Shiznit's getting real in the Ukraine. Russia's has boots on the ground and Putin looks to be calling Obama's bluff. Ukraine is not a member of NATO so technically is not protected by them...this will be getting interesting in the days to come.
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Shiznit's getting real in the Ukraine. Russia's has boots on the ground and Putin looks to be calling Obama's bluff. Ukraine is not a member of NATO so technically is not protected by them...this will be getting interesting in the days to come.
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"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
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You just knew it was going to get real once the Olympics were over, an he didn't have to play nice.
I'd say I'm surprised..but..I'm not.
Putin...oh if only I had words to describe him. Well I do, but their not very nice. lol. I think he's wishing for a flux capacitor and a delorian so he can go back to the 40s.
Then again..maybe I'm watching to much Back to the future.
Sirscrapalot - It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. - Niccolo Machivallei, such a fitting quote for this thread.
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They invaded Georgia during the last Olymics ; ) They're saying it's going to be another "cold war" all over again but I believe it could get a little hotter than that
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This is true Bear. An I agree. Welcome back to the 70s, and 80s.
Kids today wouldn't know what to do with an air raid. I can remember having to duck under a desk during those drills.
Sirscrapalot - When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. -Niccolo Machiavelli
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I havent really been following the situation over there, maybe I should start... Hope nothing ends up happening over here cause of it..
If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...
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Barrie, Ontario.
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Glad I retired when I did, but hey is Uncle Sam wants me back, he can start me back at what I retired at.
My fortune cookie said:
You discover treasures where others see nothing unusual.
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I surely hope not with the current mealy do nothing bunch we have up there now.Originally Posted by Bear
"anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"
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Maybe not our place to get involved at all. I think our boys and girls have spilled enough blood in the last 10 years. Let someone else do the dirty work for once!
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” John Wayne-- The Shootist
NEWBS READ THIS THREAD ABOUT REFINING!!!!
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/off-t...ning-read.html
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I agree Brass. Also I think some of these new governments that get put in place are worse then the one they took over...take Egypt for example.
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We can only pray brass. I would write my congresswoman, have plenty of times, but she is dumb as a bag of rocks so i'll save the ink.
There ain't nothing wrong with an honest days work. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.- Old Man
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Think about this.....what if the US govt said we are not going to send troops any longer. No more young americans dying for people that couldn't care less if we were there or not. Figure it out on your own! If you start something finish it or live with what you have and shut up!
Unless there is another Hitler type out there then I say get everyone home and let the rest of the world take care of its own problems.
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Choices: 1. Build a tractor and be productive 2. Build a tank and destroy. - I think it's time we focus on building our country again!
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Couldnt agree more. If it doesnt effect us at all, why are we wasting time, money and risking human life? I never understood it.
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War did not end the soviet union the first time and it won't bring around change this time. War and fear are money making tools nothing more. peace and love are the only lasting agents of change. It only took 2 tours as infantry to teach me that.
"And if your train's on time, You can get to work by nine, and start your slaving job to get your pay. If you ever get annoyed, Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day" -BTO
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I don't think we'll put boots on the ground, Obama want's to down size the millitary. Sir, I remember the duck and cover drills back in the 50's and 60's, like that would do us any good. You could get killed under the desk just as easy as on top of the desk.
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build some **** tractors!
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I never said it would work Happy. Doesn't take a genius to realize a piece of wood isn't going to stop an atomic bomb from turning you into a pile of ash.
I'm not the idiot in the government that thought telling someone to hide under a desk was a good thing.Putin is just following in the steps that came before him. Iron fist, an crush any who disagree with you. I never said a word for being for war. Personally, I find peace more preferable. Then again..I don't run a country. I will always support my troops, but I'd never wish for war.
War didn't end the USSR. Going broke did.
An thanks, now i got another topic for the quotes page. Oh an there are some good ones.
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it. - Robert E. Lee.
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. - Herbert Hoover
War is hell. - William T. Sherman
It's not a **** video game, to be glorified an trumpeted from the tallest mountain, as the makers of video games, an certain movies would have you believe.
EDIT : Excuse my rant, I'm just not a fan of war. An Happy I'm sure know, my rant and ire isn't directed at you my friend. It's a subject I feel strongly about. Just so folks don't get it all twisted..I do support my troops. Always have, an always will. It's the idiots that start wars, an send young men to die, that I don't like, an who this is directed to. Felt I should clarify. Sadly, the ones in charge, will never read this, an if they did, wouldn't care anyways.
Sirscrapalot - Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. - JFK
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While I don't generally comment on issues like this on a non-political weblog, I believe UN intelligence has shown that there is a Hitler-like problem going on in North Korea. Hopefully, the world community and not the US alone will address that problem quickly and firmly. And, with our current military technology, we can answer Kim Jung Un without a single pair of boots on the ground.
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Never forget that every major conflict over the last quarter-century has been about dead dinosaurs. Access to production and transportation of petroleum is, and has been, the underlying reasons for far too much American blood being spilled. This time, though, it's not OUR access to fossil fuels, but Europe's that is in danger. Whatcha wanna bet that all those Parlay vooo mamma mia spreckenzee deucht folks are gonna be just clamoring for Uncle Sam to come put a stop to Big Bad Vlad over the coming weeks. You know... those same folks that wouldn't let us use their bases or even their airspace when it was OUR oil (and currency) we were trying to protect?
Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein
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I don't see the 60s or the 80s, more like the 30s, in fact the Olympics itself was more about the host nations leader than about the olympics itself, almost a direct replay of the 1936 Olympics in Germany, under Hitler. In fact there were numerous similarities, including one I found interesting in itself, for the first time since 1936 did the USA sailing team fail to win a single medal.
I don't really think Putin is one, nor is North Korea's Kim Jong Un another Hitler, although he is similar, the next "hitler" will no doubt make the last one look like a wimp.
With all the things going on in the world around us, it is certainly no time to be sticking our heads in the sand
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