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Title: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: flowers on June 20, 2014, 04:56:11 pm: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/20/iraq-security-un-idUKN9N0O502I20140620

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(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that airstrikes against Islamist militants in Iraq could be counter-productive unless moves were made to create an inclusive government.

"Military strikes against (ISIL) might have little lasting effect or even be counter-productive if there is no movement towards inclusive government in Iraq," Ban said, referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
Title: Re: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: Oceander on June 20, 2014, 05:34:05 pm: I want to play a hypothetical game here, and change a few of the labels - but not the substance - of this remark:

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(Reuters) - ~~U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon~~U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warned on Friday that airstrikes against ~~Islamist militants in Iraq~~Germans in Czechoslovakia could be counter-productive unless moves were made to create an inclusive government.

"Military strikes against (~~ISIL~~the Nazis) might have little lasting effect or even be counter-productive if there is no movement towards inclusive government in ~~Iraq~~Czechoslovakia," Ban said, referring to the ~~Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant~~Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

Just my two cents' worth, but I think the parallels are a little too close for comfort.

Just fyi: the "excuse" for invading Czechoslovakia was in large part the Nazi's claim that ethnic Germans there were suffering under the hands of the Czech government.
Title: Re: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: PzLdr on June 20, 2014, 06:50:56 pm: That's a hoot. That's he gonna do? Send in the Blue Hats? Refuse, on principle, to take our share of the funds to run that termite nest? Do a little global warming? What a putz!
Title: Re: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: Chieftain on June 20, 2014, 07:09:59 pm: Quote from: PzLdr on June 20, 2014, 06:50:56 pm
That's a hoot. That's he gonna do? Send in the Blue Hats? Refuse, on principle, to take our share of the funds to run that termite nest? Do a little global warming? What a putz!

#ISISbeNice

:smokin:
Title: Re: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: flowers on June 20, 2014, 07:44:26 pm: Quote from: Oceander on June 20, 2014, 05:34:05 pm

Just my two cents' worth, but I think the parallels are a little too close for comfort.

Very many things going on today is very close for comfort. IMHO.
Title: Re: U.N. chief warns against airstrikes on militants in Iraq
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on June 21, 2014, 12:49:36 pm: Quote
"Military strikes against (ISIL) might have little lasting effect or even be counter-productive if there is no movement towards inclusive government in Iraq," Ban said

Okay, now I understand. This has nothing to do with a battle that's been going on since the 7th century. It's all about an inclusive government.

Wow. **nononono*