Ben Kentish takes on caller who only has 'compassion' for Ukrainian refugees | LBC

"Are you calling me a racist? I'll call you a left-wing whinger."
Caller Paul says he has "no compassion" for Afghan refugees but he does have sympathy for Ukrainian refugees, which sparks a debate with Ben Kentish.
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[@golfingdad3321]

"I don't think it's our job to interfere in these countries" Hasn't that been the way of the UK for centuries?

[@christynorman7288]

Well said

[@MartinParnham]

The guy has a point but he seems unable to realise that the fact we did get involved means that we probably do have a duty to help them out in the aftermath.

[@reeling-in]

@@MartinParnhamLabour!

[@MartinParnham]

@@reeling-in Eh?

[@shon7425]

Unless they are stealing from these countries

[@zamboon]

We are not there to build nations states, says Paul. He is right. The British have NEVER built a state. They have only looted and when they saw nothing to loot in Afghanistan they left😂

[@mn5499]

What are you on about

[@cash3317]

@@mn5499read a book

[@mn5499]

@@cash3317 Ive read many to which one are you referring.

[@rockydj1000]

@@mn5499cornography magazines are not the book he is talking about

[@unclescipio3136]

It was their mates the Americans who ran out of stuff to loot.

[@Zakalwe76]

Paul is the type of person that knows everything about everything but actually knows nothing about everything. I pity his poor wife or congratulate his ex-wife.

[@kb4903]

Dunning-Kruger effect

[@stephanguitar9778]

People who know everything are incapable of learning anything.

[@petelawless811]

And you’re the type of person that would get folded in the street where I come from

[@Shsjier]

​@@petelawless811where are you from? Imaginary land?

[@petelawless811]

@@Shsjier you want to meet do you ?

[@khoyrulislam]

"It's not our job to help them" Why TF did you invade their country then???

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Also we are human so lets be humane please

[@mySelf-yx4hw]

Spot on 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chatham43]

...that was an idiotic mistake...!

[@jimmyrutledge5115]

​@@chatham43But it's ok that the Afghan people suffer the consequences of our mistake?

[@temptemp4174]

​@@chatham43if I made an idiotic mistake I would make up for it.

[@PassportG]

He hates Afghanistan 🇦🇫 women and children but loves Ukraine 🇺🇦 women and children 😂😂😂

[@danieloliver4558]

Well yeah one lot are brown and Muslim, the others are white and European. People generally get on best with their own. Honestly if you asked most people would they have rather have Ukrainian refugee family move in or a Afghan family, most would chose the Ukrainians

[@Shsjier]

​@@danieloliver4558that's not the point. He's not saying he'd rather have a ukrainian in his house. Hes saying only the Ukrainians should get help. Do you really think this guy would actually help a refuge personally? I dont think so

[@brentoncarter4275]

​@@Shsjierthat's also not the point. No one houses refugees personally. Lol

[@Shsjier]

@@brentoncarter4275 actually many have in the case of Ukrainians. There was actually a government program to pair refugees with people that were willing to take them in. Something like that would never even be suggested for Iraqis. You're just making my point for me now

[@fn9six]

​@@danieloliver4558Ignorant people usually get on with their own. Decent people will get on with other decent people regardless of their ethnicity/culture

[@alexkilgour1328]

The reasons that the US, UK, and even us here in Canada, should be helping with the refugees from Afghanistan is two-fold. Firstly, because it is humane to do so. Secondly, "you break it, you buy it".

[@TBakerXD]

Thirdly, our countries were the ones who wrote the international refugee treaties and conventions that our governments are now trying to weasel out of

[@dejoflavo]

Facts

[@kiriakoz]

Wasn't this whole thing in response to 9/11, an attack where majority of the perpetrators were Saudi?

[@petelawless811]

And third because Alex said so and he will cry like a little girl if you don’t

[@alexkilgour1328]

@@petelawless811 I can see that someone is crying

[@yt_Ajay_]

The UK and the US arguably have a far bigger responsibility in Afghanistan and the middle east in general because they're the reason that region is so hostile.

[@johnrussell3961]

Europe should have told the USA that Arabia was our back yard . We went along with bombing Libya into dysfunctional country, and now Libya is the base for people smuggling into Europe. The USA would never have been so rash in Mexico.

