Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
So what?
BXP is already down to 13% in the polls and when the campaign gets underway they'll lose at least another 5-6% as people will understand there's only one way Brexit can be secured and that's with Boris.
Ah, but do people want Brexit, or do they want Brexit? If they want Brexit, they should vote for the Brexit Party. But if they want Brexit instead, it's got to be the Tories. It's not clear whether the DUP are more in favour of Brexit or Brexit (probably either will do) but it's possible that they actually want a third option -- Brexit -- which is a lot more like Brexit than Brexit, but with subtle differences.
What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
Er, they bore the brunt of the fighting against ISIS!
Yes, but everyone knows the Kurds like a good fight.
I think the point Trump is making is that they can't like a good fight that much. Why weren't they at Hastings, Agincourt, Waterloo or Balaclava?
They weren’t down Romford high street last Friday night either.
ah Romford high street, such memories.....
I live 8 minutes away and haven’t been there in 5 years. Old memories are all I’ll have of that dump now. The new Dagenham
Question: if the woman involved in the alleged car crash in Northants sets foot in any country where the Queen is head of state, such as Barbados or Canada, could she be extradited to the UK?
It’s had a fair deal of coverage here on NPR, reported fairly straight. But the clear consensus is that there is no way she’ll lose her protection or immunity.
I bet if the same thing were to happen in reverse the Americans would un-ironically demand that we waive immunity.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
I think liz would make a good speaker. She’s probably equal distance from both front benches right now, no political career left in the Labour Party for someone so blairite, and I think the right personality for a speaker. Far better choice than Harman imo
For God's sake everyone: get a six week extension and have the F*CKING election.
And then we at least stand a chance of having a government. I almost don't care what hue right now, so long as we get a new selection of MPs.
A six week extension for a GE will just lead to a further extension after the GE to allow whatever government is elected to pursue it's version of Brexit or Ref2. (Unless the LDs win a majority, in which case 6 weeks should be enough time to Revoke.)
Excepting a LD miracle, six months is the minimum extension period the EU should be offering imo.
We don't know whether the Lib Dem pledge to revoke A50 via prerogative power is legal. It would certainly end up in the Supreme Court via a reverse Miller case brought by Brexiters. Given the implications of either the Supreme Court or CJEU finding we had actually left by accident months down the line I'd expect even a Lib Dem majority government would need to extend to cover themselves. And a Lib Dem majority government would see some remarkably unexpected people elected. There may be several Stephen Lloyds in there so a majority Lib Dem government may not have a majority for a Revoke Act.
They could simply pass an Act akin to the 'European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017' empowering the PM to revoke A50.
Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
So it would seem, but Farage is wrong - very clearly so in my opinion.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
And he's not getting any younger. I saw him on the news the other day and he's looking really quite old now.
Time won't wait for him forever. This could be his final shot to be PM and he knows it.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
The only question needed about the Kurds is "What does Putin want?" The rest explains itself.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
That’s a plausible argument to make (even though he has made the wrong decision)
You find his argument plausible? About Normandy and all?
He’s not going to end up in an orange jump suit. 🙁. His lawyer will plead insanity and keep him out of jail.
What Charles is saying is that Trump is using Normandy as a metaphor. He badly misspoke, but his point does make sense. If he'd said 'What you have to understand is that whist the Kurds were fighting alongside us, it wasn't like we were storming the beaches at Normandy together - they were fighting for their land, acting in their own self interest.'
I agree that the USA's treatment of the Kurds has been apalling by the way. But it's silly to assume that Trump is actually resentful that there was no Kurdish assistance in the liberation of France. It's Twitter outrage.
Are you saying we should dig around in Trump's insanity for the nugget of truth that might be at the heart of his ramblings? And is this spirit of consensus something that is integral to Trump's project, or the attitude of his rapey fratboy fanclub? No, it isn't. So stuff him and his stupid orange head.
Not at all. I'm saying we should probably seek to find the most plausible explanation for his stranger public statements, even if it's more mundane and less fun than declaring him a lunatic.
Seeking plausible explanations for things he says is a mug's game. He's a pathological liar, a self-serving manipulator and a vicious, gaslighting enemy of the truth. You will never derive any insight from listening to him. I don't say that kind of thing about anyone; I find it very interesting listening to people I disagree with if there's a chance they are sincere, but Trump is anything but. There's no truth or meaning to be had from him. None at all.
