yobster

Although America was the tool used to bring down Saddam's rule, the real reason behind the war was, in fact, Israel.. Why Israel? might you ask. The answer is quite simple: Israel and Palastine are at total loggerheads with each other, and guess who chose to support Palestine? That's right: Saddam Hussein. I believe he was paying the families of Palestinian suicide bombers somewhere in the region of $20.000 - I actually doubt very much if it had anything to do with oil directly, although I do admit that oil is one of the ways that the war has been funded.** oh yes, and lets not forget that it was also about votes.. since that's all any government really cares about. (the whole rally around the flag, strong leadership bollocks) - I mean, you have to be retarded if you think the US government really cares about liberating countries and removing dictators... have any of them heard of a continent called Africa? (funnily enough I bet quite a few of them think that Africa is just a small desert somewhere with a few hungry people)It is much the same as the cold war, in that the fighting ends up being centred in the weaker countries (e.g. Korea instead of China or Russia) and in this case: Iraq instead of the borders of Israel. - This is because America is afraid to fight in any war that it is not definitely going to win, and if you thought they cocked up the war in Iraq just imagine what it would be like fighting the real fanatics.The war had absolutely nothing to do with removing a dictator (one whose army was armed and trained by America) it was all about America protecting it's interests in the East by removing anti-American governments..You would have thought America would have learnt by now.. this is how I see it playing out:1. They remove the dictator through a bloody war2. The population suffers more under American rule than under the dictator3. America instills democracy in a country that knows nothing about it4. The people elect a strong leader who promises to restore order and send the Americans packing5. America leaves because of internal pressures to bring the men home and external pressures for them to pull out of the country6. The final result is another government which hates America, but this time it has more support from the population who have seen what the U.S. Army has done to their country.Granted that is a worst case scenario, but it isn't hard to see that war breeds hate and hate breeds further war. Not that America really cares what happens to the country after they leave, once the American people get bored of the war the government will drop the whole thing and leave quicker than they got there.I hope I didn't come off as some pompus *bottom*, it wasn't my intention.. I just pretend to know everything since it's easier to write something as if it is a fact than to put lots of ifs and maybes in.

am I right in thinking that time even passes at a different rate when you are on a train, or a plane?I remember reading that if you throw a ball in the air when you are on a train it will seem to be in the air for longer if you are watching from a stationary point..would this mean that time passes ever so slightly differently if I was jogging? could someone explain to me how this works? - or is it just one of those things which just happens, without any explaination.. I'm just confusing myself now.

if we're going to be getting energy from space I should think that we would be getting it from the sun in some shape or form. (I don't mean by solar panels) Like by putting something in a close(ish) orbit around it. Of course we don't have anything like the technology for something like that.. not only because it would be near impossible to make such a thing, but because even if it did work we couldn't expect to see a return on it for a good thousand years or so. (due to the great distances)

Runescape is quite good for the younger players, and it isa clearly targeted towards them.. however it's that angle which I believe is the games downfall. The younger players become targets for all of the scammers and swearers, or they copy them and become one themselves.There are two reasons why I left Runescape never to return1. because I was fed up with the amount of people constantly trying to scam me2. because even though there are thousands of people about it still felt like you were playing on your own, there was no team work - if you saw someone about to die everyone would just do nothing and then pick up all of their stuff.I have now moved on to Puzzle pirates - which I know won't be everyone's "thing". But I prefer it by a long way. There is a much greater sense of community and the Admin there is amazing.I recommend you guys give it a try, if you ever do just look for "yobster" on the cobalt ocean ~