# Buffalo can’t become a Lion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013 "2010-11-09T08:32:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013/161 "2010-11-14T23:50:42Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> I am not sure why you are pursuing this nonsense, which is about on a par with the nonsense of the OP, but the Turks were considered one of the elite units in the Korean War and I have not encountered any references to them in the ensuing years that were other than respectful of their tenacity and tactics.

Didnt know the Turks were in the Korean War. Christ, who WASNT in the Korea War?!

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013/162 "2010-11-15T00:31:18Z")

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> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#):
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> Christ, who WASNT in the Korea War?!

Costa Rica.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013/163 "2010-11-15T02:27:14Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> I am not sure why you are pursuing this nonsense

Observation. History. I am, however happy to grant Turkey my respect as it is a fellow NATO member and parliamentary democracy with universal suffrage. Indonesia and Malaysia look hopeful as well, though we don’t hear as much about their militaries, removed as they are from the conflict zone of the Middle East.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013/164 "2010-11-15T17:25:39Z")

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> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#):
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> Didnt know the Turks were in the Korean War.

You haven’t watched enough “M_A_S\*H” reruns, friend. 😉

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-can-t-become-a-lion/560013/165 "2010-11-16T00:17:47Z")

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Abisafyan, you didn’t understand the economic figures I showed you.

Pakistan’s TOTAL GDP is 161,994 million.

India’s TOTAL GDP is 1,235,975 million.

India’s economy is 7 times larger than Pakistan’s. India’s population is also about 7 times larger than Pakistan’s so, divided by population, each person in India and Pakistan have about the same income.

This means Pakistan’s economy is smaller than the city-state of Singapore’s, at 45th. India has the 11th largest economy in the world, larger than Russia’s.

See here: [List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29)

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