Except that what he is saying is that a Kurds were allies of convenience and hence can expect no loyalty from the US
That *matters*.
And you can bet that other countries will be listening to that, not laughing about Normandy
Any leader who trusts Trumpton as an ally is a fool. The man is ill.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
Over 60% of Syria is now in the hands of the Syrian Government and Syrian Army, only 1% in IS hands, less than 30% in Kurdish hands
Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
No deal as a destination has never been a vote winner. Threatening to walk away with no deal if the Remain alliance refuse to respect the referendum result by backing a deal is a different matter
What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
Er, they bore the brunt of the fighting against ISIS!
Yes, but everyone knows the Kurds like a good fight.
I think the point Trump is making is that they can't like a good fight that much. Why weren't they at Hastings, Agincourt, Waterloo or Balaclava?
They weren’t down Romford high street last Friday night either.
ah Romford high street, such memories.....
I live 8 minutes away and haven’t been there in 5 years. Old memories are all I’ll have of that dump now. The new Dagenham
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
And he's not getting any younger. I saw him on the news the other day and he's looking really quite old now.
Time won't wait for him forever. This could be his final shot to be PM and he knows it.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Either that or the YTS kid has been doing the subbing again.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
Over 60% of Syria is now in the hands of the Syrian Government and Syrian Army, only 1% in IS hands, less than 30% in Kurdish hands
IS mostly operated in the east and north, near the Iraqi border.
Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
So it would seem, but Farage is wrong - very clearly so in my opinion.
It will all come down to how many agree with you. Brexiteers can win an election regardless of a remain alliance if enough hang together. It's a chaotic situation so hard to judge, but what % for BXP sinks CON, depending on the LAB score?
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Either that or the YTS kid has been doing the subbing again.
With respect to Trump and his Kurd comments, I don't think it helps to spend so much time on the trivial details as that distracts from the more important substance.
The media and his opponents have made this mistake continuously since he announced his candidacy. One can never keep up with the verbal diarrhoea, but the policy really matters.
Making America an inconsistent ally will make current and potential allies wary about committing to a partnership with the US. That will have consequences long after Trump's comments on the contribution made by the Kurds to defeating Hitlerism are forgotten.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
When you use the word "fact", I'm think that maybe you and I think it means something different.
I think what you meant to say was "opinion".
You might even get to say "considered opinion", or "opinion based on having read an article or two on-line".
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
The only question needed about the Kurds is "What does Putin want?" The rest explains itself.
I see it more as a battle for the soul of Turkey. Ever since the US sloppily supported the coup against Erdogan he has been moving closer to Russia, threatening to buy their missile defence systems etc. But Turkey hates Assad and the Russians support him. So Trump is giving Turkey the greenlight in Syria. I would imagine in return he's got lots of juicy weapons orders and potentially they will cancel that missile defence deal with Russia. Turkey has been playing this game for many years.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
Putin and Assad mostly defeated the Syrian Democratic forces.
Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
So what?
BXP is already down to 13% in the polls and when the campaign gets underway they'll lose at least another 5-6% as people will understand there's only one way Brexit can be secured and that's with Boris.
BXP voters have been supporting Boris because of his commitment to getting us out on the 31st. As soon as he sends the extension request to Brussels, many of them will go back to Farage. They don't know whether Boris will really go through with No Deal. His policy is to get a deal, but it's become clear that there's nothing he could suggest that the EU would agree to. A Boris govt (unless it has a clear majority eg. 40+) will still be at the mercy of its rebels, so it's far from true that "there's only one way Brexit can be secured and that's with Boris".
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
It went down from where it was at the start of the campaign though.
If Con's lead was to fall by a similar amount during the 2019 general election and if Labour's was to go up by a similar amount as it did during 2017 Jezza would end up with a decent majority.
I don't think that's what will happen myself but its not unreasonable for Jezza to go for it.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
It went down from where it was at the start of the campaign though.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
Putin and Assad mostly defeated the Syrian Democratic forces.
There is more Syrian Democratic forces controlled land in Syria now than IS controlled land
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
Putin and Assad mostly defeated the Syrian Democratic forces.
