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So we are in agreement that the US isn't even close to the top ten of nations/dictatorships/movements that amassed millions of deaths?

You can really only start counting since 1776 but the figures aren't good.

Genocide of Native Americans - quite an opening act for the land of the free.

Also, when you take into account ww2 Atomic weapons war crimes, proxies in Central and South America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and on and on I'd say the US makes the top ten no problem.

Why start with the Americans?? Genocide was a European and Asian thing

You asked if they make the top ten. I say they are in with a good shout.

So we are in agreement that the US isn't even close to the top ten of nations/dictatorships/movements that amassed millions of deaths?

You can really only start counting since 1776 but the figures aren't good.

Genocide of Native Americans - quite an opening act for the land of the free.

Also, when you take into account ww2 Atomic weapons war crimes, proxies in Central and South America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and on and on I'd say the US makes the top ten no problem.

So what exactly has North Korea done to make it the pariah of the free world?

It has an appalling record on human rights and forgot to apply to the United States for an exemption.

I think you'll find non stop US backing of the rogue State of Israel and US and British illegal invasion of the sovereign state of Iraq, illegal and immoral invasions and bombings and mass murder of civilians in Libya, Syria and Afghanistan
Just might have a little but of something to do with it.
Not to mention arming ISIS.

That's fair enough, but at what point do we stop justifying why these people are attacking us

Osama Bin Laden justified the 9/11 attacks by stating theat infidels should not be on sacred soil...ie Saudi Arabia

Not good enough, sure didnt a fair amount of Palestinian people want the israelis slash Jewish people worldwide exterminated! Not a question, fact!

Can you provide a figure to 'fair amount' and provide a source for your claim?

Hamburger Hill is a decent Vietnam War movie.

Unwatchable cliche-ridden rubbish.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOLq82m2Ks

Frankie Boyle pretty much sums up all Vietnam war movies in this sketch.

Shite then, in other words.

Putin is the bogeyman again - what a load of pish.

Rod Liddle nails it here:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/10/stop-this-stupid-sabre-rattling-against-russia/

I know I am always months behind people on here, but Narcos!

Gripping stuff.

I'm always years behind but watched Narcos before you. Stick that up yer hole.
Great viewing.

Has anyone ever seen The Sopranos? Is it worth watching?

The greatest TV show ever made. Still pine for it and compare it to everything else . My opinion anyway.

It's fantastic

I even miss the theme tune at the start of the episode

I started watching it again in the summer, you forget how good it was

It tailed off badly the last 3-4 episodes.

The GFA should have protected Irish Sovereignty.That way Nationalist Ireland could now have negotiated directly with the EU on Brexit,on the basis of the North being effectively "occupied" by Britain against the wishes of the majority of people on the island. This position is now redundant because so called Nationalist Ireland agrees that the North should be ruled by Britain.

This means that Ireland is tagged on to the British negotiations without influence and highly likely also to alienate its European partners.

That makes yesterday farcical and futile.

You must have voted no in the GFA referendum in 1998?

Forgot to add, that awful Anglo-Irish accent spoken by some unionist politicians in the north who seem to think it's posh to swap all the vowels out of place. Gawd it's pretentious!

That horrible c**t Tim Collins is the worst example of this I've ever heard.

Over an 8 month period I flew twice a week with work and not once did I pass anything like passport control.... Unless you're flying stateside which is fecking shit once you hit immigration you'll very rarely hit passport control, even came back from Amsterdam and nothing but a nod!!

I'd say ya must be dodgy looking enough to get singled out 

Do you need a visa to get into countries within Europe that aren't part of the EU?

Russia and Belarus require a visa.

I would contend it is representative of the majority view in the South.

I listened to a vox pop on a southern radio station last week. Around 15 - 20 people were stopped in Sligo town and asked if they favoured a UI in the near future. Every single one favoured a UI with only one expressing concerns about loyalist violence.

Newstalk I think it was.

I was going through passport control at Belfast International Airport yesterday morning, and handed over my Irish passport to a gentleman on the desk.  To quote his exact words to me as he sniggered, "Oh, you've one of those.  Enjoy your dual nationality, you might not have it for long" ... WTF!

That is a disgrace, I'd make a fuss out of this. Apart from the fact that it's a stupid comment (prob very pleased with himself too), when is it ever ok for a government representative to comment on a passport.

No way I'd let thatgo without a complaint.

https://twitter.com/deirdreheenan/status/756809835421859841

Have I not been saying this is the quintessential view of the South as regards unity?

How does one letter represent the views of the entire population of ROI?

The north would have to be phased into a unified Ireland, with England continuing to pay for a certain amount of time and help from the EU for the ROI.

A federal Ireland keeping Stormont would be an incredible waste of money. Wtf do they do anyway?