Should the British be involved in Air Strikes on Lybia (8)
Good question Tom,but just where do we draw the line these days. The Middle East is in turmoil,and it would appear that there are "hotspots" springing up all over the World!
So many wars have taken place in this century,and so many lives lost and for what
We walk a very fine line as to the rights and wrongs of "assisting" countries to rid themselves of despots.
As you probably know a young policeman has just been blown up in Omagh.Are we looking at another uprising in Ireland?
Our world as we know it is full of hatred and until we all learn that we ARE different for whatever reason,and learn acceptance of each other's way of life,we will never know World peace. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
So many wars have taken place in this century,and so many lives lost and for what
We walk a very fine line as to the rights and wrongs of "assisting" countries to rid themselves of despots.
As you probably know a young policeman has just been blown up in Omagh.Are we looking at another uprising in Ireland?
Our world as we know it is full of hatred and until we all learn that we ARE different for whatever reason,and learn acceptance of each other's way of life,we will never know World peace. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
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If they have old bombs in the storage and they have to get rid of them they will because it costs too much to get rid off them.
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I read somewhere that the cost of the first few nights air strikes was equivalent to the entire amount of money raised on Red Nose Day by the British people.
Make of that what you may.
Make of that what you may.
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I don't think they or anyone else should be involved in Libya but that's just my opinion. Seems to me that the civil unrest in Libya was more along the line of an internal issue or perhaps a civil war. I think we've made it worse with our intervention. Now we have a very pissed off Gaddafi government seeking revenge on what they see as enemies of the state, enemies incapable of any worthy military strategy/tactics who will eventually be slaughtered unless we provide much more than a no-fly zone. I believe we've now obligated ourselves to a "boots on the ground" strategy or at the very least a whole lot of air support and weapons training and provision. Anything short of that will eventually lead to a slaughter of all those forces and anyone seen to be sympathetic to that cause. Many innocents will die.
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The results surprise me
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In response to: Good question Tom,but just where do we draw the line these days. The Middle East is in turmoil,and it would appear that there are "hotspots" springing up all over the World!
So many wars have taken place in this century,and so many lives lost and for what
We walk a very fine line as to the rights and wrongs of "assisting" countries to rid themselves of despots.
As you probably know a young policeman has just been blown up in Omagh.Are we looking at another uprising in Ireland?
So many wars have taken place in this century,and so many lives lost and for what
We walk a very fine line as to the rights and wrongs of "assisting" countries to rid themselves of despots.
As you probably know a young policeman has just been blown up in Omagh.Are we looking at another uprising in Ireland?
I couldn't agree with you more
I think it's more than safe to say that the tragic death of the Policeman was no more than a callous act of murder from within his own community. I wish the media would stop 'romanticising' it as an 'act of a dissident group of the IRA' - this had nothing to do with the IRA. It was simply the act of heartless and brainless criminals.Our world as we know it is full of hatred and until we all learn that we ARE different for whatever reason,and learn acceptance of each other's way of life,we will never know World peace. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
It's a pity the US doesn't adopt that attitude.
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Trealach01: I couldn't agree with you more I think it's more than safe to say that the tragic death of the Policeman was no more than a callous act of murder from within his own community. I wish the media would stop 'romanticising' it as an 'act of a dissident group of the IRA' - this had nothing to do with the IRA. It was simply the act of heartless and brainless criminals.
Our world as we know it is full of hatred and until we all learn that we ARE different for whatever reason,and learn acceptance of each other's way of life,we will never know World peace. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
It's a pity the US doesn't adopt that attitude.
a pity you can't even do it in that small place of yours!Our world as we know it is full of hatred and until we all learn that we ARE different for whatever reason,and learn acceptance of each other's way of life,we will never know World peace. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
It's a pity the US doesn't adopt that attitude.
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Allowing us brits to bomb Gadaffi is the only good thing Cameron and his twonks have done right since they were lelected oh no they wereent elected were they
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Should the British be involved in Air Strikes on Lybia(Vote Below)
Public split on Libya action as stalemate looms
The public remains split down the middle on the military campaign in Libya, as the scenario on the ground approaches stalemate.
An ICM poll for the BBC found just 38% of people thought it was right for the UK and its allies to carry out air strikes, while 35% thought it was the wrong decision.
Sixty-five per cent expect the British involvement in Libya to last "for some time".
That judgement appeared increasingly sound as the US started to minimise its responsibilities in the conflict and rebel forces' showed few signs of the discipline and strength required to win the battle on the ground.
Even where rebel forces have had the advantage, eyewitnesses say that their lack of a battle plan sees the young men charge forward only to have to quickly retreat moments later after coming under fire.
The Nato operation was also coming in for criticism, however, after at least 13 people were killed by an attack on a rebel convoy on Friday.
The attack is thought to have taken place in response to celebratory anti-aircraft fire.
"If someone fires against our aircraft they have the right to respond, they are enforcing a no fly zone," Nato spokeswoman Oana Lungescu told the BBC.
"Any anti-aircraft guns would be acting against that."
Three medical students were thought to be among the dead.
In the light of this what do you think? I would add I have no axe to grind, and am just interested in the General feeling.