Sheaf Saint

Well it's obviously impossible to quantify. But, I really do think the threat from AQ is, and always has been, overstated. Look at the events of 7/7 here... The guys who were (allegedly) responsible for it were just a bunch of disaffected British Pakistanis with no proven links to AQ. As we saw with the August riots last year, young people with very little future prospects are easily swayed into violent action, and it is my opinion that the continued presence of UK/US troops in Afghanistan is only going to generate further anger amongst the younger generation of Muslims and increase the likelihood of something like 7/7 happening again.

And do you also think that the lives of 400 servicemen and £billions of public money spent was worth it to prevent the possibility of a handful of deaths? Like I said, I think it needs to be put into perspective... In 2009 there were 190 recorded deaths in the UK as a direct result of obesity, with a further 757 where it was a contributing factor (link) In 2010 there were 1,850 fatalities in road accidents in the UK (link) Would those resources not be better spent elsewhere?

Sorry, the figures I was looking at referred to deaths on British soil. Even so, when you add the 67 it still works out at only just over a quarter of the amount of soldiers killed. Serious question Alps, do you believe that our presence in Afghanistan has reduced the threat of terrorism?

I'm assuming this is a response to yesterday's news about 6 British soldiers killed by a Taliban bomb, as it got me thinking as well: Just what have we actually achieved in Afghanistan? I can't think of a single positive answer to that. 10 years £billions spent Over 400 soldiers now killed What do we have to show for it exactly? The invasion was ostensibly about making the streets of Britain safe from the threat of Al-Qaeda and other fundamentalist terror groups. A seemingly noble objective until you put it into perspective. Since the turn of the century there have been 52 UK citizens killed as a result of terrorism (all on 7/7). More people die every day in road accidents. That there haven't been any more than that is down to our intelligence services, but to suggest that our occupation of Afghanistan is in some way reducing the threat is absurd. If anything our presence there is only likely to create more Jihadists, not less. Whichever way you look at it, the justification given for our involvement does not stack up with the facts and figures. Clearly there is some hidden agenda with it (without going into the obvious conspiracy theories about the oil pipeline etc..) and the reasons given by this government and the previous one are just a smokescreen. I wonder if the families of the 400 dead soldiers think the sacrifice of their loved ones is worth it?

Balls. Oh well, we knew it would be a tough game. A win against Barnsley and everything will be OK.

Bugger, that didn't work. How about this...

Corner. We never score from them though.........

Come on Saints, let's get a winner now....

F**k

I would like them to draw actually, with all other results staying as they are now. This way they take points off Reading but still go bottom of the league. win-win really.

It was Trousers what done it. Well played sir.

Oh my god I F***KING LOVE YOU LAMBERT!!!!!!!!!

Does she? I can't say I noticed her teeth. It might have been Westwood in a wig for all I know!

De Ridder on for Guly

Come on Boys!

With pleasure....

OOoh. close from Guly

Sounds like we're under a fair bit of pressure now... Is it time for nuns yet or would that be premature?

Reading 1-0 Pompey

WTFILN song coming through loud and clear on the radio

Lallana goes close again - corner Guly misses a free header!

I know there are many people who will turn their nose up at the very idea, but taking acid on numerous occasions in my late teens/early 20s completely changed my outlook on life and has made me a far better person than I otherwise would have been.

We could try, but undoubtedly someone like Dalek would come along and **** it up

I think I love Kelvin Davis! Seriously, how the **** did that happen!? The amount of pressure we soaked up I cannot believe we kept a clean sheet. Mental! It's happened to us enough times and if it was anybody other than Leeds I would sympathise with their fans because they must feel like they've been mugged at knifepoint (as happens quite frequently in Leeds, so I understand ) Now I believe. Sky commentators said earlier that the team at the top going in to March has gone on to be promoted the last nine seasons running, and it West Ham can't win at Cardiff tomorrow we will be in such a commanding position. Good times :-)

Strange. The impression I got when it was recently repeated on yet another Sky channel (CBS Action, I think) was just how badly dated the earlier episodes look now. However, one of my more geeky friends posted this on FB recently and I must say it looks intriguing... http://hothardware.com/News/Remastered-Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-Bluray-A-Huge-Leap-Forward/