@drive73
Don't get me wrong the US has vast interests too, but let's not pretend the US is just sailing around in others waters with no prior invite..
Yup. I have an idea of how those "invites" are obtained.
When those "invites" don't come along, the absence of democracy in these un-inviting countries suddenly becomes an issue. Suddenly the dictators cease to be legitimate leaders. All of a sudden former allies turn into foes. And then lies are spread around to justify illegal military campaigns.
On the other hand, sky is the limit for the ambitions of a friendly dictator. They are allowed to loot their own countries with impunity. Even genocides are looked over.
The events of these days actually show that for some people, a friendly dictator was much more desirable than a democratically elected government that disagrees with them. That is because the dictator was letting them in to his country for some "snacks" while the democratic government wants to keep the "snacks" for its own citizens.
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The thief won't kill the watchman if he leaves the door open for him. If not then ..........
@BeCareful
all due respect to General Khalfan, but when you say you interviewed one side only, and you believe their version without so much as taking into account that there are two sides, let alone looking into the other side... you just lost all credibility.
Where did i say that i am considering only one side of the story? If somebody is providing a point of view, is it ok to
assume that he/she has decided not to consider other angles of approach?
Anyways, from your point of view the list of "the discredited" should now include:
1) Dubai Police
2) Various newspapers
3) The fishermen who were on the scene
4) H2SO4
Who else?
Or maybe it will be lesser work to just fill in the blank below.
Everybody is liar except ............(?)