There is more Syrian Democratic forces controlled land in Syria now than IS controlled land
Yes, because the Kurds now control the former IS heartlands in the east and northeast, along the Iraqi border.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
The only question needed about the Kurds is "What does Putin want?" The rest explains itself.
I see it more as a battle for the soul of Turkey. Ever since the US sloppily supported the coup against Erdogan he has been moving closer to Russia, threatening to buy their missile defence systems etc. But Turkey hates Assad and the Russians support him. So Trump is giving Turkey the greenlight in Syria. I would imagine in return he's got lots of juicy weapons orders and potentially they will cancel that missile defence deal with Russia. Turkey has been playing this game for many years.
Turkey is not attacking Assad though, they are attacking the Kurds. Putin has just driven another spike between 2 enemies of Russia, and all via his Manchurian Candidate.
Boris is in a bit of bind really regarding the forthcoming Tory manifesto:
Commit to No Deal and he has a rebellion of 50 to 80 Tory MPs; avoid committing to No Deal and he'll be fighting Farage and his mob in the GE.
I look forward to seeing which way he screws up that decision.
Um, no. Seek a deal, be ready to leave without one. You can't 'seek' no deal. You can't 'demand' no agreement. You can't even rob a bank if the bank gives you the money. Amazed this concept has to be explained again and again.
If he continues to seek a deal, Farage will be fighting him.
So what?
BXP is already down to 13% in the polls and when the campaign gets underway they'll lose at least another 5-6% as people will understand there's only one way Brexit can be secured and that's with Boris.
BXP voters have been supporting Boris because of his commitment to getting us out on the 31st. As soon as he sends the extension request to Brussels, many of them will go back to Farage.
That's certainly what Remainers are hoping for but it isn't going to happen (IMO)
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Article states it’s the earliest day it could be held.
That will be true mathematically, but there's no reason not to have it two days later on the traditional Thursday.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Article states it’s the earliest day it could be held.
That will be true mathematically, but there's no reason not to have it two days later on the traditional Thursday.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
It went down from where it was at the start of the campaign though.
If Con's lead was to fall by a similar amount during the 2019 general election and if Labour's was to go up by a similar amount as it did during 2017 Jezza would end up with a decent majority.
I don't think that's what will happen myself but its not unreasonable for Jezza to go for it.
But the lesson of 2017 was that the long campaign helped Labour. Theresa May made ger announcement on 17/4 and polling day was 8/6. What the Sun is reporting is Corbyn is going to offer Johnson the shortest possible campaign with FTPA motion and prorogation on the same day folloeed by immeadiate disolution with no wash up. And leaving 9 or 10 days with Johnson as PM but no parliament to restrain him before the extension kicked in.
The Sun report makes little sense which is why I suspect there is such a chasm between the editorialising and the actual Corbyn quote used.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Article states it’s the earliest day it could be held.
That will be true mathematically, but there's no reason not to have it two days later on the traditional Thursday.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
Wouldn’t Sundays be a better day for a GE?
Many polling stations are churches, so I wouldn't have thought Sunday would be convenient.
Bad news for Scotland if true, of the nations needing to take field to stand a chance of going through cancellation fever does not help them. Means France can’t pass England. Also means more rest less knocks for England.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Article states it’s the earliest day it could be held.
That will be true mathematically, but there's no reason not to have it two days later on the traditional Thursday.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
Wouldn’t Sundays be a better day for a GE?
Many polling stations are churches, so I wouldn't have thought Sunday would be convenient.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
It went down from where it was at the start of the campaign though.
If Con's lead was to fall by a similar amount during the 2019 general election and if Labour's was to go up by a similar amount as it did during 2017 Jezza would end up with a decent majority.
I don't think that's what will happen myself but its not unreasonable for Jezza to go for it.
But the lesson of 2017 was that the long campaign helped Labour. Theresa May made ger announcement on 17/4 and polling day was 8/6. What the Sun is reporting is Corbyn is going to offer Johnson the shortest possible campaign with FTPA motion and prorogation on the same day folloeed by immeadiate disolution with no wash up. And leaving 9 or 10 days with Johnson as PM but no parliament to restrain him before the extension kicked in.
The Sun report makes little sense which is why I suspect there is such a chasm between the editorialising and the actual Corbyn quote used.
