Thought that with the Tom Hardy example, he went to Yemen? The best thing we could all do to help Yemen is to put pressure on our Government to put pressure on SA. Ok it isn't a black&white situation but more could be done...but getting Tom Hardy with a placard outside Westminster asking all his fans to write to their MP doesn't bring in the cash I guess.
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:19,
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they should have dressed him up as Bane and dropped him behind enemy lines
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With Yemen a lot can be achieved by the world stopping selling arms to either side and getting SA and Iran to talk rather than fight their proxy wars.
But that's not going to happen any time soon and the likely hood of all out war is getting much greater.
As for governmental pressure from SA, from what i've heard with interviews of diplomats is public pressure is counter productive.
I would hope there is some pressure in private but being private I have no assurances there.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:26,
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So your saying Tom should be outside BAE with his placard?
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:32,
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It's a free country.
But in specifically the situation in Yemen it's not going to help unless Mohammad bin Salman is a big fan of his.
Where it would help is if there was a situation where the public giving a shit mattered. Iran and SA are not going to stop their fighting because some westerners are concerned about it and the cold hard fact is the UK government have only a few leavers to pull and they must be pulled in private in order to have a positive effect.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:38,
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Humm, a positive change might be not dropping British supplied BL755 cluster bombs on civilian populations.
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:46,
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Like I said
"With Yemen a lot can be achieved by the world stopping selling arms to either side and getting SA and Iran to talk rather than fight their proxy wars."
I'ld love the UK government to ban arms exports to SA.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:49,
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We are all agreed then? Tom Hardy is going to stand outside BAE until the UK stops selling offensive armaments to SA. He will be the bane of the arms industry!
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Mon 4 Dec 2017, 12:58,
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I'ld feel better about things.
Wouldn't make a difference on the ground though.
SA will just buy more from America.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 13:30,
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 14:47,
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*Rings Putin*, *texts Saudi8
Whatsapp to Iran. Writes flowery letter to France. etc etc
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Mon 4 Dec 2017, 20:49,
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