[@snsn7251]

Exactly

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Have the USA provided routes for Afghan nationals to get over there ?

[@thisismetoday]

Well, they ignored the 2014 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and Putin hasn’t seen any repercussions for his decades of human rights violations until very recently. So I think the responsibility of the West lies equally in accepting Ukrainian refugees.

[@chrisharris1522]

our responsibilities are laid out in law, every country that signed that agreement has a responsibility to accept refugees, If the United Kingdom wishes to withdraw from that agreement they can through their government, however there will be repercussions for this, I would like to think citizens of the UK have learned their lesson as far as consequences for bad decisions after the Brexit debacle

[@Philljag]

Send that Paul guy to go live in Afghanistan if he thinks it’s that easy?

[@palerider955]

So would you simply run if say Russia invaded the UK?

[@chatham43]

...an obtuse comment...you can do better...!

[@MrRailjunkie]

​@chatham43 he can probably do better but you can't.

[@reeling-in]

😂😂😂😂

[@sharpasacueball]

The UK abandoned the Afghans who helped them but South Korea (a much smaller country) was able to get all nearly 400 Afghans who helped them out safely. When they arrived to Korea there were all given housing and jobs. If they can do that there is no way that the UK couldn't handle it.

[@Bigbaby071]

South Korea is way more organised and capable plus fortunately more humane than the UK which wages these wars for evil causes and not what they pretend its for.. the hypocrisy that costs millions of lives has to end

[@samchris3793]

We don't have any values in this country.

[@rosekk9101]

2nd caller is a legend!!

[@jeffsimon9594]

He is certainly a something-end

[@brettworrallo395]

@@jeffsimon9594haha correct

[@andy_robertson]

There’s something kinda funny about a British person saying that it’s none of our business what goes on in other people’s countries 🤣 Mate, you know anything about British History? Majority of it takes place outside of Britain

[@tdtm82]

He's highly-educated by our world-leading education system don't you know?

[@IPW133-yo]

except when Winston Churchill ordered troops to fire on unarmed protesters who were marching because of food shortages.

[@alexbrown200]

I mean technically you are completely wrong but if you pick the parts only set outside of Brtain than yes you have an empty argument, however that caller is a bit of an idiot, equally I don't like the race baiting by the presenter

[@reeling-in]

Thank you for signing up. Mr.Bones wishes you the best of luck!

[@reeling-in]

@@IPW133-yo😂😂😂😂😂

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Lets be honest the guy didn't google anything even though he was claiming the article didn't exist. He's the type to do no research and think he's an expert.

[@nathanfurnival8724]

Alex just makes things up

[@TBakerXD]

The Dunning-Kruger is strong with Paul in Cornwall

[@martincopeland8153]

Excellent Tory Ministerial Material then! Just like a DCMS minister telling the SC C4 is funded from the License Fee. Whatever happened to her btw?

[@itsBATSMENnotBATTERS]

We can’t just take every body in everywhere despite what left wing elites say

[@grtcara8386]

Remove benefits problem solved

[@GhostFitzKilla]

Paul needs to stop watching GB News

[@chatham43]

...which you have never watched so in a perfect position to comment...😊😂

[@riiitch]

I see what you mean but Tbf even GB News does invite guests on that share a point of view different to the channel and its hosts.

[@phillydavison]

​@chatham43 why would he watch that utter tripe.

[@reeling-in]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@reeling-in]

@@phillydavison😂😂😂😂😂

[@deanlowdon8381]

Always amazes me that someone would willingly go on public radio and advertise their ignorance to the whole country.

[@chatham43]

...but you did here deano...why?

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@chatham43 In what way?

[@TBakerXD]

​@@deanlowdon8381 They're just a troll account who fishes for responses with the same format (using ... unnecessarily) in every comment

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@TBakerXD What’s the point in that!?

[@taras6806]

Yes... but I love it!

[@Elrykkstorm]

Paul has a PHD. in pub politics.

[@nimoy212]

😆 hahaha

[@reeling-in]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Paul-eb4jp]

He's evidence that the Mail and Express are getting their message out there.

[@ilokivi]

In order to avoid mental pollution by such propaganda, avoid contact.

