My OperaAll's fair in war and... Well, all's fair in this war anyway.
Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:25:18 PM
Last year the UK flogged £5,400,000 worth of military hardware to Georgia. We also trousered a magnificent £55mil from the Russian army.
Now those two figures may seem a little uneven to the average unmilitarily educated observer, but the Georgian army also benefitted from a $63,000,000 train and equip programme from the USA. The intention was that Georgia could then join NATO and ooh maybe even, erm... fight in Iraq.
I suspect an assault on South Ossetia wasn't even discussed in the coffee break.
In a completely unrelated interview on the radio last week someone trotted out the old adage 'Guns don't kill people: People kill people'. I've never understood that argument.
If people kill people, don't give them guns.
Now those two figures may seem a little uneven to the average unmilitarily educated observer, but the Georgian army also benefitted from a $63,000,000 train and equip programme from the USA. The intention was that Georgia could then join NATO and ooh maybe even, erm... fight in Iraq.
I suspect an assault on South Ossetia wasn't even discussed in the coffee break.
In a completely unrelated interview on the radio last week someone trotted out the old adage 'Guns don't kill people: People kill people'. I've never understood that argument.
If people kill people, don't give them guns.
