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Thread #154376   Message #3623738
Posted By: Jim Carroll
03-May-14 - 03:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
Subject: RE: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
So what have we got so far
Attacks on civilian areas that are killing non-combatants (good o' 'collateral damage').
The US refusing to reveal figures on what those casualties are and suppressing attempts to debate the issue in Congress.
Surveys showing that, rather than controlling terrorism, these attacks are escalating it.
The same reports are pointing out that the attacks are almost certainly a breach of both international laws and those on human rights abuses - in fact, acts of terrorism themselves.
World-wide condemnation of the attacks by human rights groups and war crimes observers, including Amnesty International - Britain appears to be the only Nation actively supporting them by providing information on the targets of the attacks - colluding in what appears to be a war crime (as Guest.# points out - back to the balmy days of WMD).
As well as this, there is a growing 'Drone' manufacturing industry, straining at the leash and complaining that it is not been given enough support to allow it to reach its full potential.
When it does, we can look forward to Drone sales to whoever has the wherewithal, so if that nice Mr Assad can hold out for long enough, perhaps he might be able to get his hands on some and bring 'normality' back to Syria - that nice Mr Cable has already told us that the arms industry isn't particularly fussy about who the British armourers sell weapons to.
If all this wasn't enough - the Drone attacks have Keith's blessing - what more can we possibly need to help us identify an atrocity?
Jim Carroll