[@chatham43]

...and what's your message oh great one...or haven't you read the Guardian yet...😊

[@Paul-eb4jp]

@@chatham43 My thoughts are my own but I do like to think they're influenced by compassion rather than the tabloids, I do appreciate you acknowledging my greatness though.

[@chatham43]

...how far does your compassion stretch though...words are cheap as you know...do you help out at foodbanks for example...or donate significant amounts to charity...?

[@Paul-eb4jp]

@@chatham43 I spent two years helping out at a homeless hostel giving housing advice because that was my area of expertise and I have direct debits set up to a couple of charities but I'm not wealthy, I'm no Saint but I feel I do my bit.

[@gordonstrong5232]

Paul in Cornwall seems to think the Taliban are nice enough to distinguish between interpreters who assisted the UK government with combat missions, and interpreters who assisted UK government with advisory missions. 🤦‍♂️

[@palerider955]

The Taliban ARE Afghans.

[@James-gr5mx]

south korea a smaller country got all their 400 troops out to korea and gave them houses and jobs. The UK just left them to die and saved their dogs

[@MrPaddy2010]

This caller reads the Daily Mail I’ll bet dollars to donuts 😅

[@gordonstrong5232]

Guaranteed he's a GB news viewer too

[@palerider955]

​@@gordonstrong5232So?

[@johnsmith8906]

GB News viewers are less informed then the North Sentinel islanders. @@palerider955

[@palerider955]

​@@johnsmith8906You're stereotyping thousands of people, I thought right wingers were supposed to be the bigots? 😂

[@nathanfurnival8724]

Mr paddy tarmacs people’s driveways and looks out for scrap metal and every finks der inglish fault 😢

[@ryanseddon4800]

"Do you think the women wanted the taliban?" Brilliant question to a misogynist

[@chrisharris1522]

To him what women want is not important as they are second class humans put here to be exploited just as anyone with a different skin color is or anyone born with less wealth than him

[@taras6806]

Yes. That was diamond....

[@reeling-in]

Thank you for signing up. Mr.Bones wishes you the best of luck!

[@taras6806]

@@reeling-in troll bot

[@yatesy117]

Yes the same people who constantly belittle Britain say we're no longer a global power yet want us to allow in everyone in and be world police

[@travelwell6049]

We had a student where I used to teach who collapsed and blacked out on his way to class. We were then told that he was suffering from PTSD after his entire village was slaughtered by the Taliban he hid and survived. It took two years to make his way across Europe to the UK and at the first time that he felt safe and settled, all the trauma caught up with him. And none of them get any mental health support.

[@gezatherton1071]

I can’t imagine what that poor man has been through? :(

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: If in a World X oppose occupation - Heroes Y oppose occupation - Terrorists World Governed by - Righteous,Evil?

[@balance3201]

Why did he comes here?

[@JamKick]

We are spending the PTSD therapy money on teaching Ukranians to speak english. Ukraine 1st vecause they are white. Remember the MP who went to the refugee processing office and saw an entire floor of people busy working on processing only Ukrainians even as Windrush victims languished. The UK doesnt even hide its racism anymore. Its on full display for all who open their eyes to see

[@richiepare5121]

⁠@@balance3201useless question

[@alistoa2808]

Nothing but ignorance! This is what we have to live with in this society.

[@51maineroad]

Paul, everything I hate about this country and it’s aging right wingers and I’m a 73 years old white male born in Manchester and lived in little england all of my life.

[@petelawless811]

Don’t worry you won’t be here much longer so mind your own

[@First_Sea_Lord_Ford]

OK boomer

[@petelawless811]

@@First_Sea_Lord_Ford you want some ?

[@gregadair1546]

Couldn’t agree with you more, unfortunately there are still too many white middle aged or older men and women who feel like this caller, very sad.

[@petelawless811]

@@gregadair1546 I’m sure the feel the same about you

[@VoidDragon82]

Mark sounds like someone I’d have a beer and go on a march with. The guy sounds like he has a lot of compassion.

[@kaashee]

He wouldn’t let you marry his daughter tho govindji 🇮🇳

[@tdtm82]

This guy is educated in the UK and we're world-leaders at education. It's tragic.

