Sick of Osama?

[Anthony W.]

Is anybody else here sick of Osama coverage? He's going to be in the next Call of Duty, they're making a movie, and it's all I can find on the internet news.

Seriously - a movie... It wasn't THAT impressive compared to other operations...

How about when we sent troops into Serbia? What about Panama, Grenada? How about the GSG9 crises with the Baader Meinhof Gang?

Does anybody else feel the same way?

[Lord_magerius]

Sources?

[Anthony W.]

Sources?

On what? The movie and Call of Duty thing?

Hearsay - I didn't check my friend's sources

[FIREWALL]

On what? The movie and Call of Duty thing?

Hearsay - I didn't check my friend's sources

As they say HERE. It didn't happen then. :)

[Raptor1]

So, in order to complain about Osama coverage, you open yet another thread about him? Typical GT logic... :O:

Sources?

There's already a thread about the alleged movie on the first page of this forum. I have not heard about it being present in the new Call of Duty game, though, seems rather unlikely.

[Torplexed]

Is anybody else here sick of Osama coverage?

I seem to recall asking a similar question in the weeks after Michael Jackson's death. The entertainment media in particular just couldn't get over it.

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah. I'm so sick of it I think I'll start another thread.

[Feuer Frei!]

Who?

[krashkart]

Am I sick of hearing about Osama? Brother, I've been sick of these news cycles ever since the first Simpson trial. :dead:


I seem to recall asking a similar question in the weeks after Michael Jackson's death. The entertainment media in particular just couldn't get over it.


I'm probably going to Hell for mentioning this:

The Britney Spears Meltdown!


I'm glad they finally got over that triviality. :roll:

[Hottentot]

I was sick of Osama, but then we fortunately won the icehockey championship. I was sick of icehockey championship, but then the party fortunately got a little too wild and people started asking how appropriate it is to party hard after such victory. Now I'm sick of wondering how appropriate it is, but fortunately soon enough something else will happen.

Basically I'm sick of media that has to make 1,000,000,000 articles about one and same topic and spam them on their websites like no one in any forum could. "OMG, did you know that celebrity Neverheardofyou just sneezed?! Read it all here! Watch the video!!"

[Aramike]

Yeah. I'm so sick of it I think I'll start another thread.HAH! :ping::up:

[Jimbuna]

Yeah. I'm so sick of it I think I'll start another thread.

The $ million question is...what will be the next topic to top the popularity charts? :DL

[MothBalls]

The $ million question is...what will be the next topic to top the popularity charts? :DLArnold's illegitimate son being an anchor baby to the mother about to be deported because she doesn't have a green card and working for 20 years getting paid under the table so Arny could avoid paying the taxes that paid for the kids birth in a county hospital. Then the plot will thicken after Arnold refuses to produce his birth certificate proving he's not an American and everything he did as Governor is invalidated and declared illegal, including the immigration amnesty that allowed his housekeeper to remain in this country so she could have an anchor baby who'll grow up to be a criminal and collect food stamps while in prison for having sex with his half-sister.

And they all lived happily ever after.

[joea]

Mothball wins. /thread :O:

[HunterICX]

Yeah. I'm so sick of it I think I'll start another thread.

and and...I'm really getting sick of people beeing so sick of Osama...expect a thread soon! :stare:

HunterICX

[krashkart]

and and...I'm really getting sick of people beeing so sick of Osama...expect a thread soon! :stare:

HunterICX


Can we have a thread about cabbage instead? :shifty:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/CabbageFarmer.jpg/220px-CabbageFarmer.jpg

"Everybody loves cabbage!"


Pfft! Cabbage. :nope:

[HunterICX]

"Everybody loves cabbage!"

Pickles!!!

