“Two words.
And the second one is off.”
This is how conversations end.
I plead ignorance to the British alliance with Israel in the Battle of Ramat David in 1948. I googled it and did not get a hit. Please enlighten us.
I am aware of British military cooperation and alliance with Israel only in the 1956 Suez campaign.
Also I am well aware of the Christian Zionists such as L. George and Balfour and am impressed and thankful. So you have a point, Britain was largely responsible for the creation of the Jewish State.
As noted, the truism of “states have no friends only interests” probably explains the British tilt towards the Arabs when petroleum resources were concentrated in Arab countries. So they changed and did not support a Jewish State anymore.
As for America, I agree that their support of Israel had been erratic and imperfect. Again, oil.
I will not address the IRA point as I do not feel comfortable with my knowledge of the conflict but it seems the Brits are occupying a country not their own and the Irish are fighting for their freedom. So at least I am consistent.
As for attacks against the US in Arab countries, Beirut, Cole etc perhaps the Americans shouldn’t be in Arab countries.
I will draw the line at the 9/11 attacks in NYC.
‘I plead ignorance to the British alliance with Israel in the Battle of Ramat David in 1948. I googled it and did not get a hit. Please enlighten us.’
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Palestine/raf.htm
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm
‘I will not address the IRA point as I do not feel comfortable with my knowledge of the conflict but it seems the Brits are occupying a country not their own and the Irish are fighting for their freedom. So at least I am consistent.’
Oh dear. Fo the sake of politeness, I will contain my anger.
‘As for attacks against the US in Arab countries, Beirut, Cole etc perhaps the Americans shouldn’t be in Arab countries.
I will draw the line at the 9/11 attacks in NYC.’
Again, as I said to another poster, I wasnt actually condoning those acts. My point was to show the illogicality of condoning some terrorism whilst hating other acts of terrorism.
‘I plead ignorance to the British alliance with Israel in the Battle of Ramat David in 1948. I googled it and did not get a hit. Please enlighten us.’
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Palestine/raf.htm
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm
‘I will not address the IRA point as I do not feel comfortable with my knowledge of the conflict but it seems the Brits are occupying a country not their own and the Irish are fighting for their freedom. So at least I am consistent.’
Oh dear. Fo the sake of politeness, I will contain my anger.
‘As for attacks against the US in Arab countries, Beirut, Cole etc perhaps the Americans shouldn’t be in Arab countries.
I will draw the line at the 9/11 attacks in NYC.’
Again, as I said to another poster, I wasnt actually condoning those acts. My point was to show the illogicality of condoning some terrorism whilst hating other acts of terrorism.
‘I plead ignorance to the British alliance with Israel in the Battle of Ramat David in 1948. I googled it and did not get a hit. Please enlighten us.’
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Palestine/raf.htm
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm
‘I will not address the IRA point as I do not feel comfortable with my knowledge of the conflict but it seems the Brits are occupying a country not their own and the Irish are fighting for their freedom. So at least I am consistent.’
Oh dear. Fo the sake of politeness, I will contain my anger.
‘As for attacks against the US in Arab countries, Beirut, Cole etc perhaps the Americans shouldn’t be in Arab countries.
I will draw the line at the 9/11 attacks in NYC.’
Again, as I said to another poster, I wasnt actually condoning those acts. My point was to show the illogicality of condoning some terrorism whilst hating other acts of terrorism.
‘I will not address the IRA point as I do not feel comfortable with my knowledge of the conflict but it seems the Brits are occupying a country not their own and the Irish are fighting for their freedom. So at least I am consistent.’
Good grief.