BBC Website: "Your Reaction to Margaret Hassan's Murder"

Takes your breath away doesn't it.

 

I thought that was just Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

 

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There's a nugget of sense there.

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Nice!

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A different issue. And the men on the ground didn't make the decision to
go there.

Again, a different 'they'.

Again, a different 'they'.

Some don't.

Has Saddam Hussein been forgotten so soon?

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The U.S. Army which they are a part of.

The U.S. Army

The U.S. Army

Apparently. But then Saddam didn't kill as many of his own people in the
10 years running up to WW2.5

Nothing like as many as The U.S. Army have since anyway.

They should **** off home, they've killed too many civilians.

As usual, wherever they go.

 

I think you should consider the Iraqi casualties in the Iran-Iraq war,
which Saddam launched.

Every army does, Live with it.

 

Ben, you are sounding more and more like a good friend of mine who
just wasn't the same after adding a sociology degree course to the Law
degree course they were doing, because the Law degree course only
occupied them for half of the week.

I was relating the fact that several of the Gatsos in Norfolk had been
burnt down. But they were only in a revenue generating position.
Implying that it therefor didn't matter.
The reply was:
"It doesn't matter they were there generating revenue.
What would you do if someone burnt down something of yours."[1]

My response that if, what ever it was of mine that was burnt down was
mugging people, it probably deserved it; was not met well..........

[1] It was that line that reminded me.

 

One should recognize that there are a lot less UK troops over there, so
statistically they should make fewer ****-ups. Also, they've generally
been deployed in less hostile areas.

 

Verdigris bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

Very true, but I don't think that the professionalism of the UK forces
should be underestimated.

 

I would love to see Bush and Blair in those Orange Boiler Suits.

They find it easy to kill tens of thousands of people for reasons they
hide from the world and their own parties. Let's see if their blood
lust by proxy is as appealing when their lives are forfeit.

 

(DannyBoy) wrote in

Yup. The Hague beckons.

 

That's a good thing, right?

Of course, the point I'm making is that it's pretty rich to behave
badly (illegally invade another country) and then complain that people
behave badly towards one (suicide bombs and mortar attacks).

Nice.

 

They got better after a while, I think it was the combination of degrees
they were doing.

ie:
If is result of a legal decision it must be right.
If it is written down it must be right.

My response would be along the lines of :
Legal decisions are not always based on correct judgements or are a
compromise.
Legal decisions are written down.

Therefore it isn't necessarily correct if it is written down.

Agreed.

 

Certainly not, by jingo!

 

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(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

Or in the case of the civilians trapped in Falujah, die with it.
What's your stance on the war in Iraq TOG?

 

Apparently the US marines blocked off the city and told everyone to get
out, except they didn't let out men over the age of 15 and less than 50.
They had to stay in the city.

If they tried to get out they were zip-tied and sat in a row while some
Iraqi guy says yes or no and they were released or put into detention.
As there is a lot of infighting and getting your own back, Iraqi males
don't want to take a chance on this.

Also while the US are giving cover to the Iraqi troop they are looting
all the good stuff left in the place. Some Iraqis think it is better to
stay in their home to protect their belongings from the Iraqi soldiers.

Source:
http://www.kevinsites.net/
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

Gives you both sides of the story.

 

We shouldn't be there. The sons of bitches lied in order to start a war.
Democracies don't do that. Blair and his bunch should be out of office,
and out for good.

Unfortunately, that probably won't happen. They're more likely to lose
the next election on the hunting issue than the war.

As for the war itself - the septics are fucking it up, as ever. The
Brits are caught in the middle, as ever. But at least we have some idea
of how to fight a counter-insurgency war.

Incidentally, is anyone watching that end of Empire series? Last night
was Aden. Next week is Palestine. Absolutely superb, and also depressing
to see that the lessons learned in Aden have been forgotten.

 

The Evil One is most dangerous when masquerading as faithful and
righteous.

A quote from the Bible I think.