HunterICX

[Betonov]

Pomodori

http://www.thedailygreen.com/media/cm/thedailygreen/images/plum-tomato-fd-lg.jpg

And when you have-a the pomodori, you make-a the brusceta :DL

http://cdn1.siol.net/sn/img/10/019/633994877206940866_istock_brusketa.jpg

[krashkart]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Saltine-Crackers.JPG/300px-Saltine-Crackers.JPG

http://www.lootcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/generic-beer.jpg


Food of the gods. :yeah:

[Betonov]

Me thinks there should be cheeeeese with those crackers :DL

[krashkart]

Me thinks there should be cheeeeese with those crackers :DL


Anteater agrees. :DL

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=179&pictureid=4272

[Oberon]

In before Osa...before Oba...erm...

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0912/large-hadron-collider-divide-by-zero-demotivational-poster-1260145869.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Arnold's illegitimate son being an anchor baby to the mother about to be deported because she doesn't have a green card and working for 20 years getting paid under the table so Arny could avoid paying the taxes that paid for the kids birth in a county hospital. Then the plot will thicken after Arnold refuses to produce his birth certificate proving he's not an American and everything he did as Governor is invalidated and declared illegal, including the immigration amnesty that allowed his housekeeper to remain in this country so she could have an anchor baby who'll grow up to be a criminal and collect food stamps while in prison for having sex with his half-sister.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Oh...and here was I hoping it would be something of interest :hmmm:

[Reece]

Who?
You know! Osama! the guy that went deep sea fishing!:yep:

[krashkart]

You know! Osama! the guy that went deep sea fishing!:yep:

I didn't know the President liked to fish... :hmm2:

Now, whatever happened to that Obama guy they found holed up in Pakistan? :06:

[Oberon]

I didn't know the President liked to fish... :hmm2:

Now, whatever happened to that Obama guy they found holed up in Pakistan? :06:

I think they sent in a special Donald Trump team to search for birth certificates. :hmmm:

[STEED]

I said it in another thread he is coming more famous in death than he ever was in life and it sure looks it now. :nope:

See...Dragged me in to make a comment. :damn:

[HunterICX]

See...Dragged me in to make a comment. :damn:

Bad Steed...bad!

now drop yer pants and be prepared for a good old fashion spanking! :stare:

wait...on second thought...leave those pants on :O: last thing we need on subsim is something that will horrify us all for generations to come :haha:

HunterICX

[frau kaleun]

Yeah. I'm so sick of it I think I'll start another thread.

I think a moderator should merge all the Osama threads with all the Obama threads. Just to keep it interesting. :O:

[HunterICX]

I think a moderator should merge all the Osama threads with all the Obama threads. Just to keep it interesting. :O:

I think that'll will shred the last bit of logic, sense and purpose the GT still has and will cause mass hysteria......Neal!!! what are you waiting for!

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

logic
sense
purpose
GT

I wasn't aware you could actually use all these words in a single sentence... :hmmm:

[TLAM Strike]

Seriously - a movie... It wasn't THAT impressive compared to other operations...

How about when we sent troops into Serbia? What about Panama, Grenada? How about the GSG9 crises with the Baader Meinhof Gang?
Serbia... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159273/)
Grenada...
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/) GSG-9 (http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1153112/)

Can't find a non-documentary about Panama though... :hmmm:

[Anthony W.]

Serbia... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159273/)
Grenada...
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/)GSG-9 (http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1153112/)

Can't find a non-documentary about Panama though... :hmmm:

I'm a real nut when it comes to the Panama operation - that one deserved a movie for sure as far as I'm concerned

Oh, and what about when that F-105 (I think) pilot went down over Vietnam while the pilot was on his last mission, and they lost a bunch of helicopters trying to get him, and eventually they used golf course holes as directions to guide him to a rendezvous point on the river, where a daring man in a canoe picked him up? I can't think of anything about that non documentary style...

Correct me if I'm wrong

[TLAM Strike]

I'm a real nut when it comes to the Panama operation - that one deserved a movie for sure as far as I'm concerned

Oh, and what about when that F-105 (I think) pilot went down over Vietnam while the pilot was on his last mission, and they lost a bunch of helicopters trying to get him, and eventually they used golf course holes as directions to guide him to a rendezvous point on the river, where a daring man in a canoe picked him up? I can't think of anything about that non documentary style...

