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Originally Posted by Astro_Bot
They have no honour. Worse, they don't even know what 'honour' is!
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I'd be the first to say that I understand Marty's fear for his son's safety, so my thoughts are with you there Marty, and my hopes for his safe return.
But, if they (the T) were over here in our country, I'm guessing you guys would be among the first to say that 'whatever it takes to get them out' would be fair game. I'm fairly sure they didn't invite us into their country, so they're just doing what we would do to them.
And let's not forget that the Taliban were trained largely by the Brits and Yanks when it suited them to have a friendly local militia harrassing the Russians while it was their playing field in the 90s.
As for ethics and honour, - I imagine you're thinking about the way the 'allies' conducted themselves at Abu Ghraib prison when you talk about ethics and honour...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghr...prisoner_abuse
Let's be fair guys - and honest !
War is always terrible, but equally, there are always two sides to a story.
I don't normally get involved in these sort of debates, but this one eyed nonsense go my dander up - sorry mods.