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Mr_Gristle Flag In the land of Whelk Eaters 11 Apr 18 6.19pm Send a Private Message to Mr_Gristle Add Mr_Gristle as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger


Yes, those evil Americans. The ones who saved us in two world wars and were isolationists and pacifists until Europeans dragged them into the mess we created.
When was the last time the West used chemical weapons?


Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (11 Apr 2018 5.41pm)

Fallujah a few years ago for certain. Shake n Bake, was the jocular term adopted. Look it up.

Indiscriminate use of Depleted Uranium ammunition before and since continues to poison and cause cancers.

Idiots are useful to the US too.

 


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Stirlingsays Flag 11 Apr 18 6.22pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle



Fallujah a few years ago for certain
. Shake n Bake, was the jocular term adopted. Look it up.

Indiscriminate use of Depleted Uranium ammunition before and since continues to poison and cause cancers.

Idiots are useful to the US too.

Evidence please.

The last time the US used chemical weapons was in Vietnam.

The US enabled you to grow up in peace. I definitely know who the real idiots are. My grandfather actually fought in a real war where the man in the street had to fight. Generations since have grown soft in the head.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Apr 2018 6.28pm)

 


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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 11 Apr 18 6.28pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Evidence please.

The last time the US used chemical weapons was in Vietnam.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Apr 2018 6.24pm)

The West doesn't bother with 'evidence'......

 

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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 11 Apr 18 6.28pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

The West doesn't bother with 'evidence'......

Mosul Iaraq 2017. Just a short while ago....

 

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Stirlingsays Flag 11 Apr 18 6.29pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

The West doesn't bother with 'evidence'......

Please leave the west and go to somewhere better. You won't of course, a leech doesn't leave its host. It just sucks on it.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Apr 2018 6.29pm)

 


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Stirlingsays Flag 11 Apr 18 6.30pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

Mosul Iaraq 2017. Just a short while ago....

You can't even spell the country right. I said evidence.

 


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EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 11 Apr 18 6.32pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by SW19 CPFC

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'It is absolutely true that there are many bad things in this world. The number of conflict fatalities has been falling since the second world war, but the Syrian war has reversed this trend. Terrorism too is rising. Overfishing and the deterioration of the seas are truly worrisome. The list of endangered species is getting longer.

But while it is easy to be aware of all the bad things happening in the world, it’s harder to know about the good things. The silent miracle of human progress is too slow and too fragmented to ever qualify as news. Over the past 20 years, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has almost halved. But in online polls, in most countries, fewer than 10% of people knew this.'

An interesting, and often sidelined point of view. Not to be misconstrued with saying everything is fine, but sometimes it's helpful to take a breath before diving back in.

Forum Triumvirate, ASSEMBLE

A refreshing bit of perspective - I have countless friends who are all convinced the world has gone to total s***, and taking the news/politics section on this website as an example, it's easy to see why people think this way.

Good to see it only took a couple of hours for this thread to descend into a slanging match, along with all the others.


 

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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 11 Apr 18 6.36pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

You can't even spell the country right. I said evidence.

The BBC - search their reports.

 

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Mr_Gristle Flag In the land of Whelk Eaters 11 Apr 18 6.44pm Send a Private Message to Mr_Gristle Add Mr_Gristle as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Evidence please.

The last time the US used chemical weapons was in Vietnam.

The US enabled you to grow up in peace. I definitely know who the real idiots are. My grandfather actually fought in a real war where the man in the street had to fight. Generations since have grown soft in the head.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Apr 2018 6.28pm)

Help yourself to any of the links obtained from simply using a search engine query "fallujah white phosphorous".

I await your admission that you are utterly wrong to assert that the US's last chemical weapons use was in Vietnam with interest.

As an aside, both my mum's dad and stepdad fought in WW2, one in North Africa and one on the Arctic Convoys. Your point is?

 


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Stirlingsays Flag 11 Apr 18 6.50pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

Help yourself to any of the links obtained from simply using a search engine query "fallujah white phosphorous".

I await your admission that you are utterly wrong to assert that the US's last chemical weapons use was in Vietnam with interest.

As an aside, both my mum's dad and stepdad fought in WW2, one in North Africa and one on the Arctic Convoys. Your point is?

Makes assertion that's actually rubbish and which there is no accepted evidence for and then accuses others of being idiots.

You made the assertion, you provide the evidence for it.

My point about WW2 was clear and doesn't require restating.

 


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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 11 Apr 18 6.53pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Makes assertion that's actually rubbish and which there is no accepted evidence for and then accuses others of being idiots.

You made the assertion, you provide the evidence for it.

My point about WW2 was clear and doesn't require restating.

We are not school children in your imaginary class-room.

Get of your arse and use the searches posters have provided.

 

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Stirlingsays Flag 11 Apr 18 6.57pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

We are not school children in your imaginary class-room.

Get of your arse and use the searches posters have provided.

Talk about inverted logic.

If you make a claim (though you only supported it), it is for the person making the claim to provide the evidence for it.

Not the person stating that it's untrue. I have simply called out this claim.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Apr 2018 6.59pm)

 


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