tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7796661398079102047..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: End of the Bush/Blair DoctrineMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53010049238526494932014-08-08T12:20:13.191+01:002014-08-08T12:20:13.191+01:00TS. Good point.TS. Good point.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-79835894624329570752014-08-08T11:18:21.826+01:002014-08-08T11:18:21.826+01:00Lola,
And Rwanda was pretty much the same.
Count...Lola,<br /><br />And Rwanda was pretty much the same.<br /><br />Countries need to broadly be about one people. The Scots may moan about the English, but the vote is almost certain to stay as remaining in the UK because the Scottish identity is ultimately a sub-identity like being a Yorkshireman, Cornishman or Scouser.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-48170384873964033522014-08-08T10:47:30.292+01:002014-08-08T10:47:30.292+01:00they will turn on each other
Isn't that the p...<i>they will turn on each other</i><br /><br />Isn't that the plan? I thought it was Bin Laden that wanted a united middle east and north africa?<br /><br />How else <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra_prison_incident" rel="nofollow">do you explain what was going on here</a>?Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46483475484502107742014-08-08T10:02:46.560+01:002014-08-08T10:02:46.560+01:00On top of which ethnic divisions were imposed the ...On top of which ethnic divisions were imposed the post WW1 boundaries which cross all those tribal areas.<br /><br />So the clusterfuck has been a long time in the making.<br /><br />This is Iraq/Iran/Syria breaking up and returning to various caliphates along marginally differing Islamic sectarian lines.<br /><br />The problem is the poor souls caught in the middle who are not part of any of these sects - the Christians for example. <br /><br />IMHO you just let them get on with it whilst doing your humanitarian best for the victims.<br /><br />Arguably the same can be seen in the Ukraine / Russia nonsense.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-73349264554807996842014-08-08T07:50:32.666+01:002014-08-08T07:50:32.666+01:00Agreed. Especially the point about Northern Irelan...Agreed. Especially the point about Northern Irelan, we haven't even managed to "impose democracy" in Northern Irelan, so heck knows why anybody imagines we can do it in the Middle East.<br /><br />@ IH, they will turn on each other. Muslims love nothing more than killing each other.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14546840019959058312014-08-08T00:19:26.907+01:002014-08-08T00:19:26.907+01:00I wonder who they'll persecute when there'...I wonder who they'll persecute when there's no-one left to persecute?Ian Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619977137431223237noreply@blogger.com