Do these people really swallow everything that the Mail and Telegraph tell them to think ??? Snowden is a hero for exposing the surveillance that the NSA and others are perpetrating on us. Sure, a flawed hero - he shouldn't be leaking anything that'll jeopardise the safety of agents in the field. But does anyone think for a second that major terrorist attacks are organised using the phone, ...
Oniscus' Posts
30 Dec 2013
10 Dec 2013
I don't think the state had a choice but to prosecute. Apparently there was good video evidence showing that the soldiers appeared fairly calm and unthreatened in the minutes leading up to the killing. This goes against the 'red mist' defence. After the killing, Blackman admitted that he'd broken the Geneva Convention and asked his comrades to keep quiet. If there had been no trial and the video ...
17 Nov 2013
I have no problem whatsoever with this particular donation, given speedily in a time of extreme crisis. Some other foreign 'aid' can seem a little dodgy and one can sometimes question the motives and wonder where it's truly going. But I think we should be proud when our nation can step up and do its bit when needed. And £10m is only a few pence per taxpayer, no great loss for us compared to the ...