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Basically yeah, he doesn’t give a shite about the hostages, he never has – the longer they are held the better for him to keep running roughshod ( love that word ) over the poor bastards in Gaza. I just wish someone high in power would tell him to go fuck himself. Wont ever happen though
I’m inclined to agree about this being a long winded exercise to draw Iran out into the open so that the Yanks and the red sea pedestrians can finally implement regime change. Gaza is a testing ground for weapons as far as Netanyahu is concerned. See the bombing campaign of 2014 for further details and examples.
"Israel’s response to Iran’s attacks on Israel will be “deadly, precise and surprising”, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said."
Great
This is pretty sobering, from a human perspective
One of the key things in matters such as this though, is for various strategic and PR related reasons a government is simply not able to be open and transparent with the public as to the what and why of their exact involvement in certain wars.
If the benefits of such an involvement were to be clearly explained (eg cost-benefit calculation of access to resources, destabilisation of a hostile regime etc.) then voters would be better informed and perhaps more would subsequently support the decisions more - but it would also clearly inform their enemies as to their plans and generate further animosity and backlash from those hostile to them.
You might claim this to be “undemocratic” but it’s unavoidable - countries will have classified information which requires being kept from the public.
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Oh to live in a democracy where our Governments realised that they work for us and not the other way around
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Old-Dutch Oh to live in a democracy where our Governments realised that they work for us and not the other way around
The average person is a thicket though.
Just look at the Brexit vote if you want an insight in to what would happen if the government had to follow the majority “democratic” view on every major issue…
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Yeah, the problem with democracy is that there’s too much democracy
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hugopal One of the key things in matters such as this though, is for various strategic and PR related reasons a government is simply not able to be open and transparent with the public as to the what and why of their exact involvement in certain wars.
This one of the things that surprises me.
The other thing about this is: have you ever tried bringing it up with someone in the military? Like an officer / lieutenant or squaddie level. Their narrative is totally different / many would leave if they believed what we are often are found to have really been doing. They believe it’s all always honourable at the time.
The whole Iraq thing was shameful. Attacking a country that has done nothing to us (and wasn’t going to)
They were going to attack our allies in US with weapons of mass destruction Nas.
Smallman1 just checking if you’re being serious / don’t know the whole story yet, or if you’re cracking a joke that I’m too tired to pick up on?
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What’s interesting about the Iraq invasion is Saddam’s role in it i.e. that he didn’t think it possible that the CIA was unaware that he didn’t have WMD and didn’t comply with inspections because he thought it was a ruse to invade. Steve Coll (author of Ghost Wars) wrote about it recently.
Not to mention how it reverberates to recent years from ISIS to Iranian proxies.
NasserAlazzawi Their narrative is totally different
You get to choose the flavour of your KoolAid.
Saddam should never have tried to de-dollarise petrol. Or Gadaffi. This was their crime
What’s going to happen now the BRICS have given the USA and dollar the biggest fuck you in history remains to be seen.
A good friend of mine’s father was Saddam’s eye surgeon.
Tru fax and yes I will say KLANG.
Smallman1 and what an eye surgeon he was! Might’ve wanted to go to Specsavers himself…
Reminded of this. Terrifying
Lots of Biz Tranz opportunities coming up in Russia right now @Smallman1 Maybe drop an email to Putin c/o The Kremlin to see if he wants to spitball some ideas with you at the next S&D?
Alternatively, have you thought about Biz Tranz’ing for the Iranian regime? Perhaps they could consider an urgent rebrand from their out of touch late 70s Islamic Revolution to a more up to date Powerball prog orientation. Could invite the IRGC down to experience Uncle John’s next bash for themselves. Experiencing the vortex might encourage them to drop all of this Middle East shenanigans.
One for the agenda at your next team meeting, obvs.
Everyone in Sadam’s inner circle were Christians. Those who fed him or washed his dick. All Christians. He felt safer around them. Ironically, Iraqis (and the middle east in general) were better off with him being around.