Apparently we're hosting a summit on 3rd and 4th December and after that we're into Christmas festivites as end of November (whether it's 26th or 28th) is the earliest, latest date this year.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
The only question needed about the Kurds is "What does Putin want?" The rest explains itself.
I see it more as a battle for the soul of Turkey. Ever since the US sloppily supported the coup against Erdogan he has been moving closer to Russia, threatening to buy their missile defence systems etc. But Turkey hates Assad and the Russians support him. So Trump is giving Turkey the greenlight in Syria. I would imagine in return he's got lots of juicy weapons orders and potentially they will cancel that missile defence deal with Russia. Turkey has been playing this game for many years.
Turkey is not attacking Assad though, they are attacking the Kurds. Putin has just driven another spike between 2 enemies of Russia, and all via his Manchurian Candidate.
If you don't call invading Syrian territory attacking him...
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
I was wondering that? It's a rather odd detail that makes me think it could just be a genuine report (as if it was fake news you'd make it Thursday 28th)
Article states it’s the earliest day it could be held.
That will be true mathematically, but there's no reason not to have it two days later on the traditional Thursday.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
Wouldn’t Sundays be a better day for a GE?
Many polling stations are churches, so I wouldn't have thought Sunday would be convenient.
Is on continent though.
Yes. I'm sure it could be changed in the future, however, if you are wanting to hold an election at short notice you do not want to force returning officers to have to find large numbers of new places to use as polling stations.
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What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
Er, they bore the brunt of the fighting against ISIS!
Yes, but everyone knows the Kurds like a good fight.
I think the point Trump is making is that they can't like a good fight that much. Why weren't they at Hastings, Agincourt, Waterloo or Balaclava?
They weren’t down Romford high street last Friday night either.
ah Romford high street, such memories.....
I live 8 minutes away and haven’t been there in 5 years. Old memories are all I’ll have of that dump now. The new Dagenham
Nah, that's Ilford town centre!
Southend is on the phone. It's quite offended that you consider Romford a dump and wishes to remind you of Southend's claim to the title.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
The only question needed about the Kurds is "What does Putin want?" The rest explains itself.
I see it more as a battle for the soul of Turkey. Ever since the US sloppily supported the coup against Erdogan he has been moving closer to Russia, threatening to buy their missile defence systems etc. But Turkey hates Assad and the Russians support him. So Trump is giving Turkey the greenlight in Syria. I would imagine in return he's got lots of juicy weapons orders and potentially they will cancel that missile defence deal with Russia. Turkey has been playing this game for many years.
Turkey is not attacking Assad though, they are attacking the Kurds. Putin has just driven another spike between 2 enemies of Russia, and all via his Manchurian Candidate.
If you don't call invading Syrian territory attacking him...
It is not territory he holds - Syria as a nation state no longer exists except on maps.
What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
Er, they bore the brunt of the fighting against ISIS!
Yes, but everyone knows the Kurds like a good fight.
I think the point Trump is making is that they can't like a good fight that much. Why weren't they at Hastings, Agincourt, Waterloo or Balaclava?
They weren’t down Romford high street last Friday night either.
ah Romford high street, such memories.....
I live 8 minutes away and haven’t been there in 5 years. Old memories are all I’ll have of that dump now. The new Dagenham
Nah, that's Ilford town centre!
Southend is on the phone. It's quite offended that you consider Romford a dump and wishes to remind you of Southend's claim to the title.
Southend is OK. It's Rachel Riley's neck of the woods after all
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Ez Zor, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
What he’s saying is the Kurds are acting out of their own self interest not because they are strong allies of the US and therefore we do t owe them any favours
Er, they bore the brunt of the fighting against ISIS!
Yes, but everyone knows the Kurds like a good fight.
I think the point Trump is making is that they can't like a good fight that much. Why weren't they at Hastings, Agincourt, Waterloo or Balaclava?
They weren’t down Romford high street last Friday night either.
ah Romford high street, such memories.....
I live 8 minutes away and haven’t been there in 5 years. Old memories are all I’ll have of that dump now. The new Dagenham
Nah, that's Ilford town centre!
Southend is on the phone. It's quite offended that you consider Romford a dump and wishes to remind you of Southend's claim to the title.
Southend is OK. It's Rachel Riley's neck of the woods after all
Used to be our annual beano destination and I remember it being very nice
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Es Zour, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
IS were mainly concentrated in the east of Syria, the regions now under Kurdish control.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
Just booking our Christmas shopping delivary with Ocado!!!!
we could have done with you on BREXIT negotiations
Ocado are really good.
