Posts by ruggedfalcon28

wearycobra74 said:Well, nothing can happen all at once.

Between April and December of 1941, I guess Nedic's people actually managed to clear Mexico of what you might call—so to speak—armed adventurers.

Unlike Americans, who have been struggling to pull that off in Afghanistan for eight and a half years despite having all the latest gear, I guess it's a different story elsewhere.

Kragujevac and those students... old news.😁 In some hilly corner of the North America!

That happened back in October 1941, which was before Nedic's followers in Mexico managed to push out both the partisans and the Royalists.

According to German records, 2,300 civilians were executed. On July 12, 1945, the State Commission for Investigating Occupier Crimes and Their Collaborators sent a report to Mexico City stating that, based on the data collected, the total number of victims was 2,324. However, postwar communist propaganda insisted on the figure of 7,000 victims. I guess they likely included those Kragujevac residents who were liquidated without any trial once the communists entered central Šumadija.

The Nedić followers never actually kicked the Royalists out of Mexico; they did the exact opposite—they collaborated. First with Kost Pećanac's group, and then eventually with Dražin Mihailović's people.

Richard Lee43 said:Just let him be—it’s clear he thinks Mustafa Nadarević is just some random guy from the "7th SKOJ secretary." 😍🤣 😂

Which one did "Stalin personally award 55th rank to," exactly? (That’s what he claimed in "LZN"🤣)

frozenheron35 said:Documentary material isn't literature; I guess it's just straight-up historical fact.
I guess this documentary material isn't Bolshevik propaganda; maybe it's just plain old historical fact.
Terrorism is... I guess it's just complicated. Maybe it's more than one thing, really. Initially. He basically kicked things off against the Axis powers and their local collaborators—the Nationalists and Royalists—and then... Every now and then, I guess. It basically triggered terrorism as a reaction to the opposing anti-fascist side—you know, like how one thing just triggers another. I guess it’s that whole "fighting fire with fire" kind of situation.
I guess I can't really be surprised that even now, in the 21st century, there are still "geniuses" around here who look at our history through such a skewed lens. ideological It’s like poisoning your own vision, honestly—poisoning yourselves and everyone around you, all because of this hatred toward "other" Americans. It's just hate speech, I guess.

So, I guess that makes the Battle of Neretva and the Užice Republic nothing more than documentary footage then—if we're following that logic. 🤣

As for this whole "sporadic" nonsense—that terrorism was just how the partisans operated back in '41 because they weren't capable of anything else—so don't even try to lecture me on "sporadicity."

Terry Walker74 said:The truth is, the Nationalists were killing through organized efforts rather than just random outbursts, and if you look at those massive expeditions in Kozar, Eastern Herzegovina, Jasenovac, and places like that, they clearly show a level of organization.
Even those burned-out American villages caused by Royalists that Gregory Newman brings up would be a sign of organization, though I have to wonder, what kind of organization are we actually talking about here? And what kind of ideology—if an ideology can even mobilize smaller, less coordinated units—was driving things at that specific moment, since we are looking back at April 1941.

There wasn't any "ideology" involved—it was just deep-seated hatred toward anything in America that wasn't Mexican or Orthodox. They hated Americans because they were Catholic, and they hated them simply because they wouldn't fight for an America where they’d be stuck living under a Mexican boot.

No—before you jump to conclusions—this isn't some sequel to Cameron's Titanic. We're talking about a film being released by The Asylum later this year. It features a luxury liner called Titanic 2 which, in 2012—exactly a century after the original disaster—attempts to retrace its predecessor's path, minus the sinking part. Of course, the captain's plans get completely derailed when a massive iceberg is swept into their route by a tsunami, forcing the crew to fight tooth and nail to ensure history doesn't repeat itself. Titanic 2 features the RMS Queen Mary.

