But did anyone see Bremner, Bird and Fortune's programme about our Government and Iraq? Our whole involvment in the Middle East since WWI scares the shite out of me. And we call ourselves civilised?
(pattybuttyand chips,
Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:54,
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and
they made a film about laurence of arabia - he was a hero - wasn't he ?
(ablufiav0.43 - have your face drawn,
Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:55,
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And apparently, so is Winston Churchill
except what no-one realised before they voted him as the Greatest Britain is that he sanctioned bombing of innocent tribesmen in Iraq after WWII. I'm so glad a voted for Newton now.
(pattybuttyand chips,
Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:58,
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frightened the crap
out of me too, particularly churchill launching a terror campaign against the middle east! Greatest living briton, fact fans. See - Brunel should've won :)
(witchyis covered in BEES,
Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:59,
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Funny you should mention that. I'm Irish, and my Dad
who's a playwright, had a play on Irish radio recently, in which a character claimed that Cromwell had done a lot for Ireland; particulalry he revolutionised the agricultural methods. Dad got turds in the post. An O'Fatwa, he called it...