A day of excitement!

Its late night. Mr. Smith is out drinking some giggle water, well hooch, since real thing is banned now. But Mr. Smith is not any ordinary person, not no drugstore cowboy, Mr. Smith is the Big Cheese! Looking all spiffy with his glad rags and cheaters, he always dresses to impress! Of course, his night was just getting started! After having a couple drinks, he started getting those infamous beer goggles! He started to sweet talk a couple ladies. Saying to them, "Well damn, you got the best gams out here!" The female started acting all hotsy totsy with all the attention that was being given to her. He proceeded to tell her "you got the perfect chassis." Mr. Smith had so much to drink that he upchucked all over the moll. Her boyfriend, then argued with Mr. Smith, and gave him the boot out of the bar. What a wild night that was for Mr. Smith.

Wikileaks to create a war between nations?

     While Wikileaks (a non-profit organization) is trying to keep the government of several countries transparent to each other country, they could cause a war between nations. Wikileaks has released over 300,000 classified documents out to the public. These include documents of soldiers "accidentally" killing civilians, or government strategy.
     Though a transparent nation sounds ideal, as we would know everything our government is up to, it is better that they in fact, keep everything in a secret, or classified. Most people argue that our government hides too much from us, keeping missions covert. This is done for the better good. While they keep everything a secret, the Gov. knows what they are doing.
     Wikileaks however is at the other end of the pole. They believe a Gov. Should be 100% honest and should tell us everything. This is false. If a Gov. did this, we would be a weak nation, as we would have people that listen to our war strategies, and then go and counter said war strategy.
     I watched a video, that people went through documents that were released. In these documents, it said that over 300,000 people have been killed in Baghdad while the United States of America has been trying to give them freedom. The hard truth? These documents revealed over two thirds (2/3) of the total kill count have been civilians, leaving only one-third (1/3) to be actual insurgents. If i recall, giving a nation freedom does not include killing a mass majority of the civilians.
     Now that we know what we are actually doing over there, it is hard to trust our Gov. This is quiet sad, as we should be able to trust the United States Gov. in whatever they do. By keeping our knowledge restricted to what we know about the war going on, it keeps us at peace. We believe the military is doing the right thing.
     One of the videos Wikileaks exposed was of an Apache Helicopter, and the gunner was shooting down what he thought to be Insurgents with RPGs. Turns out to be, these people were News Reporters. What they had strapped to them were cameras. Of course this was frowned upon, since he killed innocent civilians, but what if it really was an Insurgent with an RPG, and had fired a missile in the Apache? The pilots, gunners, and a few other on board, would have lost their lives. Keep in mind, these are our people, so having to lose a couple lives is very sad to us.
     To conclude, Wikileaks should not be revealing all this information. This non-profit organization could end u in possibly causing a World War III, or a Nuclear Weapon War. Keeping our Government non-transparent is the best idea, as we have trust that they are doing what is best for us, the people.


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I captured some Insurgents?...!

     Insurgents should be treated right i believe. Since we found materials to make IEDs, I would try to make them speak. So first I would try the torture methods that are allowed, such as water boarding, or to extend their arms towards a wall while we Pimp slap their stomach with the back out our hands. We could also mess them up Psychologically but that would require too much time, and we need to find the main location ASAP.
     If i chose to do illegal torture methods, My team and I could end up dishonorably discharged perhaps. We could also be charged with jail. We would also make ourselves seem as the bad guys, though we are doing it for the greater good of everyone.

Wordles! :)

     I believe the tone for US's declaration of of war was a bit calm and defensive. The US wanted to keep themselves at the top. The word Imperial is shown very large, so it might be that we wanted to keep our selves from someone else ruling us. We wanted to defend ourselves. The Germans response could of been that they were going to bring a blockade to England to block off their supply of food and weapons. They also could of said something about submarine warfare.

CoD falsey portraying a true front-line soldiers life...

