BS: arms to israel

Subject: arms to israel
From: GUEST,guest.al
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 08:44 AM

How fsr can Tony Blair go towards emulating Thatcher? Now it`s deciding that it`s allright to sell arms to israel in contravention of current agreement cos "it would upset the USA" quote from the guardian yesterday. I thought, probably not alone, that I voted for a labour government with some principles, not a Bush poodle

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Pied Piper
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 09:22 AM

Hi Al. Just a slight correction the equipment is bieng sold to the US, but I think it's being fitted into aircraft that might go to Israel after that. All the best PP

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 11:58 AM

Today's Financial Times - the government of the former Soviet republic has been taking an active role in organising direct ties between Ukrainian companies and Iraq.

Yuri Orshansky, a Ukrainian businessman...organised a trade fair in Baghdad. "Even if they want to create a nuclear bomb, we will study this...."

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 12:06 PM

Does this thread have anything to do with the Venus De Milo?

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 12:08 PM

Not that 'armless as all that!

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 12:24 PM

LH - If you shake a leg you might catch up with the content.

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 02:31 PM

No doubt...

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: DougR
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 04:52 PM

Can Hawks shake their legs?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: DougR
Date: 09 Jul 02 - 04:52 PM

Can Hawks shake their legs?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Hrothgar
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 04:55 AM

Probably as well as doves can!

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 05:12 AM

As the "Good Book" says :
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears:

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 09:13 AM

Maybe Israel needs arms (and legs too) to replace the ones blown off by the suicide bombers.

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 11:14 AM

Going back to the original post, why is it when Blair does something considered popular it is a triumph for the Labour party. When he does something questionable he is "Emulating Thatcher" (A Conservative Leader)?

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: DougR
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 04:42 PM

Good question, Nigel. Why do you think?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: arms to israel
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 06:41 PM

Well, the popular things, like taking the railways back into public ownership, or spending more money on the National Health Service, aren't really the kind of things where he could be accused of copying Thatcher. The same would apply to the popular things they won't be doing in a hurry, such as slimming down the fat cats.

Selling arms to all and sundry is pretty standard for governments of both sorts of course. It's never been particularly popular.

So is breaking promises and telling lies, and that's not too popular either. No doubt any future (official)Tory government that goes in for that will be accused of copying Labour.