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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 6:37pm On Jun 02, 2015
jln115:
I don't know bro, and frankly I don't really care, if the people continue to vote for him...then who are we to judge.
This

If they want him forever they can chose him forever - thats democracy (Sadly)

FYI, here in Korea the president can only do one 5 year term.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 6:32pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
- South-Korea got a whole lot of support from the Americans during the Korean war. This is a statistical fact!!

- No evidence the South would defeat the north today in combat. The north will turn soeul to rubble in the same fashion as kobani.


- 55 years of war, and the Colombian government had to plead with Norway to mediate between them and Farc.

*Farc still controls large parts of Colombia, that's not a rebel group on it's knees boy.

- the Iraqi army is U.S setup, trained and equipped you m0ron.

- Kobani is rubble, this isn't breaking the siege. "You don't cut off the wrist because the pinky is rotten".



- Provide evidence that the government of Nigeria hired South-Africans?

Again I ask, do you know what an insurgency is?

- Germany, Japan had bigger militaries before American intervention. Infact American intervention in these countries only left their militaries weak.
- at the start of the war the South Koreans received very limited support from the US. During the war the Korean Army performed amazingly.

- Uhh, the fact that the South Koreans not only have a bigger army, but a better equipped army is more than enough evidence. Turn Seoul to rubble? Maybe, but the ROK will be in Pyongyang in under a month.

- Columbia:

The US, increasingly alarmed by Colombia's role in the drug trade, got involved in Colombia's war in the 1990s.

In 2002, President Álvaro Uribe took office after campaigning on a promise to end the war. He cracked down on the FARC and was largely successful in undermining the group's power. The military regained much of the FARC's territory, and by 2013, the FARC had just over 7,000 members, down from a height of 16,000 in 2001.

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/18/7412615/farc-colombia-ceasefire

So, 25 years after America got involved, FARC is on its knees - FACT

- Americans only trained a small core of the Iraqi army. FACT

All told, that suggests that some 33,500 Iraqi troops have reached the point where they can "own their own battle space," as the president put it.
http://www.cfr.org/iraq/training-iraqi-forces/p9378

How big is the Iraqi army?

- Kobani is no longer under seige, the vitally strategic position was held and ISIS was pushed back. Stop moving the goal-posts, the seige was BROKEN and ISIS were PUSHED BACK. The town was destroyed? So was Stalingrad, Berlin, Warsaw (twice), Leningrad, Caen, Grozny, Sarejavo - yet all are major military victories.

- America destroyed the German and Japanese armies and then rebuilt them, into some of the most powerfull in the world. I like it how, when it is a success story its totally all due to indigenous peoples - but when its a failure its all the Americans fault.

Such hypocracy
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 6:22pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
The commanding officer's training is supposed to kick in to prevent demoralisation from happening.

A commanding officers effectiveness boils down to the sort of training he has received. If the training is no good, he would abandon over 2300 armoured vehicles.


It is all training, training, training.


And Iraq is a perfect example of the ineffectiveness of U.S training.
Again, no US trained troops are involved in the current fighting.

Tell me - if you are facing enemies on multiple axis's of advance.

And you have only a divisions worth of quality troops and about 200,000 poor quality troops

Where do you deploy your division?

Between Falujha and Baghdad?

or around Ramadi (with no ability to defend Baghdad) with Falujha between your best troops and your capital?

Answer: You deploy them around Baghdad facing the Western ISIS thrust (Falujha) and the Eastern ISIS thrust (Diyala)

In the grand scheme of things Ramadi is insignificant - unless the Iraqi's had a huge offensive planned along the Southern Axis down rout 1 (which they didnt) it serves little strategic or tactical importance - if anything, the loss of Ramadi will shorten the total frontage the Iraqi army has to hold and thus allow more effective concentration of power and less wastage due to the fact that you dont have supply lines running through ISIS dominated territory. Whilst simultaneously tying up more ISIS troops in holding another city.

Sure, you dont want to lose the city - buts its loss is not the end of the world.

