General Chat

OFITG,

I agree

THAT has a great deal to do with the situation today......
but those decisions were made(allegedly) by government,

NOT the man in the street.....

Just because there are 2 or 3 bad apples in the barrel you cannot blame all the other apples for that, and on the issue of the heinous murders, such as that of the aid worker David Haines, sadly the UK played it's part in creating the current situation that has led to the rise of extremist groups like IS .

The policies of the West, in particular the policy of the US and the UK, to bring about a regime change in Iraq - by toppling Saddam Hussein. This left a huge leadership vacuum at the top in Iraq - although Saddam Hussein is reputed to have been a brutal dictator - he did keep extremist groups like IS under control.

so the journalists and aid workers' families are guilty of what?

Sadly, whatever happens, innocent people will suffer.

But not something that's punishing innocent people.

well SOMETHING has to be done...........

Wouldn't make any difference to the fanatics, Bob.

They aren't rational human beings. And families have condemned their children who become terrorists, hardly fair to them.

Bob you can't hold a whole family responsible for the actions of one member of it,

what about the female jihadist whose family has publicly begged her to come home?

I missed the OP post - I have never known Sharron to start a thread which would casue offence :-S

I didn't copy it, all my own ideas, such as they are.

That was more or less it thank you, although I can't remember exactly how I put it.

I think I pointed out that there are still people suffering in Pakistan who were affected by devastating floods not very long after the 9/11 atrocity and may even still not know of that event.

They, however, are still suffering because people were none too keen to put their hands in their pockets for Muslim people in trouble.

I think that if they can definitely identify the families of these Jihadists, then THEY should be taken into custody.................and held........in the tower

and please don't riposte by saying "These families are innocent"


so were the victims...

Seems odd that it would be reported. Don't think GR will have a problem with that.

Guinevere, it was, perhaps Sharron copied it?

basically it was that she understood why a people would act for their cause ( eg the same way we would if Britain was invaded)
but that there is / would be "no sense" in killing people who are there to try and help your countrymen.

Sharron if that is not the gist of what you said please correct me.

post it again Sharron please

It was a sort of overview and I didn't say I was in favour of anything.

well someone was quick off the mark

I didn't read it, Rose, was it about terrorists killing hostages?

Just to say I read the post and can not see why it was reported. I was thinking about answering, but my only answer could be that there "is no sense" in killing those who are giving aid to your people.

Eh?

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