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The least British Petroleum could have done was wear a condom.

Their track record with safety issues has been abysmal.

Farkcanal. Irony meter off the graph. In the words of the immortal
Dr John, "Hey, if I don't do it, somebody else will"....

Two Dogs

 

My dad went to Vietnam as an observer when we lived in Singapore, this
was sometime between Jan 1966 and Dec 1969. He came home after 6 months
out there and hasn't spoken much about it since. He has told me he was
amazed the war lasted so long, because the US forces were so badly
trained, had totally the wrong attitude and were so unprofessional in
everything they did. His report detailed all of this and was tossed out
as being politically inflammatory. The Vietnam episode was what made
him decide to leave altogether when his 22 years were up - he had
thought about signing on for another 9.

 

Good info. Got me reading, always a dangerous thing. Not enough
activity to produce quantities of waste until after WW2 though, just
naturally occurring radioactive materials.

I'm still interested in a little actual proof for this theory about
Hitler, a dirty nuke and a superbomber plot that Ian's flinging about.

Ian?


Two Dogs

 

And don't forget the MIC - the military had all sorts of sophisticated
new toys in the 60s they hadn't had the chance to try out on real live
targets. The Korean 'Police Action' was basically just a rehash of WW2
crudeness so a real live conflict with new kit was just what the doctor
ordered. The defence contractors were rubbing their hands with glee and
shoving brown envelopes into every politico's back pocket they could
reach, with promises of jobs for life after retiring from political
drudgery as a reward for services rendered.

 

Easy for you to find out, if you have a clue.

It is, utterly.

 

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

I was cheering for The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea.

And since they are on average 4" shorter than the average South Korean, and I'm 6'
3", I would be worshipped as a giant in that democracy, and I would be looked up to
as a Super Star!

I'm convinced. I'm moving!


Word is that the leader has a substantial collection of Hollywood DVD's!

 

*sigh*

It's "BP".

It's not been "British Petroleum" since they merged with Amoco (US),
then bought Arco (US) and Burmah (UK).

Can't argue with that, though.

 

In

Johnson was, however, this: wrong. The sure-fire way to tell the difference
between a "war" and a "police action" is to find out whether Bob Hope ever
entertained the armed forces during said encounter.

Bob Hope did not play police actions, but he *did* play Vietnam, ergo it was
a war.

Anyone who says otherwise is a thick-o.

 

Hmmm, a lot of new nics who are trolling?

Same bloke?

 

Love it! The only problem is now who has taken his role as the war-o-meter?

 

In the UK it always used to be Kate Adie.

Not sure now though...

 

FFS how hard is it to get the head around the observation, which was the US
Government never declared a state of war. Congress refused to vote it so.
You can call it a sunday school picnic if you like.

Much like Westminster refused to to call the war with the IRA a war.

And then my further observation was in both cases (IMHO) it affected how the
Police Action was dealt with.

 

You are a fucking idiot.

No doubt you also think National Socialism was a great idea and that the
Allies were out of order stepping in to put an end to it.

 

CT wrote

The german girls were better. I saw them in the stands.

 

Some of the Vietnamese people, who wanted to enslave the entire population
in totalitarian government. You fucking idiot.

There is a reason for that you fucking idiot. It has surpassed even national
socialism in enslaving people and killing them in vast numbers.

 

Well ya certainly can't fault his powers of observation.

I've always wondered how a straight fight in Europe between the Germans and
the Yanks, without any British involvement, would have gone.

1:0 I reckon.

 

So there we have it. You think that a bunch of deranged (pseudo marxist)
terrorists killing members of the elected British Government is a good
thing.
I was right, you are a window licking idiot.

 

'Twas a pity it was such shit; it looked the part.

 

No forward facing guns. Someone was completely insane!

 

Not fair: the Provos had split because they objected to Sticky
Marxism. The (pseudo-) Marxists mostly shot each other.