Its all part of a larger startegry based on holding the line while the rest of the Iraqi army gets trained up to scratch. A minor setback
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:50pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
-The Syrian army is doing perfectly fine despite attacks from American/sunni funded terrorist groups and ISIS.

- Egypt has over 200 F-16 and over a 1000 Abrams tank. It is much an American failure than it is eastern. Mubarak had very strong ties with the west, SISI is only beginning to diversify.

So the inability of the Egyptian army to quell or degrade insurgents in Egypt is as much fault an Egyptian failure as it is American.

- Angola was a victory for the communists.

- Afghanistan, grin grin grin, 14 years of NATO occupation has produced 30% success.

- Pakistan is militarily very strong, they only face the exact same problem as Turkey and Russia. Home grown insurgency is very difficult to defeat.

- Libya, a prosperous African country, until the Americans arrived!!
- SAA is getting its sh1t pushed in at the moment m8. Pay attention to the news.

- I am refferring to Egypt in its wars with Isreal, two utter defeats by the tiny American trained and armed nation of Isreal

- Angola was only a victory when the SADF pulled out and the Americans dropped their support for UNITA. The fact that MPLA was getting the best of the best from the Communists, as well as 60 000 support troops and senior leadership from Moscow... and they could not defeat a paltry Battle-Group of sanctions starved SADF and their peasant allys in UNITA says it all.

- Pakistan has repeatedly been utterly obliterated by India (in major engagements)

- Libya. Trained by Russia and the East - comprehensibly defeated by Chad and their Toyota pick-ups
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 5:40pm On Jun 02, 2015
Old G5 video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIa0M8WS64E

Epic video from back in the day - SA Marines doing beach landings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrfksGA5kY
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:36pm On Jun 02, 2015
jln115:
You drive it back.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:33pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
"the Iraqi army went from ZERO men in ~2005 to 283,000 in less than a decade. "


Who was in charge of Iraq then, who built the numbers? Shai militia men are the guys who doing most of the heavy lifting.

Colombia = Sh1t.
Israel = experiences from world war II
Germany and Japan = the Axis of evil in world war II. They are both class acts and none of it has anything to do with the Americans.
Americans built the initial core - the Iraqi's built the rest themselves

Colombia = about to win a war against insurgents
Isreal = American trained, supplied and built.
German and Japanese Armies were disbanded after WW2 - and rebuilt by the Americans in the 1950's.

Again, henry, your overly emotional nature and unwarranted dislike for the west (it must hurt to have your affections turned down) is clouding your judgement.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:30pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
My comparisons are specific. A de-mining drone or an IED disposal robot aren't the same thing as armed UGV or USV.

The differences have since been clear.
Why cant they do both?

Huh? a de-mining drone that can defend itself and thus does not need to by baby-sat by troops?

Also, you seem to be avoiding the whole "perimiter defence" concept like the plauge - probably as you know that it is perfect for it
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:29pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
Buhahahahahahahahaha........


*i just hope you knew that was a sarcastic comment.

Armed UGV's are a waste of resources.
Because you say so?

All the armies and designers have no idea what they are doing... but you do?

Yeah, ok.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:28pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
Nigeria cancelled the training with the Americans, and not the other way round. Get your facts right.

*that's a legitimate reason to hate the Americans. American deception and hypocrisy stinks to high heavens.

However, that's not the reason why I think American training is sh1t. It simply is, and I have given enough reasons and actual instances why American training is largely ineffective.


- South-Korea was getting their a$ses handed to them in the Korean war before American intervention.

In a battle with the North with outside interference I see same thing happening again. Hi-tech of photographs don't mean effective.


- Farc controls a large chunk of Colombia, despite years after years of American Training, equipment and favour. Militarily Farc is still very effective and are no way on their knees.

- Kobani is rubble..... after over 1000 largely ineffective airstrikes. they broke the siege alright...... as well as the city. nitwit!

- whatever you mean by U.S trained iraqi troops..... the Iraqi Army is completely U.S setup and virtually U.S trained you m0ron!!

- do you even understand what COIN is?


- Japan, Germany all had and still have large very experienced militaries. Nothing to do with the U.S.
- South Korea got very little support from America before the war.

