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I think a lot of this springs from a sort of ignorant entitlement mentality.  The world is just supposed to keep the US on top because it is the US.  This completely misses the sacrifices and decades of work it took to position it on top - and frankly everyone in the western world should be happy it worked out that way.  But no, the US should be able to simply “Let it be” and somehow the world will keep spinning the way it has - this is beyond ignorant and is heading to dumb.
Here is a crazy thought for all the Russian apologists, isolationist, Cro-Magnon-adventists who try and frame this war as anything than it is: Some wars are worth fighting, and this is one of them.
”Oh if we had only…[insert upside down theory]”. Well we did not. Russia invaded a nation that was minding its own business and is killing innocent people in a naked power grab.  I do not care if Russia wigged out because NATO - so freakin what?  We use our words not poorly aimed cruise missiles.  
This entire war is not the result of anyone’s foreign policy other than Russia and Putin.  Every nation that joined NATO did so of its own free will - you know, the thing we are supposed to be protecting?  Anyone who suggests that we should live in a world where we let regional dictators pull of nonsense like this war - “to avoid war” is deluded.  Or, as I suspect is in this case, is that kid in the class who is just clever enough to be contrary and get attention but has no real solutions to offer.

True! But that wasn’t the point or structure of the Constitution, which was built to be amended. The point was and is that citizens get to not only vote but to *be* those who are voted on - to do the governing. Not a king or queen. Not a dictator. And whoever is governing gets kicked out periodically. Then they must again earn the privilege, if they wish to govern for another term. A self-governing society of equals, where the membership -voters- has been repeatedly enlarged. Imperfect, sure. But afaik, people stream to these sorts of Democratic societies and away from those like Russia, North Korea.
One of the strong points of this system has been the hard won recognition that neither the color of one’s pigmentation, nor one’s gender, nor ethnicity, nor one’s wealth is the determinant of one’s worthiness to be a citizen, to be included in “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” However painful and long that recognition has been taking, 

Welcome!
I think whole of NATO and especially in Europe we are quite a bit more stronger and united because of this. Hope Sweden can finish the process as well sooner rather than later.

Cheers!

Hacking a Dildo's account to buy Dildos instead of Drones. 
 
 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

John, 
 
having read your last post, I’m sincerely hoping for a vacation coming your way soon.
 
the crisis actor “application” regarding the Boston bombing (for those of you who understand Reddit, read the section it was posted to) is the final straw for me. 
 
You truly are acting like a buffoon. 

I like the Grant (or the Lee). I just think they’re neat.
Ugly? T-60s and 70s. 

Completely incapable of picking a force. Wish they would go back to a system like CMx1. I get that we can't have random maps, but we should at least be able to go up against a force that doesn't consist of 8 AT guns and an 81mm mortar.

(What ever happened to combined arms. I have gotten more replay value from CMx1 then
I ever have from CMx2, and I started with CMBN!)

Oh and Luke the trees are abstracted. Not sure exactly how, but they are abstracted. 

Has he ever addressed Stugs?... Steve that is. I thought I was in the Red Thunder area, so I laughed when I saw this thread. When I saw what was being described, the first thing I thought of was "hmm... why hasn't someone pointed him towards the other thread?" I guess I'll just add that link here if I get the time.
 
http://community.battlefront.com/topic/118147-stug-iii-bug-commanders-opening-up-at-point-blank-range/
 
 
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TLDR: A player (beta-tester? fanboi? some relative high-up) about-faces when he takes Stugs into combat, and affirms that they are "broken" for the time being.
 
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Well anyways, I know this is anecdotal, but the last 5 different people I've played, no one's bought a STUG. It wasn't until I read the post that I realized that must be the reason no one buys them.
 
Perhaps you are running into the same issue with the HumVees.

I've something that reminds me of the first Airborne mission from CMBN (I believe it came from the repository.) I think I am being too ambitious... I keep trying to come up with something that has AI plans for both sides. As it stands, I think I have something workable...
 
PanzerMike is right, more scenario editors seem to be entering the fray.
And by doing so, people like you, Seinfeld and PanzerMike, inspire people like me to make new missions.
Crappy missions, but missions nonetheless.

Hey Nidan....  maybe we'll give this a go after the QB we just started.

Why are you putting up pictures of dead babies, phallic objects and other perverse things? Ohhh wait, I miss my appointment this month.

I'm not sure who battlefield is paying here anymore... but I'm not necessarily surprised that one of them hasn't addressed this. I've never ran into this, because I don't like games where I can't see the enemy. Unfortunately this is because I don't think things such as haze, overcast skies, or darkness are handled very well by Combat Mission's engine. It is what it is... maybe they could slap a few more icons on the hud, but that's for another day.
 
However, it disturbs me that a major aspect of its [the game/ the company's] engine is not working correctly, albeit under such "unique" circumstances. 
 
If anything, BF could address it. Its truly absurd that that unit is not being located. Relying on this advanced spotting system leads to some really cool battle circumstances, but it also leads to some serious headaches. If anything, units within a 15 meter proximity, lets say 2-3 AS, should be automatically spotted. The only way this might be an exception, and we know the engine can handle this amazing phenomenon, is if A t-34 is sitting on the side of the road on a moonless night with very low visibility and is mistakenly believed to be a wreck or something of the like by CONSCRIPT soldiers, or otherwise compromised pxeltruppen. 
 
But don't expect anything from BF... they're still promoting/tweaking neat things like individual system damage when every AT gun/Tank in the game fires at the vehicle's center of mass. 
 
Some days I really wish Steve would go out into the desert on peyote and then come back and reappraise certain parts of this ****ing masterpiece. Some days I wish he'd have the humility to hire a small team to come in and analyze the game and its code for blemishes and omissions.
 
Its the small things that keep you pinned down, immersed in the game play.

This is a newsreel type coverage of a recent game of CMRT. The battle was Gates of Warsaw, by Panzermike. I do recommend it to anyone, regular or H2H. Big shout out to Nidan for being my opponent and setting up the game with me!
 
Obviously this is a bit of a spoiler for the mission, although I don't give away many key points and its narrative based... at least in a sense that it doesn't break down mission objectives or my planning. Anyways, enough talking, time for the popcorn. Someone send me a battle soon, its cjburke@yahoo.com on dropbox.
(PS: I fiddled around with a video editing program, so it might be best to watch this video at youtube.com if you can't get a high enough resolution.