Peter Hitchens on Question Time 9th June 2011

Peter Hitchens answering a question on Libya and ground troops. I personally love the reply he gives to the young lad at the end !!

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[SuperSuperswan]

Great put down to the twerp at the end.

[TheValeyard92]

"stubbed out" springs to mind

[onelovejohn1]

stupid idiot ..good answer peter hitchens

[mrpinkist]

well am not gonna get into a politcal debate, but well said Peter Hitchens at that silly little boy...sign up ! (give that boy a flack jacket and a m60 rifle).... the thing is ...he won't coz he's prob a libyan illegal anyway. What has Libya got to do with the UK? (apart from the massive oil reserves)...hmmmmm

[aelfredhauscarl]

The point Hitchens was trying to make at the beginning of the video was that in a week when the ConDem alliance was softening us up to reduce the punishment of convicted rapists, they then tried to use alleged rape as an excuse to invade Libya. Glaring hypocrisy. Of course he was irrationally censored by establishment gimp Dimbleby once again.

[revo1974]

@divvy1400yam600

Our leaders are failing us. Bush now Obama. Our country is heading in a very bad direction. We deserve it because we (the people) are not enlightened and too easily fooled by the elite. If you get your news from FOX, CNN or MSNBC you're being played like a pawn.

[revo1974]

@divvy1400yam600

....the world in new technologies for another half of century or more.

Israel and revenge for a failed assassination on Bush Sr. are bogus propaganda excuses, nothing more.

It's all about the transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich, while maintaining the worlds greatest war machine to ensure the process continues for decades to come.

What you call "guilt tripping" I call understanding reality and being accountable for poor policy decisions.

[revo1974]

@divvy1400yam600

...generating wealth for the MIC, big oil and cronies of the admin.

Did you know that over 6 billion dollars went missing? Where it went is still an unknown. All of the money spent in Iraq also played a roll in why we are in such debt as well.

If we invested that money in America instead to rebuild and transform our infrastructure to include clean energy we could of created many job, kept our debt down and paved a way for America to lead....

[revo1974]

@divvy1400yam600

....the CIA and State Dept., as well as large numbers of Middle East experts, warned that a U.S. invasion of Iraq could result in a violent ethnic and sectarian conflict. The neocons wanted to foster fragmentation and conflict. Divide and conquer. It's an old military strategy.

By implementing this strategy much death, injury and misery was imposed not only on the people of Iraq, but our honorable men and women of our armed services.

Its not just about oil, but more.....

[revo1974]

@divvy1400yam600

Tribal conflicts in Iraq are indeed old, however, Iraq had maintained a long-standing history of a fairly strong national identity among its Arab population despite its sectarian difference. They learned to get along for the most part.

The neoconservative plan was to create an unstable environment. Basic security in Iraq was not even present, which caused many ordinary Iraqi citizens to turn to extremist sectarian groups for protection.

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