My answer has nothing to do with that afraid thing, but Iraq wasn't top ten armies at the time and neither was Afghanistan. These wars aren't valued for cent's worth regarding US military capabilities against proper army. Iraq was a test field for new weapons againts every way inferior army, that had so little fighting will, that it can't even be spoken about. And Afganistan was war against some rag and tag jihadists, but at least they had/ have fighting will.

That is how it goes.

ahhh fuggeduboudit.

well, little talked about is the fact china had just signed a deal with ukraine for grain.. non-gmo grain..

about a month after is when NATO took out that government.

NATO took out government? By the way, pretty much every grain in Europe is non-gmo. GMO stuff is mostly used for feeding cattle, if even for that.

FTR, i like my russian colleagues and acquaintances, had been planning my first trip to russia to meet face to face and take in all the rich history and such when all this Ukraine issue put the kaybash on that, hopefully temporarily.

france just banned it, germany in 08-09, and then we get into pandoras box.

Ukraine has never had it.. or never did

they do now.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...e-arrives.html

I`m really stuck on the middle Eastern Countries...Islam will win..but can`t figure out it`s purpose.Antichrist perhaps?

When the US engaged the Iraq Army in '91...the 100 hour war...the Iraq Army was the fourth largest Army in the World.

Yes, maybe regarding man power in arms. And even the man power wasn't that much: 650 000. I suppose that you know the Iran-Iraq war. Not much result in there for Iraq. Iraq had by 1991 obsolete army in modern starndards (that day's modern). And still, there were no fighting will. War on desert against sitting ducks with no morale. Lead by some dumb dictator and his cousins. That's your war.

yep, iraqis/saddam were mad when they lost their western support, decided to get even via kuwait.

They had been supplied weapons...primarily by Russia...and had some of Russia's top of the line weapons of war. They were poorly trained and did not have the will to fight for Sadam. America forces had state of the art weapons of war and are very well trained.

The Russians are once again supplying Iraq with weapons of war.

Like what top of the line weapons? They had T-72s and some Scud's, neither top of the line at the time. Not useless, but far from top of the line.

The fighting will is very important, and Iraq's poor fighting will isn't something that US can boast about. Like I said, fighting against a proper army is a totally different matter. For starters against an army that fights back.

Operation well done, no one denies that, but hardly a "trophy fight".

By my count the US has 5 decent allies: UK, Israel, Australia, South Korea, Canada

http://i.imgur.com/ukAnyxY.jpg

btw, F-35 total costs soar to $1.5trillion but 'can't turn, can't climb, can't run' - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0PQ1I920140715

No normal nation would do such a thing.

What are you smoking? China’s foreign exchange reserves near $4trillion.

You do not count very well...now do you?

f-35 is far worse than that

we 'have 4 subs'. they don't work, never did, doubtfully ever will. also, the manpower lists.. vietnam came after ww2 and korea, and that didn't go well public opinion wise. since the 'available manpower' is 15 million, i must assume i myself am included in that, and the answer would be: ' :1orglaugh :1orglaugh ' i have seen how we treat vets after the 'honour' is done

I think better than you.

Iraq had the fourth largest Army at the start of the Gulf War. From wikipedia:

We weren't scared in Iraq, bitch smacked them twice, and we weren't afraid in Afghanistan either.

U.S.A and Russia will work hand in hand to pull China out to play. There will be no war between them. I think it`s a bluff. Is there something in the eastern countries that China really really wants?

I suggest that you rethink and count again...sport.

canada had the 3rd largest navy in the world after ww2, and 4th largest airforce.

doesn't mean shit now, didn't mean shit then either.

It took 100 hours in the first conflict with Iraq to kick them out of Kuwaite and 24 days to defeat their entire Army and overthrow the Baathist Government in the second conflict with Iraq. In Afghanistan it took a few weeks to overthrow the Taliban Government they really didn't have an Army to defeat.

Some shit laying on desert doesn't make an army. :)

I haven't told you being scared of Iraq. For starters it's on another side of the world. I am not scared Tuvalu either. :)

This usually depends. Morale to fight some war in some hellhole you have never heard of is somewhat different thing than fighting literally for your existence, or for most of us freedom and such are enough good causes. And I mean for real, not some bullshit in some requiting flyer.

I am ready to fight, but not in some hellhole. There is even a military game where our morale drops the more the further we move from our country (but otherwise the highest morale in the game). That pretty much sums it up.

i like how americans try to find comfort in bullshit facts :1orglaugh

USA: 1000000000000 aircraft carriers 10000000000000 drones 10000000000000000 spaceships 1000000000000 americans in debt slavery


Russia: 1 amp of bacteria that is the "OFF" switch to life on earth...price 20$ :1orglaugh


how enjoy your i-healthcare your i-education and your i-army :1orglaugh

list of real american victores:

WW2: nuked some jap fishermen to make crippled war torn japan surrender before the russians waltzed in
korea: bombed the shit out of asian farmers who never did shit to the USA
vietnam: bombed the shit out of asian farmers who never did shit to the USA
avghanistan : bombed some beduins living in the dessert who never did shit to the USA
iraq: bombed some beduins living in the dessert who never did shit to the USA

making fun of the US army is so easy :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh