tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post3016503814836371022..comments2009-09-17T21:08:18.335-04:00Comments on On Wings of Eagles: Questions for Her Majesty's SailorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-25615616835063609372008-01-08T03:39:00.000-05:002008-01-08T03:39:00.000-05:00QUESTIONS FOR THE US NAVY.Ho ho ho, how the tables...QUESTIONS FOR THE US NAVY.<BR/><BR/>Ho ho ho, how the tables have turned, the mighty US Navy scared of a few box wielding motorboats. What a threat they must have been to warships festooned with missiles, choppers etc. How much braver they must have been than the vastly better armed US sailors who were obviously quaking in their boots when confronted by such a deadly foe. Those Iranian balls must be huge by comparison with the US version.<BR/>Shades of Tonkin or what?<BR/>Just the Septic Tanks trying to start another war as usual, against a country which gave up it's nuclear weapons programme 4 years ago, oh yeah but then again Dumb Dubya forgot to tell us that didn't he? Hmm I wonder why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-84669908157045801722007-09-10T00:32:00.000-04:002007-09-10T00:32:00.000-04:00Hey guess what, Dumb Dubya has just visited Austra...Hey guess what, Dumb Dubya has just visited Australia for the APEC summit. While he was here he said how glad he was to be at the OPEC(?) meeting and he called Australia Austria.. Tell me what does it feel like to have a C in C and president who has an IQ smaller than his shoe size? How does it feel to be the laughing stock of the planet as a result? Are you happy to die to increase the profits of Halliburton, KBR et al? When will there be a return to US Isolationism? (as the rest of us can't wait). Are the US generals just whinging about the British Army (THE MOST PROFFESIONAL ARMY IN THE WORLD)withdrawing because now there won't be any real soldiers left in Iraq, or is it just because they are jealous and want to go home too? And what are Delta force going to do when the SAS have gone and there is no one to hold their hands, train them and show them what to do? Also are you satisfied with the bottomless pit you've dug for yourselves? However don't fret too much as when the pits full enough with US bodies you'll be able to step out. Oh yeah Austria (see above) is about to have a change of Gov't, and then we'll be going home too. You guys watch far too many John Wayne movies but tell me, do you also cross dress like he did?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-51751491359843499912007-04-24T12:52:00.000-04:002007-04-24T12:52:00.000-04:00Look at what you are 'fighting'for. http://www.gu...Look at what you are 'fighting'for. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-26550127181138280982007-04-23T02:08:00.000-04:002007-04-23T02:08:00.000-04:00Gee thanks for letting me be angry about your lous...Gee thanks for letting me be angry about your lousy countries lousy war, so nice of you. Regarding terrorism, well the Yanks are the worlds biggest terrorists, have been for decades. As long as the buildings being flown into are in the USA then I couldn't give a #$%@ . The only people I see mocking and belittling are the ones who insist that their guns will only be removed from their cold dead hands. America and Americans stance on gun ownership serves perfectly as a reinforcement of world opinion. That being America is a violent, arrogant, selfish, greedy, bullying, ignorant warmonger that is never happy unless it is involved in mass bloodshed in some way. A nation that was born in a war for corporate interests, and has lived almost constantly in a state of the same ever since (gotta keep those profits up). A nation that has installed, trained and supported some of the biggest repressive dictators who have ever lived and have actively destroyed democracy wherever they find it. You have chosen, as indicated by your career, to not think but to mindlessly repeat the dogma espoused by the cretins who have always held sway in the good ol'US of A. So yes I am better than that while you on the other hand are most plainly not. As for the blogging, what's the matter? you can't deal with dissent, everyone has to agree with you I suspect. If you really can't stand to be disagreed with then why ask for comments? I suspect that this is another indication of your democratic credentials so if you can't take the heat then get out of the fire. I suggest you learn Chinese as that, love it or loathe it, IS the future and even that brainless alco' coke head in the White house (the one you're so willing to die for) knows that and is SCARED. This comment will now be removed, because the blogger, being American can't take a difference of opinion and can only handle AGREEMENT, and wants to stifle debate. He also thinks that as it's his site if no one else will play by his rules then he'll pick up his ball and go home. Get off the net mate you haven't got the psychology for it. PATHETIC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-43409342940382941072007-04-17T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-17T12:24:00.000-04:00D Moore, Agent Orange, guy from Melbourne...You ar...D Moore, Agent Orange, guy from Melbourne...<BR/><BR/>You are welcome to be angry. You can be mad about the war. Disagree.<BR/><BR/>Comments encouraging terrorism though... do you really want that?<BR/><BR/>You want more people flying more planes into buildings?<BR/><BR/>You really want to mock and belittle the latest tragedy in the US?<BR/><BR/>Somehow, I think you're better than that.<BR/><BR/>But, if not... start a blog. Share YOUR views.<BR/><BR/>I read everything you write, but I'm not going to have it up on the blog. It's not that kind of blog.