DIDO.1 22,837 Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 3 hours ago, SheepChaser said: The yanks made a few very very silly decisions when they went into Iraq the last time. Stuff which caused them a world of shit. The first two were removing any Baathist party member from any position of power or professional role and the second was disbanding the Iraqi army. The third was executing sadam Just 1 pic from when saddam gassed some kurds. If Hitler needed topping then so did he. But kill saddam unleash a shite storm. There's no right and no wrong. Personally I'd leave em to it but make sure they know any genocide is met with short hard hitting response. No occupation, no big wars. Forget the idea of Western democracy with African or Muslim cavemen. Punishment for genocide, other than that crack on. Taking every single campaigner for democracy and improvement from Afghanistan to the west as 'refugees' sort of makes it harder to progress in Afghanistan. Send all the ones who don't fit back. Build their own future. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,763 Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 His lad, Uday, was even more evil IMO. God forbid he ever inherited the throne… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul sr 798 Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 They did not remove saddam during the first gulf War because he was dropping scud missiles into Israel. The Israelis told the US they would use nuclear weapons against Iraq if saddam used scud missiles armed with chemical or biological weapons against them. Don't forget the US supplied saddam with some of these weapons and Donald Rumsfeld meet saddam at least 60 time's . The US had no problem with saddam until he became disobedient. Just like General Noriega. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 17 hours ago, Born Hunter said: How about this. Given the disastrous history of regime change, since at least the Iran coup of '53, is limited operations with the aim of 'containment' the most viable strategy? It's certainly the direction the British government is taking with military reforms. Light, highly trained, highly equipped, highly informed, forces with short reaction times and global reach. No intention of holding ground or forcing change, just go in at a moments notice and leather them then f**k off, as and when necessary until the regime naturally collapses through internal pressure, rather than external. I'd be alright with that. Can you imagine the Yanks going along with it, though? Bombing Syria is a presidential right of passage! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 20/08/2021 at 18:04, chartpolski said: I'm no terrorism expert, but there is overlap in the aims of most of these groups. To reduce it to basics, as I see it; The Taliban want an Islamic republic, based on Sharia law, only in their own country, Afghanistan. ISIS want an Islamic caliphate , based on Sharia law stretching across all Islamic countries from North Africa to Indonesia. Al Qaeda want nothing less than all democracies across the world replaced with Islam and Sharia. Cheers. Very much like Ben and Jerry's (Taliban), McDonalds (Isis) and Coca-Cola (Al Qaeda) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Born Hunter 17,763 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Apaches doing crowd control.... Not gonna lie, I bet there's a bit of a buzz being out there right now, amongst the chaos, seeing history unfold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonjon79 13,358 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: Apaches doing crowd control.... Not gonna lie, I bet there's a bit of a buzz being out there right now, amongst the chaos, seeing history unfold. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,837 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Born Hunter said: Apaches doing crowd control.... Not gonna lie, I bet there's a bit of a buzz being out there right now, amongst the chaos, seeing history unfold. It would pisss me off. The current job seems to be see how many rag heads you can bring to the UK. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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lurcherman 887 13,154 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 80afghan family’s in the local hotel by me breakfast lunch and dinner all free car park full of people’s old clothes they’ve donated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,455 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 43 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said: 80afghan family’s in the local hotel by me breakfast lunch and dinner all free car park full of people’s old clothes they’ve donated Town on the yorkshire coast lurcherman ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,154 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 9 hours ago, steve66 said: Town on the yorkshire coast lurcherman ? Watford mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green lurchers 16,662 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 It’s all about the heroin and building new trade routes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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