[@vendettarising]

you cant educate pure hatred and racism

[@Dynasty1818]

Based on how many vote Labour, education is a massive failure

[@user-ip8bw7gt2x]

higher education or the average bloke?

[@Kevinacharles]

He attended The Nigel Farage school of Our Gammon of xenophobes.

[@tdtm82]

@@Kevinacharles 🤣

[@hayleyxyz]

Imagine getting red-faced at Afghan refugees and not the people who have destroyed this country The UK is over. All this country does do is move money around, and the rest of us work low paid service sector jobs to serve the city of London.

[@nathanfurnival8724]

Who do you think has destroyed the country ?

[@PassportG]

​@@nathanfurnival8724 I thought it was politicians

[@nathanfurnival8724]

Politicians are just the middle men between us and the faceless billionaire gangsters that really rule

[@HelenaMikas]

@hayleyxyz You have summed it up.. I left UK in 1987 to teach here in Germany .I look now and cannot believe what has happened .I did take a week off at my expense to protest against Brexit though . Mind you 15years out of UK voting is not allowed but I tried . Love your comment Hayley

[@TBakerXD]

We're the new Ottoman Empire - the Sick Old Man of Europe that everyone else is waiting to get a piece of once the inevitable arrives

[@callummc1988]

Paul dismissing and mocking the other caller on the basis of having compassion for other people beautifully sums up everything wrong with his way of thinking.

[@mista4700]

He lives by the evils of people from hundreds of years ago.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

He’s fooking right

[@samali4327]

We want Britain to bring back British

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@samali4327 yep and I want IFTI 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻

[@samali4327]

Whats that mate?

[@smahier]

A very common theme on LBC (especially on James O´Brien´s show): caller phones in with a strong opinion, based on little (or no) information, then defends their position with a truculently repeated phrase or slogan in lieu of an argument. Host examines the internal contradictions of what they are saying. Caller gets angry and departs in a huff.

[@petelawless811]

Yeah it’s funny that isn’t it kind of like they stage how it goes every day

[@reeling-in]

😂😂😂😂

[@josemengelez6947]

@@petelawless811 if you find the idea that morons exist inconceivable then i'd suggest finding the nearest mirror in your home and swiftly disabusing yourself of that notion.

[@mista4700]

I lobe tue jedi mind tricks tury play 9n people and they people admit tuey don't know anything about what they're talking about except for what ever channels theyy watch and the opinions the channels give. Tell-A-Vision and each thing you watch is called a program. So they are telling you their vision and programming you. They're telling you exactly what they are doing and people still fall ofr it.

[@nabiljarad812]

“Once the American left, we had to go”!! Paul: who invited us to be there?

[@umbreluces]

The two most British callers to ever exist 😂..

[@stephanguitar9778]

Tory Englander vs civilised citizen.

[@nothingisoriginal400]

🤣🤣 too right!!@@stephanguitar9778

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

English

[@avoidconfusion]

I feel sorry for anyone who knows Paul in real life and needs to deal with him every day. My condolences to each and everyone of them.

[@CenTexMex101]

He seems like the type to think they're just making the tough decisions everyone else is too "weak" to make.

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Paul is a Colonel in his own private army of one.

[@supercadcc]

I imagine they all just say "yeah" to keep the c**t quiet

[@mista4700]

Like the comedian Patrice O'Neil said. I would throw my watch in the garbage and say you stole it so we wouldn't be friends anymore.

[@Where_has_the_sanity_gone]

Well he certainly ain't wrong about the refugees not being 15 years old and the boats are always filled with men.

[@Bolachas25]

I think we can safely say that it is because they is brown…

[@petelawless811]

You can read what everyone thinks to can you Sherlock

[@petelawless811]

@JohnSmith-ez9xq who was talking to you John smith is that the name they gave you when they found you on the door step of a church?

[@Bolachas25]

@@petelawless811 *too.

[@undead9999]

The "we should not intervene in other countries" from a British was hilarious 😂

[@jonblazeinc]

The mentality lol , short memories of what the British did across the world for hundreds or thousands of years

[@irish7summits]

The number of people with these views in UK will shock and dismay you.

