asking if you've ever engaged in acts of genocide never stops being funny.
'Well there was that one time...' :hehe:
asking if you've ever engaged in acts of genocide never stops being funny.
'Well there was that one time...' :hehe:
Dexys Midnight Runners might struggle to answer that one.........Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
:hehe: Took me a moment, but it was worth it, p.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Wasn't sure if that was a tumbleweed moment or not... but risked itQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
That was actually more of a resurrection, or reanimation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Presumably those US personnel assisting the Clown Prince bin Salman in his attempted genocide in Yemen are exempt from this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You've got them all wrong, A. Top lads, those.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
The reason it's taking so long is precisely a direct consequence of trying to avoid civilian collateral damage. Damn silly idea, of course, but there it is :shrug:
It's not really genocide, though, is it, a? It's a war against a Shi'ite minority trying to carve out an Iranian proxy state.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:nod: As Jackie Fisher put it: "Moderation in war is imbecility."Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Mind you, it was easy for him to say. He was an admiral. Not a lot of collateral casualties in the middle of the Atlantic.
Well, I suppose starving all the buggers to death is certainly a way of avoiding collateral damage to property. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
They once asked me if I’d ever been to Iraq or the Middle East.
I responded chirpily “well, I’ve been to Israel!”, assuming they’d put two and two together and work out that I’m a harmless Heebie rather than an evil Allan, but this only served to make them even more suspicious :-(
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Originally Posted by Burney
Destroying off your enemy's ability to sustain its war effort is hardly a novel military tactic, a. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
You are a bit brown, to be fair to them. And if you weren't clean-shaven, their suspicion is entirely understandable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Of course, it's just a good old-fashioned siege. Fine when our chums do it but if a rival does then he's the devil himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Nothing old-fashioned about it. Our Saudi cronies are taking suicidal risks in order to protect the non-combatant population. Which is presumably why nobody is talking about it much. #fakenewsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
We wouldn't do it, not like that :shrug:
Well, no, we wouldn't. We have a voting public at home that takes exception to large numbers of our chaps coming home in boxes in order to preserve the lives of rather dubious foreigners. Saudi has no such problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Looks like he might be a shoe-bomber :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Do they still ask if you are a communist?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
They're not committing suicide, they are merely taking suicidal risks. That's the point; they are behaving very well, not like A says.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Right. Taking suicidal risks like bombing schools, hospitals, weddings and market places, and blockading Hodeida, lifeline to millions.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
We seem to be on different planets on this one.
It's true, war is hell. And war reporting is even worse :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash