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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    It seems that those in the military disagree with you Gelson. Perhaps they have more at stake, such as seeing their men put in undue danger, and have a more nuanced understanding of the situation than bedroom military strategists like yourself...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    The same flawed thinking led to Al-Qaeda being an organisation of just a few hundred pre-9/11 to one of thousands in the proceding decade. ISIS, like Al-Qaeda is not a top down organisation that has control of cells around the world. Small cells/groups in other parts of the world subscribe to...
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    Refugee crisis

    Erm, no. Of course we fucking wouldn't. pre/during WWII men were conscripted into a well trained, well equipped, modern, professional and established army. A far fucking cry from "some weapons and basic training". Have you never seen a war film ManCitizens?!?! In the entire history of...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Since the last article I posted went down so well, I thought I'd offer you another comment piece. Again, sorry if it doesn't fit in with your comforting goodies vs baddies model of the situation in Syria, but few things in life are ever that simple.
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    The following quote is an extract from Jason Burke's new book "The New Threat from Islamic Militancy" I'm posting it in the vain hope it allows the more gung-ho posters to gain a more nuanced understanding of the clusterfuck that is Syria and IS. However I'm not holding my breath. I'll...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Hit the nail on the head.
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Somewhere in Lincolnshire
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    To clarify the quote, for the benefit of the cerebrally challenged on here, the events for which this pair had been allegedly plotting were the VE day in May, Armed Forces day in June and VJ day commemorations in mid-August. All of which occurred BEFORE the drone strike. Now unless that pair of...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Yeah, bombs are clever nowadays and their blast radius intelligently misses any innocent men, women and children. There's no way whatsoever that any innocent will get harmed. None. Nada. Zilch. But it's alright, Germany and France will step in and pick up the pieces of the humanitarian...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Unfortunately Monkfish, a well thought out, reasoned, historically pertinent and nuanced outlook as you have is lost on the CoD brigade whose first reaction to any event is "Load up the guns, round up the horses, we gonna shoot us some injuns! Yeeha!" The world is a simple place for simple...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    I think you mistake a concern for the norms and conventions of law and statehood with contrariness.
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Unerring faith in the decisions and actions of our state is a very unhealthy attitude. I'd rather be a "contrary knob end" than end up supporting military intervention on the back of a pack of lies, a la Iraq in 2003. Are you aware that one of the assassinated men was actually reported as...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    The only chair Tony Blair should be sat in is the one in the dock at The Hague.
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    But if it had been groups in, say, Iran both vocally and financially supporting IS, you can bet your bottom oil-dollar that there'd be moves to impose ball-breaking sanctions on the nation, or even hawks suggesting military attacks. However, due to business interests we don't pursue, or even...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Fair enough. On another pouint, I wonder if it's the same "intelligence" agents that we were told had uncovered Saddam's ability to launch an attack on the UK in 45 minutes?
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Saudi Wahabism is a major funder of IS. There's no doubt about that.
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Just playing Devil's advocate here, but what level of "severity of threat" did he pose whilst in a desert 2,800 miles away? I can understand your argument that if he was stood outside Buck House with a pipe bomb ready to fire then he would more than likely be shot, but it'd be a pretty big...
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    British jihadists killed in RAF drone strike

    Why's it bollocks? Seems to sum up the whole imbroglio perfectly well and is factually correct. From the Daily Fail as well. What bit's do you disagree with?
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    Refugee crisis

    A few cretinous simpletons on here are of the same opinion, despite having the facts of the case laid out before them.
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    Refugee crisis

    Bayern Munich donate 1m Euros to help refugees in city: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/03/bayern-munich-donate-migrants

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