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  1. Prefer if you didnt release the A/frig and bulk for the time being mask, I'll drop you an email over the next few days explaining the model situation, bit rushed now.
  2. http://www.boomspeed.com/meejahhor/ATAT.jpg I may be able to help, pm me with the exact vehicles your looking for.
  3. Gank

    XWA to Rebellion

    If you use ace-dxf you'll lose all UV co-ordinate information, meaning you'll have to reapply all the textures. Get the opt23ds utility also on Darksabers site, exports a fully textured model. You'll probably have to combine all the texture maps into one file due to the large amount of textures xwa models use, I know mask has released models with 2 textures but I'm not sure if rebellion will handle 30 or 40. I presume you've checked the gmax help files and tutorials for answers to your other questions?
  4. Get gmax from http://www.discreet.com its a cut down version of 3dmax and theres a gamepack also available which allows you to export as md3.(quakes format) Once you've exported use 3dexploration to convert to directx format (.x) For texturing try the gimp, havent used it myself but its supposed to be good and most importantly its free, though with only 8 colours per texture mspaint will probably do the job.
  5. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030403/ts_nm/life_protests_dc_1 Damn terrorists.
  6. Thats a pretty sceptical view and understandably so, given the stupidity of publishing your plans for global control for the whole world to see. But the proof is in the pudding, and the US certainly seems to be doing the things these people are calling for. If it is a hoax, its a very well done one, and I'm sure the US government would have pulled it down if it wasnt endorsed by those members on the statement of principles. Anyways a simple search provides a wealth of information on it: http://www.nationalreview.com/document/document092101b.shtml http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?2243 http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/bremnerbirdfortune.html http://www.jcpa.org/nai.htm This ones very interesting: http://www.thepaper.org.au/issues/043/043rumsfeld_s_war_letters_to_clinton.html If its a hoax its a good one check out the name under the new citizen project on this page http://www.jmof.org/grants/1998n.htm http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/research/int/hot_topics/intlawiraq.htm http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/DailyNews/pnac_030310.html http://www.biotechpolicy.org/BiotechPolicy/ChannelRoot/Features/The+Sanctity+of+Life+in+a+Brave+New+World.htm But I'm sure you've already done one to check out for yourself? Would seem the logical thing to do if you doubt its authenticity.
  7. What the hell is that supposed to mean, I was refering to myself as well as everybody else. If you have something to contribute to the discussion, please to so, but chucking in the odd snide remark only makes you look like an idiot. @ Scathane, saying somebody is misguided is exactly the same as saying they are wrong, its just a nicer way of putting it. As for the question of choice, we all have it but money is usually the main factor in the choice made for me anyways. I'd like to buy Irish and keep jobs and money at home but 9 times out of ten I just cant afford too. As for Dell, you forgot the other half of the point I was making, that its alright for the US to take jobs from over here but when jobs are threatened in the US its a different story, steel tarifs for example. Anyways its far far cheaper to set up a company and run it in the US than Europe, they have cheaper tax rates, less strict enviromental laws, not to mention the overabundance of capital over there. And to your last point, you have already stated that the US controls your country economically, how is it your governments fault they cant help the developing world? The US has ran the show for the last 50 years, and much of the third world is in the same state it was before then. That is what the PNAC wants to preserve, the US's grip is being loosened and they want to stop this. The US is a capitalist state, its not about Freedom and Democracy, its about profit, and this is what it wants from the future.
  8. Russia could not have been taken by the Japanese. At the time Russia entered the war the Japanese were at war with a number of countrys, namely China, Britian, France, Holland and were gearing up for a war with America. As I have already pointed out Japan did in fact attack Russia in 1939 and suffered a heavy defeat. Russia was better equipped, trained and had more resources for the type of winter war that would have followed. Also, most of the battles fought in the pacific were naval and air, with limited amounts of troops, assets which would be near useless in the harsh russian north. If japan had invaded Russia, at most the war would have been delayed, same if the Allies had not attacked in the west. It would have cost the Russians many more casualtys then the 20 million they suffered, but the outcome was never in any doubt.