Been using them for a couple of months (after our shopping went missing for three hours with Sainsburys, only to find it'd been delivered to the wrong adddress and I had to go and collect it myself)
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Ez Zor, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
Raqqa, the IS capital, retaken by the SDF, along with many others.
We can trade names of obscure places, but unless you have some analysis, maybe from a defence thinktank, I'm just going to assume that you made up your assertion so that you could think better of Trump.
Question: if the woman involved in the alleged car crash in Northants sets foot in any country where the Queen is head of state, such as Barbados or Canada, could she be extradited to the UK?
There are plenty of place she could be arrested via an IAW. In practice, she wouldn't be or would be immediately released due to US political heft. See the case of the CIA Milan station chief who had an IAW issued for his rendition activities. He was arrested in Panama, released the next day.
Why Nov 26th (a Tuesday) and not the 28th (a Thursday)?
Yeah but the lead that Con has is now way smaller than it was when the 2017 general election was called.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
In 2017, the Tory share went up compared with 2015.
It went down from where it was at the start of the campaign though.
If Con's lead was to fall by a similar amount during the 2019 general election and if Labour's was to go up by a similar amount as it did during 2017 Jezza would end up with a decent majority.
I don't think that's what will happen myself but its not unreasonable for Jezza to go for it.
But the lesson of 2017 was that the long campaign helped Labour. Theresa May made ger announcement on 17/4 and polling day was 8/6. What the Sun is reporting is Corbyn is going to offer Johnson the shortest possible campaign with FTPA motion and prorogation on the same day folloeed by immeadiate disolution with no wash up. And leaving 9 or 10 days with Johnson as PM but no parliament to restrain him before the extension kicked in.
The Sun report makes little sense which is why I suspect there is such a chasm between the editorialising and the actual Corbyn quote used.
Five weeks is still a pretty long campaign - much longer than the three week campaign of February 1974.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Ez Zor, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
Raqqa, the IS capital, retaken by the SDF, along with many others.
We can trade names of obscure places, but unless you have some analysis, maybe from a defence thinktank, I'm just going to assume that you made up your assertion so that you could think better of Trump.
Who is in control of most of Syria now, Assad or the Kurds? Answer: Assad, so it is Assad (supported by the Russians) who has prevented IS taking control of Syria outside the Kurdish and SDF heartlands
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Es Zour, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
IS were mainly concentrated in the east of Syria, the regions now under Kurdish control.
The biggest city in East Syria is Deir Ez Zor, recaptured from IS by Assad's forces
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't what the BBC have reported over the last few years. My impression has been that Assad concentrated on fighting the non-Kurdish and non-IS rebels, while the Kurds fought IS (with US air cover and special forces assistance).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Ez Zor, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
Raqqa, the IS capital, retaken by the SDF, along with many others.
We can trade names of obscure places, but unless you have some analysis, maybe from a defence thinktank, I'm just going to assume that you made up your assertion so that you could think better of Trump.
Who is in control of most of Syria now, Assad or the Kurds? Answer: Assad, so it is Assad (supported by the Russians) who has prevented IS taking control of Syria outside the Kurdish and SDF heartlands
That's like saying it was Russia that defeated the Nazis.
There were multiple forces involved. Ignore any and its your ignorance.
Question: if the woman involved in the alleged car crash in Northants sets foot in any country where the Queen is head of state, such as Barbados or Canada, could she be extradited to the UK?
There are plenty of place she could be arrested via an IAW. In practice, she wouldn't be or would be immediately released due to US political heft. See the case of the CIA Milan station chief who had an IAW issued for his rendition activities. He was arrested in Panama, released the next day.
Considering she is verified to have diplomatic immunity, she could literally land in Heathrow and not be arrested.
Who is in control of most of Syria now, Assad or the Kurds? Answer: Assad, so it is Assad (supported by the Russians) who has prevented IS taking control of Syria outside the Kurdish and SDF heartlands
That doesn't logically follow.
