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grafton
As a quite old black Caribbean brought up in Europe (mainly the UK) and Colombia I think I know what racism is. My Spanish may not be brilliant, but it is more than adequate to read the Spanish language papers, which I do read and they really do have a very different slant on Cuba than the English language papers. And I have met the crazy Miami Cubans and you know every bit as well as I that some of these people are out and out fanatics and as such are blind to anything good that can be said about Cuba today. As for Michael More, please, do me a favour, that man is a waste of space.
Posted in: U.S., Cuba discuss immigration issues in Havana
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grafton
Given what Cuba has managed to achieve while under a 48 year trade embargo I really think they deserve some credit. I have visited Cuba a number of times over the last 20 years and have many Cuban friends living there and around the world. Only the US holds Cuba to be some monstrous state in need of suppression, the rest of the world (while trying not to upset the US) see Cuba as just another country to do business with or visit. It isn’t the horrible place that Washington would have the people of America believe. And you can take what the US Cubans say with a pinch of salt, trust me, for the most part you wouldn’t want one of them living next door to you. As for this fool distributing “communications” equipment what did he expect? Can you imagine what would have been done to a Cuban national doing the same thing in the US, he too would have been arrested, what else?
Posted in: U.S., Cuba discuss immigration issues in Havana
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grafton
This could turn into a very enlightening game of let’s you and him fight. Are we to get to see some seriously dirty linen on show I wonder?
Posted in: Hamas: Suspects in Dubai killing include Fatah men
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grafton
The elephant in the room has got even bigger, not only have two Palestinians been arrested in Jordan and deported to Dubai but a senior Hamas man has been arrested in Syria. What I find stunning about this is that there really isn’t any evidence at all to show that Mossad did this and yet because it is very obviously in their obvious interests they are getting the blame. It is all speculation yet even the Western media is saying Mossad this and Mossad that. But there is nothing at all to say that they did it. What there is at this time is three Palestinians in custody in Dubai and Syria. The extra fact that Israeli citizens had their passports used only adds to my doubts that Mossad was involved. No, I am not saying they were not involved, but if this does turn out to be then they really have gone down hill and do not deserve the respect they once had. I still feel that these were criminals paid to do a job and my money at the moment is on Hamas and Iran. For one reason that has nothing to do with the act it self or the players I hope something of this kind proves to be true, because then it will be interesting to see how the western media has to deal with being so very, very wrong. Until there were facts to back up their claims Mossad and Israel should never have been mentioned in the press they way they have been. Speculation was one thing, but what we are reading now are guilty verdicts with no evidence at all. Yes Sabi even Mossad and Israel have a right to a fair trial.
Posted in: Mossad under fire over Dubai hit squad
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grafton
I’m not going to go over all that has been gone over above and Sabi at me with more of his half truths that don’t in fact prove anything except Sabi’s single line thinking. Dubai is an international centre for the shadowy dealers of every kind and it’s police are British trained and they know who committed this murder and having thought more about it I would have to reason that it was paid for by organised crime. The team really didn’t do as badly as might be supposed, they got in, killed their target and got out again. And it would seem they have totally vanished from the counties they went to. Where they did really badly was on the job itself. How could they not know that there were so many CCTV cameras? Sabi’s idea that they will all end with the fishes is a little too TV movie for me. They were well trained enough and coordinated enough to suggest that they were trained together and have worked together before and that makes them too expensive to just get rid of them.
Mossad? No, quite simply they would not have gone into Dubai, they have far too much to lose and far too little to gain. And if they had we wouldn’t now be reading about it. No, they are not good guys, they have killed and will kill again and they are like any other intelligence group in this respect. Though they do tend to be very good at what they do. I doubt we know a fraction of what they do and I doubt anybody ever will.
The only people who have been caught are two Hamas operatives that Jordan handed over to Dubai, sorry Sabi but I must have missed where you found an excuse for this. So the only really hard evidence that anybody has got is two Hamas men. Hamas men working with Mossad? Strange how the elephant in the room is being ignored while Mossad, of whom there is no trace figures so highly. al-Mabhouh was an arms buyer for Hamas and who is to say that he hasn’t been scimming a little off the top, Hamas finds out but given the fragmented nature of that group and it’s never ending infighting maybe they couldn’t just remove him. How much better to kill him and have Israel take the heat for it and a good way to do that would be to use British passports of people living in Israel, not something that Mossad (or any other intelligence agency) would ever have been so stupid to do. My money is on Hamas with Iranian help.
