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How big is the splash begging page @fallot?

Wikipedia's takes up like 40% of the page during the hardcore begging season

they're smarter than that

they know that kind of thing puts people off

lol they used to put up pictures of wiki editors

weird fat nerds and old catladies

didn't last

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swvf3w6hcY4&ab_channel=danfreakuk

Yes, I remember that classic juxtaposition.

shut it all down

@Gil O'Teen don't worry about Syria

listen to this rousing ditty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWM6LyBj83M

sounds subliminal

think Assad would surrender if there was a legitimate offer? i doubt there would be but just theoretically i wonder if he would see that there's no point in fighting and hand it over.

like, the country seems so fucked up anyway. and even japan surrendered even though they were very proud homogeneous people.

No

Assad views himself as the defender of all Alawites.

He would just be replaced by someone who would do the same thing.

They will never give up until they run out of men.

Like the Japanese and Germans and the South in the civil war.

but japan surrendered. they could have kept going. i guess they don't really think the threat is extinction now.

Dude Japan was out of everything

They were sending 10-12 year old unarmed boys against us on Okinawa

Stick them in adult clothing, don't even give them a grenade like the Iranians did, and just run and yell banzai.

Just so the 5 real Japanese army soldiers could get a few shots off.

While we dealt with shooting 12 year olds.

i don't know much about this stuff. just wondering at a common sense level. i don't mean assad would choose his replacement though.

Japan would also send like three unarmed infiltrators.

In flip flopa

And underwear

To steal food.

And kill the guys in foxholes.

To take the rations.

ok

i believe you

The officer would take the rifle, take the bayonet off the rifle, hand the private the bayonet and say he could have the rifle back when he had c or k rations.

And if he didn't have the rifle back the next day, he would be shot.

that might as well be the situation with Assad vs the US. it's like naked boys vs US ww2 forces.