tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7148751115227057780..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Bloody Anniversaries.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12863867597434507952022-04-10T13:46:09.866+12:002022-04-10T13:46:09.866+12:00Unknown 8/4
I find it hard to understand that you...Unknown 8/4 <br />I find it hard to understand that you are reducing this little war - could grow - to a simple argument of which was the biggest, worst etc. Trying to understand what is behind it, why it has taken the line and methods it has and whether we are hearing and seeing the truth is important. What might be the reasons, what background fear and alarm is driving it. Has Putin lost his sang froid after uncountable provocations from the west, particularly USAand UK which has been happy to receive much Russian investment. Is he thinking damned Brits trying to have too big a slice of the cake and eat it too, I'll stuff it down their throats so they have a gobful, sort of thing? And as two-faced as the USA, they're well-matched.<br /><br />What has come out of other conflicts is the knowledge that facts can be distorted, that the moving plates of human desires and faults have conspired to produce an outcome to make anybody quake. It does you Unknown as you don't even care or dare enough to pick a word as a code for your identity, a freedom which you have but choose not to avail yourself.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75647266004074596552022-04-09T19:43:11.036+12:002022-04-09T19:43:11.036+12:00I remember the My Lai massacre in Vietnam being pu...I remember the My Lai massacre in Vietnam being publicised around 1970. Apparently no media outlet wanted to print it till about a year passed and it didn't go away. I seem to remember that a newspaper in Australia changed hands, I think in the Fairfax Group, and they carried the My Lai story as a notable scoop to begin. Unfortunately though it was very newsworthy, few people wanted to face it for weekend reading I think) and I understand many copies were dumped. The truth - we can't handle the truth!<br /><br />Then also I remember Dr David Kelly RIP 2003 advisor on Iraq and its weaponry which Blair decided to ignore, as he apparently assured his mate the President of USA that he was with him and war was entered into 2003-2011. Facts didn't matter, only revenge and showing dominance did. The Marsh Arabs have been decimated. https://www.usip.org/press/2002/11/marsh-arabs-iraq-husseins-lesser-known-victims<br /><br /><i>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/kelly-said-he-would-be-found-dead-in-woods-1.370438<br />Earlier, the inquiry heard Dr Kelly was "shocked" to be named as the source of BBC claims that Number 10 "sexed up" intelligence on Iraq.<br />The scientist told a trusted contact <b>he was assured "it would all be confidential" after admitting meeting BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan.</b></i><br />greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-73023436925939669322022-04-09T12:11:22.215+12:002022-04-09T12:11:22.215+12:00Thank you for remembering this horror, and the bra...Thank you for remembering this horror, and the bravery of the men who stepped in and tried to bring justice. Their actions keep my faith in humanity alive.ajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50647049745704548622022-04-08T15:30:58.103+12:002022-04-08T15:30:58.103+12:00"This latter demand would be easier to endors..."This latter demand would be easier to endorse if Mr Brownlee had made a similar call when the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia unleashed their “shock and awe” attacks on Iraq in March 2003. Then, too, there were confronting images of a capital city lit up by the explosions of cruise missiles; heart-wrenching scenes of civilians killed as they cowered in bunkers."<br /><br />Not particularly comparable cases - Iraq 2003. <br /><br />Unlawful war - check. <br />Missiles - check.<br /><br />"heart-wrenching scenes of civilians killed as they cowered in bunkers" - I believe you are referring to 1991 not 2003. see this. <br />https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/13/amiriyah-bombing-30-years-on-no-one-remembers-the-victims.<br /><br />Missiles and artillery deliberately aimed at civilians like the front line cities - nope - perhaps you would provide substantiating links for Iraq in 2003. <br /><br />Killing civilians in an occupation and leaving their bodies strewn along the streets of town in clear acts of intimidation - nope - perhaps you would provide substantiating links for Iraq in 2003. <br /><br />//----<br /><br />The contrast between the implementation of the 2003 invasion, unlawful and stupid fuckup as it was, and the Russian fuckup in 2022 just makes the Russians look even more like the useless barbarian incompetents intent on cementing their military reputation of deliberately terrorising civilians and not too good at dealing with military objectives and targets.<br /><br />Brownlee could rightfully be criticised for not raising his voice against the US going into the war in 2003. But not for not criticising the US forces deliberately targeting civilian population. It is hard to criticise someone for not objecting to something that didn't happen during the months of that invasion.<br /><br />Basically I think that you should read up on actual military strategy, tactics and history and less on bullshit mythology and rhetoric suitable only for targeting simpletons.<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341826577572802145noreply@blogger.com