Given what we do know, hard facts, my guess fits better that the emotive Israel must be guilty guessing team. But then I am doing no more than they are doing, guessing.
Posted in: Dubai wanted list for Hamas slaying faces snags
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grafton
All the passports have turned out to be fake and so far only two have been identified as being real people, though the PP numbers and dates of birth were wrong relative the real people.
The fact that al-Mabhouh was out there alone and that such a crowd was involved in the killing really strikes me as being very odd. Mossad really are better at this type of thing and I can’t see them needing 11 people to take out one, nor can I see them wandering about infront of CCTV cameras without being fully aware of it. The very fact that the killing was a success lets out the CIA, had it been them they would all now be in a Dubai prison. My money is on Hamas doing a little house cleaning and whipping up a little propaganda at the same time and there is also the possibility the Iran contracted this out to some criminal group. Terrorist seldom grow old, they usually know too much for that to be allowed to happen. Though it has to be said that the world is just that little bit safer now without al Mabhouh. I just hope he doesn’t gat to rest in peace.
Posted in: Dubai says Hamas man killed by European hit squad
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grafton
I think the real danger here is not that JT is selling a harmful product, though of course they are. The danger is that once this type of legal responsibility is applied to a company the floodgates are opened and any other company can be sued. Which essentially is how it should be, but in practice it gets a little stupid. For example did your carmaker tell you that a car could bring about death or serious injury? What about that drink of wine you had, was the bottle labelled with a warning that alcohol can make some people aggressive and can also be addictive? What about that bar of soap you bought, were you warned that it shouldn’t used internally? Yes all very stupid, but at some point we all have to take responsibility for out won lives. The law is there to protect us from the bad guys, not our own stupidity, that we just have to live with.
Posted in: Do you support damages suits filed by former smokers who argue they have developed health problems, including lung cancer, because tobacco companies sold them cigarettes?
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grafton
This might be Japan Today, but this story has nothing at all to do with Japan, it is simply a sad story in the news. Unless of course you can’t stop yourself from having a dig at Japan even when Japan is not involved. Perhaps I should remind people that it has been suggested that military sonar has been blamed in the past for misdirecting whales so maybe we should be pointing the finger of blame at (make your own list given the locality).
Posted in: 28 whales euthanized after New Zealand stranding
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grafton
I have absolutely no sympathy for fat people of any kind and that includes those that can genuinely prove that it is a medical problem and not simply their greed that has produced all this extra body they carry around. I too have a medical problem; I suffer from righteous indignation and extreme intolerance. I also don’t have enough money that I should be expected to subsidise fat people who are not willing to pay for the weight they have brought on themselves.
They are a danger to other airline passengers should anything happen during the flight. Think about it, if I have to pay extra to take my cello on a flight (a seat all to it self) and in some extreme cases it has even been consigned to the baggage compartment (something I hate and fear) because it is seen as a possible obstruction to people getting off in an emergency (not that it is going to try and get off, it’s very laid back about such things) then fat people should be seen in exactly the same way. Can you imagine a fire and being trapped behind some fatty stuck in an aisle? Thinking about that I don’t even want them on the flight even if they do pay the extra. Maybe on internal flights the walk would do them some good. Well I did say that I was intolerant…..
Posted in: Actor-director Kevin Smith ejected from plane for being oversized
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grafton
Because attacking anything Japanese is about all anybody is allowed to do on JT. Say anything good, or god forbid, actually try to defend the Japanese and you can guarantee you will get deleted.
Moderator: That is incorrect. Only posts that are impolite to other users, off topic or offensive will be removed.
Posted in: Why do Japanese celebrities featured in photos or stories on Japan Today frequently come in for a lot of derision from some readers?
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grafton
They do say that a picture is better than a thousand words and in the case of the look on that little girl’s face that is oh so true.
