Andy Mcnab and the war on terror

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CITIZEN

Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:55 AM

Just read a few choice quotes from Andy McNab (ex-SAS, served in the 1st gulf war in the legendary Bravo Two Zero) :

Why are we really in Iraq?

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For the oil, thats it. The first attacks in the war weren't on the mainland - they were on oil rigs. Saddam wasn't a threat. You can moan about it from a moral point of view, but if you were paying £8 a gallon, there'd be riots in the streets. Iran's got a lot of gas, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next.

Rendition:

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This is where you sieze a suspect for interrogation. Western goverments want to keep to their civil liberties laws, so you lift a suspect from the streets and fly them to a friendly country - often Pakistan or a north African country. Western goverments can then say, "We don't torture anyone." You just get someone in another country to do it for you.

When will our troops come home?

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Britain and America will want it to look like we've come home. But there's no exit plan. The US will be enclosed in their military cities, and we'll have our little bit down south. We'll say we've handed over to the Iraqi military, but we'll still have a huge military presence, because the troops who are no longer in Saudi will be stationed in Iraq instead.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

SERGEANTX

Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:04 AM

Why do you hate America?

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

CITIZEN

Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:07 AM

Who said I hate America, exactly?

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:08 AM

"I'm Andy McNab, I'm Andy McNab, I'm Andy McNab, I'm Andie MacDowell. . .*worried groan*"

(I couldn't resist.)

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"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Just read a few choice quotes from Andy McNab (ex-SAS, served in the 1st gulf war in the legendary Bravo Two Zero) :

Why are we really in Iraq?
Quote:

For the oil, thats it. The first attacks in the war weren't on the mainland - they were on oil rigs.

I was involved on the "attacks" on the oil rigs. Our purpose wasn't to take them over so that America could have more oil. It was to prevent Hussein from causing mass ecological disaster as he did setting the Kuwaiti oilfields on fire during the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. We had figures in hand concerning how much oil would spill into the gulf if those things were destroyed, and so we acted to prevent that catastrophe from taking place.

Don't take Andy McNab's word for it. He's acting on supposition without first hand knowledge. I was there. I was involved. It wasn't a hostile take over for oil that motivated us to grab those GOPLATS. It was to prevent ecological disaster.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

CITIZEN

Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by InevitableBetrayal:
Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Just read a few choice quotes from Andy McNab (ex-SAS, served in the 1st gulf war in the legendary Bravo Two Zero) :

Why are we really in Iraq?
Quote:

For the oil, thats it. The first attacks in the war weren't on the mainland - they were on oil rigs.

I was involved on the "attacks" on the oil rigs. Our purpose wasn't to take them over so that America could have more oil. It was to prevent Hussein from causing mass ecological disaster as he did setting the Kuwaiti oilfields on fire during the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. We had figures in hand concerning how much oil would spill into the gulf if those things were destroyed, and so we acted to prevent that catastrophe from taking place.

Don't take Andy McNab's word for it. He's acting on supposition without first hand knowledge. I was there. I was involved. It wasn't a hostile take over for oil that motivated us to grab those GOPLATS. It was to prevent ecological disaster.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

I can accept that, its not without presedent, I suppose...
But, come on, Oil is at least one of the motivations for the war.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

SERGEANTX

Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:05 AM

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Originally posted by citizen:
Who said I hate America, exactly?

I was just trying to beat AJ to the punch.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

SIGNYM

Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:22 AM

Let me fill in for the Bushies:

Why do you hate America? We invaded because of the massive stockpiles of WMD, which were ready to be deployed, buried under a rosebush in Syria. If we hadn't, Saddam would have used his oil to create the WMD he already had.

You're just appeasing them, ALL of them. They should all be slagged into glass because of the atrocities they commit. We really don't hate Muslims, it's their religion. So support our troops!

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:26 AM

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Originally posted by citizen:
Quote:
Originally posted by InevitableBetrayal:
Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Just read a few choice quotes from Andy McNab (ex-SAS, served in the 1st gulf war in the legendary Bravo Two Zero) :

Why are we really in Iraq?
Quote:

For the oil, thats it. The first attacks in the war weren't on the mainland - they were on oil rigs.

I was involved on the "attacks" on the oil rigs. Our purpose wasn't to take them over so that America could have more oil. It was to prevent Hussein from causing mass ecological disaster as he did setting the Kuwaiti oilfields on fire during the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. We had figures in hand concerning how much oil would spill into the gulf if those things were destroyed, and so we acted to prevent that catastrophe from taking place.

Don't take Andy McNab's word for it. He's acting on supposition without first hand knowledge. I was there. I was involved. It wasn't a hostile take over for oil that motivated us to grab those GOPLATS. It was to prevent ecological disaster.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

I can accept that, its not without presedent, I suppose...
But, come on, Oil is at least one of the motivations for the war.

You very well could be right. But I wasn't in on the decision making process for going to war. Just for grabbing the GOPLATs.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

HKCAVALIER

Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:27 AM

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Originally posted by SignyM:
We really don't hate Muslims, it's their religion.

Signy, that's funny! May I quote you?

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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