English Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 He is wrong ........... i fully believe the war was perfectly justified So you think you know better than the deputy prime minister? Think not! All you know is what you've been told by the media! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Must be true then? Some of us worked it out 7 years ago, without the help of the Great and Good in Westminster. But keep on scratching your head and trying to form an opinion of your own (stop if it starts to hurt). My personal belief is that Saddam had to be disposed of ,and the job had to be done Why? It's been conclusively proven that he had no WMDs, nor any connection to 9/11. If it's democracy and human rights you're worried about, why don't you argue for an invasion of China? Oh, I forgot, they supply us with all of our cheap plastic tat, plus (much more importantly) they'd kick our asses! We only invade counties that have a military budget smaller than Gazza's bar tab. This new "flexible morality" is wonderful isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadnBad Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I don't see why the legality of this war still gets questioned since we all know now and knew then that it was illegal. The question of justifiability is more worthy of debate!, do we think civilian deaths in the region of 100,000 - 150,000 are acceptable for an illegal war based on dubious and as we now know wrong information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentbob Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Some of us worked it out 7 years ago, without the help of the Great and Good in Westminster. But keep on scratching your head and trying to form an opinion of your own (stop if it starts to hurt). Why? It's been conclusively proven that he had no WMDs, nor any connection to 9/11. If it's democracy and human rights you're worried about, why don't you argue for an invasion of China? Oh, I forgot, they supply us with all of our cheap plastic tat, plus (much more importantly) they'd kick our asses! We only invade counties that have a military budget smaller than Gazza's bar tab. This new "flexible morality" is wonderful isn't it? I agree with you, for once. But "flexible morality" is nothing new when it comes to foreign policy. Like the British funded chemical factory that was used to produce mustard gas for ethnic cleansing 20 odd years ago. Governments, in all but the most extreme cases, will always act in the interests of capital. The chance of gaining valuable contracts will always outweigh any quarms about human rights, etc. It is the new imperialism. It's not as profitable as the old type, but it's the best they can do with the tired, old system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 That's what happens when you leave the lapdog in charge. Mind you, the tail that wags the dog is goofing it up in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC Brigade Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 What's the problem here? Clegg has made it clear that he believes the war was illegal before now, and is simply repeating it. He hasn't suddenly changed his position, and millions of people agree with him. The only issue seems to be that his remarks have embarassed Cameron, who dies not agree with them - that can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 That's what happens when you leave the lapdog in charge. Mind you, the tail that wags the dog is goofing it up in the US. It seems it is not just the lapdog, "David Cameron has been criticised after mistakenly saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied World War II fight against Germany in 1940." See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10719739 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 perfectly justified Justified != legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 He is wrong ........... i fully believe the war was perfectly justified In your opinion...is Iraq a better place now than when Saddam was still in power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchist Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 What is your opinion of Clegg's statement? More a condemning endigtment of the administration that lied about the threat and took us to war than the one that inherited the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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