Correct me if I'm wrong

Was it Bat 21? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094712/)

[Anthony W.]

Was it Bat 21? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094712/)

YEP! Wow I need to get out more. I don't even remember these movies coming out... Lol

EDIT: 250TH POST WOO!

[magic452]

I think a moderator should merge all the Osama threads with all the Obama threads. Just to keep it interesting. :O:

Osama/Obama

You know that he did come pretty close.

Seal Team 6 " Are you sure captain, Google says 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"

Magic

[Stealhead]

You should read some books about Bat21 that movie is ok but very not accurate.

Here is a link to the real story:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Bat_21_Bravo

I think there might be a book about it as well but there is not a really good doc on the whole thing.

A really good film about one of the few Vietnam era POWs to escape and later get rescued is Rescue Dawn about which is also a true story about a US Navy pilot that got shot down over Laos it is not 100% accurate either but is much better than BAT21 movie wise.

For some reason Panama gets ignored I think because starting not much later in 1990 began Desert Shield and then Desert Storm and they get more attention movie wise. But there was a little known Delta Force rescue mission during Just Cause called Operation Acid Gambit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Acid_Gambit I saw a show about it on the Military channel once.A movie about the American (many claim CIA) Kurt Muse and then his rescue that could be a good film.

Another often unknown but outstanding operation from Vietnam is the Son Tay Raid:http://www.psywarrior.com/sontay.html in many ways similar to the Osama raid and Operation Eagle Claw(history test:03:).The POWs where not in the camp during Son Toy but it did end up boosting morale of American POWs in North Vietnam and they where all moved into a handful of locations and where all together.

[krashkart]

You should read some books about Bat21 that movie is ok but very not accurate.

Here is a link to the real story:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Bat_21_Bravo

I think there might be a book about it as well but there is not a really good doc on the whole thing.

A really good film about one of the few Vietnam era POWs to escape and later get rescued is Rescue Dawn about which is also a true story about a US Navy pilot that got shot down over Laos it is not 100% accurate either but is much better than BAT21 movie wise.

For some reason Panama gets ignored I think because starting not much later in 1990 began Desert Shield and then Desert Storm and they get more attention movie wise. But there was a little known Delta Force rescue mission during Just Cause called Operation Acid Gambit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Acid_Gambit I saw a show about it on the Military channel once.A movie about the American (many claim CIA) Kurt Muse and then his rescue that could be a good film.

Another often unknown but outstanding operation from Vietnam is the Son Tay Raid:http://www.psywarrior.com/sontay.html in many ways similar to the Osama raid and Operation Eagle Claw(history test:03:).The POWs where not in the camp during Son Toy but it did end up boosting morale of American POWs in North Vietnam and they where all moved into a handful of locations and where all together.


Eagle Claw... wasn't that the mission to rescue hostages from Tehran? Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong for those guys.

[Anthony W.]

Eagle Claw... wasn't that the mission to rescue hostages from Tehran? Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong for those guys.

I thought that was Credible Sport - but I'm probably wrong.

Oh, wait, yep, it was Eagle Claw

[Stealhead]

Credible Sport was a back up then primary plan for the Iran hostage rescue using some crazily modified C-130 that had JATO rockets that where supposed to allow it to land VSTOL had a lot of problems and then they got let go so no more need for it.

Egale Claw failed because we lacked a specialist helo unit back then (no 160th Night Stalkers)and we just did not have the pilots trained for such a mission to work and we also had bad planning we did not know about the sand storms that pop up in Iran.The whole incident was learned from because they formed the 160th a few years later and the concept of the V-22 Osprey was largely inspired by the need for such an aircraft which we did not have back then.Eagle Claw also resulted in the formation of SOCOM.