J Ruddy Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 While visiting Syria on their farewell tour of the free (and not-so-free) world, soon to be ex-president, the two term wonder, George W Bush, along with "can't-keep-it-in-his-pants" Bill Clinton seriously offend Bashar al-Assad with their unending run of "Are you Syrias" and "Als-Assad Bashar" jokes, the whole episode culminating in George W trying to calm down the persident by assuring him that he is really an "Alawite" sort of fellow afterall while Billie's caught trying to peek under the serving girls Burkha... ( I was just checking to see if she's going regimental or not, is that a crime?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Ruddy Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Did I mention the GW Hummus upchucking episode or the incident between Billie and Bashar al-Assad's favorite goat? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Ruddy Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Did I mention the GW Hummus upchucking episode or the incident between Billie and Bashar al-Assad's favorite goat? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Ruddy Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Did I mention the GW Hummus upchucking episode or the incident between Billie and Bashar al-Assad's favorite goat? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Cairns Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 The two most obvious reasons to intervene quickly with the most mobile force possible, (largely ruling out airborne because of vulnerability to ground fire), are the extraction of friendly civilian personnel ( though there aren't many US citizeans, if it's a UN mandate, it could be EU, Russian, Chinese and probably asian). and secondly genocide. The deterioration of a domestic collapse that saw us in a Dafur/Rwanda/Kosovo situation wher armed units were literally exterminating civilians, would justify a Stryker type Force. If this has a weakness it's that when it comes to dieing civilians other than their own the UN/US/EU have previously done bugger all till it was time to count the bodies and organise some show trials. Still A "Humanitarian" need for rapid intervention would probably be the most "politically" acceptable back story for most. Peter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Cairns Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 The two most obvious reasons to intervene quickly with the most mobile force possible, (largely ruling out airborne because of vulnerability to ground fire), are the extraction of friendly civilian personnel ( though there aren't many US citizeans, if it's a UN mandate, it could be EU, Russian, Chinese and probably asian). and secondly genocide. The deterioration of a domestic collapse that saw us in a Dafur/Rwanda/Kosovo situation wher armed units were literally exterminating civilians, would justify a Stryker type Force. If this has a weakness it's that when it comes to dieing civilians other than their own the UN/US/EU have previously done bugger all till it was time to count the bodies and organise some show trials. Still A "Humanitarian" need for rapid intervention would probably be the most "politically" acceptable back story for most. Peter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Cairns Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 The two most obvious reasons to intervene quickly with the most mobile force possible, (largely ruling out airborne because of vulnerability to ground fire), are the extraction of friendly civilian personnel ( though there aren't many US citizeans, if it's a UN mandate, it could be EU, Russian, Chinese and probably asian). and secondly genocide. The deterioration of a domestic collapse that saw us in a Dafur/Rwanda/Kosovo situation wher armed units were literally exterminating civilians, would justify a Stryker type Force. If this has a weakness it's that when it comes to dieing civilians other than their own the UN/US/EU have previously done bugger all till it was time to count the bodies and organise some show trials. Still A "Humanitarian" need for rapid intervention would probably be the most "politically" acceptable back story for most. Peter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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