tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post1658441631376030980..comments2023-08-02T09:42:47.494+01:00Comments on Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2015: Afghanistan on Question Time - Humza Yousaf, Willie Rennie and audience commentsmoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-22598709551511641542012-03-18T05:22:32.600+00:002012-03-18T05:22:32.600+00:00True that knowing definitely what he meant is spec...True that knowing definitely what he meant is speculation, but the Labour Party belief that the SNP doesn't really count as a major party seems to be very deeply ingrained, and you see the results of that belief time and again.<br /><br />It is certainly possible that he was expressing some astonishment at Humza taking that position.J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-36251536036438100232012-03-17T21:10:55.402+00:002012-03-17T21:10:55.402+00:00We can only speculate what the "Even Humza&qu...We can only speculate what the "Even Humza" remark meant, Jeanne. The most charitable explanation is the even somebody against the prolonged and fruitless occupation recognised the initial justification. I don't, but Humza said he did - to my surprise.<br /><br />regards,<br /><br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-79375889154353123522012-03-17T20:18:18.411+00:002012-03-17T20:18:18.411+00:00The amazing thing is that the "...even Humza&...The amazing thing is that the "...even Humza" was likely not even an intended slight, but a look into a deep-seated psychology that can not allow itself to see the SNP as a major party or SNP opinion as being of importance. That means, of course, that they always under-estimate the SNP and it's actually to the nationalist advantage.<br /><br />As far as the ongoing tragedy in Afghanistan, I have finally come to realize how little this has to do with US or UK foreign policy and how much it has to do with profits for certain multinational corporations, and not only weapons producing ones. <br /><br />Our nations are being run like fiefdoms to profit our "betters" and the main reason for my support (for what little it means as an outsider) for Scottish independence is a real conviction that an independent Scotland would be much less likely to take part in these horrible misadventures. We are selling our soldiers and the suffering of innocent bystanders for other people's profit, and somehow a stop must be put to it.J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-27813354338008833872012-03-17T11:12:30.616+00:002012-03-17T11:12:30.616+00:00Thanks, Clarinda.
The dead were the original sile...Thanks, Clarinda.<br /><br />The dead were the original silent majority. If only their relatives would speak as openly as a tiny number have done, without feeling they are betraying their memories and their bravery.<br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-25512615120377476792012-03-17T10:28:15.923+00:002012-03-17T10:28:15.923+00:00While all of us have the greatest respect for the ...While all of us have the greatest respect for the dead, mutilated and damaged - this new expedient insistence on remaining in Afhanistan as some mark of duty and loyalty to our military seems a convienient moral twist for those whose refusal to see the light and avoid their own incrimination (and questionable profit) - seems corrupt, unethical and futile.<br />It was interesting that the military wife/mother in the audience, when she made her remark contrary to the alleged benefits of 'foreign' intervention and that good old chestnut of 'bringing democracy', about the consistent reduction of influence on the population's wellbeing, it was rather obviously ignored by Mr Dimbleby and the panel. I wonder what the dead would advise?<br /><br />Is the apparent news silence from Libya a recognition of how successful 'bringing democracy' works?Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-15408222365659835892012-03-16T23:11:59.217+00:002012-03-16T23:11:59.217+00:00Thanks, Alex.
PeterThanks, Alex.<br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-9174669965122564142012-03-16T22:09:36.809+00:002012-03-16T22:09:36.809+00:00Yes, "Even Yousef agreed"! Unfortunately...Yes, "Even Yousef agreed"! Unfortunately , just like the continuing majority support for the Monarchy we are not allowed to say the whole damned enterprise is a mistake and more that the the West's foreign policy caused the problem in the first place. Certain honest statements are impossible because they are presented as unpatriotic! And God help us listen to Frank Field's comment that he was disappointed that the debate for independence was all about money! Jesus wept!Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-35207159107529437662012-03-16T15:39:30.006+00:002012-03-16T15:39:30.006+00:00Who am I to criticise a curmudgeon?
PeterWho am I to criticise a curmudgeon?<br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-32240479434785521272012-03-16T14:20:33.210+00:002012-03-16T14:20:33.210+00:00Yes, Peter, I noticed that Rennie remark - "....Yes, Peter, I noticed that Rennie remark - "...even Yousef agreed...". an attitude that perhaps stems from something deeper in his psyche, but it was matched by Dimbleby's "..I'll come to HIM later." referring to Yousef again, who still didn't get his say after Frank Field took an eternity to "briefly answer please." <br /><br />Of course, I may just be getting a tad curmudgeonly!Barontorchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013396482625243468noreply@blogger.com