China executes allegedly mentally ill Briton for drug traficking

[Caliga]

The chick was like a hardcore pacifist.  Not defending her, but it wasn't because she had a crush on Tojo or Hitler or anything of that nature.

[Syt]

I think Kosovo was not very popular in Germany.

This was the cover of Titanic in March 1999.

"Even in war: a little bit of of fun must be had!"

[The Brain]

Does it count as overwhelming support when only Harold Pinter opposes it?

Also I don't know if Korea counts by that measure.

Was there much debate of the justice of the Kosovo campaign?

I included Korea because it fits all the classic criteria for defense against aggression.  Not really familiar with the philosophical debate on that one either, if there was one.

There was by conservatives who wanted to end the war.  In fact there was about WWI and WWII as well.  There's never a war with overwhelming support.

I liked the asshole in congress who voted against war after Pearl Harbor. And by liked, I mean should have been lynched. Fucking cunt.

Maybe he wanted to point out that it was a little late to have a vote on war after Pearl Harbor?

[Sheilbh]

Was there much debate of the justice of the Kosovo campaign?

Not that I remember.  All the major political parties were on-board, Tony Blair was still enjoying his honeymoon so he had a lot of personal support as well.  I don't remember any opposition except Pinter and Tony Benn.

I included Korea because it fits all the classic criteria for defense against aggression.  Not really familiar with the philosophical debate on that one either, if there was one.

My understanding was that there was quite a lot of opposition to Korea and that it was an unpopular war

[Neil]

There was by conservatives who wanted to end the war.  In fact there was about WWI and WWII as well.  There's never a war with overwhelming support.

Of course there were.  WWII had overwhelming support.  So did Afganistan.  Just because a few pathetic malcontents whine about it doesn't make the support any less overwhelming.

[Neil]

I think Kosovo was not very popular in Germany.

Perhaps, but Germany isn't a real part of the West.

[Ed Anger]

The chick was like a hardcore pacifist.  Not defending her, but it wasn't because she had a crush on Tojo or Hitler or anything of that nature.

I'm sure she did.

[Warspite]

The whacko left in the UK was against Kosovo because they had an undisguised hardon for the "socialism" of rump Yugoslavia. But so unpopular was the war in Germany that parliament authorised the first foreign land action of the Bundeswehr since 1945.