the stinking enigma Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 It's a step in the right direction i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Lessons learned from vietnam in regards to ground forces deaths not being too good for public opinion. The plebs don' t mind cheering on the bombing via the news but they aren't overly keen on their own children dying When push comes to shove that doesn't tend to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 They supply total air superiority. Someone else does the ground fighting, aided by special forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Except nobody is that stupid in reality, that's where religious zeal comes in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I don't think there's anything sudden or surprising about this. Iran is a long standing supporter of Assad and has been backing Shia fighters in the Syrian civil war from the beginning. There's no need to fall back on conspiracy theories to explain their stance in relation to Iran. There are ample military and theological reasons for it, and this latest statement is not any kind of volte-face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I wasn't suggesting it was planned ad hoc over the weekend guzzi. I'm just amazed there is any isis left. We have killed over a million and there was only a couple of hundred thousand in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I wasn't suggesting it was planned ad hoc over the weekend guzzi. I'm just amazed there is any isis left. We have killed over a million and there was only a couple of hundred thousand in the first place I think it's probably bluster and hyperbole more than a plausible threat to open a new front in Iran. Only 5% - 10% of Iranians are Sunni, so IS aren't going to get many indigenous recruits. On numbers and casualties, I would be sceptical of what is broadcast by either ISIS, Syria, Iraq or 'the west'. If western intelligence knows the real number of ISIL fighters, they would probably (and understandably) prefer misinformation and deception to transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 So are we all agreed it wasn't a terrorist attack. Some dude killed people. It wasn't Isis or al Queda. Maybe not but he wasn't a lone wolf nutter either. Apparently he could have been radicalised at his mosque in Luton rather that t'internet. Who'd have thought it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 http://www.datagraver.com/case/people-killed-by-terrorism-per-year-in-western-europe-1970-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I'm not sure the war on terror was perhaps the correct term. http://www.datagraver.com/files/2016-09/us-terror.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackCarter Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 3 hours ago, the stinking enigma said: http://www.datagraver.com/case/people-killed-by-terrorism-per-year-in-western-europe-1970-2015 Every action seems to have an equal and opposite reaction. It would seem that ignoring terrorism worked out pretty well for the USA for most the last 150 years - as the terrorists also ignored them. It's only since they started their war on terror that they seem to have experienced terrorism. I'm sure there's a lesson there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 http://news.sky.com/story/armed-police-close-road-on-whitehall-near-government-departments-10853114 And another one, luckily the person was stopped just in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A builder working on the road nearby said: "I saw the police officers catch him. They caught him and got him on the ground." Asked if the suspect was waving knives, acting aggressively or shouting, the witness said: "No." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 hang'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Another muslim off the streets. For the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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