RIchard Britten Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Rog said: It was inevitable. But it is bad for US global business. Are you kidding? The US military industrial complex are rubbing their hands together. Peace is not profitable. Edited January 3, 2020 by RIchard Britten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 So the US could be kicked out of Iraq, after Iraqi government (quite rightly so) calls the US assassination "a violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and in violation of the agreements that allows US forces to be stationed in Iraq to train their forces. Sounds like a bit of a potential own goal there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 41 minutes ago, Rog said: IMO all Islam is bad But don't overlook the mid 70's when the $us was on the very brink of collapse it was the Saudis who ensured that oil sales should be in $us that created the petrodollar in return for which the Septics entered a treaty to defend Saudi Arabia that is now causing so much conflict in the ME. There's a little clip in one of Adam Curtis's documentaries (think its Bitterlake but could be wrong) with the Saudi foreign minister of the time about this. He's asked whether it signified a change in the balance of global power. His smile and nod is the kind of thing you'd see from the baddie in a cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, RIchard Britten said: Are you kidding? The US military industrial complex are rubbing their hands together. Peace is not profitable. Oh yes it is. Not necessarily for the military industrial complex but when it comes to world trade it certainly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 56 minutes ago, RIchard Britten said: So the US could be kicked out of Iraq, after Iraqi government (quite rightly so) calls the US assassination "a violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and in violation of the agreements that allows US forces to be stationed in Iraq to train their forces. Sounds like a bit of a potential own goal there... No. Iraq had to respond in the way that it did in order not to appear as supporting the US. You REALLY don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Rog said: No. Iraq had to respond in the way that it did in order not to appear as supporting the US. You REALLY don't get it. We shall see won't we. Can to make a wager as to whether the US make anymore ham fisted international faux pas before the month is out? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, RIchard Britten said: We shall see won't we. Can to make a wager as to whether the US make anymore ham fisted international faux pas before the month is out? What this POTUS has done in taking out the Iranian POS is certainly not a ham fisted international faux pas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Are the US actually at war with Iran? Killing a General (and 9 others) could be justified in a war, otherwise it's just murder isn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Iran has been conducting its own proxy war with the big and little satans for decades. Under his direction British and American soldiers, and countless civilians have died. Murder? By whom? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Whoever ordered the strike? It's a bit different this to killing 'terrorists' I would have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Iran lost many soldiers fighting isis. Far more than the us or uk did. And at the end of it they are now the terrorists. Cant fault the logic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Under Bush millions were killed in the middle east. Would it be acceptable to blow Bush up with a drone strike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Absolutely. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Well done Trump I say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Of course you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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