In a war with the North (without Nukes) the ROK would fvcking curb-stomp the North. Are you insane? Do you think a paltry 1,7 million half starved peasants with obsolete weapons stand a chance against 3,5 million men with some of the most advanced equipment on the face of the planet?

Dude, you are beyond delusional if you think that the North stands a snowballs chance in hell against the South!! One Sejong The Great destroyer is enough to down half the north korean Airforce!!

- FARC are literally on their knees and have been forced to the negotiation table.

- No US trained troops are involved in the fighting around Ramadi
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/28/no-us-trained-troops-in-iraqs-new-fight-for-ramadi/28083677/

- Again, is Kobani still under siege? No? Ok then. Those "innefective airstrikes" not only stopped ISIS in its tracks - but broke its back and allowed the Kurds to break out of the pocket!

- Yes, I understand COIN - we are the people your government pay to teach you about it. Now answer the question - list successfull insurgencies that have pushed American combat troops out of their zones and have lead to a succesfull insurgency. Please say Veitnam, fvcking please

- German, Japanese, Korean and Isrealy militarys are amongst the top 10 most powerfull in the world - thanks to US training and doctrine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 5:02pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry

While you critique the Americans training qualities due to Iraqi army failures.

You seem to have overlooked Eastern Bloc training failures in:

- Syria
- Egypt
- Angola
- Pakistan (oh pakistan you pathetic pathetic military)
- Afghanistan
- Libya
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 4:56pm On Jun 02, 2015
mzilakazi:
Since, when was anti-poaching a military assignment?
Since he has been desperatly looking for something to criticize us about
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 4:55pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
How then do you reload from KM's away?
You dont

You pull back the drone and send out a replacement
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 4:54pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
USV's like UGV's are terribly useless. Only the IDF is a significant user, even at that, there limitations are well detailed in IDF use.
How are they useless?

Do you wish to swim out to sea-mines yourself and disarm them?

Do you wish to wander around the battle-feild and try detect NBCW deployment?

No? Ok, then they arent useless
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 4:53pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
American training is no good. It just doesn't work!

The Iraqis abandoned over 2300 armoured vehicles in Mosul, in a fighting ratio of 11:1 in favour of the Iraqi army. This is a fighting force that had received extensive American training.


You absolutely cannot blame this on poor leadership.
Henry

I told you before

I will tell you again.

Iraqi troops with American training are not involved in front-line combat - they are wisely being held in reserve.

Currently it is militia (shia) and domestically trained men (read: militia in Iraqi army uniforms)

And yes - it is literally because of poor leadership.

You forget that the Iraqi army went from ZERO men in ~2005 to 283,000 in less than a decade. Standards have to be VERY low to build up that kind of manpower. It takes generations to build up the skills and human capital for an effective army.

As for American training - consult with the Germans, Koreans, Isrealy's, Columbians and Japs about the quality of American training.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 4:51pm On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
It is. I hope you do know Canada has pulled out it's order for 65 planes, and is instead looking at the Gripen E/F and Rafale as replacements.

Your Tank comparison is inaccurate. Right from the start, it was clear that the British had invented the world's greatest equipment.

Armed UGV'S are just not it. Asides providing covering fire, i see no other use for them.


@all, the T-14 is to be equipped with an AESA radar. The coolest Tank in the world just got cooler.
Reports the Canadians deny

Unmanned and armed ground vehicles have multiple uses, from IED/Mine detection, urban recon, perimeter defense and CBN detection

The one that most sticks out is perimeter defence - you could set them up on pre-determined patrol routines, and have them activate to a centralized controll module when something is detected. Meaning that one man can operate and manage as many sentries as you want.

I dont understand your obsession with the F-35, I can only assume you dont understand its role or are not fully aware of its capabilities. And for the love of god stop going on about "its not stealthy" - stealth is not its primary focus, it is simply a design feature.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:39pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
Nigerian army trained Zimbabwe who then trained South African army chief of staff.

Nigeria directly trained South African air force deputy chief of staff, we own your entire air force.

Nigerian army trained South Africa in COIN war classrooms in Kaduna.

