The War Thread | We Are All Going To Die

[John Arne]

Don's boys have fired a few missiles into Pakistan today, which will surely not lead to anything more major...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...es-in-pakistan

Russia is trying it's best to destroy all things Ukrainian.

Israel's genocidal onslaught in Palestine continues.

The UK is sending a couple of boats to Guyana after Venezuela announced it's intentions to annex the northern part of the country.

The US and UK are just about to smash the shit out of some goat herders, or Houthi's, as they like to be called.

In more minor war news, Myanmar is still having a 'to do' with itself, some nonsense in North Africa with the Maghreb mob, and Sudan continues to punch itself in the face.


How do we stop all of this shit? It's all very depressing.

[Don]

There's a recurring participant and active party in all of the above. The downfall of empires is often violent

On the positive, the US, and its bitch, UK, have managed to bring peace to Yemen through their incompetence

[Jimmy Floyd]

The only empire in the Middle East is the one started by the kiddly-fiddler-in-chief in the 7th century.

[Yevrah]

Peace to Yemen? Do I finally get to visit Socotra?

[Spikey M]

I'm not saying everything is shit, but global peace is certainly "worse".

[niko_cee]

On the subject of Myanmar I was reading a preview of this book the other day which sounds fascinating.

[Yevrah]

I'm not saying everything is shit, but global peace is certainly "worse".

Worse than when? When I was a child my parents were being told to whitewash their windows to stave off the radiation from the incoming nuke.

[niko_cee]

When was the last time the UK was actually 'AT WAR'? The Second Iraq War? Did we dodge Syria/Lybia/Arab Spring wars? Feels like, if that is the case, then it's been quite a long run without one. They usually rolled along every 10 years or so before - Gulf War 1, Falklands War, I assume we didn't wet our beaks in Vietnam but I guess you could Cold War the whole period.

[Spikey M]

Worse than when? When I was a child my parents were being told to whitewash their windows to stave off the radiation from the incoming nuke.

Than most of my life. I don't recall there being this many interlinked conflicts kicking off. Not that had the potential to drag us in to it, anyway. (Not including the Afghanistan and Iraq "peace missions" obviously)

[Waffdon]

Spikey being dramatic again, troops.

[SincereTheRebel]

Where do i invest my money to line my own pockets?

[Spikey M]

Spikey being dramatic again, troops.

Read the thread title.

[Waffdon]

I’ll be swinging past your neck of the woods next Friday, we can hug it out if need be. Everything will be okay.

[Spikey M]

We'll all be dead by then.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think there are various countries/tinpot dictators who have been emboldened by Putin's flagrant attempt to invade another country's sovereign territory and, whilst I wouldn't say 'get away with it' as Russia has become a pariah state and had to retreat back into Soviet mode, not be forced from his perch immediately as a result. Annexation is back in vogue I suppose.

It's also a great way to fire up populations behind you, rather than say providing food, water or housing in sufficient quantities.

[Lofty]

War economy baby, bring on the 10p Freddos.

[Boydy]

It's also a great way to fire up populations behind you, rather than say providing food, water or housing in sufficient quantities.

Tory government to invade the republic of Ireland next week then.

[Raoul Duke]

The Argie guy definitely has it in him for some Falklands-related banter

[Shindig]

Let's just send Lord Miles (and the numerous copycat twats) with a vest full of thermite.

[Giggles]

Tory government to invade the republic of Ireland next week then.

The way things are here I'd nearly welcome it.

[Disco]

As close to a cry for help as Giggles can get, should we send someone round in the van to check on him?

[Lofty]

People lol at the Argie guy like he wouldn't return a 100 seat majority here with his antics.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Thing about Milei is that unlike Trump and other clowns, he is an economics professor who is following a serious agenda with academic basis. Whether it is a good or successful agenda who knows, but it's contrary to, say, Donald never having read a book in his life.

[Boydy]

Iran and Pakistan having a go at each other now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Iran are having a fairly serious crack at the Iraqi Kurds as well, I'm told, via impeccable sources.

[Don]

We bomb Baloch separatists in Pakistan so Pakistan respond by bombing Baloch separatists

[Dquincy]

How do we stop all of this shit? It's all very depressing.

Who's this "we" you're talking about. I hope it's not TTH as you lot couldn't bring peace to a creche, let alone the world.

[Lofty]

We don't even want peace on the board.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think it behooves us to form a TTH special operation to achieve world peace. We'll probably have to run everything through Lewis, as the only one with access to military intelligence / large ships and guns, and he is also the biggest fan of war, so there's work to do but not impossible.

[Lewis]

I'm not sure the United Kingdom is ready for the aggro that would accompany Pakistan getting into a war with somebody. The 'Iranian community' is pretty small and concentrated, so they could expect to get their restaurants smashed in; but if it ever went up with India it's hard to see how the police could expect to retain control of somewhere like Leicester.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Modi probably has about 300 sleeper cells in Britain prepared for such an eventuality. Codeword goes out and every famous British Pakistani gets a bullet in the, er, temple.

