Re: Muslim extremists chant as soldiers march in Luton
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:44 pm
max_tranmere wrote:
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Not only is it unacceptable, Max - it also shows just how ignorant they are by accusing the soldiers of being "baby-killers" and all the rest of it.
Why? Because UK soldiers in Basra are now to all intents and purposes engaged only in training up the Iraqi Army within the confines of bases - not going out on combat patrols. The great irony is that none of those army guys parading through the streets of Luton had actually fired a shot in anger.
Afghanistan of course is a different situation, with civilians sometimes getting caught in the crossfire. But equally, I don't see any of these Islamists protesting the atrocities perpetrated by the Taliban, i.e. murder and mutiliation of those local Afghans they see as being opposed to them.
That appears not to matter one jot to those protestors the other day. Otherwise - surely - they'd have something to say about that as well, and be equally "outraged" by it.
- Eric
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Not only is it unacceptable, Max - it also shows just how ignorant they are by accusing the soldiers of being "baby-killers" and all the rest of it.
Why? Because UK soldiers in Basra are now to all intents and purposes engaged only in training up the Iraqi Army within the confines of bases - not going out on combat patrols. The great irony is that none of those army guys parading through the streets of Luton had actually fired a shot in anger.
Afghanistan of course is a different situation, with civilians sometimes getting caught in the crossfire. But equally, I don't see any of these Islamists protesting the atrocities perpetrated by the Taliban, i.e. murder and mutiliation of those local Afghans they see as being opposed to them.
That appears not to matter one jot to those protestors the other day. Otherwise - surely - they'd have something to say about that as well, and be equally "outraged" by it.
- Eric