<BR/><BR/>It's just invective, and there are plenty of places for it.SCEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163045845623090983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-57706620836978559352007-04-17T07:40:00.000-04:002007-04-17T07:40:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-91126704076454887832007-04-11T22:35:00.000-04:002007-04-11T22:35:00.000-04:00D Moore wrote the aboveD Moore wrote the aboveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-11948080350009369882007-04-11T22:32:00.000-04:002007-04-11T22:32:00.000-04:00Oh yeah I forgot you're American, a people to whom...Oh yeah I forgot you're American, a people to whom the word's damn or hell are considered swearing. Yet war, violence and mass death and destruction are normal. I find it hard to believe that you could not have removed/replaced whatever offending remark there was (whatever that was), and left the essence of the message. So I think you are lying and as said before can't take it.....PS my cousin was killed, blown to pieces in Iraq by an IED, fighting in one of your precious wars. He was a member of the (wimpy) British army, he left a wife and 2 children under 8. So mate the hell to you and your lousy country, the whole world despises you and that retard you call a president. Get used to it. You will know no doubt remove this as well. PPS How many IED's in Virginia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-60645664826684455542007-04-09T20:35:00.000-04:002007-04-09T20:35:00.000-04:00David Moore (and others),Can take it. Your commen...David Moore (and others),<BR/>Can take it. Your comment was removed, sadly, for the choice you made on the language you included. I don't mind a dissenting view. I just ask that it stay civil.<BR/><BR/>Clean, calm opposing comments stay; abusive, or offensive go.<BR/><BR/>You'll note that not all comments get deleted, even the ones which disagree with me vehemently.SCEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163045845623090983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-59353041088023377892007-04-09T13:59:00.000-04:002007-04-09T13:59:00.000-04:00"Questions for the US forces" What's the matt..."Questions for the US forces" What's the matter Yank, can't you take it? and you call the Royal Navy weak. Lucky they're not as weak as you. It's called criticism, but then you lot think your above that don't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-19446881251748123122007-04-09T12:38:00.000-04:002007-04-09T12:38:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-56944425792870296472007-04-08T07:57:00.000-04:002007-04-08T07:57:00.000-04:00The best possible outcome was acheived the 15 came...The best possible outcome was acheived the 15 came home safe and sound. Overreaction gets people killed. I hope that lessons have been learned through this incident. I would say that we, in the west, should establish dialogue with Iran and do not tale a silly belligerant stance all the time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-39561574414877500772007-04-07T11:10:00.000-04:002007-04-07T11:10:00.000-04:00The sailors had neither radio nor sight contact wi...The sailors had neither radio nor sight contact with HMS Cornwall, as the waters were too shallow for HMS Cornwall to be closer.<BR/><BR/>The faults lie at ranks above these sailors, in my view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-1662732755526069532007-04-07T02:10:00.000-04:002007-04-07T02:10:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-35895146400440519412007-04-06T17:17:00.000-04:002007-04-06T17:17:00.000-04:00Resisting "the enemy" by any means possible is wel...Resisting "the enemy" by any means possible is well and good if you are already at war. But if the British sailors had fired on the Iranians, they might well have been <B>starting</B> a war, which is very different from <B>continuing</B> one.<BR/><BR/>War with Iran would have serious and unpredictable consequences, including the likely deaths of thousands of Iranians (who are not responsible for the stupidity of their government) and hundreds of Allied soliders, further destabilisation of Iraq, disruption of vital oil shipments from the Persian Gulf, and perhaps irreversible damage to the strategic positions of the USA and UK. Blundering into such a war, without adequate planning and preparation, would be playing into the hands of the most irrational elements of the Iranian government -- the very same ones who captured the British sailors and marines.<BR/><BR/>(Also, consider the recent war in Lebanon -- widely agreed to have been disastrous for Israel and beneficial to Hezbollah, and started in an uncompromising attempt to free a single prisoner. Or for that matter, another war, started in 1914 over the assassination of a single Austrian Archduke. Good ideas, in hindsight? I think not.)<BR/><BR/>Bearing all this in mind, I suspect the British were ordered to exercise the utmost restraint if confronted by Iranians. IMHO this could require as much moral courage as going down with all guns blazing. (Incidentally, I'd like to see you call a Royal Marine a coward and weakling to his face... you obviously don't know any of them personally...)<BR/><BR/>Just a few thoughts before you get too comfortable on your high horse.Iain Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071209220322180991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-57436242726160585162007-04-06T10:48:00.000-04:002007-04-06T10:48:00.000-04:00It could have been worse, the British soldiers cou...It could have been worse, the British soldiers could have cried on TV - like the blubbing US marine Seargent Ladell Maples who was forced to state his appreciation of the Islamic Reveolution following the occupation of the US embassy in Tehran. Perhaps he lost his guidebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-69098833712594747952007-04-06T09:40:00.000-04:002007-04-06T09:40:00.000-04:00The west...has gone...wimpy.The west...has gone...wimpy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435291470107923940.post-48882082366247233372007-04-05T23:29:00.000-04:002007-04-05T23:29:00.000-04:00Well said, Mr. SC. Well said.AndreaWell said, Mr. SC. Well said.<BR/><BR/>AndreaAndrea Shea Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096392660279770757noreply@blogger.com