I am a little perplexed by 'those in authority' seeking to make the population takes sides in the conflict.
Wemberly touting the idea of flying Israeli flags and the clampig down on Palestinian marches.
Newspapers show faces of missing hostages , alongside flattened piles of concrete.
Surely bombing and flattening of Palestinian areas is a sure way to get hostages killed. ?
I'd better stop thinking about all the conflicting issues, because there is no way they can be reconciled.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

The obvious solution is to give The Gaza Strip an entry to the Eurovision song contest. They can host it next year - it will be reminiscent of Liverpool. They can duke it out with Israel through song and shiny outfits.

Red and Blue Army!

Yes, they stayed "neutral" but supplied us with critical equipment such as air to air missiles. The Argentine airforce took significant losses and could not stop our ships landing troops or supplying them.

Biden appears to be out of touch with most things so we probably shouldn't take it too personally!

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Only after they sunk not only my ship(Sheffield), but also a few others. The Americans, didn't supply us much, that we didn't already have, their ordinance was not compatible with ours, so therefore didn't work.

The argies were supplied by the French, Super Entandes Aircraft & the Exsocet missile fired from their planes.

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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The British run that island and still do, we have let the Americans use it when necessary. We didn't need to ask permission.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

From what I remember from the attitude the Americans were pursuing during that war.....negotiation and ceasefire.....I very much doubt that would have happened.

This was no, 'our greatest ally' from them....all this 'special relationship' is more to satisfy the media. Reagan and Thatcher liked each other and that probably did more than anything else to ensure the cabinet didn't throw a wobble like Eden did.

The only aspect where we are heavily involved in that sense is within the security and intelligence agencies.

Agencies that can operate in some very underhand ways for various reasons and in some cases it's often arguable if the outcomes are always to the benefit of their nations (drugs and the CIA for example).....especially considering how much money is spent on them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Nov 2023 10.17pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)