Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

What was the outcome of the meeting? WHo was getting the blame for the fighting?

Seeing as you brought it up I would be interested to know who you think is to blame?

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

I accept it may not be a priority the Gaza stuff, But WHY? has there never been a public meeting about the new bus station? which to me should be a priority.

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

There is a very simple reason Cashy......the powers that be have already decided and they do not want to get into such things as public meetings...after all it would allow the public to think that their views and opinions really mattered.(that would never do)
All that really matters in situations like this is money...not whether the service user are going to be served or happy.

All The Best To You Graham
 

I exhausted every argument at the time Cashy. There were several public meetings. I went to most of them.

All The Best To You Graham
 

Totally inaccurate. Sorry Margaret, just saying it how it was.

All The Best To You Graham
 

People who kill other people are to blame in short. There's a distinct lack of humanity.

It has been within Israel's gift to accelerate the peace process.

I've have met Regev, Allon and Abass privately and toured the West Bank with the UN.

Compromise is far more difficult when influential people on both sides hold fundamentalist views.

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

Perhaps this should have been pointed out to Tony Blair prior to GWII, but with regard to Gaza -if Hamas stopped firing rockets, albeit inaccurate and therefore more likely to result in civilian casualties, then there is every likelihood that Israel will cease the retaliation.
Britain is unlikely ever to be trusted politically by the Arab Nations as they still hold the "Balfour Declaration" of 1917 against the British as they see that as the birth of Israel and the support thereafter from the Western Nations.

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

Sorry Barrie, but the causualty figures,make a mockery of yer more likely to result in civilian casualties comment,whilst i am no fan at all of Hamas, I often used to wonder as a lad,why 2 old WW2 soldiers i knew, used to say Hitler should have finished em off, I understand that comment now.

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

I agree Cashy, I don't have much sympathy for the Israelis - one only needs to read about the atrocities committed by the "Stern Gang" et al, on British troops. However, I do understand the retaliation by Israel, no different really than kicking back harder when someone kicks you.
I haven't heard what the UN Peace Envoy is doing about all this, perhaps he is making more noise (and money), on his lecture circuit.

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

The UN is the world biggest talking shop, makes the EU look respectable!

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im just wondering what the UN thinks a juniour MP whos party is not in power can actually do for them.Its all well the UN dragging our MP around to take a look at gaza but what exactly is it the UN thinks a MP from an out of power party can do about it.

arnt the grown ups in government from the party actually in power not already looking into this ?

should we adopt a similar policey and invite polititions from around teh world to hyndburn to take a look at our problems ?

All The Best To You Graham
 

Swamp of cynicism...

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

Would you care to expand on that statement?

What is a swamp of cynicism?

Is it :-

A/ The UN.
B/ The EU.

Or no doubt having read your previous posts,

C/ AccyWeb.

You really should learn to make yourself clear when wishing to part with your pearls of wisdom.
:alright:

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

if this is a swamp i know who gets my vote as donkey

its about the only bloody vote he will ever get of mine again :)

Re: All The Best To You Graham
 

Have you seen the rockets they use? They are nothing more than big fireworks with explosives in them. No way they can accurately target anything and they indiscriminately fire them into Israel with little hope of hitting what they aim for

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