We own SANDF and SAAF all together

http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8196:college-trains-103-counter-insurgency-operatives-from-nigeria-9-other-countries&catid=48:political-news&Itemid=29
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1. The Zimbabwe link is completely invalid
2. You trained him how to fly - no military training
3. No you did not

We directly trained you.

We own you.

End of story
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:38pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
SANDF helicopter that was sh.ot down by Rhino poachers inside your homeland Kruger park while fighting Poachers, is a big evidence
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Who says it was shot down?
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:37pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
South Africa CANNOT even deal with local Rhino poachers. What COIN can you do in 2015 when you fail at home !
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Poachers are not a military concern
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 2:27pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
American mercenaries came into your homeland soil, not Ghana, never mind who hired them. They were hired because SANDF failed
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SANDF is not deployed on Anti-Poaching duty, never has been, never will be.

I like how you are trying to desperatly change the topic after the humiliation your suffered at the hands of the South African super rapid.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 2:26pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
PMC not SANDF, a private company trained 120 men.

Russian army and Pakistani army special forces trained 5,000 Nigerian troops as special COIN Brigade within the last 6 months.

South African army did NOTHING ! A private PMC did a tiny little insignificant bit of training.

The big foreign training came from Russia and Pakistan, sources and photos PROVE that !

Southies are glory thieves !

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/terrorism-1200-nigerian-security-personnel-leave-russia/
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South Africa directly trained your army.

We own you
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 2:26pm On Jun 02, 2015
agaugust:
Rhino poachers daily invade South Africa from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The guys rule and reign inside your Kruger park homeland.

SANDF and SAAF fight them to no avail, your air force helicopter crashed chasing Rhino poachers, soldiers died in action.

American mercenaries came to your rescue grin grin
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1. Citations posted have shown that cross border poaching is no longer a major concerne since SANDF deployment - BORDERS ARE SECURE
2. American civilians came to work in private capacity on private land as security guards.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 12:40am On Jun 02, 2015
gottfried21:
African cadets in Russia sing while on the parade ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu_oRwOQGLE
This is how its done.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2_HQ6LgoVY

An "Africanized" parade, with military precision and discipline

Troepies singing while training

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVP2dXtYcGM
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 12:37am On Jun 02, 2015
gottfried21:
African cadets in Russia sing while on the parade ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu_oRwOQGLE
Comrade, what are you doing?

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 12:29am On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
[s]It is the most over-rated piece of equipment...... that is, after the F-35 of-course.



Armed UGV's are going to fail just as sea USV have. I see no actual use for the UGV.[/s]
Yep - he is trolling again.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 12:26am On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
Nothing worth seeing here.
Just another thing you are incapable of building grin grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 12:25am On Jun 02, 2015
Henry120:
- The South-Koreans were having their a$ses handed to them on a platter by the North before the Americans, Chinese and Soviets joined the fight. This is a statistical fact.


- LOL grin grin grin, you want to talk about the 50+ years of Colombian trouncing by the Farc. While America was busy beating it's chest on T.V and the successes it was having on narco criminals, the FARC was busy grabbing additional territory and Colombia was occupied in reaching the zenith as the world's largest coka producer.


- Buahahahahahahaha........ the over-pampered sunnis who need Senegalese soldiers to do their fighting for them. I hope you do know, 4000 Saudi soldiers fled their barracks amid houthi retaliation. With many reports putting that figure as high as 10,000 men in recent weeks.


- over 1000 strike sorties on a tiny town cannot be considered as a victory you delusional sad nitwit!


- why don't you tell us who trained the Iraqi army? They fled, living behind over 2300 armoured Humvess grin grin. That's more armoured vehicles than the combined total of all armoured vehicles in the Southern African region.


- IRAQ!!!



Don't be naive, American COIN strategy has failed, you're only probably to stup1d to acknowledge it.
- The South Koreans didnt have any real sort of Army before the Americans provided assistance.

How did the South Korean Army fare DURING the war?

What is the state of ROK forces now?

How did ROK forces perform in Veitnam?

- Is FARC on its knees or not? Yes or no!

- Is Kobani still under seige?

