Scaremongering?
Aug 28th 2014, 9:09 am
#62
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Re: Scaremongering?
I'm sure we can get the thread back on track if we try hard enough..(I have been wrong before though)
Personally I believe the GCC is at a very tricky point in time. Disagreeing on foreign policy is one thing and honestly I was never of the impression that they were supposed to be united on that front, but this latest Libyan incident has the potential to become interesting. Quite possibly too interesting!
Also if the US proceed with their rumoured plans for a coalition to defeat the ISIS chaps that just adds to the temperature..
Personally I believe the GCC is at a very tricky point in time. Disagreeing on foreign policy is one thing and honestly I was never of the impression that they were supposed to be united on that front, but this latest Libyan incident has the potential to become interesting. Quite possibly too interesting!
Also if the US proceed with their rumoured plans for a coalition to defeat the ISIS chaps that just adds to the temperature..
Everyone will throw their dummies out the respective prams, meet for lunch in london or paris and realize that none of them have the stomach for any actually fighting.
The qataris will realize that Saudi and the UAE aligned its a ****ing nightmare for them and that the Saudis have more soldiers on their border than they have people and that in fact collecting art and flying supercars around the world is far preferable to a war that would destroy them all.
There are issues, most are underlying and have been for a few hundred years but there is such an iron rule and some sense of pragmatism that while things may get heated in the media and some lower down diplomats expelled anyone who is anyone wont be sanctioned or insulted in anyway.
This will ensure a decent show of righteous indignation whilst being very careful to avoid insult to those that matter, keeping national face and pride whilst showing the various locals that the leaders are serious and actions ar e being taken.
it'll be a bit like a pantomime and probably not very convincing.
however that said, it will only take one zealous idiot who took a remark too seriously to go too far and all ****ing hell will break loose in a matter of days.
Aug 28th 2014, 11:08 am
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Re: Scaremongering?
It's only the internet, chill out. If you're so offended don't read the thread, better still switch your PC off and do something more interesting instead
Aug 28th 2014, 11:21 am
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Re: Scaremongering?
Do you think Mods sit online all day watching for any 'transgressions'? Or maybe they have real jobs to attend to and there is no Bat Light shining over the sky in Gotham City to call them in to sort out any trouble?
It's only the internet, chill out. If you're so offended don't read the thread, better still switch your PC off and do something more interesting instead
It's only the internet, chill out. If you're so offended don't read the thread, better still switch your PC off and do something more interesting instead
I do think abusing posters should be clamped down on though. But I raised it with the abuser rather than reporting it.
Aug 28th 2014, 11:34 am
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Re: Scaremongering?
Poor. I hate it when threads get all deleted.
It was hardly World War III.
It was hardly World War III.
Aug 28th 2014, 11:37 am
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Re: Scaremongering?
sheesh i go away for 5 minutes and now i've no idea what happened.
was it fun?
was it fun?
Aug 28th 2014, 11:50 am
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Aug 28th 2014, 11:55 am
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Aug 28th 2014, 11:57 am
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Re: Scaremongering?
Given current events mate, what the **** are you doing still in the office!
Sep 2nd 2014, 2:21 pm
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