Bush wants Uk troops

[RedAnarchist]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1155986,00.html

I assume his little lapdog Blair wont hesitate to force British troops to fight under US command. Its bad enough that the aggressive US forces are making Iraq even worse than it already is, without them forcing British soldiers to fight for the Wanker in the White House.
Of course, Bush knows that if he defeats the insurgents before November 2, it might just get him re-elected. <_<

[dopediana]

yeah, i find this absolutely heinous. and if blair sends in more troops for bush just because they both know kerry´s assertion in the debates of the US covering 90% of the costs and casualties is valid, that is putting lives at risk for the pure sake of politics. and then if either blair or bush get re-elected i will eat my proverbial hat.

[h&s]

The thing is they are asking for so few troops, they don&#39;t actually need them. I mean 650 Tommies in Baghdad aren&#39;t really going to free up much manpower to assault Fallujah are they? (thats the official reason) The only real reason can be for Bush to persuade the American people that somehow their troops are in a real coalition, and that the US aren&#39;t &#39;going on their own.&#39;
Its just pre-&#39;election&#39; spin.... <_<

[Sovietsky Souyuz]

the americans might be given the black watch, one of the oldest and best scottish highland regiments, and yes its only 650 men, but think about it, american policy in iraq has lost them over a 1000 men ? thats an entire full british regiment.

650 black watch soldiers are easily the equal of those 1000 american infantry, simply because the british have a better policy when dealing with the locals, and when dealing with combat around civilians, the iraqis in some odd way respect the british for not being complete assholes whilst they occupy their area.

American Leftennant quoted in newspaper recently -

"well we kinda fly our helicopters around in the day and if they see anything they dont like, they blow it up"

British Major quote recently -

"we send small teams, with ladders and close support weapons, to clear individual buildings of the enemy, if contact occurs, small arms fire only is used, and then only until enemy fire ceases"

this is why i think that these 650 men could easily free up 2000 americans to go play kamikaze in fallujah

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2004, 02:11 PM
yeah, i find this absolutely heinous. and if blair sends in more troops for bush just because they both know kerry´s assertion in the debates of the US covering 90% of the costs and casualties is valid, that is putting lives at risk for the pure sake of politics. and then if either blair or bush get re-elected i will eat my proverbial hat.
Its sad to say but I think that they both will get re-elected, Blair almost for sure, Bush probably.

[BOZG]

Unfortunately so, it&#39;s not enough to be disliked in politics, there has to be an alternative that&#39;s seen as viable.

[Hate Is Art]

But there is no alternative, Blair hasn&#39;t done anything great but he is better then even the best tory.

Kerry is just Bush Lite.

[Reuben]

Am i the only one csuprised by the nationalist bullshit characterizing mch of this thread. The british army and the american army are both occupying armies working on behalf of bourgeios governments. I advise people to stop getting their knickers in a twist with regard to whether &#39;our lads&#39; are under the comand of american or british generals and get on with the more important task of opposing imperialism in general.

[Reuben]

Am i the only one csuprised by the nationalist bullshit characterizing mch of this thread. The british army and the american army are both occupying armies working on behalf of bourgeios governments. I advise people to stop getting their knickers in a twist with regard to whether &#39;our lads&#39; are under the comand of american or british generals and get on with the more important task of opposing imperialism in general.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by The Arcadian [email protected] 20 2004, 12:23 PM
But there is no alternative, Blair hasn&#39;t done anything great but he is better then even the best tory.

Kerry is just Bush Lite.
Nahh I would vote for Boris for the sheer comedy value...

[Scott M]

here tony...whistles...here tony...good boy&#33;&#33;

sit. now invade this country....good boy...heres a treat for you....(hands over a big mac)

now roll over...give us a paw.....other paw...some troops....who&#39;s a clever boy&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

here&#39;s a nice big bone for you...i cut it fresh from an Iraqi civilian child this morning.....Walkies&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; *they go round and round in circles*

its like a fucking episode of Wallace and Gromit&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

scott

[monkeydust]

It may well be a political manoeuvre, but, as Reuben said, it&#39;s hardly a major issue compared to the more general one of imperialism.

[Latifa]

Originally posted by Scott [email protected] 20 2004, 02:29 PM
here tony...whistles...here tony...good boy&#33;&#33;

sit. now invade this country....good boy...heres a treat for you....(hands over a big mac)

now roll over...give us a paw.....other paw...some troops....who&#39;s a clever boy&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

here&#39;s a nice big bone for you...i cut it fresh from an Iraqi civilian child this morning.....Walkies&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; *they go round and round in circles*

its like a fucking episode of Wallace and Gromit&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

scott
I hope that Bush is a responsible dog owner&#33;

[Scott M]

insert Blink 182 song, "i want to fuck a dog" here.

scott

[commiecrusader]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20 2004, 07:00 PM
It may well be a political manoeuvre, but, as Reuben said, it&#39;s hardly a major issue compared to the more general one of imperialism.
I don&#39;t think anyone would disagree with that, but for me, the issue isn&#39;t about whether &#39;my british homies&#39; die. It&#39;s just about the expansionism of the U.&#036;., the use of the U.K. as a sattellite state, and the fact that peoples lives are being used as propoganda. Fuck that shit yo.

[Funky Monk]

To be honest, i&#39;d be quite worried if Blair was making any descisions about troop placements. Fair enough, Bush has got an "excuse" but Blair is a politician and there is no way he should be getting involved in the technicalities of the occupation. I mean if you start a precedent like this you may eventually get someone like Boris with a say in how a confilct is fought.



Although, coming back to an earlier point, i&#39;d vote Boris in just for the Comedy value.