- At 04:44am on 23rd Mar 2011, publiusdetroit wrote:
- 74. At 04:49am on 23rd Mar 2011, CuriousAmerican wrote: 70. At 04:28am on 23rd Mar 2011, Chris-TH wrote:
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Stupid me, I should have looked up the word ceasefire before I asked my question. So that is what I did. I think that Webster is a good source?
"A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms."
BTW I served the UN Peacekeeping Forces, and lost colleagues during our efforts to keep waring parties apart.......I'm not very "fond" of Col. G. (I had a friend executed back in 1984), and would like to see him disappear from the International/National scene, but I'm just as DISGUSTED by the "rape" of the UN charter.
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"Noth'n like being shot at to clear the senses"....
You see...to many..this is just a theory to discuss safely behind the key board....It's a LOT different when you and your loved ones are the on the firing line...
I guaran-damn-tee that if YOUR brother, son, father, uncle, cousin, friend or yourself is put at risk of DEATH to enact this travesty.....you would be the FIRST to jump and ask what the H*ll for?....
...to keep people from killing each other in a civil war....?....You better have a better story to tell the widow and orphans than that.....
----thanks for the service brother----I owe you a debt I can not pay----
(Sharp and Crisp Salute)
- 75. At 04:59am on 23rd Mar 2011, publiusdetroit wrote: Supersonicpenquin1-
Would you be comfortable flying a mission with sayasay (considering his personal rules of engagement) watching your six?
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In my post #45 I asked you for your definition of "total war" since in your post #37 you inferred that the U.S. was using "total war" tactics in enforcing the No-fly Zone over Libya.
Your response to my request for your definition of "total war" was, "In fact, I concede to let your own imagination ‘run wild’ to figure out what is total war..."
I do not need to let my imagination "run wild" to define "total war". A "total war" is: " a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted."
The U.S. has not crowded it's entire naval force into the Mediterranean. All of our National Guard and armed forces reserve units have not been activated. We certainly have not used every available weapon in our arsenal, or Libya would be a sheet of fused glass. Your inference of our "total war" activities are a gross exaggeration.
Also in post #37 you expressed that a No-fly Zone was "like a live-firing exercise".
I asked you what the rules of engagement were in a "live-firing exercise".
You responded, "There are just too many. My listing them out will make this post sound like a military manual and much, much longer than Mark's original blog article. I see no value in imposing on Mark. But if you are insistent, I humbly suggest you research it yourself."
There is very significant difference between a "live-firing exercise" and actual combat. The rules of engagement in combat lead to the ultimate, and very real, destruction of the target. A "live-firing exercise" is just that, an exercise. Ideally, there is no loss of life, even the lose of combatant lives. Establishing a No-fly Zone [NFL] is a combat operation, not an exercise. Unauthorized planes attempt to become airborne, they have violated the NFZ and are destroyed, often with the lose of the pilot's life.
I was curious about whether you personally had military and combat experience as it seemed you were confused why the U.S. and Coalition forces would eliminate anti-aircraft defenses to be able to establish and enforce and NFZ.
I thank you for, at least, answering that you have had neither military nor combat experience. You stated in post #37 in response to supersonicpenquin1, "But don’t ask for less risk to your person, or else I consider with much askance your military professionalism and personal courage." I was just wondering what your personal qualifications were to make such a discourteous remark to someone who has actually had the courage to go into harm's way.
You owe supersonicpenquin1 a sincere apology.