[John Arne]

This will not lead to anything, but the Fil's and Chinese Coast Guard at it again...

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More cameras than guns.

[Jimmy Floyd]

China is so fucked now that nothing would surprise me.

[John Arne]

I mean you arm Israel to the teeth, allow them to commit genocide... This all feels kinda inevitable.

[Giggles]

There's a lot to be said for completely wiping Israel off the face of the earth, it's just a pity it wouldn't end there.

[Kikó]

What possible things could be said on wiping a country and people of the face of the earth?

[Giggles]

They seem to be happy enough going at it themselves.

[Don]

In the barren wasteland devoid of humanity, concerns about human costs are as futile as echoes in the void brother Kiko. Keep calm and support Ukraine/Biden, please.

What a result, minimal drones required to get through Iron Dome with well-targeted missiles. Biden's statement seems to be very defensive too so only response may come from Bibi being a maniac which is obviously a given but drink it in.

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[Spikey M]

Are there any polls on the average Brits view on what's going on in Israel/Palestine?

At a guess, I would say the majority under 50 are opposed to what Israel are doing, and those over 50 support it. Our Government - and by extension Iran and others - must be aware of this, right?

I have nothing but hatred for the ruling classes of this country and would be unlikely to fight unless Ze Germans were stood looking over from Calais again. Never mind fighting in support of a genocide.

The same will be true in America and across the west, I imagine. I think civil wars and coups are on the cards at some point. Probably not here. We're too British. But in Europe and America I don't think conscription would go the way they want it to, and these chickenhawk cunts must be aware of it.

[Spikey M]

At a guess, I would say the majority under 50 are opposed to what Israel are doing, and those over 50 support it.

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This suggests I'm correct in that assumption.

[Don]

See Labour's shit performance at GE for further confirmation.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Are there any polls on the average Brits view on what's going on in Israel/Palestine?

Other than Muslims, most don't care, except that the longer it goes on as a one-sided massacre, the less they are going to support Israel, which you can see being borne out in the opinion polls on the subject.

The difference between Muslim Brits and the average Brit is that even if they hold the same view on the subject ('Israel should stop bombing Gaza'), for the former it is the number one issue that matters in the world, even if they will never visit Palestine or have family from there, whereas for the latter it comes 15th behind cost of living, housing, NHS, etc etc. Both groups find it extremely difficult to understand the other's position, even though they basically think the same thing.

That is why Starmer's approach to the matter is as it is, he can deal with losing the votes of 50,000 Muslims, particularly as they are all piled up in just a few places.

[Jimmy Floyd]

As for conscription, it's not the early 20th century so wars aren't fought by just chucking thousands of young men at the problem, unless you're Russia or a similar callous culture in which the individual's life is not seen as important. Even in WWII the Allies didn't really do this other than when absolutely necessary, as in certain places the fanatical Nazis and Japanese needed to be drawn out of their positions and there's no other way of doing that other than sending boots in.

The only time people will get called up by a western country is when, as in Ukraine, national survival is at stake. If you still won't fight when national survival is at stake then you are basically a waste of air and shouldn't be in the given country anyway.

[Spikey M]

You say that, but we have the head of our Armed Forces standing in Parliament bringing up conscription, despite enemy forces posing us no direct threat at the moment.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...o-fight-russia

Whilst we may have a more modern military than 1939, there is no fighting a world war without manpower. Manpower that would be completely unwilling to fight in this war. So why the fuck are we involving ourselves? And on the wrong side, at that.

[Shindig]

Who really wants one, though? There's not a force big enough to really kick one off.

[Spikey M]

Who really wants one, though? There's not a force big enough to really kick one off.

This stuff rarely comes from desire. WW1 happened because a load of nations signed treaties with each other and were forced to act in line with them.

WW2 was similar, albeit, we tried not to honour said treaties until there was no alternative.

Everyone is hypermindful of NATO etc at the moment, but in theory it only takes one unwise bullet and we're at war whether we want to be or not.

[Lewis]

We have a nuclear capability for matters of 'national survival'. Anything and everything else would just be getting turned into breadcrumbs for the triple lock and illegal immigrants.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why would there be a world war? I don't understand this at all. It's another in the long line of conflicts between Israel and the Muslim world.

[Spikey M]

Why would there be a world war? I don't understand this at all. It's another in the long line of conflicts between Israel and the Muslim world.

I'm not saying there will be. Just that we are on the wrong side of history at the moment and if this did develop into a wider conflict, there would be few that would fight for this. Iran will know that and it's likely why they're happy to launch attacks. Our Government will also know that, which makes me wonder why they are acting as if they don't.

It's a matter of time until the next David Amess and zero tears will be shed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If we're on the opposite 'side of history' (ludicrous concept) to Islamic theocracies, Putin and the Chinese Communist Party then we're doing the right thing. People lose perspective so easily.