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Faithless 13th Sep 2014 23:24

Speechless -David Haines
 
Enough is enough. Time to act...........Gutted.......... for our ex serviceman's recent needless loss. Struggling for words.

phil9560 13th Sep 2014 23:39

Yep.Wearing thin.

Boudreaux Bob 13th Sep 2014 23:59

You folks are fortunate compared to those of us over here who got exactly a 42 second Sound Bite before our guy departed for his Tee Time.:mad:

Eezyboy 14th Sep 2014 00:23

Very sad news indeed.

Training Risky 14th Sep 2014 06:40

Agreed. Farewell fella, whereever you are now.

Per Ardua.

(Maybe if we didn't jail our own Marines for shooting insurgents under pressure, we might get enough people to, you know, actually join HM Forces and kill these extremist b*stards.)

dat581 14th Sep 2014 07:22

A bucket if sunshine for Northern Iraq sounds better every day.

Fg Off Bloggs 14th Sep 2014 08:14

Thermobaric - same effect but no fallout!

Pontius Navigator 14th Sep 2014 09:21

Sorry, but what is the story?

Shame that WMD kill innocents too; if only the innocents would rise up and kill the insurgents.

Fg Off Bloggs 14th Sep 2014 10:39

PN, I suspect dat581 was just using a polite version of the old adage: 'Nuke the bastards!' Then again, I may be wrong. Thermobaric, however, is a different kettle of fish and, properly targeted, would produce little or no collateral damage. It is not a WMD. Well, other than that it would kill masses of ISIS caught in its blast!

Duncan D'Sorderlee 14th Sep 2014 12:34

PN,

I suspect the OP is relating to the fact that David Haines - recently murdered by Islamist fanatics - was formerly a member of the RAF.

RIP.

Duncs:ok:

Pontius Navigator 14th Sep 2014 13:28

Bloggers, true, having just come from seminar where we discussed use of wmd against essentially innocent civilians.

Duncan, thank you, not really been connecting with the news.

ValMORNA 14th Sep 2014 20:28

Some may say, why not threaten to nuke Mecca. It might at least focus a few Arab leader's minds that it is not just 'our' war.

BBK 14th Sep 2014 21:08

As truly barbaric this was I think there may be some confusion here surrounding the poor chap who was murdered. It's not the ex 1 sqn chap.

smujsmith 14th Sep 2014 21:10

ValMORNA,

Interesting concept, and, much as I disliked the doctrine of Bush Jnr. The "with us or against us" argument might be valid in this instance. The only way that IS get any credibility is if Muslim states, and communities, stay silent and fail to condemn, and join any action against them. As we watch the horror of these murders, and witness outrageous perversions in our own Northern cities, it's not surprising that many decent people demand action to stop the downward slide in the standards our society holds as common decency.

Smudge

Halton Brat 15th Sep 2014 06:04

David Haines, ex RAF, slaughtered by IS
 
Mods, please feel free to merge the other thread (with a low-profile title) with this.

David Haines was clearly a credit to the RAF, his former Service.

He was one of us; this is now personal. I want to see total and overwhelming force deployed against these savages. Either do it now in the Land of Sand, or it will come to a High St near you soon..........

HB

Once A Brat 15th Sep 2014 06:31

BBK


You are correct....it is not Dave Haines, the one time boss of 1F; however, I understand from ex-colleagues that knew him that the poor soul that ISIS murdered is an ex-RAF rigger...........RIP Fella

BBK 15th Sep 2014 07:43

Onca a Brat

I understand now. Pure evil all the same. RIP.

BBK

Typhoon93 15th Sep 2014 07:47

A hundred-odd Trident missiles have been sitting in some bunker in Scotland for too long. It's time to see if they still work, if you know what I mean.........

Q-RTF-X 15th Sep 2014 08:47


“We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes,” he said. Cameron planned to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the British response.
And, "face justice" is not in a court room, it's having ones throat cut with a not too sharp knife then left to bleed out; on video !

Tiger G 15th Sep 2014 09:48

I wonder how Sadam would have dealt with them ?? Hmm ??


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