I heard a better one. Never argue with an idiot, they'll just drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
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I heard a better one. Never argue with an idiot, they'll just drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
Quattroporte, that is so true....lord knows there are enough idiots to argue with around this world too...
That's a real good one :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Quattroporte
Hey EKI
How do you like Vodka Breath's newest use for the army???
Russian soldiers 'used for sex'
Russia's military has been tarnished by a series of scandals
The Russian military is reported to be investigating claims that army conscripts were forced to work as male prostitutes in St Petersburg.
The command of the interior ministry unit denied the claims made by the Soldiers' Mothers human rights group.
The group says it was contacted by a parent of a conscript who had been forced to work as a male prostitute.
Last year, an 18-year-old soldier was so badly beaten that he had to have his legs and genitals amputated.
The BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow says the latest claims follow a series of scandals which have damaged the Russian army's reputation.
A spokeswoman for the Soldiers' Mothers, Ella Polyakova, told the BBC that in St Petersburg there was "a network of clients" who would pay for sex with soldiers.
Older servicemen are said to have forced younger conscripts into prostitution and then taken the money for themselves.
Brutality
The Sychev bullying case drew worldwide attention to Russian army abuses.
Private Andrei Sychev was forced to squat for several hours by fellow soldiers and then tied to a chair and brutally beaten up last year.
As a result he developed gangrene in his legs and genitals, which had to be amputated.
Now permanently disabled, Pte Sychev has just announced that he is to write a book about his ordeal.
Such cases have highlighted the appalling conditions suffered by some Russian service personnel at a time when Russia is seeking a greater role on the world stage, our correspondent says.
It's not my problem as long they keep within their own borders. I could imagine worse use for their army.Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
so the USA doesn't engage in torture???
This was happening within the Russian army. I think a better analogy than torture would be the rape cases in the US Air Force Academy:Quote:
Originally Posted by SOD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_U....ssault_scandal
Its exactly this possibility and this habit, that makes me shiver! And its really nothing to be proud of.Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
That is true. Currently. But how will USA react, when i.e. freshwater resources become short some day in the future? Or if USA runs out of fuel? (you can imagine a lot of similar and perhaps more probable scenarios yourself). I guess you know the answer... and its an answer thatīs not going to strenghten my good feelings when thinking of America and his citizens...Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
The greatest World Idiot of us all speaks again. Like Rumsfeld once said "As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns.That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.":
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/...nce/index.html
"We know [the bombs are] there, we know they're provided by the Quds force. We know the Quds force is a part of the Iranian government," he told a news conference.
"I don't think we know who picked up the phone and said 'the Quds force, go do this,' but we know it's a vital part of the Iranian government. What matters is, is that we're responding."
Eki, there was a new report out yesterday from the Telegraph in Britain about big-bore Austrian rifles sent to the Iranian national police to fight drug smugglers......that have been used by Iraqi resistance forces to kill US troops. I'm rather shocked nobody mentioned it.
I dunno how Chavez got into this, but he's a pain in the backside but harmless to the US really, and his power lust is gonna end up hurting him and Venezuela. The country's oil wells apparently are tough to keep producing and thanks to Chavez most of the country's skilled people are trying to get away as fast as they can. Hardly surprising that is, but Chavez better get people to replace them or he may be in deep trouble rather soon.