     Call of Duty, one of the world's best selling First Person Shooter video game franchises. Of course there are many more but this is the main game. These video games portray a soldiers life to be quiet easy. Of course, their life is not very easy at all, especially when it involves a front-line soldier.
     To start everything off, Yes I do believe video games such as Call of Duty that portray war and a soldiers life should be allowed to exist. Video game designers actually try to make the video game as "realistic" as possible. If you read the reviews these creaters write out to their public, then you would see how hard they try to make it as realistic.
     Though there is no reset button in a soldier's life in war, there has to be one in the game. How mad would you be if you bought the game for $60, and then you get through the first couple objectives in a mission, and then you die knowing you only had one life throughout the whole game? Well there goes your one life, go pick up another copy for another $60 to get a new soldier and a new life. Lives are put into the game to give players the re-playability factor. Meaning they could play the hours on end while dying tens to hundreds of times, but we still enjoy the game!
     There are things included in these games that make it very unrealistic aswell. Some of these things are called "Perks." Perks give you an extra advantage towards your enemy. Some of these are "marathon" where you can sprint for as long as you can hold that button down. You can sprint as long as you desire, that is very unrealistic. Some soldiers carry half their body weight in their bags, making it very unlikely for someone to sprint FOREVER. Another perk is "stopping power." Oh this is everyone's favorite as it makes your bullets magically more powerful. This allows for a gun to kill in two bullets instead of 3 to 5 bullets. What soldier would not want for their guns to be that powerful! Very unrealistic! The last perk which just makes me mad to think about how fake it is is a perk called "cold-blooded." Basically, your soldier somehow mutates and now has cold blood, making thermal scopes, Apache Helicopters, enemy Spy Planes, completely useless, as these can only detect 'Human' warm blood. So basically you are a reptile in a human body. Yup, very unrealistic aswell.
     Though these unrealistic things are put into the game, it allows the game to become much funner. These perks allow for players to use them to create new strategies, and play more strategically to get behind their enemy.
     These games are very enjoyable. Though they do diminish the reality, it creates a product of enjoyment for everyone. I once played with a friend, and his friends. They happened to be soldiers as well. They all told me how they play the game to create strategies. while they played, they talked to each other in the military lingo. Saying "tango on your left flank" which would mean "enemy to your left side."
     Some other games though, such as Medal of Honor, are extremely realistic. The weapons do the damage they are supposed to do, and there is not as much unrealistic things put into the game. They also put into the game how you can destroy buildings. In Call of Duty you put a RPG missile into the side of a building, and the wall will stay intact, with only black stain on it, which disappears about a minute or two after it hits. While in Model of Honor, you put a Missile into the side of a building, and the wall crumbles and explodes, now leaving a big hole into the side of the building.
     To conclude, Yes games that portray war should be allowed to exist. They provide a sense of enjoyment. Though they diminish a front-line soldiers life, they are still and will continue to be one of the world's best series of games.


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A pilot's thoughts....

A pilot must live a horrible life. No offense to any pilots of WWI, but these planes were just the most horrible design to fight. A pilot must be thinking of his family as he gets into a dogfight, whether he will be the top dog, or end up on the land next to all the rubble of his shot down plane. He must be really nervous, if he is religious, he must be praying, doing a couple Hail Mary's or any other prayers to ask god to keep him alive, to let him have another flight, and let him land safely to reunite with his family. These pilots were brave men. Most probably knew they were most likely to end up dead, but they still continued. A pilot has alot to think about in those last instances.

Death Causing Factors

Galipolli is a movie that shows how World War I was. As seen in the trailer of remake of the original, you see many mortar explosions. I believe most deaths were caused by mortars. In the trailer, trenches are shown as soldiers are running through them. In the trailer the diseases are not shown, but the truth is, a wide selection of deaths came form these trenches, all the disease and infection that was stuck down there. They were basically standing in their grave. Towards the ending of the trailer, a very large machine gun is shown, these guns were made to take down waves of enemies, wave after wave, meaning it could kill hundreds in minutes.