- US trained Iraq troops have not been involved in the fighting.

- Are American combat forces in Iraq? I ask again, if US COIN policy is so bad, point to one country they have been pushed out of.

- Again, I like how you held back on mentioning that the JDF, Bundeswehr and IDF

Henry, you hate for America is so transparent - all because they wouldent sell you weapons and cut their training aid to you. As usual Nigerians display their overly emotional nature.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 6:26pm On Jun 01, 2015
Henry120:
First of, American training is sh1t. no country from South-Korea, Philippines, Colombia, Iraq, Saudi-Arabia, kuwait, Mali, Cuban dissidents that have received extensive American training have done well in the war.

American trained forces are almost always guaranteed to come out second best in combat.


- most importantly, American Counter-terrorism strategy has been a colossal failure. It just hasn't worked!!



*Funny thing is, every now and then you get American butt-lickers like patches689 claiming it has been successful. Citing Kobani as an example of one of their high points.
LOL

South Korea?

Hahahhahaha - I guess you need to read up on the Korean war

I guess you also need to go and read up on the effectiveness of the ROK forces in Veitnam

I guess you also forgot that the ROK possesses one of the most capable and potent militaries in the world

Columbia?

Last I checked Farc was on its knees

Saudi?

You mean the most powerful military in the region?

Kobani?

Last I checked the seige was broken!!

I like how you forgot to mention the Jdf, Israel and West German militaries

I ask again - how is the poor performance of the Iraqi army the fault of the Americans?

American COIN has failed? Point to me one country that the US military has been deployed in and that has been over-run by Insurgents

Just one
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:50pm On Jun 01, 2015
AugustineAgain:
Nope, you DO NOT have it !


Bwahahahaha grin grin

Total Frustration in South African camp on June 1st

These guy is hilarious, he is now posting guns of Germany and Denmark ! My sides grin grin

You are still posting the same Naval Technology website error that does not know the difference between 76mm compact and super rapid !

See, the manufacturer is final authority on their product, Super Rapid is straight line shaped edges NOT round shapes.

Now show me a source that says manufacturer is putting super rapids inside old casing/housing of compact, prove it ! grin grin

My sides are in orbit on June 1st....Southies in disarray grin grin

http://www.otomelara.it/products-services/naval-systems/76-62-super-rapid
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Augustus

1. Multiple citations prove it
2. Multiple pictures have been posted of super rapid in round housing (on German and other vessels)

This argument is over

Sout African navy has the mighty super rapid gun!! Proven beyond doubt!!

Next topic!!
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:28pm On Jun 01, 2015
AugustineAgain:
[size=13pt]Thanks for confirming with video evidence that your navy gun is year1977 Compact.

Super Rapid year 1988 gun is totally different and posted below.

I love South African S.uicide comments grin grin

http://www.otomelara.it/products-services/naval-systems/76-62-super-rapid
.[/size]
Super Rapid in a Round housing
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fly/fly4.html

German Super Rapid - round housing on Braunschweig-class corvette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxgkeTYevDI


Augustus shows deep fear at the existance of our Super Rapid guns

Just be a man, accept that we have it!

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 3:22pm On Jun 01, 2015
AugustineAgain:
[size=13pt]Bwahahahaha grin grin

South African navy official website and photos say NO, they say you have 1977 Compact gun round headed shape grin grin

See your round shaped Compact obsolete naval gun below....Now you show us a Super Rapid gun in South Africa with the straight edge shapes or are you now afraid of posting photos? South Africans afraid to post photos of their own Valour frigate.

Why are you Southies now denying your own blue water frigate that you boast so much about?

Ashamed of your 1977 guns ? No Super Rapid so you fear to show us your ships guns ? grin grin
.[/size]
Augustus

We don't care about your opinion

Citations say we have it

This is no longer a debate

I see that you deeply fear the implications of our Super Rapid
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 2:02pm On Jun 01, 2015
Centrifude:
Iraqs Army said they abandoned 2300 Armoured Vehicles when they ran away from Mosul.

American trained 3rd world countries take incompetence & Cowardice to a whole new level.
Why are the Americans to blame?

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