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Tim Barnes

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  1. They are already in existence, haven't made any difference when Mugabe has billions in overseas bank accounts while his people starve The only way to effecively get rid of Mugabe is a well trained and highly armed militia backed up by an African peace keeping force after Mugabe has been overthrown I would have no prob with Britain training and arming an opposition militia but I don't want to see British troops invade Zimbabwe or whatever
  2. Blair Serial liar and war criminal if you include foreign politicians no one compares to Bush, won 2 elections through nepotism and corruption and belongs in the same war crimes dock as Blair
  3. It is a vile practice but male circumcision (Jews) goes on too and if I am correct sikhs too (I know one of the indian religions has male circumcision as a practice)
  4. Not our problem really It is not up to us to be the worlds policeman, Mugabe is vile but it is up to Africa to deal with him not us
  5. Well bombs would punish them even more, 20,000 innocent Iraqis were butchered in 2 nights by allied planes carpet bombing residential areas of Baghdad so sanctions that force open revolt among the people would be more effective than bombs or invasions I would personally like to see Iran's nuclear facilities bombed, Israeli planes blew up Saddam Hussein's nuclear factories a few years back so attacking the nuclear factories but not attacking or invading the country is something I would be happy with
  6. For the record I am opposed to any bombing of Iran or invasion of Iran, it would cause a lot more harm than good and would unite islam against the west, islamic world didn't care much for Saddam Hussein he was a secular sunni muslim and not an islamist so there was no tears there but Iran is a totally different level not to mention much tougher military opposition Iran should be made international pariahs until such time as they cease funding Hezbollah and Hamas and end their nuclear program, bombing them is not the answer that would mobilise the middle east against us but bleeding Iran dry financially, banning Iranian airlines from flying, banning all trade with Iran etc etc would show that we are serious
  7. Even if he was not joking and actually meant it where does he differ from the others ? Hillary Clinton said she would and to use her words "obliterate Iran", Hillary has made other statements about Iran that make McCain seem like a bleeding heart liberal, Obama said recently that he would not hesitate to bomb Iran if they threatened Israel, Obama said too early on in the campaign that he would authorise bombing raids in Pakistan if intelligence showed that Osama Bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan I don't understand why McCain is being made to be the bogeyman here when others have made similar statements
  8. You can't compare Iran with Iraq and Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe and Iraq are/were run by crazed dictarors who only wanted one thing and that is power and would murder anyone that got in their way, Iran is a democracy and the Iranian people have far more opportunity to change the course of power in Iran so the leaders are much more likely to sit up and take notice if its people start suffering whereas Hussein and Mugabe dead babies and starving kids to them through sanctions meant nothing
  9. I deliberately bought in Churchill losing post war election to prove a point to those that claim Maggie only won an election because of the Falklands ;) I just don't think we can give Iran any concessions, to do so when they are financing and training terrorist groups will make us look weak and would be a propaganda coup for Iran even if we give them any concessions, If they want to have concessions then let them first stop funding Hezbollah and Hamas and then curtail its weapons programme, then and only then should any meaningful talks occur Sanctions worked with Colonel Gadaffi, we did not give Gadaffi concessions to make us look weak we squeezed Libya's economy dry and Gadaffi played ball with us and now is very reasonable with the west and has stopped funding terrorist groups, he made several concessions and condemned terror and we lifted the embargos and gave Libya aid, same can happen with Iran Just blindly offering them concessions without there being a stick too would be a disaster
  10. Wouldn't be so sure, the 2 things that will decide this election are tax and also homeland security and Obama and McCain are pretty even on tax/economy and McCain has a massive lead on homeland security I think that this will be the dirtiest election ever in a non third world nation and Obama will be ripped apart
  11. Churchill lost a general election after the war, anyone who was PM during the war would have been popular, Churchill while a good speechmaker was a short tempered womanising alcoholic, he was a great speechmaker but I dispute him ever being a great PM as if he was he would have won post war election by a landslide I think it would look bad to see Obama and the Iranian president sitting in the oval office or in Teheran drinking tea and smiling sweetly for journalists, it would be great PR for the Iranian president but make the west and Obama look weak, economic sanctions, trade embargo and complete ban on flights would be more effective than drinking tea with the Iranian president The rest of what you say is pure speculation, no one knows who McCain will have in his cabinet if he got elected
  12. It is no different to what Hillary and recently Obama have said, you can't put a hairs width between Hillary and McCain on Iran and Obama said the same thing recently that he would bomb Iran if they threatened Israel There is not a leader in the Western world that wants Iran to have nukes
