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Old 6th Jul 2020, 07:07
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brakedwell
 
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Originally Posted by oldpax
Now we have Saudi Arabia with its ultra modern air force ( supplied by?) Bombing the cr...p out of the Yemen and not much being done to stop civilians being killed other than a few feeble newspaper articles.
Hands up those who remember the conflict in the late sixties when the british were putting down an uprising in the same part of the world?No bad publicity then!
I agree with you about Saudi, but I spent two years stationed in Aden in the sixties. You are talking a load of rubbish, it was a defensive withdrawal spread over quite a long time and now they wish we were back!

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