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Amazing. Too much gin and beer, killed the braincells, everyone forgot.
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Best kind of war! One where no shots are fired.....
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Quote:Theodosius the Great:1qyncgu4 Wrote:Wow. I've heard of the Phony War but this one "takes the cake"
This was the 'S©illy War'... :wink:
Techinically the Silly War has been fought here in America since about 1965 all over the US
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Quote:Best kind of war! One where no shots are fired.....
Gotta agree. I wonder if the Cold War of the 50s-80s fits that category?
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Nope. It was regulary fought by proxy in 3rd world countries who were suported by Western or Eastern troops occasionaly (i.e. Africa ).
In most developed areas depends on ones view if policaly motivated violence was or is war.
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Quote:Tarbicus:wmaqzsfu Wrote:Too much gin and beer, killed the braincells, everyone forgot.
Best way to cope with war, I'd say.
Maybe these are the best reenforcements we could send to a war zone.
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Totally agree Andy.
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No shots fired, and people share a [beer] - sounds like the best kind of war.
That or a "reenactment" war - noone gets hurt or killed and we all have a good time.
I've seen Vietnam war reenactors/living historians, and have even seen some people with Gulf War (1991) gear at some Timeline events.
I'm sure there's a reenactor for just about every period in 'recorded' history by now....Some of us are getting close to covering every period known :roll:
too many periods of cool stuff to make/show off, SO little time and money to do it! :twisted:
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A war both sides forget they were fighting--my kind of war.
But that raises the question, how do we reenact battles that didn't happen? Think of the rousing reenactments of the famous low tide invasion of the Scillys, followed by the high tide retreat which will never see the light of day...not to mention dry land?
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