At war again?
Mar 20th 2011, 7:37 pm
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Re: At war again?
you dont have to win its a hands on training ground.yes its all about oil.but without oil.there would be no medicine.no plastics.no chemicals no food.no utilitys.comunications,transport the list is endless so dont knock what the armed forces are doing to preserve your way of life.show some support for our forces.
Mar 20th 2011, 7:37 pm
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Re: At war again?
[QUOTE=steviedeluxe;9252694]Heh - I doubt he's cowering in a bunker.
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Why not,
Most of these tin-pot dictators turn out to be cowards at heart.
Very noticable he's been nowhere to be seen in the two most crucial days yet.
I'll be surprised if he's still in charge a week or so from now.
However what follows is hard to predict, maybe a permanent truce and two states or maybe the forces in the East will eventually head for Tripoli if they sense an uprising in his own backyard.
In any event the UN forces shouldn't face any major problems policeing the area between the two sides, if that's the way they decide to leave it.
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Why not,
Most of these tin-pot dictators turn out to be cowards at heart.
Very noticable he's been nowhere to be seen in the two most crucial days yet.
I'll be surprised if he's still in charge a week or so from now.
However what follows is hard to predict, maybe a permanent truce and two states or maybe the forces in the East will eventually head for Tripoli if they sense an uprising in his own backyard.
In any event the UN forces shouldn't face any major problems policeing the area between the two sides, if that's the way they decide to leave it.
Mar 20th 2011, 7:42 pm
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Re: At war again?
[QUOTE=Dick Dasterdly;9252729]
Trouble is, Gaddfi is clinically insane.
Heh - I doubt he's cowering in a bunker.
QUOTE]
Why not,
Most of these tin-pot dictators turn out to be cowards at heart.
Very noticable he's been nowhere to be seen in the two most crucial days yet.
I'll be surprised if he's still in charge a week or so from now.
However what follows is hard to predict, maybe a permanent truce and two states or maybe the forces in the East will eventually head for Tripoli if they sense an uprising in his own backyard.
In any event the UN forces shouldn't face any major problems policeing the area between the two sides, if that's the way they decide to leave it.
QUOTE]
Why not,
Most of these tin-pot dictators turn out to be cowards at heart.
Very noticable he's been nowhere to be seen in the two most crucial days yet.
I'll be surprised if he's still in charge a week or so from now.
However what follows is hard to predict, maybe a permanent truce and two states or maybe the forces in the East will eventually head for Tripoli if they sense an uprising in his own backyard.
In any event the UN forces shouldn't face any major problems policeing the area between the two sides, if that's the way they decide to leave it.
Mar 20th 2011, 7:51 pm
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Re: At war again?
It was said about Iraq, yet they continue to receive the income for their own oil.
It was said about Kuwait, yet the same thing applies'
It was said about the Falklands, yet nearly thirty years on whatever oil there may be has not been touched.
The two other major NATO interventions were also on humanitarian grounds as claimed, and in both cases saved many Muslims from mass slaughter,.... something that seems to have been conveniently forgotten.
If some oil producing countries continue to operate with a dictator in charge, what's the big deal regarding oil supplies ?
It all goes into the same pot at some stage, to be sold on the world market at the going rate, to whoever wants it.
Mar 20th 2011, 8:00 pm
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Re: At war again?
Exactly,thats why most of this talk of going to war for oil is mostly lefty claptrap.
It was said about Iraq, yet they continue to receive the income for their own oil.
It was said about Kuwait, yet the same thing applies'
It was said about the Falklands, yet nearly thirty years on whatever oil there may be has not been touched.
The two other major NATO interventions were also on humanitarian grounds as claimed, and in both cases saved many Muslims from mass slaughter,.... something that seems to have been conveniently forgotten.
If some oil producing countries continue to operate with a dictator in charge, what's the big deal regarding oil supplies ?
It all goes into the same pot at some stage, to be sold on the world market at the going rate, to whoever wants it.
It was said about Iraq, yet they continue to receive the income for their own oil.
It was said about Kuwait, yet the same thing applies'
It was said about the Falklands, yet nearly thirty years on whatever oil there may be has not been touched.
The two other major NATO interventions were also on humanitarian grounds as claimed, and in both cases saved many Muslims from mass slaughter,.... something that seems to have been conveniently forgotten.
If some oil producing countries continue to operate with a dictator in charge, what's the big deal regarding oil supplies ?
It all goes into the same pot at some stage, to be sold on the world market at the going rate, to whoever wants it.
I seem to remember that the big business supporting the Republican gov't did very, very nicely out of the war, and that a % of the oil revenue went to American business.
Falklands, I understood that basically the Tories thought that they could be rid of the islands easily, and then realised they had made a boo boo.
What was said about Kuwait?
Not entirely leftie claptrap old boy, some of it is a pretty safe bet.
Mar 20th 2011, 8:18 pm
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Re: At war again?
I seem to remember that the big business supporting the Republican gov't did very, very nicely out of the war, and that a % of the oil revenue went to American business.
Falklands, I understood that basically the Tories thought that they could be rid of the islands easily, and then realised they had made a boo boo.
What was said about Kuwait?
Not entirely leftie claptrap old boy, some of it is a pretty safe bet.
Falklands, I understood that basically the Tories thought that they could be rid of the islands easily, and then realised they had made a boo boo.
What was said about Kuwait?
Not entirely leftie claptrap old boy, some of it is a pretty safe bet.
Oh dear, latest news, apparently a stray bomb has landed in the vicinity of Gadaffis residence.
Now there's a coincidence.
Mar 20th 2011, 8:21 pm
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Re: At war again?
the rebels are going to kill gadafi and his crew.so if they could get on board a royal navel vesle or to uk i wonder if they could claim asylem and be entiteld to benifits and a counil house.
Mar 20th 2011, 8:27 pm
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Re: At war again?
Whatever anyone got out of those campaigns, apart from the oil producing countries themselves, could in no way remotely compensate for the cost of the intervening countries involvement, and I have little doubt they would be fully aware of this before becoming involved.
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Mar 20th 2011, 8:34 pm
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May be possible. I know Suddam Hussein's daughters were living in a council house in Leeds, not far from my mother actually.
Mar 20th 2011, 8:37 pm
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Mar 20th 2011, 8:44 pm
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