tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post1486075175494370057..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Two Scenes from Britain in 2015Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-42294603209028242642015-02-13T19:26:00.701+00:002015-02-13T19:26:00.701+00:00I am not in a muddle of all. The premise of a '...I am not in a muddle of all. The premise of a 'selfish' bubble is a fact. Hindsight is a glorious thing one side will say that the problems today were caused by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Another side will say that the UN should have intervened in Syria and the ISIS, Jhadist problem would have been avoided. One is for sure whatever the truth of the matter the people of both countries have far more rights especially woman and girls. The young lady who won the Nobel Peace prize has a valid view on this - the right for her to have an education. Admittedly lessons should be learned following the reconstruction of Iraq and I think they were in Afghanistan. Nobody made a huge fuss when we intervened in Bosnia which was basically the start of all this. All I know is that our fathers and grandfathers had a much better view on looking after people suffering wherever in the world they were. I have a great frustration with people who are prepared to leave 1000s on a mountain side in Iraq and just turn a blind eye to 50,000 kurds being gassed by chemical weapons in Iraq or genocide in Rhuanda. This is a world community not a NIMBY one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-67315524191826357662015-02-12T16:04:26.454+00:002015-02-12T16:04:26.454+00:00£100bn on Trident over its lifetime. What a total ...£100bn on Trident over its lifetime. What a total waste. <br /><br />£5bn to Wales (roughly). Think of the difference that could make. During a time of hardship, with 200,000 children in poverty, 15% of children in severe poverty in Wales, spending money on weapons of death is totally wrong.<br /><br />Let's spend on life not death. Improving the life opportunities of all our people - especially the young. <br /><br />There's £100bn better ways to spend that money - it's a shame Labour and the Tories LOVE Trident so much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251612830726030263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-89526428548563108882015-02-12T15:15:45.173+00:002015-02-12T15:15:45.173+00:00Anon@08.57 I think you've got your history in ...Anon@08.57 I think you've got your history in a muddle. Blair and friends intervened in Iraq and Aghanistan to stop Al Qaeda etc. The results speak for themselves.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-6956090553956624062015-02-12T09:26:41.695+00:002015-02-12T09:26:41.695+00:00"Crispin Blunt who had a distinguished milita..."Crispin Blunt who had a distinguished military career before going into politics. He has said that he cannot conceive of any circumstances in which Britain would ever use its nuclear weapons."<br /><br />Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. <br /><br />Given he was still at university in 1984 and resigned from the army in 1990 and rose to the dizzy height of captain, serving in Cyprus, at that point does his 6 year military career become distinguished????<br /><br />As a member of the army, where would the interest in Trident, or its replacement be? What is his expertise in the matter? <br /><br />Who then is responsible for management, maintenance and delivery of Trident? <br /><br />Without these weapons we do become less of a force to be reckoned with. I cannot deny the expense and whilst they are the 'broom in the cupboard' we do need this sort of thing for assurance. <br /><br />What is more worrying is the rise that potential dirty nukes pose and the irrational minds controlling them.<br /><br />Like it or not we need Trident, if only to know, understand, control and be cognisant with the whole subject matter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-82469482744441186592015-02-12T08:57:38.025+00:002015-02-12T08:57:38.025+00:00As you mention both wars again which is pretty com...As you mention both wars again which is pretty common for Plaid Cymru supporters I thought I would share something I heard on Radio 4 which I thought was an interesting perspective on this. He said that people mourned the killings in France but take no notice of ISIS genocide or other jhadists all over the world. Most people, he said, live in a selfish bubble and as long as it doesn't effect them directly then they can preach about 'unfair wars' etc. In the end, he said, the human race should wake up and realise that all human beings count and do something about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com