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Re: Allied Forces at War with Libyan Regime Perhaps better for a different thread, but I'm interested to know which aircraft has been the longest serving and still updated to modern standards throughout its use. I know that WW2 Mustangs and Spitfires served long after the 1930s when they were...

Re: Allied Forces at War with Libyan Regime The key part is "helping". How far does helping go before we can stop and say "no we cannot help because its not our right to help this much". I fear that point doesn't appear to have a limit when it comes to "helping" countries overthrow their...

Re: Allied Forces at War with Libyan Regime The problem is not just equipment per se, but more that the rebels have limited to no airpower. And aircraft are the easiest morale-breaker ever since WW2. Without aircraft, Gaddafi's forces are almost on a level playing field with the rebels as from...

Re: BYE BYE KHADAFI Heh, surprise surprise Gaddafi pulls out a ceasefire, therefore nullifying the effect of the UN resolution while he controls much of the country still. So basically we have a situation where we now have to police the airspace above Libya and Gaddafi remains in power...

Re: BYE BYE KHADAFI I'm not so sure, maybe if the opposing countries were more keen it would have gone quicker, but their worries are quite legitimate. My government has certainly seemed very determined to put in place this no fly zone, if anything that has probably helped speed up the process...

Re: BYE BYE KHADAFI Indeed, but like I said earlier, thats politics and diplomacy for you, it slows everything down particularly when you have countries like Russia and China who won't agree to this action (but interestingly abstained in this case). I'm assuming all this time was spent trying...

Re: BYE BYE KHADAFI Libya's oil resources. People worry about meddling with countries such as Libya and Iraq in fear of them spoiling their oil, which is highly valuable. As long as these countries provide access and sell the oil, the world doesn't seem to have a problem ignoring dictatorships...

Re: BYE BYE KHADAFI It was always going to take a while to pass the right channels, thats the nature of politics and diplomacy (that is, diplomacy not with Gaddafi, but with nations such as Russia and China who prefer non-military intervention). This is the downside to doing things properly...

No, it wasn't. Thats rose-tinted glasses talking there. Every generation has had truly terrible music, and no one talks about it because why would they remember terrible music? Sure, the Beatles were around then (among many other great bands) but the charts (or what was popular anyway) were also...

More like, with the over-saturation of the marketplace by Activision's quick-quid tactics, it was only natural this would eventually happen. This is what happens when you bring out several versions of the same game every year and attempt to exploit something super-quickly, the game quality...

Oh, Hell March is only the start. I love Frank's mix of rock, ambient, electronica and techno music. Some of my favourite examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVNubbPiZAU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVu53CSbCtw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMxIsM0hjnk...

I vote: Frank Klepacki's soundtracks for the Command & Conquer series. Ridge Racer Type 4 soundtrack.

The first half of the film was on par...the second half (plus the excessive use of CGI) not so much. Introducing aliens annoyed me so much!

I hate being reminded this film exists. :down:

Yup found here http://www.myspace.com/adrianstheuntouchables Along with http://www.myspace.com/adriansmithproject http://www.myspace.com/psychomotel Provided by yours truly. I don't bother logging into them anymore, so don't bother sending messages or friend requests. I'm actually surprised...

This is true of many areas of life.

Sarcasm never carries in text form without a bit more obvious indicators. What you read in your words, someone else might not and vice versa. I always wonder why people expect others to "get" sarcasm like that - the whole point of sarcasm is the facial expression or delivery of the sarcasm, i.e...

On the subject of Roy Z, Tribe of Gypsies is decent stuff if you're partial to some of that latin-style music mixed with rock. johnglen seems to have forgotten Judas Priest' Angel of Retribution too, which is one of my favourite albums to stick on to get through a bunch of work (if I'm in the...

I think Bruce saved himself a bit though by not making further comments after the fallout. Bruce is well known for his rants on a number of subjects, sometimes we say the wrong thing at the wrong time and I think Bruce would probably admit that now and probably even straight after he said it...

I think Maiden should ditch playing entire-historical tours altogether and return to being a "normal" band i.e. one that just plays mainly new material. Its so refreshing to have a band that is still at the top of their game and willing to actually play their new material. Arguably the band is...