tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post9009981409017696509..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Questions Being Asked....JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-39129020964809562182008-11-24T18:24:00.000+00:002008-11-24T18:24:00.000+00:00The death of this "Briton" has been at or near the...The death of this "Briton" has been at or near the top of the BBC's news bulletins all weekend. Frankly, who cares? What was the guy doing in that part of Pakistan anyway? Teaching English?<BR/><BR/>juliam<BR/><BR/>I agree with your assessment of Mercer's exercise in bathos here. Why would anyone <I>not</I> vote Labour if this is the (non)alternative on offer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57734534672038039412008-11-24T10:36:00.000+00:002008-11-24T10:36:00.000+00:00This "British subject" was also an enemy combatant...This "British subject" was also an enemy combatant (albeit an illegal one). The question they should be asking in parliament is not why he was killed, but why was he fighting against us? Until we start asking those questions we are never going to win the war. As Sun Tzu said "know your enemy ...."Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-58328866511343755292008-11-24T09:40:00.000+00:002008-11-24T09:40:00.000+00:00What a shame he has died. Now there's no way he ca...What a shame he has died. Now there's no way he can be hanged for treason.Nationalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298563601180545788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-40627377229427850562008-11-24T05:40:00.000+00:002008-11-24T05:40:00.000+00:00"Sounds as if the Americans have done us a favour....<I>"Sounds as if the Americans have done us a favour."</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed!<BR/><BR/><I>"Out of interest, is he a British subject?"</I><BR/><BR/>It would appear so; the 'Times' article agrees, and Wikipedia has him as 'son of a British baker. He was a dual citizen of Britain and Pakistan'.<BR/><BR/>Though, why that should mean he can't be summarily dealt with if caught plotting mayhem in a foreign country without the say-so of some Tory backbencher, I struggle to imagine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-43636846277996174852008-11-24T00:10:00.000+00:002008-11-24T00:10:00.000+00:00Sounds as if the Americans have done us a favour. ...Sounds as if the Americans have done us a favour. It did not look as if he would have ever come back to Britain to face the music.<BR/>And the Al qaeda terrorism is a war in all but name<BR/>(Out of interest, is he a British subject?)blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.com