Reply to: Anyone interested in US politics?

[Lucy]

So you a fan of the republicans? Or lesser of 2 evils?

The latter.

<cue bogpuss and somekind of rapture reference>

[Marina]

I was hoping she would win the nomination and lose the election. Evil witch.

I'm sure Obama is quite likely to do just that.

[oracleslave]

I was hoping she would win the nomination and lose the election. Evil witch.

So you a fan of the republicans? Or lesser of 2 evils?

[Lucy]

This might be the final shift in momentum towards Obama that kills off the Hilary campaign. Here's hoping.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7412081.stm

I was hoping she would win the nomination and lose the election. Evil witch.

[oracleslave]

This might be the final shift in momentum towards Obama that kills off the Hilary campaign. Here's hoping.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7412081.stm

[snaw]

I think you will find that Al Quaeda had plenty of excuses to bomb the West whether or not Saddam (that well known Islamic fundamentalist) was around.

Typical fcuking DA. How about just for once reading what someone else has written before adding your 2c?

I said us going into Iraq acted as a recruiting agent for Islamic extremism (Recruitment. Capiche?)

You know, sort of turned public opinion against us in Islamic countries and communities (Not too mention everywhere else in the world). Caused a few angry young Muslim men to take things a step further. That sort of thing, cause and effect.

Maybe you forgot but after 9/11 public opinion globally was sympathetic towards the US, and the 'war on terror'. Then we went into Iraq. Now look at it.

Don't recall mentioning excuses to bomb us.

[BlasterBates]

Exactly Dodgy...the oil companies loyalities are to their shareholders, not some whingeing consumer.

[DodgyAgent]

Listen and understand why Oil companies announcing 65 percent profit increase is outrageous today. Listen and understand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki-oMjmwiUA

why is it outrageous?

[2uk]

Listen and understand why Oil companies announcing 65 percent profit increase is outrageous today. Listen and understand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki-oMjmwiUA

[Jog On]

To quote my learned friend:

I'm in the WGAF camp

Meh!

[DodgyAgent]

Well firstly how about addressing the point made by Bagpuss, as opposed to saying my viewpoint on the situation is simple.

Secondly, simple is the viewpoint that supported a war on flimsy evidence, with no post invasion plan and the naive assumption that a Saddam free Iraq was going to be full of smiley happy Iraqi's who would happily co-exist in peace and promote democracy in the middle east. Now that was monumentally simple. Some of us kind of figured that this was gonna be a complete mess (Though I doubt anyone realised the scale of the f cuk up we were about to induce).

I feel much safer now, knowing we had a chance and world opinion behind us to have a crack at Al Queda, and it's ideology and we went for Iraq instead and became #1 recruiting agents for Islamic extremism. Smart move.

I think you will find that Al Quaeda had plenty of excuses to bomb the West whether or not Saddam (that well known Islamic fundamentalist) was around.

[snaw]

I'm saying The 'Independent' is not.

And the situation is not as simple as people like you want it to be.

Well firstly how about addressing the point made by Bagpuss, as opposed to saying my viewpoint on the situation is simple.

Secondly, simple is the viewpoint that supported a war on flimsy evidence, with no post invasion plan and the naive assumption that a Saddam free Iraq was going to be full of smiley happy Iraqi's who would happily co-exist in peace and promote democracy in the middle east. Now that was monumentally simple. Some of us kind of figured that this was gonna be a complete mess (Though I doubt anyone realised the scale of the f cuk up we were about to induce).

I feel much safer now, knowing we had a chance and world opinion behind us to have a crack at Al Queda, and it's ideology and we went for Iraq instead and became #1 recruiting agents for Islamic extremism. Smart move.

[Lucy]

Who mentioned the Independant? You have to put everthing in a box just like your Rapturist friends

In the same way you keep calling me a 'Rapturist', perhaps?

(Let's hope Bogpuss gets a good seeing too in the next few weeks)

[Bagpuss]

I'm saying The 'Independent' is not.

And the situation is not as simple as people like you want it to be.

Who mentioned the Independent? You have to put everthing in a box just like your Rapturist friends

[Lucy]

So are you saying it's not true, or doggedly trying to avoid the consequences of your particular viewpoint?

I'm saying The 'Independent' is not.

And the situation is not as simple as people like you want it to be.