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Originally Posted by wagstaffe
The current terrorism threat level is Severe and the ongoing events through Wootton Bassett suggest we are at war with somebody. We sent our troops in to Iraq and Aghanistan to make our streets safer, so I'm suggesting we try something different.
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Oh come on now, don't go bandying the terrorism threat about to justify that war, and let's not kid ourselves that it was anything other than to appease the Americans and gain oilfields.
I'm firmly in the 'against' camp over that war and the whole Dubya regime but what exactly does 'severe threat level' actually mean?