Ok, let's get more recent. I recently purchased a game called Hearts Of Iron !!. You control any major country that was around during WWII (and some others, like Poland, or Sweden ete.) and try to tkaeover the world. You shaughter people in the millions with hostile war against people who most likely did nothing to you (this is especially fun as Germany, taking over Checkoslovakia, Romania, France ete.). Now, admittedly, most of your time is spent on research, economy and diplomacy, but there is a lot of chances for war (and, no, taking over Poland is not so easy as is made out to be)
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I don't mind the WWII games as much as any Vietnam game. WWII was probably the most necessary American involvement of any war on foreign land, but Vietnam was a disgrace, especially because we lost. I also don't like the idea of "Operation: Iraqi Freedom" games, the new Vietnam.
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I don't think that Iraq will turn into another Vietnam. For one thing, we had an actual government in South Vietnam, with this we have nothing. We're not even facing another country. Most likely Iraq will be thrown into Civil War, the theocratic Shiites will be dominant, and it will be a repressive theocracy which counter-insurgants fight a bloody war against the resistance and there are horrible atrocities on both sides. Sort of like El Salvador.
And Vietnam is no more bad than WWII as far as touching people. People talk of how the horrors of Vietnam scarred veterens, same for WWII.
WWII scarred veterens jst the same as Vietnam. What makes Vietnam more important?
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I saw that while reading the post. That's supposed to be a dumb pollish joke isn't it? (where'd those ever start anyway?)
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No, that's admiration for Hitler.
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I know that you saw me.
We froze but for a moment
In empathy."-Rise Against