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Let us noble Brits help the Arabs looking for freedom and democracy... 13 Years, 2 Months ago
Allow several hundred thousand to come and live and work here?
(NO shout the vast majority).
Add ten pounds to each of our income taxes to buy them food and drink?
(NO cry the vast majority).
Remember - this is a DEMOCRACY (we pretend) - and if it really paid attention to the opinion of the majority - we'd still be hanging people (or, to put it in media/political terms, "killing our own people").
Re:Let us noble Brits help the Arabs looking for freedom and democracy... 13 Years, 2 Months ago
veritas wrote: we started the whole mess. Lawrence of Arabia and all that.
Yes ... just shows what chaos can be caused by drawing a few lines (to denote "borders") on a map can do - ignorantly ignoring tribal boundaries, and ethnic areas etc.