Panorama Mission Accomplished? Secrets of Helmand

[DodgyAgent]

Wasn't there a cross-party consensus in favour of the war(s)?

There was and I am pretty sure that the Tories would have done the same thing.

[amcdonald]

For a reason. I don't believe the situation in Tunisia is derived from 2 opposed factions that have been kept in line by an iron hand in a velvet glove.

Tunisia is ruled by a one handed lesbian ?

[amcdonald]

There is a school of thought that by taking the battle to them on their streets we're helping to keep the unpleasantness from our streets.

However, personally I think we're only delaying the inevitable.

You mean the inevitable civil war in the UK ?

[SupremeSpod]

You mean the inevitable civil war in the UK ?

No, I mean the steady increase in terrorist attacks that can be placed firmly at the feet of Islamic mentalists.

[sasguru]

You mean the inevitable civil war in the UK ?

Why is civil war inevitable in the Uk?

[amcdonald]

No, I mean the steady increase in terrorist attacks that can be placed firmly at the feet of Islamic mentalists.

Of which a growing number are British...

[SupremeSpod]

Of which a growing number are British...

If you were to ask them I think they'd profess otherwise.

[MyUserName]

If you were to ask them I think they'd profess otherwise.

They would probably say it does not matter, their religion transcends their nationality.

[shaunbhoy]

Tunisia is ruled by a one handed lesbian ?

Wow! How very avant garde!!!

[Ignis Fatuus]

Just watched that... Probably on iPlayer soon. News story with a short clip is here.

The full program contains some seriously depressing stuff. Police openly growing and smoking marijuana, off their heads after shooting up heroin, firing their guns randomly, selling the fortified defences for scrap metal, kidnapping, extortion, sexually abusing children (and shooting them when they try to escape).

As with Iraq, you have to wonder if the country has become a better place since we sent troops in there to kill, and be killed.

Sounds like it's become quite Americanized.