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No, I will not say that what the germans or the japanese did to our soldiers was right...or for that matter any uniformed soldier in any other conflict. But these are terrorist fighters..not in uniform, so they are not easy to determine whether they are part of taliban forces or whether they are civilians. Did you know that once the poppy harvest is over village males go to fight for the taliban and get get the equivalent of ten dollars a day for doing so? So a man who one day was a civilian, suddenly becomes a soldier, until he is perhaps captured and then he becomes a civilain again for his defence. This conflict is not like WW1 or WW2...the lines of who the enemy is are blurred. If this man is given a life sentence then shouldn't someone put Tony Blair into the dock too....for his war crimes? I don't think I justified murder....I said that this man was as much a casualty of the conflict as those who are maimed, injured and killed. I made an observation that he was killing them before they killed him...and I do not see that as a justification .....it is what happens in conflict. I suppose it is alright that the taliban hung the body parts of British lads from trees...and before you tell me that two wrongs don't make a right...I know that , but if they want to use such tactics then they should be prepared to have them used agains them. The Geneva convention means nothing to them. Isn't there a saying...All's fair in Love and War? |
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The quoran is now available in English. One could read it and see if there is anything there about 70+ virgins |
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Here you go Rob,
Allah’s Paradise
Sounds pretty good doesn't it? That is until you realize that when you ignited that explosive vest, your Gentlemens vegetables were vaporised & spread on the winds across the Uhlu! :D Ain't life a Bitch? :rolleyes: |
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Oh Son! I do like your turn of phrase.....'gentlemans vegetables'.
I am so glad I do not imbibe at my desk...but I have had to change my grunnies again...twice in one day...it isn't good is it? |
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If that is fetched from the internet then I wouldn't trust its source. If I had time I would have the audio book of the quoran and search for this....but really I am not that interested....That research can be saved for DtheP...
A friend of mine bought "A history of cannabis" poster off the internet and that stated that mohammmed said it was ok for muslims to smoke cannabis, but not drink alcohol. Now are we also to believe this ? :D |
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Neil, we should never have been there in the first place.....it was political hubris that took us into that situation, a situation that many others had tried to control and had failed at.
No conflict can be civilised...it doesn't matter what level of compassion is shown by troops and the medical teams which accompany the forces. |
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Yes Neil.....I can understand your views and your beliefs.
Life would be very boring if we all subscribed to the same views. We only know what the media want to tell us.....we are not really in possession of all the information. As I said previously, I feel for the soldier and his family......they have to live with the consequences of this action for the rest of their lives. |
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Isn't "japs" an offensive derogatory term? Bit confusing since Craig Charles uses it all the time on takechi castle "look at that happy clappy jappy chappy"
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