British Troops pull out of Basra

[Lamp]

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | UK Basra base exit 'not a defeat'

I don't think its a defeat. I personally think its the right thing to do. Its a war of attitrition. Will take years and years to settle Iraq. Civil war was always innevitable. Call it a strategic withdrawal and let Bush sulk and fume as much as he wants.

 

[CorNokZ]

About time innit?

Let Bush have their wars to themselves tbh

 

[ilaya]

aye its red con now.. dont need a fg inside.

 

[DocWolfe]

Bad idea in my opinion... will just decend into chaos again... especially if the corrupt iraqi police have anything to do with it.

 

[swords]

Basra not pregnant?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Take out all foreign troops, let them handle it themselves.

Simple enough.

And the way every nation should work.

Let people, without some superpower interfering, handle their own situations as long as it keeps in their own country.

 

[kivik]

Good, just need US to fuck off too

 

[DocWolfe]

Take out all foreign troops, let them handle it themselves.

Simple enough.

And the way every nation should work.

Let people, without some superpower interfering, handle their own situations as long as it keeps in their own country.

In these sorts of situations where extremism is rife... national moral is low... all it takes is someone who can say the right words and people will make them a leader. The next Hitler... the next Sadam... the next Mugabe?

 

[kivik]

The next Hitler... the next Sadam... the next Mugabe?

The next Bush?

 

[DocWolfe]

The next Bush?

A little more originality please. Bush was voted into power... and by no means will people suicide bomb for him.

 

[kivik]

A little more originality please. Bush was voted into power... and by no means will people suicide bomb for him.

So was Hitler if I'm not completly mistaken?

And right he doesn't get people to suicide bomb for him, he get people to drop bomb from planes, sorry.

 

[Cylian]

A little more originality please. Bush was voted into power... and by no means will people suicide bomb for him.

it's been his CIA-connected-daddy that got him in there! they faked the elections until those guys that actually would've won gave up!111oneone *cough*




P.S. as I think of it, that's actually true

 

[DocWolfe]

So was Hitler if I'm not completly mistaken?

And right he doesn't get people to suicide bomb for him, he get people to drop bomb from planes, sorry.

You are completely mistaken... he was never voted to power. He demanded that he be appointed chancellor of Germany after he lost the vote. Through intimidation and elimination of the competion he became ruler.

 

[preacherboy]

They have moved out? big WOW? they still there close by on call out?

 

[Jarahl]

Thank fuck they decided that finally.

Basrah is a shithole, pull every foreign troop out of iraq and let them destroy themselves I say

 

[CorNokZ]

Thank fuck they decided that finally.

Basrah is a shithole, pull every foreign troop out of iraq and let them destroy themselves I say

:wub:

Listen to the soldier guys!

Now focus on pulling out of Afghanistan before my big brother goes next august

 

[old.Tohtori]

In these sorts of situations where extremism is rife... national moral is low... all it takes is someone who can say the right words and people will make them a leader. The next Hitler... the next Sadam... the next Mugabe?

handle their own situations as long as it keeps in their own country.

Well whoever rises, hopefully they read better

 

[gohan]

maybe it was about to cum?

 

[cHodAX]

I pulled out of Docwolfe today but that didn't make the BBC News website!

 

[Thornbeard]

Thank fuck they decided that finally.

Basrah is a shithole, pull every foreign troop out of iraq and let them destroy themselves I say

ah but what about the OIL!!!!!

 

[kirennia]

ah but what about the OIL!!!!!

Send the troops over to the arctic?

 

[Dukat]

Send the troops over to the arctic?

No ffs! I'm joining the army so I get to go somewhere warm not the fucking arctic!!!

Keep in the middle east, the weather's better there!

On a more serious note - considering the size of our armed forces (28th largest in the world iirc), we really needed to pull out of somewhere, what with basra, helmand and any other commitments we have at the moment.

Its all very well for america with its "superpower" economy to be running around spreading its own brand of gung-ho freedom to anywhere thier demented leader decides to point on his "childrens colour atlas of the world", but for us its just not as easy, we've not got as much funding, or as much manpower, and considering the amount we've done the american's should really be a little more understanding.

 

[Gamah]

Thank fuck they decided that finally.

Basrah is a shithole, pull every foreign troop out of iraq and let them destroy themselves I say

It's our fault they are in this state of instability.

 

[Case]

We invaded totally screwed up the country and now we leave it in a far worse state than when we went in..

We should be doing whatever it takes to try and fix what we broke in the first place instead of leaving the millions of innocent iraqi's at the mercy of whichever terrorist leader manages to take power. I was against the invasion when it first happened but now we're there it`s our responsibility to fix it.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Its all very well for america with its "superpower" economy to be running around spreading its own brand of gung-ho freedom to anywhere thier demented leader decides to point on his "childrens colour atlas of the world", but for us its just not as easy, we've not got as much funding, or as much manpower, and considering the amount we've done the american's should really be a little more understanding.

Actually, fun fact, USA is in more debt then the UK and is getting more so even as we speak.

They can't afford the "war", they can't afford to do sh*t all really and taking all into consideration, they're probably the first of the "welfare countries" to drop down a couple of numbers. Maybe past iraq even.

Even if not "accurate" info, this is fun.