  9. First off I'd like to point out that this isnt the only forum I'm discussing this on, and I wasnt impling anybody here was falaming me with emails, to be honest I deleted them without even bothering to read them properly so if it is anybvody here, and I seriously doubt it is anybody whos replyed anyways, they are wasting their time. Anyways in reply to your points: 1. This may be the case in America, but here for instance most people wouldnt eat in mcdonalds if you paid them, american music while it may figure well in the charts is not what most people listen too and american technologoly is regarded as inferior to Japanese or German. It is not a case of people wanting these things, its simply that these things are cheaper to produce and sell than homemade brands, which is not necessarily a good thing. I know of several business which have had to close down because they could not compete with Gateway or Dell, this means that jobs are being lost here and profits are going to the US. You can argue that this is simply capitalism at work, but when one of americans industrys are threatened they introduce tarifs like they did on steel, to protect jobs at home. 2. True, but the vast majority of profit goes to US companys, already the us has 25% of the worlds wealth, how much more does it need? 3. You seem to be ignoring the fact that the Bush adminstration seems intent on withdrawing from said forums and treaties, as is described in the article by the pnac, 4. The treaty with Iraq as I have already stated, was not a us treaty, you have no authority to enforce it without its full consent, which you do not have.[/b] As for the rest I'd like to point out that the majority of actions this website called for and the Bush administration seems to be following were wrote before sept 11th, before the so called "war on terror" And while I respect the ideals you have stated, they are ideals and not realitys. Al Quada are not concerned with fighting democracy and freedom, they are concerned with the US only. They have never once taken any action against any country other than the US nor have the evr stated their wish too. Their ultimate goal as they have stated is to get the US to withdraw from middle eastern politics, stop propping up Israel, remove troops from Mecca and basically leave their people alone. They are not attacking Freedom or Democracy, they are attacking the US because of its actions in their home countrys. look at this logically, the chances of any nation or people in the world invading the US and removing your freedoms and libertys are below 0. Ever heard the saying prevention is better than cure? Elvis pointed out the US would do well to look at other countrys history, his own countrys experiences in Northern Ireland are a good example, the brits suffered from terrorism there, but the more force they used the worse it got, same applies here. By going into these countrys and killing people, whether its intentional or not, your just creating more enemys, and they're come a day when you cant fight them all.
  10. Dont make me laugh, look at the size of Russia and look at the size of Japan, and compare there respective populations at the time. Thats a ridiculous statement and you know it. Russia was in as much danger of being invaded by Japan as the US was. In fact, Marshal Zhukov actually defeated the Japanese prior to WW2 and both had a truce. I did misread your original statement though, partly because I though you were another american telling us how much we owed your country, my apologies. Fair enough, my mistake, I presumed this from your last sentence, I did not think somebody outside the US would like to have their military and economic policies determined in Washington, evidently not. As for the government, I did specifically state the US, and you have to admit that there is a lot more political choice in Europe than the US. We can even vote for former terrorists here. If they dont want to give disclosure, then how the hell do you know about them. You are just presuming here arent you. And I dont see what your are trying to say when you are accusing me of presuming as regards my statement, the language I used makes it pretty obvious that this is exactly what I am doing. I dont see what your problem with statemnet which is quite obviously a presumption and was not intended to be seen otherwise. By replying with contradictory views this is exactly what you are doing. You may not be calling them nonsense and misguided, but its the same thing. Dont see why you take offense at it though, doesnt mean we have any disrespect for each other, anybody can be wrong, and lets be honest none of us are experts on the subjects being discussed here. I did misinterpret most of your post though, and I apoligise for that, I've had a long day and my inbox is full of flames from patriotic americans who disagree with my views. Makes me kind of irritable
  11. Good article I found http://www.msnbc.com/news/891794.asp?0cb=-91l143917 Nother one http://www.msnbc.com/news/892813.asp?0cb=-81c143054