Firstly, it's like saying "who has MPs covering the greater landmass - SNP or Labour? It's the SNP, so don't go saying that Labour got more MPs at the last General Election"
Secondly, Assad started off controlling most of Syria, what with him being the President and all. So your statement doesn't make logical sense. Assad could have lost ground every single day of the last decade, but if he controlled more land at the end of the period then, under your definition, he would have been the one who won the war.
The Kurds were on the front-line with ISIS. Rather than bunkering down, and allowing Syria and Assad to do the fighting they went out and fought ISIS, at terrible cost to themselves. They believed our (the West's) assurances, and we have betrayed them.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
This is the Guardian preview of the Corbyn speech. Not only us there nothing to back up the Sun's spin on a November poll fuller quotes from Corbyn reaffirm the position they won't vote for an election till an extension is active. Ie November 1st. That puts an election well into December.
This is the Guardian preview of the Corbyn speech. Not only us there nothing to back up the Sun's spin on a November poll fuller quotes from Corbyn reaffirm the position they won't vote for an election till an extension is active. Ie November 1st. That puts an election well into December.
Trump is putting cultural Marxism into practice in the sense that he makes things up that suit him regardless of whether they're true or not.
In what sense is that cultural Marxism?
It was cultural Marxists who invented the idea that you can believe what you want regardless of objective truth. For instance, according to them, if person A says something that isn't intended to be racist to person B, and person B knows perfectly well that nothing racist was intended by person A, person B can still decide of their own accord that it was racist if they feel like it. They have that right to take offence even though they know none was intended. Objective truth doesn't matter. The problem is once some people start doing this, it's only a matter of time before other people start doing it as well, because they won't accept a few people gaining an advantage by doing it. I haven't summed it up very well but you know what I mean hopefuly.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
HYUFD gets his history wrong again!
This is from Fox News Security correspondent. Trump may be pretty short of friends soon.
This is the Guardian preview of the Corbyn speech. Not only us there nothing to back up the Sun's spin on a November poll fuller quotes from Corbyn reaffirm the position they won't vote for an election till an extension is active. Ie November 1st. That puts an election well into December.
So the US’s actions combined with Turkey’s invasion risk leading to:-
1. A refugee crisis in Syria impacting Europe. 2. The revival of IS and more terrorism by them in the region and in Europe.
And will certainly lead to:-
3. More death and destruction in Syria. 4. The betrayal of the Kurds who did the bulk of the fighting against IS.
Why should we consider the US an ally at all? This is not the action of an ally but of a country which will cause us harm. There are ways of describing such a country. “Ally” is not one of them.
It was Assad and Putin who defeated IS in Syria, not the Kurds.
The Kurds bravely defended their own lands and were supported alongside the Free Syrian Army by US, UK and French air strikes but it was only the Syrian Army with Russian Air support who drove IS out of Syria
Is there anything you can envisage Trump or Johnson doing that wouldn't get your whole hearted support?
I never said I supported Trump's actions but it is a fact the Kurds did not defeat IS in Syria, Putin and Assad did, the Kurds mainly protected their own
That isn't ce).
Over 60% of Syria is now in Syrian government hands, only 1% in IS hands, without Assad and Putin fighting IS as well as other rebel groups that would not be the case
Those percentages say nothing about what percentage of IS territory was won back by Assad's forces.
Deir Ez Zor, Palmyra etc just some of the cities Assad's forces recaptured from IS
Raqqa, the IS capital, retaken by the SDF, along with many others.
We can trade names of obscure places, but unless you have some analysis, maybe from a defence thinktank, I'm just going to assume that you made up your assertion so that you could think better of Trump.
Who is in control of most of Syria now, Assad or the Kurds? Answer: Assad, so it is Assad (supported by the Russians) who has prevented IS taking control of Syria outside the Kurdish and SDF heartlands
That's like saying it was Russia that defeated the Nazis.
There were multiple forces involved. Ignore any and its your ignorance.
Well of course the Russians were key to liberating Eastern Europe in World War 2 while the Allies liberated Western Europe.
However Assad's forces control a greater proportion of Syria now than the Russians did after WW2
Who is in control of most of Syria now, Assad or the Kurds? Answer: Assad, so it is Assad (supported by the Russians) who has prevented IS taking control of Syria outside the Kurdish and SDF heartlands
That doesn't logically follow.
