David, I really couldnt care less about whether or not they had WMD. Our government clearly wanted Saddam after the last war and this was only the excuse they needed to go back a second time. I didnt have the same enthausiasm to see our soldiers killed as some but supported our troops in the war. How the Fury was aquired really doesnt matter to me and until someone owns up or someone has info on how it was aquired From the horses mouth so to speak then we will never know. Lets just hope it was aquired legally. But on saying that if we were at war and were the conquering nations then surely things such as these are fair game to liberate.
Or perhaps they were locally own after the forces bugged out so were bought for mere tuppence.
Does anyone actually know if it has been aquired and how etc.
Hatton, Selfish or not that is how I feel about things these days. People are far to nice these days not enough people standing up and saying how they feel these days without thinking about offending people. I have grown tired of the world as is and would like more people to say what they mean and mean what they say.Honesty is the best policy and all that.
Now how much bull in one paragraph was that.
Hatton, I hope that the aircraft was obtained legally but I would rather see it looked after and in a museum or in the air than lying in a desert somewhere where the local wildlife go to pee on it every morning. This is why I dont really care how it has been obtained.
Merlin3945, I have no problem with you expressing your opinion, its just that your way of thinking completely baffles me.I too would love to see them in the air but by your way of thinking it would be perfectly reasonable for an aircraft restorer to go up to Sandtoft with a low loader and take the pick of the aircraft because they have more will and resources to restore it. It just doesn’t work that way, you can’t just steal ( again, this is theoretical because we dont know the full facts of what is goig on in Iraq) whatever you want from someone else just because yout hink that you could do a better job.
These aircraft are not ‘fair game’ to liberate. We are meant to be liberators, not conquerors. They should either be left there as they are, legally sold if the Iraqis want this or put into custodianship with a responsible party who can secure there future until they can be displayed in Iraq.
best regards, steve
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