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grafton
DearJohn.
The Taliban were never going to give up their “house guest” and nobody but you seems to imagine that they would have done. I do get a little tired of 9\11 being used as a bases for all that has happened since that date, as horrible and as traumatic as it was for the US it was not the only motivation behind going into Afghanistan. There were (are) many other very good reasons for the removal of the Taliban, simply giving the people of Afghanistan a chance to live in 21st. century is a major part of that. As for your feelings on remote killing I think you are being incredibly simplistic given that even a gun could be seen as distance killing and therefore, by your reasoning cowardly. Or are you advocating bare hand fighting. However you feel about what is now happening it is happening and those that are charged with the job of getting it finished need to be pragmatic, something you can from the comfort and safety of your keyboard afford not to be. The object is to kill as few people as possible while bringing about an end to the madness that is war. As most people here know I am no supporter of the US, but I would not have them killed because they tried to fight a war with their hands tied behind their backs. Sorry but if I must take sides in this conflict (and there is no way not to) I say give the US all the weaponry they need to win and win quickly with as few casualties as possible.
Posted in: Taliban militants dig in as Marines occupy Afghan town
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ADK99.
Not sure about your numbers but then I don’t really care, everything else you wrote was spot on. Your attempt at making comparisons may have left you open to attack but pointing out that this crime is not a Japanese crime was what really mattered and should have been seen as that. Not knit picked. This is a horrible crime and would be wherever it happened, but turning it into a race issue is seriously out of order. There are good parents and happy safe children in Japan, the very fact that this crime is in the news shows that it is an exception, because if it wasn’t it wouldn’t be news. If this crime affects you to the point that you feel the need to write your feelings here we can all understand that, if however you feel the need to add in the word “Japanese” then I simply have to reason you have a problem with the people of the country and that has nothing to do with this poor girls death. Don’t use this tragic situation as an excuse to vent your racist bile on to our computer monitors, please.
Posted in: Woman held over fatal abuse of 5-year-old stepdaughter
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grafton
And what a total disaster the country has been turned into. And the poor old man is now too gaga to even realise what is happening.
Posted in: Mandela marks 20 years of freedom
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grafton
Whenever I have seen photos of Taliban fighters they always look like heavily armed Afghanis, as apposed to lightly armed Afghanis, which are in fact the norm. So how exactly are the US troops meant to distinguish one from the other? Or is that reasoning only meant for the press release and in reality they will shoot anybody holding a weapon and then call what’s left a Taliban fighter?
Don’t get me wrong here; I am on the Americans side in this one. I think a few B52 raids would act as a sort of re-education programme the Taliban supporters would be hard pressed to ignore. There is a strange sort of hopeless frustration that sets in when you have nobody to fight against and the only sight of the other side is a little silver dot in the sky, which you can do nothing about. No, it didn’t work in Vietnam, but then the North had China and Russia helping them, in Afghanistan it could well have a much more meaningful effect.
Posted in: U.S., Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold
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stevecpfc
I thought it was the Mirror that the Argentines hated and feared most? But you might well be right, Britain’s tabloid backbone.
Posted in: Argentina blocks British supply ship in Falklands dispute
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grafton
If this were to go to a military confrontation before May and the British general election Britain would capitulate without a fight, these are not the days of Mad Margaret, these are the days of Gutless Gordon.
Posted in: Argentina blocks British supply ship in Falklands dispute
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grafton
For the Americans this must be a bit like Dunkirk is for the Brits. An outstanding failure they never want to forget. Conspiracy theories aside the US allowed these terrorists to actually learn to fly in the US and that alone has got to be one of the worst intelligence blunders ever.
Posted in: Newly released aerial 9/11 NYPD photos show WTC collapse
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grafton
She is simply making money while she can selling what she’s got. I’m not going to be buying, but I can’t see a thing wrong with what she is doing. Good luck to her.
Posted in: Fuji TV newscaster Aiko Kaito poses in high school uniform for CD
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grafton
"Kitagawa won the Grand Prix award for being the most admired actress and most desirable drama heroine in a survey of 300 senior high school students"
300!
What a totally meaningless survey.
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