Sunday, May 28, 2006

AWOL UK

MP John McDonnell says that desertions from the UK armed forces have tripled in the last 3 years, which would correspond to the Iraq war period. The military deny this (well the would wouldn't they?) and say Iraq is not a factor. S-right. Sure, you don't think the prospect of being sent into a warzone where they are throwing severed heads from passing cars would put them off?
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And strangely, Iraq looks like Green Acres when compared to some of the more nasty neighborhoods of South Africa. Does that make it good? Not my call.

7:16 am
Anonymous said...

And interestingly, I can't help but note the anti-capitalist notes around the webpage. Cute decor, or actually intended to be a plug-in to the anarchist ideology? Believe me, I'm not spamming you or anything, I agree with you more often than not, but I don't see how advocating distance from something whose conceptual core is in voluntary exchange is a productive step - and what, pray tell, is it a step towards?

7:20 am
anarchist said...

If you mean capitalism is a 'voluntary exchange' then I would disagree. At its core its an interest based system for valuing everything. It relies on constant input and subjugation of others and their resources - which is far from voluntary. We can see this in Iraq - before and after Saddam - resource based wars (Iraq/Iran War, Gulf War, Iraq War).

9:45 am

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