So the west attacks Syria in the end....

[Churchill]

Obviously Arabs killing other Arabs is everything to do with us. And our massive air force will make all the difference.

Cameron's been trying to get the UK into a proper war, any war will do at a push, for years. Well less its less of a war more of a marketing strategy. It's his precious Falklands moment.



God help us all.

Whose God?

[CheeseSlice]

Whose God?

Aren't they all the same, but there is disagreement over whose book tells the correct story?

[quackhandle]

For a start the Iraqi government has been crying out for arms for years.

Yup, we did some sterling business with that Hussein chap in the mid eighties.

qh

[MyUserName]

Nuclear weapons are a weapon that is only effective against people, predominantly civilians.

Conventional war does not escalate into Nuclear. You start with Nuclear if you're going to use them at all.

Didn't WW2 escalate into a nuclear war from conventional? Also, isn't that the only time they were used in war?

[Unix]

Didn't WW2 escalate into a nuclear war from conventional? Also, isn't that the only time they were used in war?

That's true, but Churchill isn't into facts he prefers his own bulltulip.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

So the west attacks Syria in the end....

Clearly not the same one as you. I suggest you check your history and see how wars escalate.

There are so many people who think they are so clever by making facile ill informed sweeping statements whilst other people have to get on with the job of keeping you in your riches.

The funny thing is I never suggested IS should not be attacked. What I have said is just the blatant truth regarding the region namely the western policy towards Saudi and Qatar who hand out the same books that IS do.

It's a shame that we continue to live well while the wealth of the region is plundered.

[Churchill]

Didn't WW2 escalate into a nuclear war from conventional? Also, isn't that the only time they were used in war?

No it didn't - I suggest you read "Command and Control" by Eric Schlosser for background and an insight into war fighting with Nuclear Weapons and the WW2 conventional bombing campaigns.

[Churchill]

That's true, but Churchill isn't into facts he prefers his own bulltulip.

That's nice, do you blow your boyfriend with that mouth?

[minestrone]

Didn't WW2 escalate into a nuclear war from conventional? Also, isn't that the only time they were used in war?

I think Churchill is talking tulip again.

[Churchill]

I think Churchill is talking tulip again.

The use of those weapons did not constitute a step change to nuclear war, the weapons were treated as very powerful weapons in their own right. Nuclear war as a concept didn't exist at the time, the bombs were just another secret weapon in the US arsenal.