[@kingofracism]

I'm here 😇

[@temptemp4174]

Honestly if this country had more marks and Less Paul's we would be an amazing country again. That's how it used to be

[@josemengelez6947]

dunno about that, they both sound like bellends to me.

[@RS-jb1lf]

Paul would have no qualms being treated by a foreign doctor or surgeon of course

[@nimoy212]

Exactly lool

[@eddiecalderone]

That depends. You can’t be sure, there’s a huge number of individuals in reports that refuses to be seen by GPs that are from a particular heritage or faith. Look it up

[@Easy-xk5ce]

​@@eddiecalderoneHonestly, when I think they can't be that thick... It gets worse.

[@darrenengland6269]

There's a total duality of view from Paul. He compartmentalises too much and cannot see the hypocracy of what he's saying.

[@JB_inks]

Hypocrisy

[@darrenengland6269]

@@JB_inks yeah, I'm dyslexic. Thanks for trying to help.

[@TomMorterLaing]

Paul is a reminder that we should stay in school and read something other than the daily mail.

[@mikeconnors3880]

He is only staying what the vast majority of white British people quietly think indoors but dare not say out loud.

[@omaraman1817]

So basically your saying he’s now automatically valid in the conclusions he has drawn just because this ‘quiet’ imaginary majority of the population think the same thing. If that was the case, then surely the nazis were quite rightly justified in their rule of Germany just because the majority of whites thought the same way - how ridiculous of a thing to say

[@Quas08]

Almost everything Paul said about Afghanistan could be applied to Ukraine but he ironically can the difference, maybe it’s because he thinks he can take advantage of the Ukrainian women 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@autumnleaves8553]

Yep! On point.

[@Vhlathanosh]

Yap. He thinks that's his chance to get himself a broodmare to sire some white babies.

[@Easy-xk5ce]

They were setting preferences when asked what refugees they could take in. Guess what they requested like it was a dating forum.

[@chrisharris1522]

Was it New Zealand's responsibility to take British refugees during WW2? This is why internationally we take in refugees because one day it might be us and when that happens we would like to think other nations would help us

[@db-t3175]

Er, yes it was. NZ was part of the empire/Commonwealth. That's what happens in a Commonwealth.

[@chrisharris1522]

Kind of like what happens in a United Nations? In WW2 NZ was an independent nation there was no law that said we had to take your people, no agreement but we did it anyway, then we helped feed you and rebuild your war ravaged country. I guess NZers are just better people than the British@@db-t3175

[@eddiecalderone]

I mean seriously @ Chris Harris???? New Zealanders just like my grandparents in Malta and Cyprus were British subjects, under the protection of His majesty the King, the Royal Navy, the British empire armed forces and the rest. Japan wanted to take over Australia and New Zealand or at least subjecting them to servitude and vassalage.

[@chrisharris1522]

What protection did you offer when we were attacked by France? None, you turned your backs, the only time we have ever been attacked by another nation and all our allies chose economic relations with France over the debt you owed us and the agreements you signed, we owe you nothing, also you did not defend us against the Japanese, the Americans did@@eddiecalderone

[@eddiecalderone]

@@chrisharris1522 When the incident with France happened New Zealand already had passed law to breakaway fein British influence, hence the involvement in the Vietnam war. The USA actually suspended New Zealand from their military alliance during the Reagan government because of the anti nuclear stance .

[@Jourifouler]

if you listen closely you can hear a weatherspoons in the background

[@waynereid9471]

😂😂

[@Silver-st2zq]

The main place to find the less well off Tory voter.

[@cujimmi]

Nowt wrong with spoons

[@petelawless811]

Your probably the sort of person scared to go in there

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@petelawless811 *you're

[@sunilthakore5715]

The guy forgets the West invaded Afganistan

[@TheAArmstrong]

Yes to remove the rampant terrorism over there

[@sunilthakore5715]

@@TheAArmstrong Nope it was to look for the terrorist Osama Bin Laden orriginally. It was the US that created the Taliban in the first place to get Russia out, and when the US then invades them dothey not see the US as an occupier in the similar was Russia was? As far as I recall there have been np terrorist attacks in the West by the Taliban

[@bobcassidy201]

These two callers should have a regular slot where they discuss the issues of the day, their back and forth was hilarious!

