MrSmith Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 And it's an illegal war under international law. So much for gobby Yanks and their 'freedom' and 'democracy'? (And lapdog Brits) It’s not a war; we are there by invitation and all these countries aren’t breaking international law. United States (47.085) United Kingdom (9.500) Germany (4.415) France (3.750) Italy (3.150) Canada (2.830) Poland (1.955) Netherlands (1.940) Australia (1.550) Spain (1.070) Denmark (750) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 It’s not a war; we are there by invitation We may be there now by invitation, but we absolutely were not invited by the government of the time. In fact, the government of the time merely requested that the USA provide some sort of evidence - any sort of evidence - to show that Afghanistan was indeed a base for al-Qa'eda. The USA refused to offer any and invaded the country instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 And it's an illegal war under international law. So much for gobby Yanks and their 'freedom' and 'democracy'? (And lapdog Brits) Yeah well I'm all for withdrwal also. When the taleban take power again it's Europe and the UK who'll be getting thousands of asylum seekers flocking to your shores. Better start building a lot more mosques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We may be there now by invitation, but we absolutely were not invited by the government of the time. In fact, the government of the time merely requested that the USA provide some sort of evidence - any sort of evidence - to show that Afghanistan was indeed a base for al-Qa'eda. The USA refused to offer any and invaded the country instead. What would have been the point in proving something the Taliban already new? How would it have changed anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Totally unacceptable. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 What would have been the point in proving something the Taliban already new? How would it have changed anything? It would have put the USA on the side of legality, for one thing. Or does the concept of fair trial and reasonable proof only apply to other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC33 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The war is more about a transference of wealth from the taxpayer to multi-national military contractors. The soldiers,well they are over there,breathing in radio-active depleted uranium dust from the bullets,shells etc. 389 soldiers dead and how many/all sick from this WMD. [depleted uranium] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 It’s not a war; we are there by invitation and all these countries aren’t breaking international law. United States (47.085) United Kingdom (9.500) Germany (4.415) France (3.750) Italy (3.150) Canada (2.830) Poland (1.955) Netherlands (1.940) Australia (1.550) Spain (1.070) Denmark (750) The proiblem with this is the fact that the brunt of the fighting is being born by the UK and US Forces. Current US casualties are around 4,000 including killed and injured. I believe the Canadian troops have already been wirhdrawn and the German government dont want their troops exposed to combat. It annoys me when I've heard on the news about the odd and rare casualty among these other nationalities and their people start squawking about what a terrible war it is and they should pull out and leave it all to the US. No one was complaining when there were a quarter of a million US troops stationed in Europe during the Cold War. I imagine any amount of casualties would have been acceptable if they had died trying to hold off the Soviet forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXC3000 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The war will go on (and the soldiers will die) as long as there's money to be paid. Thank you politicians and arms manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Where next? Syria? Iran? Both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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