Malcador
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That truce lasted long. I do find it funny that the IDF soldier has been "kidnapped" rather then just captured.
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Well you said Certainly implies that not bombing is equivalent to the abandonment of their own people, as it's not binary case but one of degrees that was being discussed. And the question wasn't to me - although I've pretty much hinted at the desired reaction already here. But oh well. Well to your question : yes, but mainly as it avoids civilians getting killed which is just fuel for this cycle, rather than my suspected lust to see IDF troops in body bags or something. You are also aware war isn't fought in a vacuum - reason the US didn't carpet bomb Iraq in Gulf War 2.0, it won't fly well with the political reasons for the act. Likewise, Palestinian kids being shown on TV pulled from rubble crushed to death after a bomb or artillery strike doesn't go over well. Ground troops kill less civilians unintentionally than a 500 lb bomb or a 155mm shell, it's risky but well the IDF always boasts of their courage.
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See, Bruce, what I mean by blue oby ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_United_Nations - but at least came across something new today.
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Good sound bites at least, I especially like the "soft bigotry" one, referencing Bush Jr's old statement.
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Sounds like "art" to me.
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How is Israel abandoning their own civilians by not using heavy ordnance in Gaza, exactly ? They still have their vaunted IDF ground forces, after all. Given Iron Dome's apparent efficiency and Israeli civilians not piling up from other measures, am not seeing why airstrikes are required for this comparison to work - it certainly is done so they don't have more IDF coffins. Is amusing to hear other people comparing this operation to Dresden/Hamburg to make it look more humanitarian though. The talk of human shields is a bit iffy, I'd imagine there's a calculation to be made in terms of the military value of the target vs any risk of civilians being killed (certainly not worth 30 lives to take out 10 rockets, for example). This is assuming the civilians are known to be there, though, though not much of a shield in that case. Doubt either of these parties involved has any claim to a moral high ground Only the Bad side of the world does those, man.
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Still not sure what purpose the phone call warnings do, other than just wrecking property for the sake of it - I suppose it's a carry on to the policy of demolishing suicide bombers' home. Rather bizarre form of punishment, rather counter-productive (though one could argue it fulfills a deeper purpose). Not sure where schools fit in the target classification scheme, but they hit another today, whoops. UNRWA also made a statement about the previous attack - http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-strongly-condemns-israeli-shelling-its-school-gaza-serious
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Romance from top down or over the shoulder ?
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Mako just needed to have mass for the physics model to feel better. That and proper map design and a mechanic to choose your landing spot.
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Windchill is the real problem with winter for me. The rare days when it is still out are really nice, even if it's -20 C or something. This past winter sucked, -20 - -30 range and even worse with wind.
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30 C isn't all that bad, used to get that back home a lot. Humidity and the smog make it worse, the latter more so.
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There's a joke about living through your kids in there somewhere. Plugging along with Divinity 2 and EU4 still, though fire has gone from both so may take a break and shift to something else - maybe this Factorio game my friend is raving about.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-28/shrapnel-from-rocket-caused-mh17-crash/5630400 Well, that was about as much as we expected from the recorder.
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Oyster card is well for that, though some of the gates suck in that they take too long to close so you can tap out, heh. As for what to do when in London : leave. City is too crowded.
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Nice and cool here, high of 21 C. Pretty swell summer here, not too hot, though far too many rainy days - even if the rain we do get is always at night otherwise it is fairly light.
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/27/mass-effect-comic-con-panel-reveals-n7-armour-return-of-the-mako-for-next-game/ The Mako returns ?
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Saw Lucy, that was a waste of time.
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Seems majority of them over there buy into it though.
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Pretty popular too http://torrentfreak.com/expendables-3-leaks-online-100k-copies-down-in-hours-140725/
