Jimmy said:
“Frankly, I support the war, even on the basis of revenge.”
Even if it were morally justifiable to bomb a whole nation based on the actions of a few, your still bombing the wrong country, idiot.
@All
In my country (Northern Ireland) the British government tried to stop the terrorists (IRA) with violence for many years. The troubles kicked off proper in the late sixties because of civil rights marches and continued until the Good Friday agreement in 1998. During that time more than 3000 people were killed, most of them civilians.
During the troubles we had roadblocks everywhere, hunger strikes (people refusing to eat and dying in jail as a protest), rioting in the streets (And I mean real rioting with petrol bombs, guns and death), internment (Locking people up on suspicion rather than proof, a bit like Guantanamo), you had to carry id constantly, you got searched by the military police everywhere you went, the army walked the streets all the time, there was a curfew in some cities after which they closed the place off with giant metal barricades (I still have a huge scar on my shin from trying to climb over one when very drunk),places exploded quite frequently, you could be sitting having a drink in a pub and the next minute someone had been shot in the head and was crawling around on the floor in front of you in a pool of their own blood.
In short it was nasty, this is the world that all those who demand retaliation and better security are inviting.
So, why did it happen? It happened because the British invaded Ireland and refused to give it back and yet it is the IRA (Freedom fighters to many of the Irish people) who are the bad guys.
What’s happening with the war on terror isn't so different.
Teh Go0rfmeister is right, its pure arrogance.
The strange thing is that throughout the troubles I don’t ever remember the British government suggesting that the south of Ireland should be bombed in retaliation for IRA attacks, but then going by the logic of the Iraq war they would probably bomb Wales instead.
Just so we are clear, the troubles ended in the minds of most people here with the Good Friday agreement, a peaceful, negotiated settlement.
Our world is a much better place now, more so than I could of imagined in 1998 when the agreement was reached, and that was only eight years ago.
In the future we will not spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us.
