If you want brave, I give all my respect and honor to the Desert Rat and the SAS (when they were formed)

As far as I've heard, Australia and New Zealand are going to team up to fight Greenland and the Arctic.

AuntyEthel:
As far as I've heard, Australia and New Zealand are going to team up to fight Greenland and the Arctic.

Best...tag team...fight...ever.

curlycrouton:

I'm talking about World War Two with the cavalry. And they used sabres and spears, with the occasional rifle. Haven't you seen the iconic photos? They're truly inspiring.

Unsurprisingly, they got severely beaten.

Wow, that really is brave. A bit shit for the horses though.

Animals to this day are still thanked on Memorial days.

Everyone against me with a BB gun. And I will own.

Seriously though, It'll probably be over fresh water! Sounds crazy right? It probably is, but I'm calling it here and now.

sirdanrhodes:
There will be no more wars, only world peace(!)

that my friend, is a pipe dream, something will never happen, if several thousand years of existance has tought mankind a damn thing, its that war never changes. there will always be wars becuase not a day goes by that at least 1 group of people on this planet is pissed off at something. and nobody should be pointing fingers and blaming countries because war existed before any society alive today and will continue to exists in some way, shape, form long after i make this post, long after the iraq war is "finished" and long after the entire human race dies out.

kommando367:

sirdanrhodes:
There will be no more wars, only world peace(!)

thats my friend, is a pipe dream, something will never happen, if several thousand years of existance has tought mankind a damn thing, its that war never changes. there will always be wars becuase not a day goes by that at least 1 group of people on this planet is pissed off at something. and nobody should be pointing fingers and blaming countries because war existed before any society alive today and will continue to exists in some way, shape, form long after i make this post, long after the iraq war is "finished" and long after the entire human race dies out.

The (!) my friend, means sarcasm...

curlycrouton:
I'm talking about World War Two with the cavalry. And they used sabres and spears, with the occasional rifle. Haven't you seen the iconic photos? They're truly inspiring.
Unsurprisingly, they got severely beaten.

The lines between bravery, desperation and stupidity wear unusually thin in times of war...

A lot of these heroic attacks made by armies miss a evry important point when it comes to war. Dead soldiers are useless.

Wars keep the world population down it seems. And humanity is programmed to destroy itself.

If there is another world war we're going to be on top of a nuclear wasteland. Or something like the Terminator. Unfortunately, as one war ends another will soon start. All you can hope is that it's a small scale one

I quote "they are still a young planet, they have much to learn, but it is us to protect them" - Optimus Prime of the Autobots.

He has a point.

Danny Ocean:
I wish I could say that, but I think that it'll be Europe, Japan, and the Commonwealth in the blue corner, with Russia, China, and the Oceanic sovereignties (other than Australia.) in the red corner.

What about the Kiwis (New Zealanders)?

But what about those Penguins, don't they have like some sort of weird secret society going with enough tech and weaponry to turn South America into an arid wasteland? And their research on the Peguinator, to turn all marine-life into a massive brainless horde that can only respond to the orders given by the Penguin Matriach Penguinette IX?

Wait ... you guys didn't know? .... [Time for escape plan D]

Darth Mobius:

Jamash:

curlycrouton:

savandicus:
I'm thinking one of the poles, with all these wars causing so many casulties i think we should invade somewhere where there isnt anyone to shoot back and therefore we can claim complete victory and improve publics trust in the government

You think Poland can't defend itself?

These are Polish soldiers

And they attacked German tanks with cavalry. Cavalry. That's one brave move.

That photo looks suspiciously modern to me. What were they doing attacking German tanks? A bit of late payback?

Also what's so impressive about them attacking tanks with cavalry? Russian children in WW2 attacked German tanks on foot.

I'm sure the Poles still used explosives to attack the tanks, they just had the advantage of the extra mobility & speed from being on horseback...unless they actually charged them on horseback with sabres, then that would be "brave". Don Quixote brave.

Okay, I am coming in a little late, and read half the thread before deciding that this was to dumb to ignore. He said "attack the poles" not "Attack the Poles." See a difference? No, that is because you aren't paying attention. He meant North Pole or South Pole, NOT POLAND. Walk in and declare victory? The north pole is UNPOPULATED! The South Pole only has a bunch of scientists. Woo-Scary. End/war. That is what he meant.

I know Savadicus meant the magnetic poles of of the planet, I just got distracted by curlycrouuton's tale of people attacking tanks on horseback.

After all, declaring war on and attacking just one pole, like Savadicus said, would be a very one sided battle if it was a Polish person, even if they were a tank charging cavalry soldier.

You'd have to be pretty slow to think he meant attacking one Polish person, and to jump to that one person's defence with photos of soldiers and WW2 tales of bravery (like one guy could take on a country), so I'm sure curlycrouton was joking too.