  12. Actually they do, I've been there and theres a great sense of pride in the fact that they defeated the US. Sadly US economic sanctions have kept them in poverty since the war and prevented them from making anything of their hard earned country. So containment in fact did work. Its private russian countrys which are providing the Iraqis with equipment, and US companys have dealt with the Iraqis as well, even the one ran by Dick Cheney. The only reconstruction that has taken place in afghanistan by US is a building of a pipeline across the countyr, any other rebuilding has came under the UN and is funded by the international community. As for war debts, I suggest you actually go and find out before you dismiss them. Last year alone the british paid the US billions in war debts. Look to your own constitution and the UN charter, your country is in breach of both. As for "ceasefire" arrangements, these come under the UNs authority not yours, you have NO legal authority to wage war on iRAQ. The US was never in any danger of becoming a socialist regime, your containment of socialism was in other countrys, in many cases against the people of that countrys wishs. As for allowing terrorism to continue, how do you propose to stop it? do you honestly for one minute think that invading Iraq is going to stop anti-US sentiments in the middle east? I suggest that you go and watch the news reports and see how many muslims are burning the US flag at the minute. That makes no sense, if the US had information about the whereabouts of nbc weapons they should have turned it over to the UN inspectors. If had done so the inseptors would simply have gone to the site unannounced and checked it out. The fact of the matter is the US gave its "evidence" of weapons to the UN a couple of times and they weren't impressed with it. You seem to be ignoring the false documents the US and UK published concerning Iraqs deceptions and attempts to buy plutonium. If they had hard evidence why did they feel the need to falsify documents? FYI the US were the ones to put the ba'ath party in power back in the 50s. You are ignoring the US's propping up of Saudi Arabias regime and the Violent Shah of Iran, which let to the revolution there. As for the Arabs in Israel, you are glibly ignoring the fact that they are treated as second class citizens, and dont have the same rights as Jews. Not to mention the fact that they''re being turfed out of their homes and their land taken. True, but you bhave declared war on him, hes going to use whatever means necessary to ensure his survival. Did you honestly expect hi to drive everything out into the open and let the US bomb it to pieces? Bit niave dont you think. Leadership is control, and the language used on that page makes it clear this is whats desired. Saddam was not about to start ww3, no offense but its completely stupid to even try and insinuate this. The only country in danger of starting ww3 here is the US. Cant you guys see the writing on the wall. US leadership is not wanted. It may look like this to you, but to those outside the US it looks like a new era of profiteering. And your countrys record of human rights is actually worse thatn some of the regimes you propse changing, lets not mention camp x-ray, the execution of minors and insane, etc. You claim that the US started a diplomatic process, thats completely absurd, the US has rarely ever tried to sort things out by diplomatic means, what diplomacy was used with Iraq? And you complain about the impotency of the UN, when you are the very people making it impotent. But your right you have your views I have mine, and I think we'll both be long dead before its clear who was nearer the truth. Bear in mind though unlike yourself I have no reason to be biased towards the US, they've never done anything to my country (nor much for it) and probably never will. @ Scathane please read my post carefully before you attack my words, I said from what I've seen on other forums most americans dont seem to care. Not the US as a whole. In reply to your other points 1. You seem to believe the misguided notion that The US won the War in Europe single handedly, as most historians will tell you, Russia basically did. US helped greatly, but the war for europe was fought and won on the eastern front, Italy and France were mere sideshows in comparison. Not running down the US effort, it certainly would have been harder without them, but they were not the reason the war was won. By the time D-Day came the Germans were already losing badly. 2. France and Russias deals with Iraq were not against UN sanctions, they were future deals to start when the sanctions lifted. And just fyi, the vast portion of the french deals were made by a subsidary of a US company, Halliburton, which at the time was run by Cheney. 3. Quite right, this is what the pnac wants to change, make it purely a US show. 4. the US is not the only democratic government, and qquite frankly, compared to some european countrys you democracy is a sham, you have only 2 partys, both of which are indiscernable to an outside observer. You americans seem to think the US's policy is to spread the american way of life worldwide. Like I keep pointing out. it takes 25% of the worlds wealt to support your standard of living with 4% of the worlds population. Do the maths and determine the amount needed to elevate the rest of the world to your status. Then please how your going to achieve this while spending billions on the military. @Elvis, well said, but the US cant afford to step back, their economy as I have pointed out and people have ignored is supported by exporting the dollar and economical dominance, if they step back and let China Russia or Europe become economically powerful it will suffer, and they arent about to let this happen. Happen it will though, and risky foreign policys like the ones the pnac proposes and the government seems to follow are going to make the fall worse.
