tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post2926429468318654956..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Doing nothing is not an optionKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-77200219344347589302015-02-26T20:03:13.319+13:002015-02-26T20:03:13.319+13:00Here we go again- not content to meet out justice ...Here we go again- not content to meet out justice to Frank Bainimarama because he did not meet your criterion on how Fijians should determine their own affairs-you got that one wrong big time didn't you?<br />Not content to crawl back into your shell,embarassed by the silly name calling and scorn you poured, next on your improvement list was Assad of Syria and now we have you pratteling on about our involvement in a battle against Isis which is not our fight.<br />For heavens sake get rid of the world improver chip that you have on your shoulder,and leave foreign affairs to the adults.rivoniaboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512979926515811466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-40191026642199741912015-02-21T21:17:10.170+13:002015-02-21T21:17:10.170+13:00I agree totally with you, Karl.
Provocation, appe...I agree totally with you, Karl.<br /><br />Provocation, appeasement.... we have been here before.<br /><br />The Jordanians are calling this the Third World War and maybe that is what we need to accept.<br /><br />Doing nothing is selfish, wilfully blind and ultimately fatal for hundreds of thousands of people.<br /><br />We need to wipe these thugs off the face of the earth. As Obama says, this is not a religious conflist. Skippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674798072085852560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-27012576449377346932015-02-12T20:10:39.858+13:002015-02-12T20:10:39.858+13:00Karl
Doing nothing is our best and most sensible ...Karl<br /><br />Doing nothing is our best and most sensible option. This is a problem for Islam, for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other Sunni states in the Middle East.<br /><br />We would be foolish in the extreme to take sides in a sectarian war we simply don't understand. Besides, our track record of 'nation building' in the Middle East is far from stella, don't you think?<br /><br />Think Iraq, Libya and our attempts to influence outcomes in Egypt's Arab Spring.<br /><br />Three reasons why we shouldn't engage:<br /><br />http://brendanslongblog.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/three-reasons-why-nz-should-not-send.html<br /><br />To be fair to you, I understand the sentiment, but that's what it is, sentiment. Islam has to burn out its internal hatred without our help even if it takes 100 years.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com