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For those of you who don't know:

The Bulldozer assault refers to the first day of the ground war. Saddam's forces dug a line of trenches along the Kuwait Saudi border. Instead of having US soldiers engage in the brutal close quarters combat associated with trench warfare, the Americans had tanks and infantry fighting vehicles pin the Iraqis down in the trenches and while they were taking cover, armored bulldozers drove up to the trenches and ploughed sand and dirt in them burying the defenders alive.

The Highway of Death refers to the disastrous retreat by the Iraqi Army from Kuwait City. A large convoy of Iraqi vehicles was stretched miles out of Kuwait. Coalition aircraft struck the vehicles in front and back of the convoy trapping the rest and for 2 days straight, combat aircraft bombed and strafed the remaining vehicles until there was nothing but burnt-out wrecks.

a lot of people say it was a war crime but there's a difference between a surrendering enemy and a retreating one. The point of a retreat is to regroup and fight at a more defensible position, so it was perfectly legal.

Although I can't help but draw parallels to the current conflict in Ukraine. Russians say that "this isn't a war between Russia and Ukraine, it's a war between Russian and the US".

Yeah, no. They're still using trench warfare in Ukraine, and I bet Apache gunship pilots were drooling watching footage of that stalled 40-mile convoy outside Kiev.

In general I notice women tend to casually throw “oh he’s my friend” or “we’re friends” more quickly and easily then men do in similar social interactions. Guys usually are much more careful on who we become real friends with vs. just being friendly. There is a difference.

The acid test is this. Could you give the keys to your house and trust this person to go into your room when you’re away? I could trust a friend but not someone I’m just “friendly” with. Also how far would you go out of your way to help this person.

You can be “friendly” with the following types of people but real friends:

- an ex boyfriend/girlfriend.
- a neighbor (in most circumstances)
- an authority figure
- someone who’s attracted to you but you don’t feel the same about them (or vice versa)
- an acquaintance you just met.

Why is that women particularly young women are so quick to throw out “we’re friends” label when they have not yet built up real trust and/or loyalty to the other person? When men hear another man say this it’s confirmation some real trust/respect is established between each other. But women will throw this out without really being at that point yet.