Britain feared US would 'nuke' Afghanistan: ex-diplomat

[Spider]

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Britain_feared_US_would_nuke_Afghan_06172007.html
Britain joined the United States' invasion to oust the Taliban in 2001 because it feared America would "nuke the ****" out of Afghanistan, the former British ambassador to Washington reportedly told a television documentary to be screened Saturday.

In comments printed in advance in the Daily Mirror tabloid on Monday, Christopher Meyer said that fear explained why Prime Minister Tony Blair chose to stand with US President George W. Bush in his decision to invade Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks -- to temper his aggressive battle plans.

"Blair's real concern was that there would be quote unquote 'a knee-jerk reaction' by the Americans ... they would go thundering off and nuke the **** out of the place without thinking straight," Meyer reported told the documentary, according to the Mirror.

In other excerpts of the documentary, printed in The Observer newspaper on Sunday, members of Blair's inner circle said the prime minister agreed to commit troops to the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq despite believing that the United States had failed to prepare adequately for post-war reconstruction.

Channel 4 will air the first part of "The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair" on Saturday.

[TailgateNut]

Even our allies were afraid of the "cowboys' over-reaction and lack of planning".

The only military experience Dumbya has, was play-fighting Oklahoma when he was in the Texas Natl. guard, and half of that time he was drunk.

[Spider]

Even our allies were afraid of the "cowboys' over-reaction and lack of planning".

The only military experience Dumbya has, was play-fighting Oklahoma when he was in the Texas Natl. guard, and half of that time he was drunk.

no shít ....... we elected an ásshole like Bush , will go down in History as one of the biggest screw ups we have ever done as a nation ............

[TailgateNut]

no shít ....... we elected an ásshole like Bush , will go down in History as one of the biggest screw ups we have ever done as a nation ............


Please keep the "we" and "elected" out of that sentence, and in the future capitalize "SCREW-UP" and "ASSHOLE"!

[Spider]

Please keep the "we" and "elected" out of that sentence, and in the future capitalize "SCREW-UP" and "a-hole"!

LOL

[Bronco Bob]

no shít ....... we elected an ásshole like Bush , will go down in History as one of the biggest screw ups we have ever done as a nation ............

Can you really blame the majority of the American voters for Bush?
After all, Gore won the popular vote and it took the SCOTUS to
give Bush Florida, and but for some funny business in Ohio,
Kerry might have won in 2004.

[Spider]

Can you really blame the majority of the American voters for Bush?
After all, Gore won the popular vote and it took the SCOTUS to
give Bush Florida, and but for some funny business in Ohio,
Kerry might have won in 2004.
yes!!!!!!!!!!!! we all allowed this to happen ..... one way or another .Lack of action makes alot of guilty .......

[Bronco Bob]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!! we all allowed this to happen ..... one way or another .Lack of action makes alot of guilty .......

Well, in my defense, I voted for Gore and Kerry, so there isn't much I could
have done otherwise.

[Spider]

Well, in my defense, I voted for Gore and Kerry, so there isn't much I could
have done otherwise.

Same here , but we should have bítch slapped everyone with a W in 2000/2004 sticker ;D

[footstepsfrom#27]

Nuking Afghanistan = Urban Renewal ;D

[Rigs11]

Same here , but we should have bítch slapped everyone with a W in 2000/2004 sticker ;D

Hey now. I got a W sticker on my car.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/30/a2/98_1.JPG

[Hotrod]

Boo

[Spider]

Boo

LOL , you mean that Dodge was put together well enough to handle the weight of a sticker ? Color me impressed ;D

[Spider]

Nuking Afghanistan = Urban Renewal ;D

;D I am all for another invasion of Afghanistan , we need Bin Laden .......and if we ever get that SOB , I want him to live long enough to know he is dying ....

[TailgateNut]

Hey now. I got a W sticker on my car.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/30/a2/98_1.JPG


To piss on the Lone Bolts parade, that sticker should have "Indisputable" at the bottom.

I sam a good one on a car in Boulder Canyon this morning. It said:


CHENEY
SATAN
2004

!Booya!

[ant1999e]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!! we all allowed this to happen ..... one way or another .Lack of action makes alot of guilty .......

THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.:thumbsup:

[Hotrod]

LOL , you mean that Dodge was put together well enough to handle the weight of a sticker ? Color me impressed ;D

Heck no I dont put bumper stickers on my trucks......personally I think they are stupid. Sure I like to read other peoples and laugh but my Dodge is to nice a ride to be putting graffiti on it ;D

[Spider]

Heck no I dont put bumper stickers on my trucks......personally I think they are stupid. Sure I like to read other peoples and laugh but my Dodge is to nice a ride to be putting graffiti on it ;D

LOL , pop off the dodge emblem ,then put the Blue oval emblem on there

[Denver Crush]

LOL , pop off the dodge emblem ,then put the Blue oval emblem on there

ROFL!
Then it wont start! thats bad advice.

[Spider]

ROFL!
Then it wont start! thats bad advice.

apparently you are confused on how upgrades work ;D