A little war may be necessary every so often!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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We need to test our new ordnance and techniques in real situations to check their effectiveness and to convince other countries to purchase some. While watching a report on the war on ISIS it struck me that navy pilots were checking things out like airborne electronic jamming trchnology. So, just a small war is needed and, hopefully, it doesn't get out of control...
 

Many a true word is spoken in jest.
The super powers have been using small proxy wars to test their newest armaments for the last 70 years.
Smaller powers benefit from the process too. The arms manufacturers benefit financially.

Civilians are collateral damage in this enterprise.
 
But we do war so remotely, or from the air, that we don't see the collateral damage unless we watch the news...
 

What they're doing to Syria is beyond obscene. Looking at the scenes from that hospital puts a face on "collateral damage". Is it containing ISIS? Probably not, destroying a whole country...yes. If anything it might influence yet more young people into supporting ISIS. You can't blame a typical civilian Syrian for hating us.
 
Warrigal said:
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
The super powers have been using small proxy wars to test their newest armaments for the last 70 years.
Smaller powers benefit from the process too. The arms manufacturers benefit financially.
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The Spanish civil war was 80 years ago.

How can a war be civil?
 
Civil wars are the most bitter and take longer to heal.
Consider Korea, USA, England, Spain, Vietnam, Lebanon, Uganda and now various ME countries.

South Africa did well to avoid the one we all feared was coming.
 
It's not even called war anymore...it's an " invasion" or " targeted strikes"...if you miss your target as so often happens...well there could have been resistance in that school or hospital...oooops
 
fureverywhere said:
It's not even called war anymore...it's an " invasion" or " targeted strikes"...if you miss your target as so often happens...well there could have been resistance in that school or hospital...oooops
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I thought they were "police actions" or "peace keeping". Or 'sanction enforcers'.
 
I'm only really familiar with examples where Australians have been involved.

Malaysia was a police action, Cyprus was peace keeping and sanctions enforcement sounds like naval blockades but is actually about trade and financial restrictions.
Intervention in the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) was a Regional Assistance Mission.

Apart from Malaysia, there was very little shooting involved in any of them.
 
Warrigal said:
I'm only really familiar with examples where Australians have been involved.

Malaysia was a police action, Cyprus was peace keeping and sanctions enforcement sounds like naval blockades but is actually about trade and financial restrictions.
Intervention in the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) was a Regional Assistance Mission.

Apart from Malaysia, there was very little shooting involved in any of them.
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Intervention. Forget about that one.
 
Call it what you want, but I think Phil Och's had it right when he sang "I Ain't Marching Anymore." Now he wouldn't have to as volunteer soldiers do what marching is being done...
 
Manatee said:
The Spanish civil war was 80 years ago.

How can a war be civil?
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A civil war is civil in that it is a war between citizens -- civilians -- of one country, not civil in the sense of how those citizens "ought" to behave towards each other as compatriots, i.e., in a civil manner.
 
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