Terrorism

[How bad boy]

What is it?

Excellent piece by Glenn Greenwald about this today in the light of the machete attach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-terrorism-blowback

 

[poulgorm]

What is it?

Excellent piece by Glenn Greenwald about this today in the light of the machete attach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-terrorism-blowback

It is only "excellent" if you agree with it.

The points he makes are valid enough. The problem is that many Arab states are sitting on massive riches: yet they manage to squander the whole lot away, governed by either murderous dictatorships or by religious fanatics. The seem to be in the same place as Catholics / Protestants were in the 15 and 1600s - we have moved on, they haven't.

I have been in only one Arab / Muslim country - and that was for just 3 weeks, a few years ago (Egypt). So my experience is limited. All I can say is that I did not like what I saw there.

I would not like to to live under an Islamist government.

 

[liam2me]

What is it?

Excellent piece by Glenn Greenwald about this today in the light of the machete attach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-terrorism-blowback

So the collective washing of hands of the guilty left begins!

 

[westieboyo]

What is it?

Excellent piece by Glenn Greenwald about this today in the light of the machete attach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-terrorism-blowback

No mention of warmonger Blair I see.

 

[liam2me]

No mention of warmonger Blair I see.

The left never do! He's one of their own

 

[westieboyo]

The left never do! He's one of their own

You left out the word "Champagne" just before the word "left".

 

[How bad boy]

The left never do! He's one of their own

You funny.
Greenwald is not exactly a traditional labour (or should that be labor?) voter.

 

[liam2me]

You funny.
Greenwald is not exactly a traditional labour (or should that be labor?) voter.

We were talking about Blair!

 

[westieboyo]

You funny.
Greenwald is not exactly a traditional labour (or should that be labor?) voter.

I prefer to call them Liebour.

 

[How bad boy]

It is only "excellent" if you agree with it.

The points he makes are valid enough. The problem is that many Arab states are sitting on massive riches: yet they manage to squander the whole lot away, governed by either murderous dictatorships or by religious fanatics. The seem to be in the same place as Catholics / Protestants were in the 15 and 1600s - we have moved on, they haven't.

I have been in only one Arab / Muslim country - and that was for just 3 weeks, a few years ago (Egypt). So my experience is limited. All I can say is that I did not like what I saw there.

I would not like to to live under an Islamist government.

The point is on the expansion of the term terrorist to individuals with knives in London.

That is a frightening expansion of the term especially when you consider the legal short cuts made in the name of the 'war on terror'.

Anti terror laws are used in Britain against people breaking the rules on refuse.

Its easy to argue that terrorists deserve no rights, which is what the UK and US governments have been pushing for years.
Now non white nuts with knives are terrorists.

We're only a tiny jump from the general application of those 'special' laws to the general population