[@unclescipio3136]

Back in the old days, Paul was the type of person who'd write letters to newspapers.

[@alleycatmouse]

He probably still does!😂

[@jezcorrigan651]

There was no reason to attack Afghanistan and Iraq the way we did. The US were just embarrassed (if we’re to believe they weren’t involved) by 9/11 and didn’t want to look weak. They could have found Bin Laden without killing millions of innocent people and destroying their country’s

[@imrankh68]

Exactly

[@pallyali786]

Very true. Bigger agenda.

[@Reds786]

Exactly

[@kevinthomas2622]

Paul is why we have Brexit... and why people of a certain 'vintage' should be excluded from such votes whilst allowing 14yr olds, who such decisions will ultimately affect, should be informed and then allowed to vote in their stead 👍

[@andrewwigham3026]

I think most people under the age of 18 don’t really have that much of an interest in politics to care - and most would just vote the same way as their parents anyway. Hypothetically if the kids were allowed to vote on Brexit, they would have consumed the exact same arguments from both sides that everyone else did, so I don’t see it making that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things for both of those reasons.

[@kingofracism]

Brexit still means brexit unfortunately for you lad🇬🇧

[@kevinthomas2622]

@@andrewwigham3026 Political education targeted at the young...this would be different than what has been before

[@judyparsons1333]

The older people have got sense to see what is happening with this country youngsters no sense

[@shakeelmalik781]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Yes ladies and gentlemen of the world Paul is a typical English guy who loves foreigners and then says I'm not rasict I have black friends 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉

[@diallo1347]

It's not our job to fix their nation state...after we directly destabilize theirs, promise to support then, and profit off of the war that broke their nation. You Brits sound just like us Americans. We have so much in common.

[@jonlee580]

Instead of helping we destroy and extort... Real help never involves war

[@amirmxd]

The UK shouldn’t have invaded Afghanistan in the first place because of a false pretext. I’m pretty sure the west actually funded and established the mujihadeen.

[@simzism]

Louder for those in the back.

[@gezatherton1071]

We shouldn’t have done, but we did and we have an ethical duty to the people that are suffering there.

[@aecides3203]

It's also worth noting that the UK, which obviously has no responsibility for these taliban "with their RPG's and AK-47's", sold the middle east most of it's weapons in a stunningly well thought out trade deal which could only have been projected to end in grateful allies and regional stability.

[@LFC_RAD]

"Our role was purely training and advising", what a clown 🤡

[@You-tw4zs]

By this guys logic if we shouldn't support Afghanistan because its 'not against a nation state' then according to Russia, Ukraine isn't a nation state and its just an internal issue.

[@lynnevenables7193]

Or even Palestine. There’s so much western hypocrisy.

[@db-t3175]

Nah. Not the same.

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@db-t3175 why isn’t it the same?

[@db-t3175]

@@lynnevenables7193 it's not an extension of his logic at all. Afghanistan's situation is internal. We drew lines and started withdrawing years ago. It's horrid. But 40+ countries that made up ISAF said "we've tried and spent enough, we're going now". The Afghan military and Police for the large part couldn't or wouldn't stand up for democracy or a united Afghanistan. Effectively it's been a coup in Afghanistan, that's been welcomed by many of its electorate. Ukraine is fighting an external oppressor that has illegally invaded, violating at least two treaties where the USA and the UK amongst others made guarantees to Ukrainian security. Particularly for giving up inherited nuclear weapons since the USSR fell apart. We have a moral obligation to support a sovereign, democratically elected Government fighting for the survival of its people. As I say, the Afghan Government was on borrowed time.

[@You-tw4zs]

@@db-t3175 I don't understand how its much different. What's external and internal is subjective when you're the one drawing the borders. I don't think you're understanding that its not about leaving Afghanistan its the fact that we intervened so we're responsible for the people who risked their lives to protect OUR troops but we wouldn't help them even though they contribute to our economy and if they helped the military are likely also very skilled.

[@Anigmama]

If it’s ‘not our job’ why be there in the first place?

[@sarangistudent8614]

The moment he googled it and saw the story 😂😂😂

[@IPW133-yo]

he still said "The UN shot them"...OMG

[@stevemitchell1454]

A perfect example of man's inhumanity to man. This country is finished. Ruined by years of Thatcherism.

