Invade the Yemen

Chamber of delusion.

Today the Commons went mad. Nobody pointed out that the Emperor has no sense. Printer cartridges will be banned on flights from the UK for a month.  Brilliant ? This is as sensible as a ban on passengers wearing shoes or underwear after the two previous incidents.

We are dealing with the ‘Norman Wisdom’ wing of Al Qaeda. I asked the Home Secretary, ‘Doesn’t this incident undermine the Government’s claim that our brave soldiers should continue risking their lives in Afghanistan in order to prevent Al Qaeda establishing terrorist camps there, ignoring the fact that the Taliban are not the terrorists and Al Qaeda have vast areas in Pakistan, Somalia and the Yemen to establish terrorists’ camps?’

The Home Secretary burbled a reply that praised our solders but did not explain why they are dying in a land where there are no terrorists threatening the UK. I asked her, from a sedentary position,  if we should now invade the Yemen. 

All the terrorist attacks  against the UK have been planned and carried out from Pakistan, England, the Yemen, Somalia and Saudi Arabia. Not one has originated from Afghanistan since 2001. The Taliban now control more than half the land of Afghanistan and we could not stop them inviting Al Qaeda back. But they have not because their mission is expel foreigners from their country not attack foreign countries.

 Ignoring the amateur stupidity of 'Norman Wisdom' terrorists and banning printer cartridges is crude populist nonsense.

In parliament, madness is contagious.

 

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Comments

[Paul Flynn]

KayTie has earned that free ticket Patrick on hand. I have no clue who she/he is. Might not be living in Newport. Not everyone has that good luck.

[Patrick]

PF
Hope you have sent Kay-Tie a free ticket for the chartist dinner.

[Kay Tie]

"MH you may have a point. Irony is dangerous on this po-faced government who believe banning cartridges for a month is sensible policy. They are beyond satire."

What a short memory! The last government was a po-faced as they come (or has the expensive psychotherapy erased the memories of Harriet Harman?). And New Labour became virtually synonymous with ineffective knee-jerk security measures (the name David Blunkett ring a bell, or have you erased his name too?).

[Paul Flynn]

MH you may have a point. Irony is dangerous on this po-faced government who believe banning cartridges for a month is sensible policy. They are beyond satire.

[nike shox]

In the name of God, That is it.God bless you all, and God bless America !

[MH]

Be careful, Paul. The people you're dealing with have an uncanny knack for picking up the wrong end of the stick.

Ms May is quite likely to say at Cabinet tomorrow, "But why shouldn't we invade the Yemen? Even Paul Flynn thinks we should."

[MH]

Be careful, Paul. The people you're dealing with have an uncanny knack for picking up the wrong end of the stick.

Ms May is quite likely to say at Cabinet tomorrow, "But why shouldn't we invade the Yemen? Even Paul Flynn thinks we should."

[Northernheckler]

I always thought Invasion of the Yemen was an old series of Doctor Who. I'm still not sure it's not.

I do wonder why so many people bang on about Iraq, but comparatively few seem to question what on earth we're doing in Afghanistan - the country that we used to tell the USSR was a place they couldn't possibly win a war in.