Iraq is back

[Gittins Gal]

Im not convinced we made matters worse for them. They were a mess before and will be a mess for long after we go. But there was not point in getting involved.

What chance DC organizing a war to get a Falklands moment?

Before we got involved, I thought they were all too frightened of Uday and Qusay's plastic shredder to show any signs of dissent.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Another city has fallen to ISIS - Tikrit.

They are small in number but seemed to have adapted after getting their asses whooped in Syria.

[MicrosoftBob]

Another city has fallen to ISIS - Tikrit.

They are small in number but seemed to have adapted after getting their asses whooped in Syria.

Next stop Luton presumably

[SpontaneousOrder]

Hmmm...interesting.

I'm surprised the Telegraph is bigging it up so much.

I thought this is the kind of thing the establisment media drones like to brush under the carpet because it shows what an awful mess we've made from getting involved. Libya falls into this bracket too.

Draws attention away from Ukraine.

[lilelvis2000]

Next stop Luton presumably

Luton could use a clear out IMHO. Then on to Wales! (with a pit stop in NI).

[BrilloPad]

Luton could use a clear out IMHO. Then on to Wales! (with a pit stop in NI).

no way! Suity lives in Luton!

Actually, point taken....

[original PM]

I didn't say it was funny, but it summed up his attitude & that of scumbags like Hitler & Mao to a tee.

It is interesting that - because if you ractchet it down a notch and then look at some companies whose exec have simply no interest in the human beings that work for the company other than what they can do to earn the execs more money.

Sometimes at least these dictators were honest in their view of human life - unlike many of today's 'ethical business leaders'

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[OwlHoot]

Lets hope that Britain can do what Japan and Germany did after WW2 and thrieve

Is that a combination of thrive and thieve? I guess sometimes crime does pay.

[Doggy Styles]

Saddam?

He murdered 100s of 1000s not 10s. What has happened in Iraq is actually just a fraction of what Saddam used to do.

You cannot compare the total bodycount of 30 years of Saddam with one week of these insurgents.

What this 'invasion' threatens is turning Iraq into a militant islamic state, far more dangerous to world than Saddam, which is something Saddam had prevented during his reign.

The area is uncontrollable by us, so it was best left to its own devices with strong men like Saddam, unpleasant as they are, keeping a tin lid on people much worse than he was.

[BrilloPad]

You cannot compare the total bodycount of 30 years of Saddam with one week of these insurgents.

What this 'invasion' threatens is turning Iraq into a militant islamic state, far more dangerous to world than Saddam, which is something Saddam had prevented during his reign.

The area is uncontrollable by us, so it was best left to its own devices with strong men like Saddam, unpleasant as they are, keeping a tin lid on people much worse than he was.

+1000 DS for PM.