  13. Well I read about it on the guardian website, so i presume they would check its authenticity out before commenting on it. And I think if it wasnt real you'd see it shut down very quickly. As to why people arent discussing it, I dunno, though from what I've seen most on other forums most americans dont seem to care.
  14. Evaders you are ignoring the fact that most people in Vietnam supported the Viet Minh/Cong. Whether or not your military would have won or not is besides the point, the fact is they were there to prevent the people of vietnam from getting what they wanted. BTW, the US military had over 1 milliontroops in vietnam at the highest point, fighting a poorly equipped, trained and numerically inferior force and they never once even came close to securing the country, I find your claim extremely suspect. Umm, Chirac and Schroder were probably two of the most pro american leaders those countrys ever had before the US decided its way was the only way and tore up the UN charter. Not to mention the heavy blows this invasion will deal to both of their economys, due to the legitimate business deals both had with Iraq. And invading France and Germany are completely different things than Iraq, I think we both know both would end in a US defeat. Both have modern militarys and in some areas are technologically superior to the US, and neither have suffered from 20 years of war and 12 years of sanctions. Sounds great, but you neglect to mention the fact that Germany and Japan both have heavy debts to the US for said reconstruction. You didnt rebuild them out of your own pocket, you actually profited from it. Take the case of Iraq, humanitarian aid and reconstruction will be paid for by the oil for food project. Quite frankly the frequent claims coming from the US about european ingratitude for US aid during and after WW2 are ridiculous, if you lived in one of these countrys and realised the heavy price that was and still is being paid you would realise this. BTW there has been little or no rebuilding of Afghanistan, and the country is ruled by US friendly warlords. Considering the balatant disregard your country has already shown for international law this is a pretty poor excuse dont you think. And the US does not "give out money" in fact the US owes the UN money. While you may get annoyed about what you see as the US givin out your hard earned tax dollars, the fact is the US takes in more from other countrys than it has ever given out. Where do you people get this myth that the US is giving billions in oversea aid, the only state that gets any money from the US without giving anything back is Israel. Even if said democracy is hostile to the US? Your being very naive if you think a democratically elected government in Iraq is going to be US friendly, same goes for most of the other countrys in the region. The majority of people in Iraq are Shi'ite Muslims, a fundamental sect which sees the US as the great Satan, if you do manage to depose Saddam, and its starting to look doubtful, do you think these people are going to change they're beliefs? Your right about the palestinian bit, but there is extremely thin evidence that Saddam supports Al-quada or has NBC weapons. All we've seen so far are 10 old mustard gas shells, a couple of thousand nbc suits and absolutly nothing to link him with al-quada except some unsubstantiated claims by "sources" America is only the target because it makes itself one, the continual meddling in middle eastern politics has resulted in the terrorist threat you now face. Please explain why you think going in there and killing more muslims is going to help solve the problem. I'm from a country that has suffered from terrorists, and its not as simple to solve as going in with all guns blazing. How do you know somebody is a terrorist? theres no way of being sure until they actually commit a terrorist act. Umm have you read the damn thing? Says it right there on the front page, US global leadership, attained through military, economic and diplomatic means. I think thats pretty clear. Go read some of the articles, they explain pretty much how this is to be achieved. This one is interesting, particularly the last line. http://www.newamericancentury.org/bushdoctrine-013002.htm It might help if you pretended you were somebody from another country while you read this, remember you are in the top 4% of the worlds population, and theres 6 billion other people worse off than you. Its easy to have a nice and rosy view of the world when you have it easy.
  15. It also happened in Vietnam, one of the terms of the ceasefire arranged with the French was that elections would take place in the whole of vietnam to determine its future. These were delayed and blocked for ten years because it was certain that Ho Chi Mings party would win. The democratic government the US was meant to be protecting was in fact a military dictatorship, which had never been elected or never had any intentions of holding any. End result of that war, 3 million vietnamese dead, an unknown number of Cambodias and Laotians, and the destabilisation of the area.

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