so this new (old) war in the Middle East

[Ezekiel 25:17]

It's all irrelevant to them. Press releases from loved ones begging for mercy and empathy, doesn't register with them. They hate where you where born, they hate the country that's stamped on our passports. They hate everything about what that represents.

 

I've come face to face with someone in that part of the world and I've never forgot to this day how much anger and hatred he had for me, purely because I had a Union Jack on my sleeve.

 

But hey, It's nothing personal.

Union Jack gear on your holiday though Sponge ?? That's bad wool behaviour, I'm not surprised.

[Moo]

You may be missing my hatred for the term RIP..

Indeed I was.

 

Yes when you look at it like that it's a bit of a pointless saying, but if someone takes comfort from hearing or saying it then it's no biggie really.

[General Dryness]

Union Jack gear on your holiday though Sponge ?? That's bad wool behaviour, I'm not surprised.

 

Spongey on his hols.

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

They're kind of hours away from breaking into Europe, these IS lads. 

I don't agree with their stance and head chopping antics, but they are pretty damn efficient at what they're doing. 

Controlling 34% of Syria, according to a Vice docu on YouTube. 

It looks like the bombing raids are having little effect too. If they take Kobane, and then push across the border into Turkey, I think that will be the wake up call for many and we'll definitely see a land, boots on the ground, conflict.

[Spy Bee]

The bigger the intervention, the more bullets we fire, the more money is spent, the happier rich interests are.

[Jairzinho]

The bigger the intervention, the more bullets we fire, the more money is spent, the happier rich interests are.

 

Yep, no governments in the West are remotely worried, they're spunking their fucking pants.

 

No doubt we'll have another story of some Westerner killed a few years ago somewhere in the Middle East soon. That'll convince enough of the public that its time to send in our brave heroes.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

The bigger the intervention, the more bullets we fire, the more money is spent, the happier rich interests are.

I normally buy into this rhetoric.

 

But, and I don't want this to be interpreted as an anti-Islam tirade as IS simply don't represent Islam, there is currently a rather large group of murderous, head chopping nutcases at the gates of Europe, who happily declare all non-muslims as "kafir" or infidels, and thus legitimate targets for their all singing, all slicing and dicing expansionist caliphate campaign.

 

I think it's not really about being a war to make people rich, but is now a genuine pre-emptive defensive strike to stop them in their tracks.

[Tyler Durden]

They will be there for fucking years if they go in there again, it'll be a dirty and messy drawn out affair.

[Jairzinho]

I normally buy into this rhetoric.

 

But, and I don't want this to be interpreted as an anti-Islam tirade as IS simply don't represent Islam, there is currently a rather large group of murderous, head chopping nutcases at the gates of Europe, who happily declare all non-muslims as "kafir" or infidels, and thus legitimate targets for their all singing, all slicing and dicing expansionist caliphate campaign.

 

I think it's not really about being a war to make people rich, but is now a genuine pre-emptive defensive strike to stop them in their tracks.

 

So we're going to cut all ties with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and co-operate fully with Assad?

 

Wait, what?

[Pureblood]

The Kobane Kurds are all "ah well, whatever, nevermind".  

[Spy Bee]

I normally buy into this rhetoric.

 

But, and I don't want this to be interpreted as an anti-Islam tirade as IS simply don't represent Islam, there is currently a rather large group of murderous, head chopping nutcases at the gates of Europe, who happily declare all non-muslims as "kafir" or infidels, and thus legitimate targets for their all singing, all slicing and dicing expansionist caliphate campaign.

 

I think it's not really about being a war to make people rich, but is now a genuine pre-emptive defensive strike to stop them in their tracks.

Wait 'til the Khorasan get started!

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

So we're going to cut all ties with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and co-operate fully with Assad?

 

Wait, what?

I don't know what the answer is.

 

But what started out as a small group in concentrated parts of Syria is now almost in Turkey. It's quite worrying.

[Jairzinho]

It worries me who'll be making the decisions on what to do about it.

[stringvest]

The Turks are relatively relaxed. Isis is not going to attack Turkey; they'll be bringing themselves a whole shit load of what the Americans call whoop ass if they do.

[Malarkey]

They're only going to Turkey to put their towels down on the sun loungers first.

 

Then they'll piss off back to Syria.

[Bjornebye]

Indeed I was.

 

Yes when you look at it like that it's a bit of a pointless saying, but if someone takes comfort from hearing or saying it then it's no biggie really.

Not sure about the hearing it part.

[Rico1304]

The Turks are relatively relaxed. Isis is not going to attack Turkey; they'll be bringing themselves a whole shit load of what the Americans call whoop ass if they do.

I think chopping heads off yanks has already done that don't you?

 

I'm sure one regular poster said in the Ukraine thread that having a hostile force on your borders, flexing its muscles (not Purple Aki style) was justification for invasion. Will await a consistent approach here...

[stringvest]

No, I mean from the Turks.  It's interesting, because the majority of the Muslims in Turkey are Sunni, so the picture on the ground in terms of support for the Turks getting involved in Syria is quite complex.  There would be no such ambivalence if IS went across the border though.  They know it.

[Tyler Durden]

No, I mean from the Turks.  It's interesting, because the majority of the Muslims in Turkey are Sunni, so the picture on the ground in terms of support for the Turks getting involved in Syria is quite complex.  There would be no such ambivalence if IS went across the border though.  They know it.

Wonder if that's why they were supposedly planning that false flag operation if true.

[Section_31]

"After their disastrous performance against ISIS The Iraqi army has got rid of some of its top commanders and has replaced them with some of the old faces from the Sadam days and they're doing quite well."

 

Ha, superb.

[Stu Monty]

I think chopping heads off yanks has already done that don't you?

 

I'm sure one regular poster said in the Ukraine thread that having a hostile force on your borders, flexing its muscles (not Purple Aki style) was justification for invasion. Will await a consistent approach here...

Who said that?

[Ranxerox]

Seeing more and more "talking heads" concern-talking about the limits of airstrikes need for boots on the ground. I expected this though not quite this soon. Seems some never learn.

[Magic Sponge]

Union Jack gear on your holiday though Sponge ?? That's bad wool behaviour, I'm not surprised.

 

Not if you're in Magaluf.

[Magic Sponge]

The world's a real shitty place. 

 

Take solace from the fact that you can all discuss it from the safety of your laptop, without it having any bearing on your life.

[VladimirIlyich]

But it is having a bearing on our lives,not as bad as some admittedly and they dont deserve it either.