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Guess what, the majority of Americas Oil doesn't come from conflict zones. Guess what, I'm going to link to a skeptoid article again... Blood for Oil
Just a theory!!!
Guess what, the majority of Americas Oil doesn't come from conflict zones. Guess what, I'm going to link to a skeptoid article again... Blood for Oil
it was a point... it happened. it was on Top Gear. and i dont see how "my argument" was any less "proper" than yours.
hey, Jeremy Clarkson got from the South of Vietnam to the North on a Vespa... you dont think the Americans in their tanks could do it ?
Just a theory!!!
If you wanted to say that unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the US entering the war, go ahead. That'd be fine, but it'd also be the truth and not a conspiracy theory, nor what we are debating in the first place.
When did I say anything about dense jungle?
At no point did I say all Vietnamese know their way around all cities; rather, that the local residents of those cities know their way around them, a perfectly correct point. Ironically, you then jump to a conclusion and then accuse me of, um, jumping to a conclusion.
hey, Jeremy Clarkson got from the South of Vietnam to the North on a Vespa...
yeah but i never denied getting my sources from a quick wiki or Google search, nor did i deny it was simple tap of ctrl A+T.
yes, that is what i wanted to say.
you didnt, Mike did.
when did i say anything about you jumping to ANY particular conclusions, i simply stated that a lot of the points you brought forth seemed like you were jumping to conclusions.
the point is tanks were perfectly capable... i never said the ideal tool for the job... obviously they were able, they wouldnt have even been shipped out if there wasn't a perfectly good use for them. that in itself is evidence enough that they were capable and useful... **** if they weren't, why would the Vietnamese use them too if they knew that the terrain wasn't suitable... because the terrain and environment is suitable... and yes, like i said... suitable doesn't mean ideal.
lastly, no need for "*****" etc and language when that point in my arguement was clearly the joke.
i should have maybe used a winky face... but i had no idea that perhaps the two people responding to my opinion (which is all it is really, and no need to get your thongs all twiste up over...) were so narrow minded, blinkered, and utterly (and to exercise my right to free speech as GodCubed clearly has above) ******* stupid that they wouldn't get understand this little side joke to an otherwise serious and opinionated post on a conspiracy thread...
hey, if you two dont want to join in the fun and contribute conspiracies you may believe in... why dont you go start your own thread... may i suggest a title ? "Boring skeptics who shut down any possibility of the events that occur on this planet as being more than black and white and refuse to believe that maybe not everything is the way it seems."
open your eyes "son", to the very obvious... that others have opinions and yours is not always the superior. You know the proof behind these facts just as much as i do. Because i doubt you were there.
hey, if you two dont want to join in the fun and contribute conspiracies you may believe in... why dont you go start your own thread... may i suggest a title ? "Boring skeptics who shut down any possibility of the events that occur on this planet as being more than black and white and refuse to believe that maybe not everything is the way it seems."
yeah but i never denied getting my sources from a quick wiki or Google search, nor did i deny it was simple tap of ctrl A+T.
yes, that is what i wanted to say.
when did i say anything about you jumping to ANY particular conclusions, i simply stated that a lot of the points you brought forth seemed like you were jumping to conclusions.
the point is tanks were perfectly capable... i never said the ideal tool for the job... obviously they were able, they wouldnt have even been shipped out if there wasn't a perfectly good use for them. that in itself is evidence enough that they were capable and useful... **** if they weren't, why would the Vietnamese use them too if they knew that the terrain wasn't suitable... because the terrain and environment is suitable... and yes, like i said... suitable doesn't mean ideal.
lastly, no need for "*****" etc and language when that point in my arguement was clearly the joke.
(and to exercise my right to free speech as GodCubed clearly has above) ******* stupid
i should have maybe used a winky face... but i had no idea that perhaps the two people responding to my opinion (which is all it is really, and no need to get your thongs all twiste up over...) were so narrow minded, blinkered, and utterly (and to exercise my right to free speech as GodCubed clearly has above) ******* stupid that they wouldn't get understand this little side joke to an otherwise serious and opinionated post on a conspiracy thread...
hey, if you two dont want to join in the fun and contribute conspiracies you may believe in...
why dont you go start your own thread... may i suggest a title ? "Boring skeptics who shut down any possibility of the events that occur on this planet as being more than black and white and refuse to believe that maybe not everything is the way it seems."
open your eyes "son", to the very obvious... that others have opinions and yours is not always the superior. You know the proof behind these facts just as much as i do. Because i doubt you were there.
well who would. because just like Lee Harvey Oswald you'd shoot them through the head for even suggesting anything that you may slightly disagree with... *****
Actually, Lee Harvey Oswald didn't disagree with anything JFK said, he was just mentally unstable.
Oh, and in answer to the question, almost certainly LHO.
well who would. because just like Lee Harvey Oswald you'd shoot them through the head for even suggesting anything that you may slightly disagree with... *****
First off, you quote what looks like a laughably amateurish website designed for kiddies.
Secondly, what you quoted supported my argument. You said, and I quote,
In that you are directly saying that THE reason America joined the war was because of the sinking of the Lusitania, and said that they joined the war less than a week after sinking it. The Lusitania was sunk in May 1915. America joined the war in January 1917. That is two and a half years. There aren't just holes in your argument, it doesn't exist. If you wanted to say that unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the US entering the war, go ahead. That'd be fine, but it'd also be the truth and not a conspiracy theory, nor what we are debating in the first place.
When did I say anything about dense jungle? You didn't say anything about linear streets, no, but that's what a city essentially is, a cluster of buildings with linear streets around them.
At no point did I say all Vietnamese know their way around all cities; rather, that the local residents of those cities know their way around them, a perfectly correct point. Ironically, you then jump to a conclusion and then accuse me of, um, jumping to a conclusion.
Seeing as your pathetic attempt at an argument consisted of a wiki page, I should ignore it, but I know a fair deal about the Vietnamese war, so: Operation Lam Song was an exercise on why tanks AREN'T good in an urban area. Hilariously, you've managed to pick the best battle possible to illustrate the counterpoint to your argument, especially when considering the side with less tanks won. If I quote from your little excerpt alone, we can see.
So basically, in an urban environment, one combatant was well-prepared and able to lay a trap for another. This happened many times over the course of the war, but mostly to the US (and the allies it supplied) as time and again they charged into a town and were ripped to shreds by concentrated fire and traps.
The MBT of the US Army at the time, the Patton, was an excellent tank that did all it was designed to do - support troops in open battles, provide mobile armour - extremely well. What it did not do well was attack urban areas (in the early stages of the war, before the Americans wised up. Oh, and that's another bit of proof if you need it), not because it was a bad tank, but because it was a TANK. Tanks just do not go well with urban areas.
So, Jeremy Clarkson managed to travel the length of Vietnam (cheating half the way btw) on a Vespa, with NOBODY challenging him or stopping him with their bare hands let alone an IED or anti-tank rifle. And then, when he gets to the end, he sarcastically points out they'd achieved what the US never had. And you claim this apparently means it's all a massive conspiracy? What an utterly ******* stupid argument.
Boom, sit down son.
Adolf Hitler isn't dead.
Well, he would be now...
Why would he? He would be 122 years old (I think?) doesn't necessarily mean he would be dead now.