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On and on and on they droned about vote-rigging in Iran just because the North Tehran Trendies' unpreferred candidate had won, even though the BBC had specifically instructed people not to vote for him. I mean, how dare they! Who do they think they are?
Well, tell me, where in Iran did any ballot box or polling station record a one hundred per cent vote for Ahmadinejad?
And how many British soldiers died "to bring democracy" (the latest excuse in Afghanistan - how many is it now?) to Iran?
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"And how many British soldiers died "to bring democracy" (the latest excuse in Afghanistan - how many is it now?) to Iran?"
ReplyDeleteWhat? The Iranian election was legitimate or it wasn't. Whether or not British soldiers died in pursuit of free and fair elections will not effect the honesty of the election. Many people find they can deplore injustice even when it doesn't directly involve their countrymen. I think it's called empathy.
But there was an awful lot of fuss from the usual suspects over Iran, for which no British soldier died, however much those supects wanted them to.
ReplyDeleteThere is none about Afghanistan, for which, egged on by those suspects, our soldiers have indeed died.
As I was travelling most of the day yesterday, I bought at one time or other the three good papers (Guardian, Independent and Times).
ReplyDeleteI noticed a letter in if I recall correctly the Indy which effectively called for British troops NOT to go to Afghanistan.
I wondered a little about this. In fact I actually thought about you David as I was reading it. I meant to tear out the letter and bring it home with me.
Any way it struck me as a strange legal position for the author.
Is calling on troops to effectively mutiny "legal" for a British subject to do?
While the War seems to be called "illegal" or indeed "legal" this seems to be by partizans rather than the Courts.
Can a Court actually decide or is the position that force authorised by Ministers/Parliament is de facto legal.
Has it actually been tested at all?
Observing at a distance, I think most British people are in a Wootton Basset frame of mind. Not convinced by legality, they are not in any mood to openly call for withdrawal as this seems to be disloyal.
While there is a weekly return of bodies in mostly twos and threes, I cannot see any change.
One major disaster, for example the crashing of a transport plane carrying troops might sway opinion.
If a War is "illegal" (and again I dont know how a court CAN legislate the partisan nature of the question) there appears an imperative to actually say something to save young lives.