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[Pete999]

...A certain 1940's Japanese Emperor would not concur...

You lot need to be less concerned about terrorists,rogue leaders and arms proliferation,and more concerned regarding data holding,and no new antibiotics in the last 40 years...

PEG respect your post, but the dropping of the 2 Atomic weapons to put an end to needless slaughter on both sides, is in my opinion a tatally different scenario, as the Empire of Japan, did not own / posses any form of Nuclear weaponry, so there no chance of a retaliatory attack from Japan, so no MAD was possible.
As for DATA holding and an Antibiotic ban, I'm not sure, I fully understand your concerns, admitedly there are some concerns, but not as concerning as being burnt to a crisp by Russian or North Korean Nukes.

 

[PEG]

PEG respect your post, but the dropping of the 2 Atomic weapons to put an end to needless slaughter on both sides, is in my opinion a tatally different scenario, as the Empire of Japan, did not own / posses any form of Nuclear weaponry, so there no chance of a retaliatory attack from Japan, so no MAD was possible.
As for DATA holding and an Antibiotic ban, I'm not sure, I fully understand your concerns, admitedly there are some concerns, but not as concerning as being burnt to a crisp by Russian or North Korean Nukes.

Respect dude

I would not be too worried about being crisped,by two countries, who are effectively bankrupt...the spending being concentrated on a small section of controlled interest.
A countries population,will remain hungry and supportive,for only so long...regardless of penalties and patriotism.

History has taught us,it is always,always,about the money

 

[Pete E]

Been reminiscing through the Red wine mist, and it took me back to October 1962, for the younger Members, the Cuban Missile Crisis (I urge you to watch "13 Days" Kevin Costner film).

It was a time when the West nearly came to blows with the Soviet Bloc using Nuclear Missiles, or Armageddon as it would have been.

I can remember vividly where I was at this time 18 going on 19 scared whitless, just wondering if other Guys have memories of that time in our history? the Politicians of that time on bothsides did the world a big favour, if you don't know the history get hold of the film and watch and see how lucky you are to be living today.

A bit before my time..

I have a cousin who served in the Queens Dragoon Guards (Tanky's)in the 1970's and spent a lot of time in Germany as part of the British Army On the Rhine. Years later he said there was a few occasion's when they were deployed to their War Positions in the field because the higher ups seriously thought the Russians were about to invade. The strange thing was that these incidents weren't part of some international crisis that was headline news, but just events going on in Russia..

I did a few years in the TA and one of the most interesting courses I did was a 5 day Soviet Studies Course.It went into the history of the USSR from the revolution through WW2 to the Cold War and then the current state of the USSR armed forces and also the political side of thing. As much as possible, it gave the Soviet perspective on events and showed how their logic resulted in certain responses.

At one stage, one of the likeliest reasons for WW3 would have been a wide spread failure of the Soviet grain harvest when the Russians would have come West to feed themselves. This was the reason that despite relations being very poor in the Cold War, the Americans continued to supply the Russians with huge amounts of grain..

It was fascinating stuff and showed the Russians very often believed they were being seriously threatened by NATO so acted accordingly.

 

[static zap]

.... no new antibiotics in the last 40 years...

We are all doomed
(but safe from that Chinese space station )
Could have spoilt a Tahiti holiday flight though !

 

[Squid]

The Americans found a way and an excuse to test their Nuclear weapons and at that moment they became a world super power, the British then lost an entire Empire and we became their "Speshal Friends" from then on.

In my "opinion" the Russians are total see you next Tuesdays (awaits and email from the mods) as they murdered half my family and sent the other half to Siberia, NKVD are or were the "Special Police Force" met enough of the Polish version in my life, fully armed with machine guns and a different coloured uniform to the normal police and total f!!ctards.

 

[ipf]

Future wars wont ever use nuclear bombs IMO, it will be down to Cyber.

I always said the main danger would be apple juice.

 

[Pete999]

I always said the main danger would be apple juice.

 

[static zap]

I always said the main danger would be apple juice.

I've got to ask .. Diabetes from all that sugar?
(or any country leaders/controllers that look a bit concentrated)

 

[Squid]

I always said the main danger would be apple juice.

Specsavers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Des 56]

The tactics of the British in Germany in the late sixties/ early seventies if war started was to abandon Germany and make a stand in Holland/Belgium,there was no expectation they could hold the Russians back if they invaded

I know the planes at RAF Gutersloh would take off,do their bit and land elsewhere,it was safer for them to do that when in battle

The only function of anybody on that base was to get the planes in the air,after they were scrambled the military and civilians would all be legging it for the autobahns where chaos would mean no one got anywhere fast

Our army was a sacrificial lamb put there in West Germany as a showpiece,it was a very dangerous situation whatever the times crisis or no crisis

 

[ipf]

I've got to ask .. Diabetes from all that sugar?
(or any country leaders/controllers that look a bit concentrated)

Maybe.

 

[static zap]

...Empower Somerset with a Cider lake...
( found -Russia + fruit reference - 3 yrs out of date !)

 

[Wilko]

...Empower Somerset with a Cider lake...
( found -Russia + fruit reference - 3 yrs out of date !)

Is there a translation service on this? I've lost the plot quicker than usual ...

 

[Wilko]

... murdered half my family and sent the other half to Siberia ...

I am sorry for your loss SWD.

 

[static zap]

Is there a translation service on this? I've
lost the plot quicker than usual ...

-Still seeking clues to the relevance of-

I always said the main danger would be apple juice.

We never have much Apple juice left !
( my optimist says == no threat/danger)