[@Wonderwoman79G]

😂 Comedy gold

[@Reds786]

😂😂

[@hashtag_thisguy]

Not "our" job to invade them either...

[@kingofracism]

It absolutely was. We should do it again but properly this time.

[@lynnevenables7193]

I agree with Paul that we should stop meddling in other countries, especially as there’s so much hypocrisy but perhaps ask Paul about the increase in opioids exports during the time we occupied Afghanistan.

[@mariusmihai1292]

Clearly you did not learn anything from ww2. Yes mistakes were maid but to say entirely that is better to mind your own business… is way wrong.

[@mspacific1550]

Also don't forget it was the US and their Western allies that practically created the Taliban. It's usually the case, when there's suddenly an influx of refugees, that the West have been meddling in other nations' business. Stop that, then you stop the forced migration.

[@user-qs8xc4ni6f]

Why go to Afghanistan in the first place? Don't go to other countries at all if you don't want people in your country

[@DaneBaptisteComedy]

It's really weird to hear Paul talk about "They didn't resist the Taliban" when they were trained, funded and equipped by the US against the Soviets. Cornwall as a country is almost wholly dependent on EU funding and aid. These are easy facts to research, and yet people willingly lie. It's not our job to interfere- but we did, that's how the Taliban got into power

[@pascaledowling6309]

If I remember correctly the Foreign secretary was on holidays at the time of the evacuation and couldn't be bothered to interrupt his vacation.

[@artwithmichael5547]

These people will twist themselves in knots to explain why any difference between two situations is the reason they support one and not the other.

[@taras6806]

This is so aptlly demonstrated so so often on this channel... love it, just unfortuate the people exis....

[@andreaslamers9535]

its strange to destroy countries there is money in the UK, but not to fix the problem they have done

[@christopherrhyshowarth9887]

The most British of British rows 😂😂

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

English!

[@nickvickers3486]

English people are British too

[@renegadebrit2648]

The scariest thing, regardless of your point of view, is that Paul was unable or unwilling to see the flaws in his own logic and hence looks like a total muppet. Having said that, he is in fact wrong....obvious hypocrisy does not make for a resilient argument

[@rogernichols1124]

Paul + logic? C'mon, you're kidding!

[@bushman143]

Paul is inconsistent. Whether they come from Kiev or Kabul, they should come to the UK the legal way and not through uncontrolled immigration. These are the result of conflicts started by the US/west.

[@martinquinn9007]

Mark tried but another daily mail reader

[@chatham43]

...you mean he uses long words...😊

[@susannapavelkova1265]

They walk among us. Frightening.

[@NoName-cu4gr]

It doesn't take long does it... a few questions and the mask starts to slip...

[@mongmanification]

Anyone remember when it was the Afghanis that where the empire makers , looting , robbing, invading and doing all the other empire type stuff. ? No? There's been over 160 empires in history are they held to the same as the British.

[@MalcolmXpat]

Combat missions did end in 2014 and since was a train, advise and assist mission. The British military actually withdrew in July 2021 and then returned in August for "op pitting" to assist with the evacuation of embassy staff, contractors and roughly 15,000 Afghan civilians. It's true that without American forces NATO countries would never have been able to remain. The only reason violence was fairly low since 2020 was because of the American/Taliban peace talks which part of the agreement was for all US and NATO forces would leave by the April 2021 which was extended to September.. if western forces didn't leave the peace talks would have ended and the war would more likely than not escalated, as Britain had under 1000 troops in Afghanistan would mean redeploying and prolonging an already drawn out war. The whole thing was a mess..

[@lynnevenables7193]

Which proves the point that dialogue with your enemy is and should be the first call. But as Lockheed Martin will tell you, there’s no profit in peace- this is the biggest problem.

[@Dwayne3007]

Callers like Paul anger me.

[@radarr5345]

He's seen on TV 📺 tells you all you need to know 😂😂

[@MrPiccolop]

The same people who talk about mainstream media all the time and then get facts from said media. It's just about whatever justifies their biases and opinions that have formed into toxic feelings.

