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    Long live Democracy and Rule of Law...


    God, what a mess...
    "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
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    Wow.
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    • #3
      I know that it's out of fashion to fight for Democracy and Rule of Law, so of course this is a crime of the west.

      Though, the story hasn't any details so, I chickenly hesitate to make any judgement although others seems to be weaker in the flesh.
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      • #4
        Beautiful tank though.
        You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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        • #5
          Looking at the news now, it is a pity they did not run anybody over. They would have the perfect alibi; they could not see where they were going due to all of the smoke from the fire.

          Then again, I would not have been averse to just nuking Iraq in the first place...
          You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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          • #6
            Running over a civilian or two would not have surprised me as much as does the possibility that the British just militarily assaulted a prison run by their nominal allies.
            12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
            Stadtluft Macht Frei
            Killing it is the new killing it
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            • #7
              Yeah, struck me as kinda odd as well actually.
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              • #8
                That isn't a good road to start down...
                12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                Stadtluft Macht Frei
                Killing it is the new killing it
                Ultima Ratio Regum

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by BlackCat
                  I know that it's out of fashion to fight for Democracy and Rule of Law, so of course this is a crime of the west.

                  Though, the story hasn't any details so, I chickenly hesitate to make any judgement although others seems to be weaker in the flesh.
                  1: two brits get arrested by the Iraqi Police (supposedly representing the elected authorities)

                  2: British tanks smash through prison gates to get their guys back.


                  Doesn't appear to me as respecting Rule of Law, but perhaps thats just my flesh being week.
                  "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
                  "I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller

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                  • #10
                    theres been talk the last few months of things getting worse in Basra, with Shiite militias, including Sadrist ones, taking control of the police - one had hoped, while I had - that this was something the national govt would address in the fullness of time - evidently the UK military was unwilling to wait.

                    I would wait to see what the UK has to say. But thats just me.
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                    • #11
                      I wonder if they purposely "secured through negotiation" the escape of those 150 prisoners too...
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                      • #12
                        Britannia waives the rules
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by germanos


                          1: two brits get arrested by the Iraqi Police (supposedly representing the elected authorities)

                          2: British tanks smash through prison gates to get their guys back.


                          Doesn't appear to me as respecting Rule of Law, but perhaps thats just my flesh being week.
                          Doesn't disagree with the description of what happend, I just wan't to await details about why it happend before starting to jump to conclusions as you have done.
                          With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                          • #14
                            I fully support this action.

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                            • #15
                              idiots...(now you think about who i am talking here)
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