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Were we right to get involved in Libya?

  • Yes

    Votes: 306 50.9%

  • No

    Votes: 295 49.1%
  • Total voters
    601
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robskinner said:
No not all members vote, its done in this case by the security council.

This may help you educate yourself before you make yourself look an even greater fool

http://www.un.org/sc/members.asp
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m4rk84 said:
My my you clearly know very little about the situation right now.

Those countries harbour support from neighbouring arab countries. Attacking any one of them would lead to serious problems and risk some terrible confrontations.

Gaddafi on the other hand has pretty much isolated himself from support from other countries. Nobody will come to help Gaddafi.
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So you are saying that the 10 super countries will only attack the weak?

"Hospitals across Bahrain have reported cases where their staff and facilities have been attacked by the government’s balaclava-clad security forces, and Salmaniya Medical Complex, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has been fully taken over by Bahrain’s military"

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8089a7c8-521a-11e0-8a31-00144feab49a.html#axzz1H5UBKjUS
 
Brian8bit said:
So those people resort to calling them the tin hat brigade and so the circle of ass hattery is complete and continues to turn.
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Sort of but not exactly, eg from wiki
"Since then, the usage of the term has been associated with paranoia and conspiracy theories."

Its become a general term for those who display a lack of trust in the generally accepted beliefs of the western world.

Whilst free speech is accepted and welcomed in the western world some people would have you believe nothing you see or hear is actually true and its all a government led plot. These people believed that wearing a tin hat could reduce or eliminate the effects of some hidden transmissions.
 
deuse said:
So you are saying that the 10 super countries will only attack the weak?

"Hospitals across Bahrain have reported cases where their staff and facilities have been attacked by the government’s balaclava-clad security forces, and Salmaniya Medical Complex, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has been fully taken over by Bahrain’s military"

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8089a7c8-521a-11e0-8a31-00144feab49a.html#axzz1H5UBKjUS
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No im saying the 10 super countries will only collectively and rationally attack whomever they vote to attack. The way it should be.
 
deuse said:
So you are saying that the 10 super countries will only attack the weak?

"Hospitals across Bahrain have reported cases where their staff and facilities have been attacked by the government’s balaclava-clad security forces, and Salmaniya Medical Complex, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has been fully taken over by Bahrain’s military"

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8089a7c8-521a-11e0-8a31-00144feab49a.html#axzz1H5UBKjUS
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There is no threat of losing the oil supply so no need to get involved but if it looks like the status quo in Bahrain or Saudi looks like falling we will get involved.

Bookmark this post as it will happen if either of those to fall/wobble to the other side.
 
Merlin5 said:
Each Tomahawk cruise missile = £1million :eek:
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Each Tomahawk Phase IV missile = £600,000

US-built Tomahawk is deployed in all RN Attack submarines.

In 1995, the first export order for Tomahawk missiles was announced, with the UK ordering 65 missiles, Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control Systems for seven boats, and a shore-based mission planning system.

The missiles are UGM-109C TLAM-C versions to the Block 3/4 build standard, to be launched from standard torpedo tubes.

The UK fired 20 missiles against targets in Serbia in early 1999, with more missiles fired against Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Tomahawk has a range of up to 1,700kms.

In February 2006 it was disclosed that Tomahawk missiles had been purchased as follows: 1997 – 48; 1998 – 17; 1999 – 0; 2000 – 0; 2001 – 20; 2002 – 0; 2003 – 22; 2006 – 64 x Block IV.

Average cost of a Block IV Missile is believed to be in the region of £600,000.
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http://www.armedforces.co.uk/navy/listings/l0037.html
 
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Bahrain isnt looking so healthy either at the moment, but I guess the key difference is that just like Egypt the state is offering some concessions and to talk so they are just saying the right things to keep full scale international condemnation away from their door.

HC mentioned them today in not a kind way so they certainly are not off the radar, although in comparison to Libya they could quite easily end up the same way if not careful.
 
robskinner said:
Bahrain isnt looking so healthy either at the moment, but I guess the key difference is that just like Egypt the state is offering some concessions and to talk so they are just saying the right things to keep full scale international condemnation away from their door.

HC mentioned them today in not a kind way so they certainly are not off the radar, although in comparison to Libya they could quite easily end up the same way if not careful.
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with saudi arabia sending troops in, i doubt it... as in i doubt we'd intervene pretty much regardless of the situation....

Dirty-Blade said:
Coincidence that today is the same date as the US invasion on iraq?
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what else could it be? are they celebrating the aniversary :P ?
 
ojrules said:
with saudi arabia sending troops in, i doubt it... as in i doubt we'd intervene pretty much regardless of the situation....




what else could it be? are they celebrating the aniversary :P ?
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I agree its certainly a different political landscape but there would be some kind of trigger point I am sure.
I think the political willy waving would be very long and intense though before anything actually happened.
 
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