Comments on: Please sign the petition to send helicopters to Darfur http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/ "Because there's more to life than carving the Earth up into little pieces and selling them to each other" Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: PaulEd http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-10555 PaulEd Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:37:44 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-10555 prince william used a Chinook heavy lift helicopter to give prince harry a lift from London to the Isle of Wight so he could go drinking at a stag party. I'm not making this up, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/15/nwilliam115.xml prince william used a Chinook heavy lift helicopter to give prince harry a lift from London to the Isle of Wight so he could go drinking at a stag party. I’m not making this up, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/15/nwilliam115.xml

]]> By: lirun http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-9007 lirun Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:32:37 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-9007 im neither a citizen nor resident of Britain but i have signed ur petition with my heart im neither a citizen nor resident of Britain but i have signed ur petition with my heart

]]> By: Christopher Raeburn http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-6374 Christopher Raeburn Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:42:12 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-6374 Have certain countries e.g. on the UN Security Council not learnt the lessons of Rwanda. Take practical steps to stop the Genocide and send the helicopters now! Have certain countries e.g. on the UN Security Council not learnt the lessons of Rwanda. Take practical steps to stop the Genocide and send the helicopters now!

]]> By: Chip http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3980 Chip Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:34:41 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3980 We have to face facts that Darfur is a conflict that needs an answer. But i cannot help feel that far to many demands are being put on the UK and it closest Nato allies to help. We have to face facts that Darfur is a conflict that needs an answer. But i cannot help feel that far to many demands are being put on the UK and it closest Nato allies to help.

]]> By: PHILIP NATHAN http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3954 PHILIP NATHAN Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:10:53 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3954 Please deliver straightaway appropriate choppers to Darfur. Urgency IS required!!! Please deliver straightaway appropriate choppers to Darfur. Urgency IS required!!!

]]> By: Steve M http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3936 Steve M Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:18:37 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3936 No I haven't cleared the usage of the Olympic Rings. I hope that they sue - the publicity would be invaluable - but somehow I doubt they will. Incidentally, if you don't believe that China is particularly sensitive to this sort of criticism in the run up to the Beijing Olympics then you're more naive than I am. No I haven’t cleared the usage of the Olympic Rings. I hope that they sue - the publicity would be invaluable - but somehow I doubt they will.

Incidentally, if you don’t believe that China is particularly sensitive to this sort of criticism in the run up to the Beijing Olympics then you’re more naive than I am.

]]> By: lord snooty http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3935 lord snooty Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:26 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3935 I notice that you are using the Olympic Rings on your site. Have you actually cleared their usage with the IOC in Lucerne or have you just decided to appropriate their intellectual property for your rather naive petition? I notice that you are using the Olympic Rings on your site. Have you actually cleared their usage with the IOC in Lucerne or have you just decided to appropriate their intellectual property for your rather naive petition?

]]> By: Chaz http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3920 Chaz Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:06:44 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3920 The UN is toothless it can pass all the resolutions it want. It has no personnel or equipment actually under its command so like most people it demands action but cant enforce it. All the resolutions are voted on by various governments with the caveat it seems that yes we want action against 'insert name here' but the other nations will actually do the dirty hands on stuff. The AU should do more to prove they are a credible force by actually sorting out problems like this. The UK is now the biggest lender to the world bank overtaking the US this year and they have the biggest single economy. Our bill to the EU has increased (and we now get no rebate) to help the new member/client states economy's With our burdening social expenditure in the UK with more people getting benefits rampant cash wastage in the NHS 12.4 billion on a computer system when it is already strapped for cash. The only way the UK can support more is by raising taxes somewhere (bet you moan about cost of fuel/drink/ciggies/etc already) we already borrow huge amounts and those bills and interest have to be paid. The UK is not rich (governments seem to kid the people that we are though) and is slipping from a first world to a second world country (if it has not already) The UN is toothless it can pass all the resolutions it want. It has no personnel or equipment actually under its command so like most people it demands action but cant enforce it.
All the resolutions are voted on by various governments with the caveat it seems that yes we want action against ‘insert name here’ but the other nations will actually do the dirty hands on stuff.

The AU should do more to prove they are a credible force by actually sorting out problems like this.

The UK is now the biggest lender to the world bank overtaking the US this year and they have the biggest single economy.
Our bill to the EU has increased (and we now get no rebate) to help the new member/client states economy’s
With our burdening social expenditure in the UK with more people getting benefits rampant cash wastage in the NHS 12.4 billion on a computer system when it is already strapped for cash. The only way the UK can support more is by raising taxes somewhere (bet you moan about cost of fuel/drink/ciggies/etc already) we already borrow huge amounts and those bills and interest have to be paid. The UK is not rich (governments seem to kid the people that we are though) and is slipping from a first world to a second world country (if it has not already)

]]> By: Graeme http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3906 Graeme Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:57:07 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3906 "I’m inclined to agree with Tony L that we could at least supply logistical support, spare parts and so on." we dont have any spare logistic capability either, and spare parts for our helicopters won't likley be of use to other nations and we retired the RAF aircraft used by aid agencies for population mapping this year without replacement due to lack of funding I would suggest either Civvy contractors, the french or maybe funding the Saffa's to add to the Cab's they already have there and as for not supplying troops to police the resolutions they voted for the UN have been doing that for 50+ years “I’m inclined to agree with Tony L that we could at least supply logistical support, spare parts and so on.”

we dont have any spare logistic capability either, and spare parts for our helicopters won’t likley be of use to other nations

and we retired the RAF aircraft used by aid agencies for population mapping this year without replacement due to lack of funding

I would suggest either Civvy contractors, the french or maybe funding the Saffa’s to add to the Cab’s they already have there

and as for not supplying troops to police the resolutions they voted for the UN have been doing that for 50+ years

]]> By: Steve M http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3901 Steve M Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:09:07 +0000 http://blogolob.net/please-sign-the-petition-to-send-helicopters-to-darfur/#comment-3901 To get a little financial perspective here, £15m is about 1.25% of the annual <i>interest</i> on the money that the government has just thrown into Northern Rock. I'm inclined to agree with Tony L that we could at least supply logistical support, spare parts and so on. I'm also looking into mechanisms for expanding the petition to the French, Germans and our other European allies. I haven't got much time for or belief in the UN, although I realise that they're about all we've got. But if its members vote unanimously to pass Resolution 1769 to send a peacekeeping force into Darfur and then they all stand around twiddling their thumbs instead of supporting that mission, they are conspiring to destroy the last vestiges of credibility that the UN has. To get a little financial perspective here, £15m is about 1.25% of the annual interest on the money that the government has just thrown into Northern Rock.

I’m inclined to agree with Tony L that we could at least supply logistical support, spare parts and so on.

I’m also looking into mechanisms for expanding the petition to the French, Germans and our other European allies.

I haven’t got much time for or belief in the UN, although I realise that they’re about all we’ve got. But if its members vote unanimously to pass Resolution 1769 to send a peacekeeping force into Darfur and then they all stand around twiddling their thumbs instead of supporting that mission, they are conspiring to destroy the last vestiges of credibility that the UN has.

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