Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
No indeed. But the world's foremost penguin feed pellet factory will be there
Afghanistan: Mission Accomplished
- Thread starter toblerone3
- Start date
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Biden has announced no more US involvement in nation building..........until the next time it suits them.
rekil
to menny cranks
Loon channel. You have form for this shit.
Irrelevant
Last edited:
extra dry
Happy to be here
I will delete it then. Please point me to a correct view point.
You don't have to, I hope iam not turning into an another Jazzz
ska invita
back on the other side
Really curious how the UK government plans to house the 10-20,000 Afghan refugees. Is there any sign of a policy? (Beyond leaving them in hotels forever)
not-bono-ever
meh
No
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Well about lower-tier 100 councils, out of 300+, have come forward so far to offer help, and I am proud that both Worthing Borough & Adur District Councils did so over 2 weeks ago.
The two councils are politically separate, but operate as one on services and matters of urgency, and combined with our amazing 'Turning Tides' homeless charity, have a good record on homing people in need.
I also have e-mails from both the MPs covering Worthing & Adur (Shoreham, Southwick, Lancing, etc.) saying West Sussex County Council is co-ordinating things under some Home Office scheme with all seven borough & district councils in the county.
So, I guess there's at least a plan forming.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
who would have thought that worthing borough and adur district councils would make an appearance in a thread about the mission in afghanistan being accomplished
ska invita
back on the other side
as the saying goes We Are Here Because You Were There
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if a day ago you'd offered me £10,000 to stick a pin in a map of britain and land within say 50 miles of adur i'd have been unable to do it
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Someone hasn't been keeping up, they made an appearance on this thread over a week ago -
That has pissed me off so much, that I've not only e-mailed my own MP, who represents most of Worthing, but also Loughton as he's MP for East Worthing & the Adur council area, that sits between Worthing & Brighton.
ska invita
back on the other side
imperialism improving everyones geography as per
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
"Draw".
not-bono-ever
meh
shit loads of anger in the FO from this farce i hear. not unexpected. Raab will not get an easy ride from them . twat
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Well, if you’ve been to Worthing you’d know it should be twinned with Kandahar. With Shoreham airport being just a smaller version of Baghram, although with out a CIA dark site ( probably)…
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Read this today.
How the US created a world of endless war
The long read: In 2008, many of Barack Obama’s supporters hoped he would bring the global war on terror to a close. Instead, he expanded it – and his successors have done nothing to change course
Drone warfare was put in place by President Obama as so called legal humane warfare. He gave it the legal framework in which it works. Whether its actually legal under international law is different issue. He developed it.
The article agues their is a continuity between Obama and Trump. Both anti war candidates.
Obama from his side wanted to create a form of warfare that had more political oversight , reduced civilian deaths, reduced need for ordinary Americans to die abroad.
The problem is that its not necessarily that humane. Civilians do die. Secondly it leads to a war without end. Obama recognised it would not work to end terror threat. Article says Obama was aware of this danger.
Under Obama more military were being trained as drone operators than actual fighter pilots.
So article puts question whether Biden will end up doing the same.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
That doesn't sound very startling, though. Surely, it's the same everywhere, and will carry on like that for the foreseeable.
Last edited:
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It sounds thoroughly sensible.
teqniq
DisMembered
Says the person who hasn't lost 10 family members to a drone strike.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Not from their perspective, silly.
teqniq
DisMembered
Oh so the only perspective that actually matters is that of military force/government operating the drones is it? How very, very silly of me. This latest mistake is just another one to add to a long list. You really are completely full of shit.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Tbf whether you have ten family members vaporised by a drone strike or manned aircraft strike is fairly immaterial, the end result is the same pain and suffering.
teqniq
DisMembered
This is true but I would like to see stats (if there are any) of drone strikes that have killed unintended civilians vis a vis manned operations that have done the same.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I don’t see why it would be any more or less, possibly less as the pilot of a manned aircraft could also be aiming the strike whereas AFAIK with drones they have a pilot and a bomber and neither are affected by g-forces or the pressure of flying in a hostile environment.
ska invita
back on the other side
Drones Kill More Civilians Than Pilots Do
For years, the Obama administration has claimed that unmanned aircraft limit collateral damage in the war on terror. The numbers show otherwise.
foreignpolicy.com
IIRC Obama got the nickname of Obomber by his first day of presidency, the policy was set out early
Similar threads
