[kj] DON ¹ T FORG/gulf war dance
Tim Bucknall
tim.bucknall at btinternet.com
Tue Apr 12 03:54:24 EDT 2005
well it backfired on them if they did cos Saudi was actually invaded in
90/91 by Iraq
they didn't get far but they did briefly hold small bits of Saudi sand!
and BTW in relation to Kuwait i said sovereign country not sovereign
power! ;-)
ade wrote:
> Didn't the Saudi royal family have a BIG hand in the first Iraq
> invasion? I thought they were scared of Saddam & bankrolled the whole
> thing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]*On Behalf Of
> *gregslawson at aol.com
> *Sent:* 07 April 2005 12:48
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> *Subject:* Re: [kj] DON ¹ T FORGET TO VOTE
>
> Tim Dude,
> I don't think it means much to call Kuwait a "sovereign power". It
> is a country with only 60,000 citizens!!!!!!!! Most of the other
> people who live there (it must be about a million or so, right?)
> are laborers, many immigrants, with very few rights. Sounds like
> a large slave colony to me. The first Gulf War was also about the
> US controlling oil, just like the recent one was. In fact, a
> couple of days before the US invaded, they told Iraq it was ok
> with them to invade Kuwait. Then Bush I went through a whole bunch
> of rationales for the war, and they planted yellow ribbons
> everywhere to win the public to it (I remember during the first
> week or so of the war, many opposed it. We marched on a major road
> in Boston, blocking traffic for about 20 minutes during rush hour,
> and all people did was honk and wave in support! Then the
> propoganda took over, and everyone seemed pro-war, more than they
> are now).
>
> -----Original Message---- -
> From: Tim Bucknall <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:09:56 +0100
> Subject: Re: [kj] DON ¹ T FORGET TO VOTE
>
> theres a difference between defending a sovereign country that had
> British Military bases from an invading neighbour
> and then just deciding to attack someone on the basis of made up
> evidence
>
> ade wrote:
>
> >Yeah, I mean 'cos it wasn't the Tories who took us to war
> >in 1991 was it?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
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> >[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On
> <mailto:gathering-bounces%40misera.net%5dOn> Behalf Of bluce ree
> >Sent: 06 April 2005 21:04
> >To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> >Subject: Re: [kj] DON ¹ T FORGET TO VOTE
> >
> >
> >well it's all a load of bollocks but the plus side
> >with Howard is that B ush doesnt like him, which by
> >default makes him a better person.
> >
> >but yeah it's all shit, all politicians are wankers
> >and frankly i'd rather find blood in my urine than
> >vote for any of them but Blair is a murderer and I
> >feel compelled to vote for his strongest rival.
> >
> >
> >--- circuit bender <circuit_bender at yahoo.com
> <mailto:circuit_bender%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > >
> >>you might as well be saying bring back mosley.
> >>
> >>Tim Bucknall <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com
> <mailto:tim.bucknall%40btinternet.com>> wrote:i
> >>think i'm going to be forced into the same position
> >>to be honest
> >>Bluce, but it sickens me that howard didn't oppose
> >>the war,
> >>i mean he could have cleaned up in the polls if he'd <
> BR>>>opposed the war, is
> >>he stupid as well as a vampire?
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> >>bluce ree wrote:
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