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As an 18 year old I considered myself to be a Christian. On joining at Dartmouth we were told that if we wanted to get anywhere in the service then we'd better be seen at church on sundays. This really, but really got up my nose, to be told how I should express my faith. Funny how such a higher number of general list cadets turned out for it than we SL(P)'s. I never went, except once when on a course with the crabs, to see if the padre was as funny in the pulpit as he was the mess.
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Good for you, delta96. It's about time the services dropped their institutional hocus-pocus and left everyone to their own beliefs. The first step would be to remove all the quasi-mandatory religious stuff from QRs. For example, if I wish to declare myself an atheist (which I am), QRs require my CO to send me for an interview with the padre (presumably in a final attempt to save my pitiful soul from eternal damnation). It'll be interesting to see what happens when I do get around to it.
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But the Yanks have bombed and shot countless (well, actually about 10, 000) unarmed civilians and kids and started this whole mess for oil and rebuilding contracts.
They still claim to be Christians. Sick
They still claim to be Christians. Sick
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OK, so maybe not in Kosovo but clearly in Afghanistan and Iraq it is.
The WMDs argument speaks for itself- ie none found (and i suppose the allies' WMDs are Weapons of Peace and Love?) and the human rights argument is just laughable- look at Iran, Central America and The Taliban as a few examples.
The WMDs argument speaks for itself- ie none found (and i suppose the allies' WMDs are Weapons of Peace and Love?) and the human rights argument is just laughable- look at Iran, Central America and The Taliban as a few examples.
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This isn't the right forum, but read UNSCR 687 and come back to me or drop by your Tac Int cell. No WMD? Check the BBC news
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I am probably in a minority of one on this site in being a daily reader of the Grudian, but this article may be of interest --and probably comes as a surprise to the "less than pragmatic" who comment here
makes an interesting read about said satanist
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0...337620,00.html
makes an interesting read about said satanist http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0...337620,00.html
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Talking about WMD:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3960813.stm
The claims made by HMG were bogus. Almost everybody I spoke to in uniform at the time thought so; I knew people being robbed of NBC kit in Cyprus at the same time that Blair was claiming that Saddam had a WMD capability threatening bases there. It is likely that Blair et al thought that
The Cabinet at the time should resign from government, Blair especially. This is not so much to do with past sins (which themselves are worthy of resignation) but with future threats. Will anyone believe Blair if he says, for example, that Iran are a threat to UK interests? I don't think so! I will not support any future efforts of Blairs, whether in uniform or in civvies!
As to the legality of the war and resolutions - Kofi Annan has said that in his opinion the war was not legal. Who is this upstart? Only the secretary-general!
Sorry just remembered this is not the thread!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3960813.stm
Intelligence has been used as a "PR tool" under Tony Blair's government, a former government expert has claimed.
John Morrison also said he did not regret speaking out on a BBC programme, even though it cost him his job.
He told Panorama that Tony Blair's claim Iraq posed a direct threat caused a "collective raspberry" in Whitehall.
John Morrison also said he did not regret speaking out on a BBC programme, even though it cost him his job.
He told Panorama that Tony Blair's claim Iraq posed a direct threat caused a "collective raspberry" in Whitehall.
The Cabinet at the time should resign from government, Blair especially. This is not so much to do with past sins (which themselves are worthy of resignation) but with future threats. Will anyone believe Blair if he says, for example, that Iran are a threat to UK interests? I don't think so! I will not support any future efforts of Blairs, whether in uniform or in civvies!
As to the legality of the war and resolutions - Kofi Annan has said that in his opinion the war was not legal. Who is this upstart? Only the secretary-general!
Sorry just remembered this is not the thread!
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Yeah, i regularly check BBC news, i found the following just now (these were the top search results for WMD, not dug up from some obscure section):
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Tony Blair has come under fire after an official report found Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction.
The Iraq Survey Group found no evidence he had chemical, biological or nuclear weapons when Iraq was invaded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3722290.stm
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US President George W Bush has said he was right to invade Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3724894.stm
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An official US report saying Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when US-led forces invaded has intensified the debate about justification for the war.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3722306.stm
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The Iraq Survey Group has finally laid to rest the central casus belli of the Iraq war.
In the most comprehensive report yet, the group, which is made up of more than 1,000 soldiers, intelligence analysts and experts, has concluded that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq at the time of the invasion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3722144.stm
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Iraq had no stockpiles of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons before last year's US-led invasion, the chief US weapons inspector has concluded.
Iraq Survey Group head Charles Duelfer said Iraq's nuclear capability had decayed not grown since the 1991 war. [Which takes care of your UNSCR687 question- 687 came into force in 1991!]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3718150.stm
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Hmmmm....
[Edited 17.05 Local - repitition (sp?) of same post]
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Tony Blair has come under fire after an official report found Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction.
The Iraq Survey Group found no evidence he had chemical, biological or nuclear weapons when Iraq was invaded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3722290.stm
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US President George W Bush has said he was right to invade Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3724894.stm
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An official US report saying Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when US-led forces invaded has intensified the debate about justification for the war.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3722306.stm
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The Iraq Survey Group has finally laid to rest the central casus belli of the Iraq war.
In the most comprehensive report yet, the group, which is made up of more than 1,000 soldiers, intelligence analysts and experts, has concluded that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq at the time of the invasion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3722144.stm
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Iraq had no stockpiles of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons before last year's US-led invasion, the chief US weapons inspector has concluded.
Iraq Survey Group head Charles Duelfer said Iraq's nuclear capability had decayed not grown since the 1991 war. [Which takes care of your UNSCR687 question- 687 came into force in 1991!]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3718150.stm
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Hmmmm....
[Edited 17.05 Local - repitition (sp?) of same post]
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Getting us back on thread...........
Can't see what the big deal with this Satanic bloke is, after all homosexuality is a far more heinous crime in they eyes most "blokes" and it's been prevalent in the "Fish Ed" fraternitiy for hundreds of years..........................I mean it's even on record that Nelson and his chum Hardy were on snogging terms
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Can't see what the big deal with this Satanic bloke is, after all homosexuality is a far more heinous crime in they eyes most "blokes" and it's been prevalent in the "Fish Ed" fraternitiy for hundreds of years..........................I mean it's even on record that Nelson and his chum Hardy were on snogging terms
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
