Originally posted by xoggoth
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Which countries are most responsible for the vast rise in refugees?
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Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't
PS Damnedbloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostWhich countries invaded Iraq and removed a nasty hard man who nevertheless kept a lid on things?
Which countries destablised Syria and tried and failed to remove a nasty hard man who nevertheless kept a lid on things?
Which countries destablised Libya and removed a nasty hard man who nevertheless kept a lid on things?
Which countries are therefore responsible for ISIS gaining territory?
When will said countries realise that nasty hard men are completely necessary in certain places because they know how to keep a lid on ancient hatreds that we do not understand?
Guess what, you live in one the countries that caused this fook up.
George Osborne and other nutters still think we should have intervened in Syria
At least with Killary , Cameron and Osborne out of the way perhaps there' s some hope....Comment
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SAS is 100% spot on here.
Just researching USA and Napalm and Agent Orange, just who are the bad boys?Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostSAS is 100% spot on here.
Just researching USA and Napalm and Agent Orange, just who are the bad boys?
The reality is the west is striving for peace nowadays.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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What we truly need now is some kind of peace envoy. If only there was a peace loving leader waiting in the wings...
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Much of Africa and the Middle East have had nasty bastard rulers for centuries. Look at their contribution in the West African and Muslim Slave trades.Comment
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostI agree to a point but you can't keep blaming the west for the Middle East's seemingly insatiable appetite for tyrants. When we did stay out of Syria the Russians got involved.
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.
The Russians got involved because (1) Syria is a traditional client state of theirs and (2) they, correctly, iMO, made the judgement that Assad was the least of all the evils.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
The reality is the west is striving for peace nowadays.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhat we truly need now is some kind of peace envoy. If only there was a peace loving leader waiting in the wings...
Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostWe (the US and UK) didn't stay out of Syria. We funded and supported the rebels against Assad.
The Russians got involved because (1) Syria is a traditional client state of theirs and (2) they, correctly, iMO, made the judgement that Assad was the least of all the evils.Comment
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