Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Lol

SYRIA
several interesting questions raise their heads

almost as an aside, the russians clearly colluded in "allowing" this bombing, not least because they admit that they did not engage their anti-aircraft systems at all, and nor were russian installations overflown either by aircraft or missiles



on the legality side, i understand that the circumstances allowed the decision to be made at cabinet level - ie no actual requirement to take the question to parliament before the event

it is probable that the logic is that this strike was always intended as a one-off retaliatory lesson as opposed to something far more serious and far-reaching
certainly the reaction from russia and elsewhere is that this strike was indeed "acceptable"

thus corbyn and his bitch (abbott) can squeak as much as they like on monday, but the wind has rather been taken out of their sails
interestingly, neither corbyn nor his bitch would either condemn syria or even say under what circumstances they (the labour party) would deem a strike warranted

middle east press is also very muted, though of course, saudi (sunni) is hard set against iran (shia) who also supports assad and that may equally apply to al jazeera



i do not understand why it was only france and uk who collaborated with usa
un certainly did not raise any objections to the strike, so was it primarily because france and uk have the most sophisticated airforces and weaponry in the alliance? - saudi and israel also do, but would have been excluded on sensible political grounds



there is a strong argument that the strike was pretty hypocritical given the inaction when saddam poisoned the kurds ..... oh dear; did the americans supply that gas? ..... and saddam was probably deemed an ally of the west at that time



is chemical attack any more heinous than blanket bombing or similar of civilian targets?
dresden may come to mind, but the situation was very different, though had the "wrong side" won, then assuredly it would have been deemed with some justification to have been a "heinous war crime"

for some reason, chemical warfare has been internationally outlawed, whereas blanket bombing (in general) seems not have been
why is that?

There is nothing to gloat about in this situation but the Russians and Syria put Western governments in an impossible situation...the bottom line is that this war in Syria has to end .......easier said than done.....

Uk-France alliance....hope this isn't shades of Suez peut-etre ?......

Surely Cyprus colluded ?

And that idiot Syrian spokesman who said only one of the three targets received any substantial damage ... sounds like an invitation to me.

Also said xxx missiles were shot down , even the Russians are going to get peed off with them soon.

Just inviting further action imo.

SUNDAY TIMES
biz section worth reading for comment on WPP, WTB and CNE

also
very funny and sharply observed caption to the cartoon on the front page of the main paper ...
"We will obliterate the entire West except for Jeremy Corbyn"

She is becoming more Putinesque every day.

A picture says it all but which one?

although russia blocked UN from approving anything, it was interesting that the NATO allies were unanimous in supporting the strike

Oi Fred , any views on Corby's suggestion yesterday that we give Russia a veto on UK foreign policy ?

Has your government got a foreign or any economic policies?

The tory's cabinet, meetings and rants sound like the noises coming out of a club for stunted adolescents.

Good to see Merkel and Marcon proposing and wanting closer integration of Europe.

Little England and the 13th county can be waiters at that table.

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But I forgot Trump likes poodles.

Don't know if he feeds them or not.

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Nice rant Fred but back to the question do you agree with Corby that Russia should have a veto on our foreign policy ?

To make it easy for you a simple yes or no will suffice.

Grow up!

David Schneider‏Verified account @davidschneider · 7h7 hours ago



As predicted, Theresa May has apologised for Windrush immigration fiasco and blamed whoever was Home Secretary between 2010 and 2016.


Nick Lambourn‏ @NickLambourn · 7h7 hours ago


I'm so glad that whoever was Home Secretary during that time isn't in charge of things now.


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Now now Fred pick your dummy up.

Is the question too hard for you ?

Lol Maxk , pity they hadn't deported Abbott before realising their mistake. That would have been funny.

They couldn't find a boat big enough Dil.