Originally posted by RaventheOnly
maybe you three should look in the mirror for stupidity... or open a text book and learn about the things you criticize and taunt.It not the US problem, you forget this is the worlds aiglment... if you want to live in a buble and relive WW1 and WW2 go ahead and kep living in your fantasy world.
Originally posted by yerssot
of course they should withdraw, they shouldn't be there in the first placethe US created the mess, they should clear it up themselves too
as simple as it gets; not defying the UN and then asking them to help rebuilding it later on cause they can't
I guess we should keep the oil and not give the rest of the world a single drop. Actually we would share it with the British. So screw the rest of world. 😛
Re: Philippines withdraw from Iraq, agree or disagree???
Originally posted by Creechuur
I think it was a horrible decision. Look at what the Islamo-fascists are trying to get away with now."(CNN) -- Australia and Italy received warnings Saturday through a statement purportedly from militants linked to al Qaeda that demanded those countries withdraw troops from Iraq.
The message was posted on an Islamist Web site and was signed by a group identifying itself as Islamic Unification (Islamic Tawhid), an al Qaeda-linked organization in Europe.
To Italy, which has about 2,700 troops in Iraq, the militants warned "you will have columns of car bombs shaking your cities," if the government maintains its military presence in Iraq.
The warning also addressed the Australian government, which has about 880 military personnel and another 120 security forces in Iraq.
"We ask you to leave Iraq," the message said. "If not, we will turn your homeland into a bloodbath. ... We will shake the ground under your feet as we did in Indonesia, and the car bombs will not stop coming, God willing.
"Your fate will be like the Americans if you don't answer our demands. We will turn your day and night into hell.
"We can harm your interests in Islamic and Arab countries. Follow the path of the Philippines and Spain. This is the path that will give you security."
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Sunday said Canberra was taking the threat seriously, but would not be backing down.
"What it (the threat) does is, it reminds us we have to be absolutely determined in the face of the threats of terrorists to make sure we don't give in to those threats," Downer told Nine Network television.
Downer said the Spanish troop withdrawal and the Philippines decision to pull out troops to save the life of a Filipino hostage had encouraged terrorists to continue threats.
"It is very important we send a strong message that we will not be threatened by terrorist groups. Terrorist groups will not determine the policy of the Australian government or the Australian people," he said.
Spain pulled its 1,300 troops from Iraq last month. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attacks on commuter trains in Madrid that killed 190 people and wounded 2,000 in March.
Election analysts say the bombings and the government's subsequent reaction were factors in the election, but there is debate over how big a role they played in the outcome.
Some say the terrorists won by persuading Spain to vote out Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, a key U.S. ally in the Iraq war, though others say Aznar's insistence on blaming Basque separatists, not Islamist terrorists, tipped the electorate against him.
The Philippines withdrew its 51 humanitarian troops a month early to secure the release of a Filipino hostage in Iraq.
There has been a wave of abductions of foreigners by insurgents in Iraq.
Earlier Saturday, gunmen seized the chief of a state-owned construction company.
Meanwhile, negotiators worked doggedly to free a senior Egyptian diplomat and seven foreign truck drivers abducted by insurgents."
Keep in mind that these threats are not from the Iraqi citizenry(who we are there to protect), but from a faction of terrorists(the reason the citizens need protection). Sounds like the Aussies will do the right thing.
sucks man... 🙁
Originally posted by yerssot
if this classifies as bashing or trolling can I please respond to it with one last bash cause I wasn't here yesterday ? 🙁
shot away dude... but i do believe you were bashing the US and our president with fact you have no idea about, so it gave me every right to respond to you. People die for this country and you spit on it out of spite and hatred.
Originally posted by WindDancer
I guess we should keep the oil and not give the rest of the world a single drop. Actually we would share it with the British. So screw the rest of world. 😛
heck if they all assume we are there for the oil already i say we capture it and then really show the world what "nazis" we are.
Originally posted by RaventheOnly
shot away dude... but i do believe you were bashing the US and our president with fact you have no idea about, so it gave me every right to respond to you. People die for this country and you spit on it out of spite and hatred.heck if they all assume we are there for the oil already i say we capture it and then really show the world what "nazis" we are.
sorry but Ive been travelling a lot and almost everybody says that americans r in Iraq only for the oil, I am NOT saying if I agree or not but thats most ppl opinion
the president of the PI made a big mistake by giving in to their demands...it was career suicide on her part...but i have to quote a famous intellect: the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the one...
i cannot see any benefit that this may have for the PI, other than reluctance from it's allies in financial and economical aid...she's a hero now...but what happens when the reelection comes again...will they remember her for saving one life...or will her opponents use that to show her weakness in not thinking about the country as a whole?
the Philippines is not exactly the jewel of south east asia, and they never will be as long as they have weak leaders...and btw just for those wondering, i am filipino
Originally posted by RaventheOnly
shot away dude... but i do believe you were bashing the US and our president with fact you have no idea about, so it gave me every right to respond to you. People die for this country and you spit on it out of spite and hatred.
furthermore, if you had any knowledge about me, you would note that I do not spit on any country out of spite and hatred... though some idiots are trying there best to make their country look like a hellhole