Ubiquitous wrote:There is talk that Israel has said it would allow an EU peacekeeping force to patrol the boarder. Can I take it there is a consensus from my fellow Brits that there is NO WAY IN HELL we want to see our troops in that goddamm hell hole?
Arnt the majoirty of our proper troops in Iraq/Afganistan anyway? We're hardly going to send in the TA in on their own are we?
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Maybe the majority is not strictly abroad, but the heart of the Army certainly is, and we definantly cannot afford to sustain yet an other major operation thousands of miles away.
I won't even support a token force of a few hundred men as a sign of unity. I don't want British troops involved in IvP, period.
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Techinically it's now Israel vs. Lebanon. Pratically, it's Israel vs. a group of people who deny the right of the inhabitants of Israel to exist.
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Broomstick wrote:Elfdart and Axis Kast, could you like, maybe, summarize those novel-length posts? And get to the fucking point already?
I don't mind reading a long post if it says something or needs to be long to make a point, but endless rounds of sniping one-liners is just crap.
Umm, Broomstick? This is Axis Kast and Elfdart we're talking about, after all. It's the MO of both to use that tactic in any debates they participate in. Never mind when they go up against each other. Don't get your hopes up.
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