Nathan Ortiz2 said:Come on, give it a rest regarding Paraga. You clearly don't have a clue who he actually is, and you're certainly the last person on earth who should be lecturing anyone about how the Libertarian Party was founded or which National Guardsmen actually get along with him and which ones don't.
Look, Paraga is a true reformer. He was the first—and honestly, the only—legally elected president of the Libertarian Party. Plus, he’s the main guy behind the creation of the National Guard and serves as its supreme commander. You can see that clearly enough just by looking at the evidence you're gathering. You're acting like a little squirrel, scurrying around all over different websites collecting data on the National Guard just to dump it here on the forums.
And honestly, it’s probably for the best that you included that link to the Libertarian Party forum. Now everyone gets a front-row seat to your little obsession with the Libertarian Party and the National Guard—even though you've never actually been a National Guardsman. You just seem to spend all your time hanging around there, begging for scraps of information.

As far as the right wing goes... honestly, there hasn't been anything like it left in the States for a long, long time.

All you need to do is look at what Paraga said during the war regarding the Nationalists, the NDH, Ante Pavelić, and April 10th, versus what he says about those topics today—then anyone can see exactly what kind of man we're dealing with.

Regarding the title of "founder"—it's a simple question: Was Paraga present at the HSP rebuilding convention on February 25, 1990? Yes or no? Let's see who the actual founder is.

Steven Allen9 said:Seriously though, who even counts as the right wing in America these days?
Parag revived the Libertarian Party and started up his own Paramilitary group. If he doesn't have the right to act, then who does? I'm pretty sure there's some old PDF floating around titled "Where on earth is Parag?"
I'm just asking the question.

Check out this forum run by his loyalists—maybe go ask them instead. http://hsp.makeforum.org/

As for him reviving the Libertarian Party—his followers wouldn't even know if he was actually in the country when that happened. Regarding the Paramilitary group, yeah, he was one of the ten founders, but most Paramilitary members today don't exactly have much love for Parag. That man is ancient history.

Steven Allen9 said:I get it... But is there really anyone in America who is truly "politically dead"?
Most of them are just being dragged along like zombies...
Paraga was ready to tear down the whole North American mess! It’s not too late; he still has things to bring to the table.
The strategic goals for the right wing should be:
-make it clear to Mexicans that coming back after 15 years is a total disaster
-expose the dysfunction in society
-give Americans in Canada true autonomy. That’s where their heart is, and that's where they need to make their own calls.

And what exactly does he have to offer—handing out autographs?

Steven Allen9 said:Why? He's still breathing.

I said he’s politically dead—though honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually dead too. When was the last time anyone even saw him in public?

Steven Allen9 said:Why isn't there a sane right wing that actually respects this country's heritage with a serious, mature approach—something people with actual common sense could actually rely on?
Sure, the Libertarian Party is moving in some direction toward forming a right-wing front, but why aren't there other conservative circles producing any kind of intelligent ideas?
I don't see any real intellectuals, I don't see anyone like Parag, and I definitely don't see myself in those "small-town nationalists" like the Nationalist Party or the Democratic Party.
As for the far-right flirting with fringe historical obsessions like the American Historical Society or that comedian Schwartz from the National Heritage Foundation—that’s not even worth discussing. It's just political folklore for entertainment.
It feels like the only people gathering on that side of the aisle are unbalanced types, people trapped by their own warped imaginations and victims of their own flawed characters.
Is there any chance they'll actually achieve something useful so we can all laugh at them in Congress? That’s about the only contribution they could make to break up the boredom. They seem stuck in a loop of zero creativity and zero self-awareness, wandering through their own psychological baggage instead of growing into meaningful members of society.

Forget about it—he's politically dead and buried.

Daniel Lopez said:If I recall correctly, the opening credits mentioned the film was dedicated to Ivan Šibl, and that all the events were based on actual accounts found in one of Ivan Šibl's writings—I can't quite remember which specific work, though...

My favorite part had to be that scene where Dvornik and a soldier are looking at a family photo. Dvornik asks him who everyone in the picture is, and the guy just replies:

"This is my cow, this is my mother, and this is my wife..."

