pongo Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Rog said: The 1300 year old schism between sunni and Sh'ia Which is your favourite? Me, I can never decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Rog said: They're mostly anything but mentally challenged, that accusation is to divert attention. They are devout believers Devout believers, mentally challenged, tomato, tomato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Am I missing something here (and apologies if this has been covered earlier in the thread and I've missed it) WTF was an Iranian senior military officer with a reputation for exporting and assisting armed insurgency doing in Baghdad, Iraq anyway? After what Iraq has been through in the last 30 odd years, including a ten year war with Iran itself and two Gulf conflicts (the second of which was undoubtedly partly fuelled and extended by Iranian involvement) and then semi-occupation with ISIS, one would have thought that they might have had enough without presumably inviting further conjuring of conflict onto their soil? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Am I missing something here (and apologies if this has been covered earlier in the thread and I've missed it) WTF was an Iranian senior military officer with a reputation for exporting and assisting armed insurgency doing in Baghdad, Iraq anyway? After what Iraq has been through in the last 30 odd years, including a ten year war with Iran itself and two Gulf conflicts (the second of which was undoubtedly partly fuelled and extended by Iranian involvement) and then semi-occupation with ISIS, one would have thought that they might have had enough without presumably inviting further conjuring of conflict onto their soil? The borders of countries in our terms often have little in common with the tribal borders in the case of Islam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 years ago this thread was started. That's some top searching lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushen Spy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war." - TRUMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 26 minutes ago, Rog said: The borders of countries in our terms often have little in common with the tribal borders in the case of Islam. Very true, it was our interference which grouped the different factions together by drawing borders which suited us! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Max Power said: Very true, it was our interference which grouped the different factions together by drawing borders which suited us! Not me. And I'd scrap all borders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushen Spy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, pongo said: Not me. And I'd scrap all borders. Commie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 This soleimani guy probably did more to stop isis than any other military leader on the planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Rushen Spy said: Commie. It's the opposite. I want less government and fewer rules. I'm all about freedom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushen Spy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 15 minutes ago, pongo said: It's the opposite. I want less government and fewer rules. I'm all about freedom. Fair enough but "no borders" in the context of a world with nation-states is a recipe for destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, Rushen Spy said: Fair enough but "no borders" in the context of a world with nation-states is a recipe for destruction. I think that is only because as a species we are territorial, we don't like people just turning up and making use of our stuff. I can't help thinking that without borders we could live as we prefer to live and anywhere we like or feel that we can support ourselves. All we would need are basic rules to live and let live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Just watching trump on fox news delivering a speech to the evangelicals. Something about the most virtuous most exceptional military on gods earth. Going down a storm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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