Can we have a thread to comment current conflicts around the world?
Can we have a thread to comment current conflicts around the world?
As it says on the tin.. Yes I know this is UK-focused forum, but maybe it would be interesting.
Fortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
Re: Can we have a thread to comment current conflicts around the world?
I think you've just started one...
Re: Can we have a thread to comment current conflicts around the world?
LOL, OK, maybe, but I wanted to have an official thread. Not one created by me.topman wrote:I think you've just started one...
Fortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
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Re: Can we have a thread to comment current conflicts around the world?
A good idea, I think, as Shader possibly can't receive all the stuff that is brewing in that part of the world (and is Shader even running, as a deployment?)
- if the PM has to get back from Mustique, surely there is a UK interest/ exposure that deserves to be discussed
- and a catch-all is not a bad idea as "these things" pop up unexpedtedly, often in unlikely places
- if the PM has to get back from Mustique, surely there is a UK interest/ exposure that deserves to be discussed
- and a catch-all is not a bad idea as "these things" pop up unexpedtedly, often in unlikely places
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