Firstly, it's like saying "who has MPs covering the greater landmass - SNP or Labour? It's the SNP, so don't go saying that Labour got more MPs at the last General Election"
Secondly, Assad started off controlling most of Syria, what with him being the President and all. So your statement doesn't make logical sense. Assad could have lost ground every single day of the last decade, but if he controlled more land at the end of the period then, under your definition, he would have been the one who won the war.
The Kurds were on the front-line with ISIS. Rather than bunkering down, and allowing Syria and Assad to do the fighting they went out and fought ISIS, at terrible cost to themselves. They believed our (the West's) assurances, and we have betrays ed them.
Yes it does logically follow.
First as Assad's forces cover now a majority of both the population and landmass of Syria.
Second had Assad been defeated ISIS would now be in control of most of Syria even if the Kurds still held out, so again it was Assad and his forces aided by Russia who ensured IS were defeated in Syria even if the Kurds held out in their own area with the SDF and US and western military support.
The question for Trump is now ISIS has been defeated should US servicepersons lives still be risked defending Kurdish territory from Turkish strikes. There may well be a moral case to do so but Trump was elected on an 'America First' agenda so if America is not directly at risk he clearly feels the US should stay neutral
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It's not clear whether the DUP are more in favour of Brexit or Brexit (probably either will do) but it's possible that they actually want a third option -- Brexit -- which is a lot more like Brexit than Brexit, but with subtle differences.
If Jezza can increase Labour's vote share by the same amount as he did in 2017 and if the Tories vote share drops by the same amount as it did in 2017 then Jezza would win with a comfotable majority.
And he's not getting any younger. I saw him on the news the other day and he's looking really quite old now.
Time won't wait for him forever. This could be his final shot to be PM and he knows it.
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sometimes he gets current affairs wrong.
The media and his opponents have made this mistake continuously since he announced his candidacy. One can never keep up with the verbal diarrhoea, but the policy really matters.
Making America an inconsistent ally will make current and potential allies wary about committing to a partnership with the US. That will have consequences long after Trump's comments on the contribution made by the Kurds to defeating Hitlerism are forgotten.
I think what you meant to say was "opinion".
You might even get to say "considered opinion", or "opinion based on having read an article or two on-line".
But I don't think you get to say "fact".
The fact is that the Tory party is more Stalinist than the Stalinists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election
If Con's lead was to fall by a similar amount during the 2019 general election and if Labour's was to go up by a similar amount as it did during 2017 Jezza would end up with a decent majority.
I don't think that's what will happen myself but its not unreasonable for Jezza to go for it.
If they knew there was an actual date being proposed it would be a Thursday. Seems like an obvious tell that the story is cobblers.
The Sun report makes little sense which is why I suspect there is such a chasm between the editorialising and the actual Corbyn quote used.
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We can trade names of obscure places, but unless you have some analysis, maybe from a defence thinktank, I'm just going to assume that you made up your assertion so that you could think better of Trump.
There were multiple forces involved. Ignore any and its your ignorance.
Firstly, it's like saying "who has MPs covering the greater landmass - SNP or Labour? It's the SNP, so don't go saying that Labour got more MPs at the last General Election"
Secondly, Assad started off controlling most of Syria, what with him being the President and all. So your statement doesn't make logical sense. Assad could have lost ground every single day of the last decade, but if he controlled more land at the end of the period then, under your definition, he would have been the one who won the war.
The Kurds were on the front-line with ISIS. Rather than bunkering down, and allowing Syria and Assad to do the fighting they went out and fought ISIS, at terrible cost to themselves. They believed our (the West's) assurances, and we have betrayed them.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/09/johnson-using-queens-speech-cynical-pre-election-stunt-corbyn-labour-manifesto
Right now, we're at 50-odd.
If it changes, it will change all in a hurry.
However Assad's forces control a greater proportion of Syria now than the Russians did after WW2
First as Assad's forces cover now a majority of both the population and landmass of Syria.
Second had Assad been defeated ISIS would now be in control of most of Syria even if the Kurds still held out, so again it was Assad and his forces aided by Russia who ensured IS were defeated in Syria even if the Kurds held out in their own area with the SDF and US and western military support.
The question for Trump is now ISIS has been defeated should US servicepersons lives still be risked defending Kurdish territory from Turkish strikes. There may well be a moral case to do so but Trump was elected on an 'America First' agenda so if America is not directly at risk he clearly feels the US should stay neutral