Paris attacks.

SonniLombardi · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:44

Will Gill said:
After reading his comments, Jason Manford definitely sums up the attacks well...

Beyond tragic, what a very messed up world we live in.

Agreed.

Facebook removed him, not just his comments, pathetic. What he said was right.

Just Google his name and the first link will tell you what he said.

Edit: His profile has been reinstated but the comment has been removed.

NickK · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:44

Buddy said:
Yeap totally agree what makes you think it isn't already trying?

Someone said earlier these countries should be isolated to let them fight their own battles - agree with this. But isolation also means no meddling from Western nations. Including our constant support for Saudi and wahhabism and arming local militias to fit our own goals.

When nations ask for help against funded insurgents - what would you do?

EDIT: Sorry - was speed reading the thread. The problem has typically been that the reliance on oil etc has been historic, the emergence of terrorism related is something recent. Being ultra conservative is one thing - not many orthodox russians going around blowing people up.

MadMouse101 · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:44

From the daily star, The UK is next and the threat level is severe

Caged · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:45

To be fair to them, I think Facebook just react to incidents where a large number of reports are made about a post automatically, I doubt they personally vet every complaint.

Buddy · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:45

NickK said:
When nations ask for help against funded insurgents - what would you do?

I would ask you who they are funded by?

And the West only take part if it suits the agenda.

Danthus · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:46

MadMouse101 said:
From the daily star, The UK is next and the threat level is severe

It has been severe for ages.

Sagalout · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:47

Longbow said:
Reported where?

Bagnolet - turned out to be firecrackers at a wedding :/

TheVoice · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:47

OldCoals said:
It is a bit naive to think that there are tons it would not happen.

They're going for impact and shock factor as much as anything else, trying to make the governments and authorities look incompetent for not being able to stop an attack in one of their own major cities. Hitting a town in Cheshire with a population of 80,000 (both facts I just learned from Wikipedia) doesn't achieve that.

George Hincapie · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:47

kissenger said:
How can you say you're not playing a trump card when in the very sentence previous you said 'practical experience means I know what works and what doesn't.' Fact of the matter is, regardless of what you do in the army you don't have a monopoly on opinions.

Debate people on the evidence. Don't expect to be able to shut down the debate by saying you were in the army or know more than everyone else. There are other people on here with some knowledge of the situation and some expertise.

You're not worth catching a ban for, which is what will happen if I respond to this the way I'd like to. You have no clue what you're talking about and you've been indulged enough. No more.

Danthus · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:48

TheVoice said:
They're going for impact and shock factor as much as anything else, trying to make the governments and authorities look incompetent for not being able to stop an attack in one of their own major cities. Hitting a town in Cheshire with a population of 80,000 (both facts I just learned from Wikipedia) doesn't achieve that.

I am imagine 150 dead in a terrorist attack anywhere in the UK would achieve that.

delta0 · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:49

I saw a Eurofighter over London earlier.

Creature · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:50

OldCoals said:
It has been severe for ages.

It's been substantial for a couple of months, upgraded to severe this morning.

NickK · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:50

Buddy said:
I would ask you who they are funded by?

And the West only take part if it suits the agenda.

Yup- missed the gist, I've edited the original post

Danthus · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:51

Creature said:
It's been substantial for a couple of months, upgraded to severe this morning.

The threat level has been at severe since August 2014.

RedDanDoc · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:51

I pray for a right wing coups d'état!

Destination · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:52

RedDanDoc said:
I pray for a right wing coups d'état!

How will that help, specifically?
Give me a step by step on how that resolves things?

TheVoice · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:55

OldCoals said:
I am imagine 150 dead in a terrorist attack anywhere in the UK would achieve that.

It wouldn't, especially on an international level, which is largely why Paris was hit last night and not some small town nobody knows about.

Creature · 14 Nov 2015 at 12:59

OldCoals said:
The threat level has been at severe since August 2014.

Well I'll be, so it has, it's the aviation one that's dropped, not the overall one.

Soundood · 14 Nov 2015 at 13:01

thank god we are an island, free movement within mainland Europe is easy for these guys, getting into the UK another matter altogether.

Von Smallhausen · 14 Nov 2015 at 13:03

Gilly said:
They're certainly not suitable for here

Quite.