The World According to Nils » UK http://nilsjeppe.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:54:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 British Atrocities http://nilsjeppe.com/2008/01/11/british-atrocities/ http://nilsjeppe.com/2008/01/11/british-atrocities/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:04:18 +0000 Nils http://nils.jeppe.de/2008/01/11/british-atrocities Continue reading →]]> We’ve all heard of the genocide during the Third Reich. Most of us are also aware of the atrocities of Stalin and Mao. But who really knew just how badly the British behaved during their colonial rule? Turns out they were just as bad as the Nazis. The Guardian has an interesting article on the subject. But be warned: The descriptions are graphic and not suited for the weak of stomach.

]]> http://nilsjeppe.com/2008/01/11/british-atrocities/feed/ 0 War Brewing http://nilsjeppe.com/2002/09/24/war-brewing/ http://nilsjeppe.com/2002/09/24/war-brewing/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:11:38 +0000 Nils http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=105 Continue reading →]]> The US airbase here in Frankfurt is full of Galaxy transport planes. Combined with the news a few weeks ago that the US Navy was renting commercial container ships, I fear that the war against Iraq has already been decided upon.

Meanwhile, Tony Blair prepares the world to the coming war by detailing evidence of the Iraqi program to develop weapons of mass destruction. I just wonder whether the US and UK will get the UN resolution they seek, or if they will just go ahead and attack Iraq anyway.

As an aside: Whatever happened to declarations of war? Those seem to be really out of fashion these days.

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