Pakistan school Attack

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KareemK

1,110 posts

125 months

Monday 29th December 2014
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Joey Ramone said:
You're forgetting that in 1982, a period during which American-Soviet relations underwent a deep-freeze, the US had immediate and pressing concerns in S. America, and Argentina specifically, which meant it couldn't automatically side with the UK. The Argentinian Junta was a staunch US ally and an important component, in Washington's eyes, of a network of Govts across that continent dedicated to crushing a recrudescence of leftist political movements manipulated by Moscow.

Right or wrong in terms of the moral wisdom of backing Galtieri during the Dirty War, you have to contextualise Washington's attitude to Britain during the Falklands conflict.
I'm not going to dispute the reasons for the US position at the time as there are many interpretations of what was happening behind the scenes in the US and I'm sure Haig, Weinberger and Reagan all had their own agendas.

The point is that the US don't jump to our defence automatically any more and we should likewise be more cautious before diving head first into what are effectively American overseas projects.

dudleybloke

20,428 posts

192 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Now I'm not usually one for conspiracys but one of the victims photos is that of one of the sandy hook shooting victims called Noah Pozner.








Edited by dudleybloke on Monday 5th January 22:23

anonymous-user

60 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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How the hell did this go from the Mo-fo(llowing) taliban murdering kids in the name of Islam, to the legal dispute over the Falklands?

Actually, given the contributors on here, I can probably guess.

Asterix

24,438 posts

234 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Hitler!

Grumfutock

5,274 posts

171 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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William the bd!

Grumfutock

5,274 posts

171 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Asterix said:
Hitler!
Angela Merkel arrives at Passport Control in Warsaw airport.
"Nationality?" asks the immigration officer.
"German," she replies.
"Occupation?
"No, just here for a few days."

Asterix

24,438 posts

234 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Grumfutock said:
Asterix said:
Hitler!
Angela Merkel arrives at Passport Control in Warsaw airport.
"Nationality?" asks the immigration officer.
"German," she replies.
"Occupation?
"No, just here for a few days."
I dunno why I was thinking about this earlier - there was a thread years back on PH where you had to click on Wikipedia's 'Random Article' and see how many links it took to get to the Adolf Hitler page. The most links won.

My first random article was 'Poland'.

dudleybloke

20,428 posts

192 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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dudleybloke said:
Now I'm not usually one for conspiracys but one of the victims photos is that of one of the sandy hook shooting victims called Noah Pozner.








Edited by dudleybloke on Monday 5th January 22:23
You only live twice?