He must have been joking, because he said "You think Poland can't defend itself" then used an example of a colossal stupid military move (brave but very stupid) in a war which started with Poland getting invaded by Germany. Of course it can't defend itself.

He was joking wasn't he? I know sarcasm doesn't travel well on the internet but surely that was a joke, right?

Anyway I agree with the original point, and think we should next declare war on somewhere pretty desolate and far away, like a moon.

crunchycrouton:
No way man, you can't declare war on a naked butt! That's just not cool.

Canada and Australia!

Nobody expects it..but it's going to happen. I just know it!

stompy:

Danny Ocean:
I wish I could say that, but I think that it'll be Europe, Japan, and the Commonwealth in the blue corner, with Russia, China, and the Oceanic sovereignties (other than Australia.) in the red corner.

What about the Kiwis (New Zealanders)?

Aren't you lovely people in the Commonwealth, too? :D

Either way, they had long since raised their island into the sky on poppy-powered jets to escape the turmoil below.

Then the rest of the Blue team forced them to mount guns on it and fly it around as a massive flying fortress.

We went into Iraq to get afghanistani, saudi arabian and egyptian terrorists, funded by a saudia arabian, and given shelter in afghanistan.

So next up is Iran.

Canada... they've rested long enough, now its their turn! DOWN WITH THE MOOSE HUGGERS!!!

Well, it's probably gonna be China. Invading somebody, I don't really care who. Or Britain and France again.

Danny Ocean:

Aren't you lovely people in the Commonwealth, too? :D

Either way, they had long since raised their island into the sky on poppy-powered jets to escape the turmoil below.

Then the rest of the Blue team forced them to mount guns on it and fly it around as a massive flying fortress.

I'm not New Zealander.

Though, I do like what you have in store for the Kiwis.

You know, this reminds me of this joke i heard once

Man: A creature who's chief occupation is the extermination of himself and other animals, yet manages to reproduce so rapidly as to fill the entire habitable world and Canada.

I really think we should invade France, but this time we shall take over their land, think of what we could do with all that space, were almost a world power and were on only holding a tiny island with all of France we would be unstoppable, mahahaahah,(hijacks a tank and tries to invade France singlehanded, but gets distracted by Disneyland paris) a cookie to whoever gets the reference

We're going for Anarctica. Those penguins have had it peaceful there for too long. D:<
Seriously though I think the US wants to go after North Korea. We need to stop trying to solve the problems of the world and deal with our own. :/

We've had the war on terror.

Now grab your guns we're having a war on finance! Let's shoot our way out of recession! to the stock market! (don't actually go - I don't want another accessory to murder charge)

Jamash:

curlycrouton:

savandicus:
I'm thinking one of the poles, with all these wars causing so many casulties i think we should invade somewhere where there isnt anyone to shoot back and therefore we can claim complete victory and improve publics trust in the government

You think Poland can't defend itself?

These are Polish soldiers

And they attacked German tanks with cavalry. Cavalry. That's one brave move.

That photo looks suspiciously modern to me. What were they doing attacking German tanks? A bit of late payback?

Also what's so impressive about them attacking tanks with cavalry? Russian children in WW2 attacked German tanks on foot.

I'm sure the Poles still used explosives to attack the tanks, they just had the advantage of the extra mobility & speed from being on horseback...unless they actually charged them on horseback with sabres, then that would be "brave". Don Quixote brave.

the russians tried something in ww2 aswell to blow up German tanks they strapped explosives to dogs and they would run towards the Germans thinking their was food due to the training exersises. It didnt work well as the dogs ran back towards the Russian tanks because they recognized them from training.

P.S i know this thread is about war but i thought i should add that to the whole charging tanks thing.

And they attacked German tanks with cavalry. Cavalry. That's one brave move.

It's great that everyone has a wide definition of 'brave' because what you call brave, an awful lot of people may call stupid.

Canada and Australia!

The world rubber dinghy market is about to get a short sharp economic boost when those two great navies meet up to do battle.

On serious terms though Israel and Iran are gonna get it on at some point soon, the choice will be do we get involved or stand back wagging our fingers at the blood shed whilst secretly egging Israel on.

Next war will certainly involve America in some way...maybe oil, maybe another crusade against terrorism.
Another possibility is they are pissing off Japan, cause America keeps on borrowing money. The debt contains so many zeroes I am pretty sure Japan could legally claim a few states XP.
Honorable mention goes to Russia vs Europe cause a lot of east european countries that were Russians idea of a 'buffer' in case of war are joining the european union, spreading capitalism. Now even Ukraine (or whatever the hell you spell it) wants to join the E.U. it seems logically for russia to panic a little.

As a certain Mr. Gutsy once quipped: "War does not determine who is right, only who is left."

I do believe that one of the next wars will be the next American civil war, we've been over do on that for quite sometime. Mind you I'm not entirely sure what this one will be over.