size = 1>rocks</font>. There was a lot of smoke though I didn't see any mirrors.... Bwaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaarrhaaaar :mad:

"If you don't think it could happen, then you don't know Jack"?

I think you are confusing "cure all" with "opportunity". Opportunity to advance one's career. Opportunity to please your financial "base". Opportunity to make money. Opportunity to retain power. Opportunity to achieve some political goal, no matter how misguided or flawed. But hey - no politics allowed right?

Who knew Steve was so articulatmatishy...

There's agressive drivers in all vehicles. Agressive pricks in BMW's piss me off, agressive drivers in Internationals scare the hell out of me. Not that this guy was agressive, not at all actually. But more times than I can count I've been in the slow lane, doing 5 over the limit, and had some jackass in a Mac or White or whatever following so close that I can't read his plate #. It's jerks like that who make the average joe car driver so prejudiced against truck drivers. It ain't right, but it's the way it is. (And I imagine the jerks in the Bimmers, Civics etc that cut off trucks are just as bad for truck drivers, of course they are putting their 'own' lives at risk, not mine..

Is that why you get so uppity when I call you Prinzess, Your High-ness?? Many apologies. Here, have a rainbow...

Shouldn't you be making ice cream? :mad:

Woot! Thanks!

Shouldn't you be milking a cow? :mad:

:mad: Today, in a snow storm, an 18 Wheeler decided to move into my lane while I was in it. Between the careful use of the gas pedal, steering and liberal use of my horn I managed to avoid a spin and now have the chance to live another day. :mad: Who knew they had a huge blind spot off their fron quarter panel? :mad: So I have a slighly crunched bumper skin where he clipped me. He stopped, I stopped all in all it was fairly calm. (OK I gave him the finger, then stopped, he kept going I freaked out some more, then saw he stopped then I caught up to him, by which time I was just glad he stopped.) The million dollar question is, do I go through insurance or do I simply let this guy pay for the damage himself? I'm pretty sure his work wouldn't be too happy about an accident, he seemed like an ok fellow, and as I was sitting in his seat I could see that there was no way for him to see my car where I was. Whaddaya think? :mad:

OK - I know I should have asked for/about this months ago but... Will it be possible to massage VP's on individual units, with different values for 'force value' (purchase price), killed or captured. I must be frigging obsessed with JTF2 or somefink cause I can't get the idea of surgical strikes in CMSF out of my frigging head. Imagine a scenario where a Stryker coy is tasked with neutralizing para's who are holed up in a village. Intel indicates that among the militants are Saudi nationals who really need to be captured and interrogated. So in this case, the Saudi irregulars would be worth x points to buy, but only give the Americans 1/2x if killed or say 4x if captured. Another way to look at it is from Syrian point of view. Perhaps an Iraqi intelligence officer is embedded with the US Troops. As far as 'Force Value' he'd be quite low, but the Americans really wouldn't want him dead or captured so maybe he'd be worth 5x his basic value dead or captured? I don't know if this even makes sense, but I thought I'd share my ideas... too late, of course but maybe in the next release, Combat Mission - War Plan Red. jr

Well, enjoy your todger, preferably in the privacy of your own throne-room, your high-ness. :mad: I have two kids so I'm pretty sure mine is sufficient. :mad: Bwahaaahaarraahhaaaarraaaahahaahaaarrhaarrr!11

Would anyone like a Rhinovirus? I have one and would be glad to pass it on? No? Maggots! :mad: :mad: :mad:

I wouldn't mind being Californian or Hawaiian this time of year... :mad: I used to spend quite a bit of time in LA on business, and there's only two things wrong with Southern California... Earthquakes and Southern Californians... :mad: I figure there's around 30M people in Canada and 30M in California, let's trade for a couple of months a year, say... January and February... :mad:

:mad: er that would be "win" Eurovision...!

er... he he... double post

...and the clouds parted and a great voice spake the words of the Lord, and the masses trembled, not in fear, but in anticipation, and the Lord saw that it was good, and peace came once again to the valley of the unwashed basement dwelling PBEM-ers, and deep in the caves of Albertina, a grog named Greg was born, and the Lord saw it and named it commander of all that lives in militaria shows, re-enactment clubs and the scale model war-ships that sail the deep blue seas, and the unwashed PBEM-ers rejoyced for their king was born.