General / Off-Topic UK doubles to 500, the number of its troops in Iraq

[Patrick_68000]

To train, the Iraqi and Kurdish troops

 

[lysan]

Yeah kind of stupid if you ask me, should redraw 100% got no business there unless it's about the oil, well ofc it's the oil but we don't say that out loud.

 

[TheAntitheist Crusader]

I'm happy about this, the Kurds should have had our full support against the Tyrant Saddam in 1991, but they needed to wait till 03, lets help them build their own country that they deserve, lets give them SAS and more RAF support, no one in their right mind can be opposed to helping the Kurds in these circumstances.

 

[Adept]

I'd like to think the bravery shown by the Kurds is getting their own state a little closer to reality.

It's surprising how badly they are treated by the Middle Eastern states. The culture hero Saladin was a Kurd afterall.

 

[TheAntitheist Crusader]

I'd like to think the bravery shown by the Kurds is getting their own state a little closer to reality.

It's surprising how badly they are treated by the Middle Eastern states. The culture hero Saladin was a Kurd afterall.

The Kurds and their relative secularism is one of two beacons of hope in the middle east, as shown by their willingness to ally themselves with Israel, the other beacon (there were three beacons of hope but Turkey just decided to end their experiment with secularism).

 

[Adept]

The Kurds and their relative secularism is one of two beacons of hope in the middle east, as shown by their willingness to ally themselves with Israel, the other beacon (there were three beacons of hope but Turkey just decided to end their experiment with secularism).

Israel has been moving more and more to a theocracy. Segregated buses, Christian people getting spat on if they stray to the wrong part of town. Have you looked into the Ultra Orthodox population that is state subsidised. Does that seem secular to you? Or justifying land annexation because "it was promised by God".

The Kurds are not particularly secular or modern either, but they are getting a        deal.

 

[Arius]

To train, the Iraqi and Kurdish troops

Rather reminds me of the film Mouse On The Moon when the BBC news reader kept mentioning the watch worn by the astronaut which was of British manufacture.

Unfortunately Britain has a lot to answer for in the Middle East and the sooner it gets over itself and stops trying to be the worlds policeman the better. Our days of empire building are over and it is time for us to take a back seat.

 

[TheAntitheist Crusader]

Israel has been moving more and more to a theocracy. Segregated buses, Christian people getting spat on if they stray to the wrong part of town. Have you looked into the Ultra Orthodox population that is state subsidised. Does that seem secular to you? Or justifying land annexation because "it was promised by God".

The Kurds are not particularly secular or modern either, but they are getting a deal.

Regarding Israel, outside the West bank land grabs and before the current right wing coalition (i'm a supporter of the Israeli left), Israel is (and was more) secular than any country in that area, their current direction does however, greatly disturb me, much like Turkey.

 

[Adept]

Regarding Israel, outside the West bank land grabs and before the current right wing coalition (i'm a supporter of the Israeli left), Israel is (and was more) secular than any country in that area, their current direction does however, greatly disturb me, much like Turkey.

I agree on the current direction. I'm losing hope, sadly.