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UK politicians "terrified" of military intervention in Iraq -ex-general
Reuters ^ | August 12, 2014 | By Costas Pitas

Posted on 08/12/2014 8:13:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The British government is "terrified" of intervening militarily in Iraq ahead of elections due next year and is happy to posture rather than take real action, an ex-senior general who previously helped lead NATO missions said on Tuesday.

Former general Richard Shirreff, who retired from the British army last week and was NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe until March 2014, told the Times of London that British action was insufficient and he chided policymakers.

"We have politicians who want to posture, who make a lot of noise but do not have any stick,” said Shirreff.

“This government is terrified of any form of intervention involving boots on the ground before an election next year.”

(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; rop; terrified; weakwilled

1 posted on 08/12/2014 8:13:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Politicians don’t seem to have any personal convictions. Kinda sad


2 posted on 08/12/2014 8:16:25 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are skeered of the muzzies of course


3 posted on 08/12/2014 8:22:04 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, I’m sure glad the national Socialist Workers party didn’t choose now to exist, ‘cuz, oh boy, the West is a bunch of stinking sissies.


4 posted on 08/12/2014 8:37:24 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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6 Weeks
45%

Support It Or Lose It

5 posted on 08/12/2014 9:00:52 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don't worry girls...as soon as he gets his makeup on - he will go get the baddies!


6 posted on 08/12/2014 9:01:47 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: driftdiver

This is where we are. Some people see an existential threat to their native country and gear up, to the extent they can, their stomach lining for the struggle they know approaches.

Others, primarily elected officials, do not see nor care about any existential threat to anything but their tenure in public office. They are already engaged in looting their native country for all they can, and the hope is that there is some scrap of meat left on the bone at the moment they get to gnaw on it. Their concern is not that the country dies, but only that there is something for them on the way down or even out.

Again, this is where we are.


7 posted on 08/12/2014 9:02:07 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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