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Boiler

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  1. Family account
  2. Fill in the Form, go to the interview, they tend to be just a few questions and for most people it is over before they realise.
  3. You can not be denied entry. They could refer you to a Judge, not possible but very rare. What you say obviously depends on what your plan is
  4. That would be down to an IJ not someone at the Airport. The Courts are a bit busy. So it hardly every happens.
  5. The two issues are not connected.
  6. That would be OK, you could forward the GC.
  7. Maybe I did not get my point across, I mentioned a game I used to play, Nuclear War, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game), still got a copy somewhere. But I have also played many games where the victory conditions are different for each side, and this situation is a classic example of that. For Hamas they are not looking to win militarily, they are not trying to conquer territory or even hold their own. Think of it is a campaign, this is just a small part. Their Victory Points include how many civilians they can kill and capture, bonus for brutality, how many of their own civilian population are killed and injured, bonus points for every mosque and hospital destroyed. Might give some minor points for the number displaced. How many Hamas terrorists they lose is irrelevant, not as if there is a shortage of replacements, as is repeatedly mentioned half the population is under 18. One of the things that amused me is running out of fuel after 3 days allegedly for electricity, Israel cutting off water?, the majority of the water in the area is pumped from aquifers. Food crisis after a few days etc etc. If you are going to start a war normally you would be looking to make sure you had plenty of supplies but that would be contrary to their war aims. Fighting through Built Up Areas is hard going, ask the Russians, but plenty of other examples, Stalingrad is probably the most generally known example, even the last few days of the Reich in Berlin were extremely costly. I could go on listing examples and the IDF is not really designed to do that. Hamas have had years to fortify Gaza, how do you possibly take out Hamas?, the leadership is not there, you might get some of their lower levels but then again there is no shortage of replacements. Quite easy for me to come up with Hamas Victory Points, I am struggling with Israel. None of this is not very obvious and I would expect widely understood by those involved. For some countries ike say Egypt this is a win win, Israel gets embarrassed, they can keep out of it, it is complicated but Hamas are inked to terrorist organisations they have to deal with so any losses they suffer is good and for weird political reasons there is very little pressure on them to intervene, provide supplies, open their Border etc. At some point this will end and the EU, US Gulf states will send Gaza (Hamas) lots of money to 'rebuild' so what is not to like?
  8. I would not call it a trap in that it was obvious from last Saturday what the plan was, and nothing I have seen has changed that. I can not imagine both sides are not fully aware. I am sure this has been wargamed many times.
  9. There is a current ongoing thread, child is at Uni in home country and will not be finished for some time, parents want to be sponsored now and not wait. Seems they left not long after the child was born.
  10. There is a a UK forum I very occasionally participate in and some of the stuff I saw there makes me kess than convinced. A lot of it is ignorance, wrapped up with politics. Plus a lot of is not my issue etc. I did not watch the England game, but listening to the BBC this morning I found it interesting that they did not honour the victims unlike every other tragedy I have been gone too long I think to have a proper feel, times have changed.
  11. I think it was a combination of factors, and of course a big chunk of luck, no need for most of the grunts to know much until they reported that morning The one thing that surprised me is the lack of mines, I had assumed there would be a deep minefield but I have seen no reference to any. Now mines do not stop but they sure delay and give more defence in depth, channel your opponents etc.
  12. I think the Poster is the Parent, may be wrong.
  13. These Ladies are not happy. They do not seem to like the term real women.
  14. Never heard of something like that. Are you all currently in Pakistan?
  15. You have not answered any of the questions asked.
  16. I have never heard of an issue and like now pretty sure I remember cases where a child was born in the US, went home grew up married and then wanted a few decades later to move their family to the US. I would have thought this would be something I would remember if it was an issue,
  17. Was anyone ever de naturalised? Sounds like something that was never enforced and they dispensed with it.
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