Hangarshuffle
27th Jan 2016, 20:45
Good evening fellows,back again to this. Thread was deleted last time because it was upsetting someone. But, try again - its still a free country.
Did anyone else see the Channel 4 news this evening? An air weapon clearly marked with the words "Marconi" and other English language words was recovered from post air strike debris, I think within the last few days in the Yemen.
Result of an air strike. C4 did comment that recent attacks had killed an anti Al Qaeda judge and his family, and a MSF ambulance driver. Hardly our enemies.
What is happening? Dare anyone say?
PM Cameron was quick to comment today that UK armed forces are not directly involved (I think that's what he said) in supporting or directing war within the Yemen. Careful choice of words.
Little in this in the news-papers tonight. Some people care little if our sold weapons kill and maim abroad as long as some make money, and/or it follows along at certain loosely framed strategy. But I'm still not one of them.
But it fills me with dread if its true. If we are supporting and directing war here on behalf of Saud. If this is what we as an industrial country are coming to? We sit on the UN security council. We are supposed to promote peace (I still somewhere hope).
Having met them, I don't particularly regard Saudis as my friends.
Q. But are we directly supporting them (Saud) in an air war in the north Yemen?
Q. As this the correct thing for us to do? Morally?
Only trying to relay what I think I saw on C4.
HS -someone has to have this thread started, this is a military section of Prune.
p.s. If this thread is deleted, Prune has had it as an organ.
Anyway, sacking it. Its too late and its been a tough old day. Goodnight.
Did anyone else see the Channel 4 news this evening? An air weapon clearly marked with the words "Marconi" and other English language words was recovered from post air strike debris, I think within the last few days in the Yemen.
Result of an air strike. C4 did comment that recent attacks had killed an anti Al Qaeda judge and his family, and a MSF ambulance driver. Hardly our enemies.
What is happening? Dare anyone say?
PM Cameron was quick to comment today that UK armed forces are not directly involved (I think that's what he said) in supporting or directing war within the Yemen. Careful choice of words.
Little in this in the news-papers tonight. Some people care little if our sold weapons kill and maim abroad as long as some make money, and/or it follows along at certain loosely framed strategy. But I'm still not one of them.
But it fills me with dread if its true. If we are supporting and directing war here on behalf of Saud. If this is what we as an industrial country are coming to? We sit on the UN security council. We are supposed to promote peace (I still somewhere hope).
Having met them, I don't particularly regard Saudis as my friends.
Q. But are we directly supporting them (Saud) in an air war in the north Yemen?
Q. As this the correct thing for us to do? Morally?
Only trying to relay what I think I saw on C4.
HS -someone has to have this thread started, this is a military section of Prune.
p.s. If this thread is deleted, Prune has had it as an organ.
Anyway, sacking it. Its too late and its been a tough old day. Goodnight.