tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post5338487261641904585..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: Do we want a return to the terrorist training camps in Afghanistan ?Nich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-28549287886167681732008-02-06T11:41:00.000+00:002008-02-06T11:41:00.000+00:00It's not a conscription army - but we know that it...It's not a conscription army - but we know that it's not rich kids dying in the Middle East...<BR/><BR/>It's a fair point about about the police - but my point is, would you fight this war? They expect to be there for FOURTY YEARS! Already they're halving training for new recruits, strugging to cope with high levels of sickness, etc. So god knows, they might have to introduce conscription - in which case, would you dodge the draft or die in the desert?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-79040847739449991592008-02-05T08:37:00.000+00:002008-02-05T08:37:00.000+00:00We already have a volunteer, non conscripted army ...We already have a volunteer, non conscripted army in this country. I don't feel that every time some advocates using the army that they should join up. It's akin to calling the police and thinking you should join the police force.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-39758931736666338922008-02-05T00:55:00.000+00:002008-02-05T00:55:00.000+00:00Nich, are you planning on joining up to fight this...Nich, are you planning on joining up to fight this unwinnable war, or will it be down to other people to fight it for you? It's easy to cheer from the sidelines while others are being killed and injured.<BR/><BR/>We're not getting the truth about this war - Nato forces are propping up a network of drug barons, not a democratic government. Now, under the foreign occupation of the Nato alliance, a man is to be executed for looking at a document on womens' rights!Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-82220115069354262942008-02-04T22:26:00.002+00:002008-02-04T22:26:00.002+00:00I am no fan of America's actions in helping create...I am no fan of America's actions in helping create terrorist groups, don't confuse my arguments for that.<BR/><BR/>However, anyone who thinks we can withdraw from Afghanistan and it will not fall to the Taliban, who themselves are an oppressive largely foreign group is living in cloud cuckoo land.<BR/><BR/>We'll have to agree to disagree.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-82670382028174305692008-02-04T22:26:00.001+00:002008-02-04T22:26:00.001+00:00I am no fan of America's actions in helping create...I am no fan of America's actions in helping create terrorist groups, don't confuse my arguments for that.<BR/><BR/>However, anyone who thinks we can withdraw from Afghanistan and it will not fall to the Taliban, who themselves are an oppressive largely foreign group is living in cloud cuckoo land.<BR/><BR/>We'll have to agree to disagree.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-66853280270548067962008-02-04T22:26:00.000+00:002008-02-04T22:26:00.000+00:00I am no fan of America's actions in helping create...I am no fan of America's actions in helping create terrorist groups, don't confuse my arguments for that.<BR/><BR/>However, anyone who thinks we can withdraw from Afghanistan and it will not fall to the Taliban, who themselves are an oppressive largely foreign group is living in cloud cuckoo land.<BR/><BR/>We'll have to agree to disagree.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-7140449959801846452008-02-04T22:11:00.000+00:002008-02-04T22:11:00.000+00:00Let's leave aside 7/7 - we don't know the full fac...Let's leave aside 7/7 - we don't know the full facts as there was never a trial.<BR/><BR/>You didn't answer my second point - Who set up the terror training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan?<BR/><BR/>Here's another: the British have occupied Afghanistan successfully before, true or false?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-80139991901404342702008-02-04T08:51:00.000+00:002008-02-04T08:51:00.000+00:00How many 7/7 bombers went to Afghanistan ?It's not...How many 7/7 bombers went to Afghanistan ?<BR/><BR/>It's not where you are from, its where you went.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-40267836529648386272008-02-04T06:28:00.000+00:002008-02-04T06:28:00.000+00:00Nich, how many of the 9/11 hijackers was from Afgh...Nich, how many of the 9/11 hijackers was from Afghanistan?<BR/><BR/>Who set up the training camps in the 1980s?<BR/><BR/>Do you know?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-16983663713670342512008-02-02T16:03:00.000+00:002008-02-02T16:03:00.000+00:00Afghanistan is not the single biggest factor in th...Afghanistan is not the single biggest factor in the growth of terrorism around the world. US foreign policy is the biggest factor.<BR/><BR/>Our presence in Afghanistan is a result of the forelock-tugging 'special relationship'. <BR/><BR/>Given that we spend much of the time there destroying the Afghan farmers' main crop in the name of an (equally stupid and equally unwinnable) War on Drugs, it's hardly surprising that the only thing achieved by our presence is an increase in popular support for Islamic radicalism of one kind or another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com