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Originally Posted by Stuart W
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The USA are not only the worlds only super power, but they are also our ALLIES!
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They are also the ones guilty of an illegal invasion of another country. They are also the ones guilty of holding people in limbo at Guantanamo Bay, denying them access to legal representation or giving them a fair trial. They are also the ones who have threatened other countries that if they don't change their behaviour they risk invasion.
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I think it would be a whole heartedly BAD idea to start limiting the presidents visits here. Do you guys have ANY idea what you are talking about?
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Yes, I think we do. Just because someone is our ally doesn't mean that we should allow him to ride roughshod over *our* country and have his people dictate what *we* can or cannot do.
If you had forgotten, allow me to remind you that *we* are a Sovereign Nation, not some appendage of the USA, we have our own laws and codes of acceptable behaviour and I certainly don't think that we should be brow-beaten by an arrogant right-winger into following his lead simply to keep them happy.
There's a word for that. It's "Appeasement".
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FYI London is now the SINGLE MOST LIKELY target for terrorist attack.
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This is *utter nonsense*!
How many suicide bombings have we had here? How many tanks have we seen on the streets (apart from that ill-advised set of "scare tactics" at Heathrow)? If you asked a selection of people on London's streets how worried they are about terror attacks, I think most would say that they're glad they're not living in Israel or the occupied territories of Palestine.
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If Tony Blair was going to visit the terror capitol of the world, wouldn't you want him to have some decent security?
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Excuse me???
If London is now the SINGLE MOST LIKELY target for terrorist attack, how come we don't close down huge sections of the capital every time TB goes to the House of Commons or leaves for his constituency or whatever??
The fact is that what Bush's people *really* want is to try to protect him from the large number of people who would be out on the streets protesting against his illegal actions, the lies he used to justify a war and the sheer arrogance of his government which thinks it can dictate terms to the rest of the world!!