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What makes you the final word on Islamic scripture? There's a hell of a lot of other scholars out there who disagree with your interpretation, and they study it and other religions professionally. Why should I take the word of an amateur over that of a professional? http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/fe...islammyths.html http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/index...1&thelang=E http://muslim-canada.org/tolerance.htm You're saying this to me? That's a laugh. Acadaemic ivory tower? Are you an idiot? The Club of Madrid is composed primarly of former heads of government. People with real experience in the international political system. The terrorist groups I mentioned exist today.

Cute. Pointless, but cute. Details are everything in politics. Tell me, where did you get your degree in political science from? I got mine from Bishop's University in Quebec. What makes you think there is a common cause? Religion has always been a justification for terrorists, not a cause. You obviously know nothing about Islam. The Qu'ran is quite clear that war is only permissable in self-defense. So let me get this straight. You, an anoymous guy on an internet gaming forum, think you know more about international terrorism than an international, non-partisan organization run by people who have devoted their lives to the study of political science? Twisting meanings of words and phrases, a clear sign of a man who can't prove a point. Which was also a worthless article, as I pointed out.

Such a bold statement. Such a false statement. Every single religion in existence today has extremist members. Christianity, Islaim, Judaism, Hinduism, hell, even Budhism has produced terrorists. Forgetting the crusades, are we? Actually, historical Islam warfare conversions were fairly civilized compared to most other religions. They didn't slaughter civilians, as opposed to Christianity's kill them all and god shall pluck his own from the flock mentality, but merely imposed higher taxes on non-believers they conquered.

Because that sort of behavior is the exact sort of thing that these trials are supposed to be against?

http://www.safe-democracy.org/docs/CdM-Ser...orism-Vol-1.pdf Here's a brief study on the topic, an attempt to understand the psychology and motivations of terrorists. Also, you have a severe misunderstanding of the terrorist life cycle. Nobody joins a terror organization one day, and becomes a suicide bomber the next, the process of becoming a true believer in the cause is a long, and complicated one. You should note that suicide bombing is not the result of religion, but rather, the result of people willing to die for their cause. Oh please. You talk like Islam is the only religion in the world to practice conversions through warfare.

Neither of those articles goes into any of the economic or real social issues behind terrorism that any half-decent student of political studies would be able to tell you goes far beyond Islamic terrorism. Oh, and if you wish to have any sort of credibility at all in the future, I strongly advise that you only post links to articles that have been written in a fair and neutral manner, rather than ones by authors with a political motiviation. You know what your problem is? You want life to be simple. You just want to point to this, and say that this a direct result of that, while decrying those that point out the real issues. I bet you believe that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the primary cause of World War I.

What you don't understand is that the whole middle-eastern situation is the result of an extremely complex interelation of political, economic and social factors, dating back to European colonialism. Trying to say that the problem is Islam is a surefire sign of someone with no education in political science, and no real understanding of the middle-eastern situation.

I own a Dell. They've known about this for months and months now. It's a flaw in certain batteries, and they sent out e-mails to owners a long time ago about it.

"Captain Tagachi?" a British man asked in Japanese, stepping into the dojo that Sato taught at. "I'm retired," Sato replied, standing up from a meditative position. "But that's me. And just who are you?" He looked the X-COM recruiter over. His bearing and stance indicated that he was a member of the military. "I'm Sergeant Benson sir, I have a proposition for you," he said. "I told you, I'm retired. I'm a civilian now, you don't have to sir me." "Do you have somewhere private where we can talk? Sergeant Benson said. "There's an office in the back. Follow me," Sato said, interested, and led the way. ******************* "So, what's this all about?" Sato asked, leaning against a desk. "I represent an international task force that's been formed to combat-" Sato cut him off. "I'm retired, son. I don't work for the military anymore and I'm not interested in going back. There's lots of military divers out there, talk to one of them." "You're one of the best," the mans stated flatly. "How many bombs did you defuse in that last mission. Thirteen? You're one of the few combat divers on the planet to ever engage in combat activity in the extreme depths." "Fifteen bombs actua;;y. And best, in my business, is generally only by a very slim margin." "Just the read this file, and you'll see how important this is." Sato sighed. "All right, I'll read it, if only to convince you that I DON'T want to go back to active service." Sato picked up the file, and started reading it. Fifteen minutes later "This is for real?" he asked, rhetorically, laying the file down on the desk. Benson nodded. "All right. I'll need a day to tie up my matters here. I'll be reporting to X-COM within forty-eight hours. I'll provide you with a list of what gear I need."

Nope. I find that difficult to believe. Exactly. It's like training, only better and faster. Look, I've read a lot of military and sci-fi military stories, and played a lot of military and sci-fi military games. That's the direction I'm approaching the fiction from.

As an avid reader of military fiction, I can assure you that this is utterly false. Regardless of what you might think, military training does not surpress personalities and make soldiers into identical clones. So Earth is being invaded by really, really incompetent aliens? I assume that the aliens have the equivlant of military training themselves.

Just to interject with my own opinion: Given the nature of this conflict, most of the assigned military personnel are most likely going to be from commando regiments focused on diving. What exactly is he doing in a military regiment fighting an underwater war if he has no experience fighting underwater? Sounds exactly like the sort of situation they invented commandos for. Just to point out, commandos are highly adaptible and flexible. These are key traits, given the nature of commando operations.

They don't make the 93R anymore. The three round burst option was just a toy, anyway. You couldn't possibly hit anything at any sort of range with it. It also happens to be obsolete.

Frankly, I'm pretty impressed by the FN Five-SeveN. 20 rounds of 5.7mm AP ammo.

Here's a possible solution for Zrbite: The base alloy is worthless as a power source, only being used as a decorative metal by the Gill men (as noted in Plato's description of the use of Orichalcum), until the aliens arrived. Infusing Zrbite with a certain alien bio-material that is activated by the MC network controlled by T'Leth gives it the capability to sreve as a highly effective power source in a refined state.