Our Army in Iraq compared to our police at home

[ianess]

Given the scenario of a crowd of hooligans causing trouble would there be the same public outcry if the police in this country took some of our local yobs behind a wall and roughed them up a bit just to put them in their place?
Maybe what the troops did was technically wrong but the violence used appeared to be minimal, and it just possibly may stop further trouble.
Anyone agree?

[Doggy2]

And its always good when you don't know or don't have clear picture about something don't talk about it cos people who has the knowledge will laugh at you. This is an advice take it or leave it.

[stevie_c2it]

Laurence2, I'm happy to engage in a debate with you, but I feel I should remind you, that is was you who chose to name me, and criticise my views. I am, I hope understandably, merely defending them.

If you feel strongly, and have a reasoned argument to support your views, I am, as always happy to read them (and change my mind, if your case is proven), but I think it only fair to expect the same courtesy in return.

[mcafferty]

I understand all this chat about whjat seems to be important..but its not who really cares about these idiots who try to bomb our troops, we should have lined them up against a wall and shot the lot of them, and then carried on with the whole population.

[Doggy2]

yeah mcafferty I hear. Or perhaps we shouldn't have invaded their country in the first place. That way we will have ignorant id1ots like you will keep their mouth shut.

[ianess]

Once you all get fed up with swinging your handbags at each other how about getting back to the original question?
To maintain a certain standard of freedom we need some of our community to do the dirty work and maintain standards. I contend that a minimum use of corporal punishment is acceptable but there are others who think that anything along those lines constitutes criminal assault. Going even further is the view that the answer to everything is to "nuke the ba****ds.
Is there no common ground we can agree on?

[yasmin_fa]

Dear Laurence i did not equate between Hitler and the alied forces(these are two camps fighting each other in their respective armies :milary Vs military) but i established a similarity of the attitude of Sadam and that of the British forces in Irak towards civilians as far as that late videotaped incident is concerned ,civilians bare handed i mean with no arms VS miltary forces .you asked me if i would not deffend myself if i was attacked ;well surely i would do but we saw the military man drugging those boys on the ground so ?? was that a position of attack ?? yes ,but but not from the boys; also you spoke of a withdrawal of the british and americans well i think they HAVE to stay there at least for awhile untill they restore a certain order it's the least they can do ; and finally yes you are right before the occupation of Irak there was a lot of bloodshed but how much did this change!

P.S don't misunderstand me i am not a pro-sadam just exposing facts.