  13. I didn't even want McCain to get the nomination, I was and still am a supporter of Mitt Romney despite his f***ed up religious views but McCain got the nomination and he is by far the lesser of the 2 evils Obama will tax, tax, tax and tax again, he has no political experience to deal effectively with world issues and security matters, the guy will be a disaster, if he was a white man he would have been eliminated before even John Edwards based on his policies but he has mobilised black america behind him like a modern day MLK As for Obama he himself has said he would attack Iran if they threatened Israel, he also said that he would bomb Pakistan if it was found they were sheltering Osama but hey just lets all concentrate on one joke from a year ago :rolleyes:
  14. The guy made a JOKE that is purely what it was, he did not make a policy statement there he made it in jest, if the best you can come up with is a joke from over 12 months ago to discredit him you must be desperate mate Boris Johnson made some jokes at a dinner a year ago, does that make him unfit to be mayor ? course not
  15. Tim Barnes posted a post in a topic in Sports and Fitness
    I hope he stays as they might be able to afford Berbs after all if they get a load of wonga from Real
  16. They shouldn't say it in the first place If someone phoned me up tonight and said that they were going to kill me you can rest assured whether they meant it or not that I would be taking necessary means to ensure it doesn't happen even if it was some drunk blowing hot air, Israel can't take that chance, if someone makes public statements about wiping out a country of course Olmert is going to be taking precautions, Ahmadinejad should keep his mouth shut instead of fanning the flames
  17. If the Israelis were committed to wiping out the Palestinians they would have done it by now, since 1984 there has been 1200 Palestinian deaths, excluding terrorists that is about probably 500 innocent civilians that have been killed in crossfire or whatever, too many yes but compared that with over 20,000 innocent Iraqis murdered in 2 nights in "shock and awe", we are not in a position to condemn Israel when we have done far worse than them in the last 20 years yet we are allowed nuclear weapons If the Israelis wanted the Palestinians wiped out they could do it easily, soldiers could probably wipe out every living person in Palestine inside a month if Israel were committed to the destruction of Palestine but it isn't
  18. Naturally I am with Israel on this one Iran is committed to the complete destruction of Israel, its President has also publicly said so so given the rhetoric that comes out of Teheran it is right that Israel has to consider its options and prepare for any Iranian wrongdoing Olmert has never ever made public statements about wanting a sovereign nation wiped off the map whereas Iran have so it is right that Israel do what is necessary Iran is not a fit and proper country to be having nuclear weapons given its commitment to the destruction of Israel
  19. It is our road though, motorists pay tax and cyclists don't therefore cyclists are guests on the motorists road so should behave accordingly, it is up to cyclists not to inconvenience motorists and behave safely when they are on our road
  20. Bikes are not a practical means of transport With some exceptions they are essentially for people that can't afford cars, save the planet style tree huggers, school kids and the anti car brigade, they are not a practical means of transport You can't bring the shopping home on a bike for example Cars are an essential
  21. I would also bring in breeding licences, it is ridiculous that someone needs a licence to keep a dog, a television and a car but do not need one for the most precious and important thing in life, a baby Anyone wants a baby they should apply for a licence permit where they have to prove that they can afford that baby themselves without taxpayer support, have to undergo phychological and IQ tests to prove their fitness to bring up a baby and then and only then a licence gets granted Anyone having a baby without a licence is subject to severe penalties and the baby taken into care
  22. Nope I do not for one moment advocate letting kids starve, there are many women in this country that can't have babies for reasons that they or their partners are infertile, there are many couples who can afford kids but can't have them, the adoption waiting list is huge, there are many people who are on IVF programmes that will never be able to have a child of their own so rather than starvation I advocate the adoption route, if a girl and we are talking in general teenage girls on council estates here, can't provide for their kid out of non state money or their families can't provide for the kid then the kid gets taken into care and put up for adoption I am all for people having babies I believe in pro life but I also believe that I should not have to financially provide for their babies out of my tax so simple method, pay for the kid yourself by getting a job or lose it to adoption
  23. I fail to see what is fascist about not wanting people to take liberties with my hard earned, sure there are a lot of genuine cases in terms of single mums like in cases of divorce or violent partner or whatever in which case that is different but a large number of people are taking the p*** and getting pregnant really young so they can get a free house off the council and nice amount of money each week for booze and fags while at the same time bringing up the next generation of feral chav, if that makes me a fascist so be it
  24. Tim Barnes posted a post in a topic in Sports and Fitness
    Chelsea would be f***ed yes According to a very reputable business magazine Abramovich hasn't given Chelsea money he has loaned the club money and that his contractual arrangement with Chelsea is that all loans have to be paid back within 18 months of Abramovich leaving Chelsea so he dies, is arrested, gets bored etc Chelsea are in deep deep $h!t
  25. More cyclists to get in the way of motorists then :rolleyes: :manson: they are a bloody nuisance on the road as it is