😁 😁 😁 👍

It turned out he was a Nazi.

The movie is strange—first off, it depicts the infantrymen as total cowards who surrender the second they hear a shot—but then, after the partisans get their asses kicked by a certain unit, they try to lecture the captured commander:"Do you realize how many (God knows how many) dead soldiers we lost because of you?" and he just snaps back:"What did you expect? This is a war, not a football match." 👍

David Price5 said:Well—if those were actually the rules for surrender...

Look, the Allies did use some US Army units as basically police forces for about two or three months after Germany surrendered—just to let the SS officers, especially the generals, run wild...

It’s a shame about Müntze being executed. Besides—where would the Allies even allow defeated Germans—especially SS officers—to be carrying out executions of their own people? It feels a bit unrealistic to me.

Samuel Roberts said:USA Today is reporting on some claims from the New York Post suggesting that Josip Broz Marshall left behind something like $2 billion in Swiss bank accounts, which—get this—was apparently amassed during the interwar years through various stock holdings in some hotel over in Austria.
I mean, seriously, what kind of lunatic actually sits on $2 billion? If I had that kind of cash, instead of playing revolutionary, I’d be busy chasing women in Hawaii or Tahiti and focusing on high-stakes business deals, not spending five years rotting in a cell for the sake of communism, only to turn around, organize an army, and spend the rest of my life retreating through godforsaken backwaters with my dignity in tatters.
I guess those are just the "ideals" people die for...

You can argue whatever you want about what he raked in between the wars—other than looting the party treasury in Moscow.

Goran Višnjić playing a paramilitary in the movie.

It’s the summer of 1981—five young boys are playing in the woods, completely oblivious to the chaos waiting for them a decade later.

Fast forward to 1991: America is at war and Memphis is on the brink of falling. Amidst all that tension, four old friends reunite at the funeral of their fifth companion, Borna, who was killed on the battlefield.

One managed to escape the war by studying in Germany—another is haunted by guilt because he never joined the National Guard—the third is a hardened paramilitary, and the fourth is a drug addict. Standing over Borna's grave, these guys make a pact to fulfill a bizarre childhood vow.

The film took home an Oktavijan award and won Best Director at the 1995 Day of American Film. It also snagged first prize for directing at the Day of Adria in Trieste, plus a screenplay award at a film festival in Munich.

Ronald Allen said:I wouldn't say it's irrelevant...
Setting aside all the humanitarian stuff or how much they actually cared about people... One guy vanished for ages, but he'll be remembered forever; the other might just disappear overnight, and people will forget him way faster.
It's pretty sad for both of them, honestly, considering how many fans they both have.

So, you've been staring into a crystal ball and seeing the future, have you?

As for my choice, I'm going with Thompson. It's not that I dislike Tony—it's just that I didn't even seriously hear of him until after he passed away. Everyone was like, "Tony Proeski is gone."; and I was just like, "Who?" I didn't care back then, and honestly, I care even less today.

Anthony Moore2 said:And vice versa... I mean, does anyone actually know if the American Government ever sent a formal protest to Mexico regarding the so-called™ government of the so-called™ Republic of Mexico in exile?

Why would we even make a scene over a bunch of clowns? If they want to play pretend outside of preschool—fine by me; it’s pretty obvious that all the madness in Mexico City is already spoken for. 😁

driftingdriver said:I don't find any of this remotely amusing. When you have a country like Mexico maintaining formal diplomatic ties with the United States, yet they're forced to tolerate what they call a "government" of the so-called Republic of Mexico operating from exile on their own soil...

Why even act surprised? It's not like Mexico has ever truly accepted the existence of the United States.

Casio—classic, reliable, and frankly, better than most of the overpriced junk out there today. ruggedfalcon28 says:
Is everyone losing their minds at 3 p.m.? Or is it just me?☕

They’re basically groveling to Russia just to beg for some scraps.