Would you support another war?

ScottC · 7 Nov 2006 at 22:37

Skyfire said:
Given the fact that president Bush has admitted in an interview that the Iraq takeover was for the oil, and that 20% of all terrorism is caused by muslims.

When on Earth did he say this? If this truly happened he would probably have been impeached by now! No world leader in their right mind would ever admit to that, especially considering the congressional elections coming up.

Von Smallhausen · 7 Nov 2006 at 23:25

@if ®afiq said:
I didn't mention invasion, but as it happens - the majority of Irans oil is located on the border next to Iraq - and the same for Saudi Arabia.

So without invasion, how do they control it ?

Why?

I feel that America alone cannot control the emergence of China.

And the previous one that they wrote. Why do you dismiss it so off-hand?

I dismissed it ? I am just not convinced by one link or how many letters a man has after his name.

Hugogo · 8 Nov 2006 at 02:30

@if ®afiq said:
I don't know much about Kosovo, but IIRC the UN was heavily criticsed for it's inaction with Rwanda and Siera Leonne - and both countries are still in aterrible state - I may be wrong on this.

We still have troops in siera leone if you ask me were doing a hell of a lot and as much as we can seeing as it has nothing to do with us at all!

@if ®afiq said:
What makes you think the people join the army to help others? That is a very big assumption to make.

Its one of the main reasons im an officer cadet...does that make me unique in my wanting to help others through my ability to serve? I doubt it.

@if ®afiq said:
Please do not bring the dead of WWII into this. It is getting beyond tedious. Why is WWII always referred to when it comes to defending what soldiers are doing now?

Rememberance day isnt to do with ww2 alone...the work of the brittish leagion covers all veterans of any conflict. I wasnt talking about just ww2.

darreny · 8 Nov 2006 at 07:21

i'd support the 'war on chavs'

Stringy · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:28

TBirdUK said:
Both, but not on your Sqn

I've only just worked that one out! (Damn I'm slow)

I'll be sure to be careful what I type on here from now on

Apologies for thread resurrection

The Mad Rapper · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:34

Skyfire said:
I saw a documentary on the Discovery channel last week which showed Hitler's officers using propoganda to force right thinking people to turn against the Jews. Given the fact that president Bush has admitted in an interview that the Iraq takeover was for the oil, and that 20% of all terrorism is caused by muslims.

What is the most extreme action you would support in the war against terror and/or to secure natural resouces if the majority supported it? And could a nuclear option ever be considered?

I wouldn't support a war. I would support a worldwide removal of capitalisim and personal wealth and an equal redistribution of resources.

But as that'll never happen, perhaps someone ought to just release an incredibly contagious killer virus that wipes out 60% of the World's population. There wouldn't be so much demand for stuff then would there?

The Mad Rapper · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:35

ScottC said:
When on Earth did he say this? If this truly happened he would probably have been impeached by now! No world leader in their right mind would ever admit to that, especially considering the congressional elections coming up.

Although that's exactly why the invasion occured in my view...</cynic>

dirtydog · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:43

The Mad Rapper said:
I wouldn't support a war. I would support a worldwide removal of capitalisim and personal wealth and an equal redistribution of resources.

I wouldn't, because then we'd all be poor

perhaps someone ought to just release an incredibly contagious killer virus that wipes out 60% of the World's population.

Sounds good to me, so long as I'm part of the 40%

dirtydog · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:45

ScottC said:
When on Earth did he say this? If this truly happened he would probably have been impeached by now! No world leader in their right mind would ever admit to that, especially considering the congressional elections coming up.

He said it in an interview with Rush Limbaugh. And no he won't be impeached. Arguably he is securing vital US interests by controlling fossil fuel resources.

toy_soldier · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:53

Zip said:
Well they keep pushing for there nuclear Program and they were constantly threatening Israel and saying they should be blown or removed from the map, so who knows what there nut of a leader is Capable of. And i would rather not find out TBH

I hope you wont be as random with your rifle as you are with capital letters

Podfather · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:53

I wouldn't support another war, theres been too much bloodshed already.

The Mad Rapper · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:58

dirtydog said:
I wouldn't, because then we'd all be poor

Sounds good to me, so long as I'm part of the 40%

You wouldn't be poor, we'd all be the same - sounds good to me! No more obscenely rich people, no more obscene profit for companies, just the whole human race working for the betterment of mankind.

dirtydog · 16 Nov 2006 at 12:02

The Mad Rapper said:
You wouldn't be poor, we'd all be the same - sounds good to me! No more obscenely rich people, no more obscene profit for companies, just the whole human race working for the betterment of mankind.

Heh - a nice 'Star Trek' style ideal, but sadly naive and unrealistic

Do you realise how many people there are in the world? If we all had the same standard of living we would all be very, very poor by UK standards. You can forget about having a car or internet access for example.

The Mad Rapper · 16 Nov 2006 at 12:06

dirtydog said:
Heh - a nice 'Star Trek' style ideal, but sadly naive and unrealistic Do you realise how many people there are in the world? If we all had the same standard of living we would all be very, very poor by UK standards. You can forget about having a car or internet access for example.

Not naive, I understand the difficulties. Unrealistic yes, but that's only because we live in a greedy world where profit and success pwn joo

Zip · 16 Nov 2006 at 12:19

The Mad Rapper said:
You wouldn't be poor, we'd all be the same - sounds good to me! No more obscenely rich people, no more obscene profit for companies, just the whole human race working for the betterment of mankind.

Correct me if i was wrong but wasnt that the original idea of communism? :confused:

The Mad Rapper · 16 Nov 2006 at 12:21

Zip said:
Correct me if i was wrong but wasnt that the original idea of communism?

There are a lot of good things about Communism TBH, but fundementally it has proven to be a flawed ideology.