[@Silver-st2zq]

The right wing Murdoch press showed mee pics so i beeleaved em 🤪

[@nothingisoriginal400]

This clip was amazing!!!!!

[@kz-xv1ou]

Many of these counties Afghanistan included do not need help from western countries but they go to these countries break them up, turn stable countries into hot bed of instability and work away. Irag and Lybia are examples of this.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Why is it that men are not allowed to be refugees, very misandrist of him.

[@palerider955]

Becuase the men are the ones who do all the fighting.

[@RankinMsP]

@@palerider955 🥱 They can also be targeted precisely because of the that.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@palerider955 the war is over... and not all men were fighting in it either it was 0.748% of the population.

[@billybobthornton9668]

So fleeing a nation that's killing its own people is only okay if that country is at war..? The absolute state of the discourse in this country 🤦🤦🤦

[@chatham43]

...only when they're not refugees...but chancers who've abandoned their families...😊

[@andrewwigham3026]

I feel like these rows wouldn’t be such an issue if immigration, migration, refugee status / asylum seeking was handled properly by our government. Genuine refugees should be helped regardless of where they come from, especially those who helped us and sided with us. People get annoyed because of the lack of control of our own borders with illegal crossings and stuff and tend to muddle it all together - maybe if our government actually handled all of this stuff properly it wouldn’t be such an issue in peoples eyes, but they see a lack of border control and thousands of illegal crossings taking place, which is rightfully going to annoy people for many different reasons.

[@rodneymclin3130]

Lol, I think we know why he really welcomes the Ukrainians!😅😅

[@sircxx8621]

I’m looking forward to reading comments on this channel in a years time.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Poor poor Afghan women. Zero rights.

[@sneakyfish8191]

Bless Ben for his valiant defense of humanity and principle.

[@vendettarising]

absolutley brilliant stuff, exposing gammon intelligence 😂 what a whopper this guy is..... poppy production went uo ten fold and the british army assisted them, the army were basicslly drug dealer support

[@HomeGrownVeg]

My local MP & Boris got the stray dogs out. He's since been sacked and she is standing down at the next election. Just saying.

[@tolodiakou532]

I used to be from Afghanistan...and Pakistan and India, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Bangladesh...the list goes on. Used to break their little hearts when I told them I'm Greek 😂

[@enod9746]

Glad to hear Paul finally confess where his views really come from...a mindset of bigotry! How is our world populated by such people? On one hand, he says it is not the job of the UK to build another country's nation state. Which begs the question: what then was the purpose of being in there for 20 years?

[@markdawson4625]

Poor Paul. He needs psychiatric help, proper medication and an eye. Sight test. Unfortunately there isn’t a cure for ignorance and bigotry

[@kingofracism]

We are under no obligation to value the lives of non whites. I have empathy for Ukraine because they're white European. I don't see the value in black and brown lives so it's a different story when it comes to them

[@jackiebenjamin8772]

But he had no problem when the Windrush people arrived in Britian to help them fight war and there after also help to build back their Britian and now the same people are being deported, even though their former countries were British Colonies.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Great video ben

[@Coelacanth1]

I look at it this way, if Britain has interfered with any other country then Britain has a moral duty to give sanctuary to people fleeing the result of that interference. As to understand the state will have got more out of the countries it has interfered with than it will cost to give sanctuary to the residue of that interference.

[@dtcarrick]

Does Paul know we invaded Afghanistan several times.

[@babybluesky9238]

He's literally as far West away from Kent as you can get.

[@petelawless811]

So is you long hair

[@babybluesky9238]

@@petelawless811 I'm not phoning LBC and sounding like a lunatic however, that is a crucial point to not forget

[@krob2327]

It does annoy me that Cornwall doesn’t take hardly any refugees but other areas take a disproportionate amount. It won’t change I’m just pointing it out. Nobody talks about it as they want to keep Cornwall ‘pure’ for tourism etc

[@samdavidson8918]

We did abandon those people.

[@sparks7949]

People like Ben is the reason I am proud to be British. Man of honour, humility and compassion. Thank you Ben.

[@dolmen6613]

Open the orders and let everyone in - sure we've plenty of houses, health services, schools and more- all in

[@martinabcbeers]

Seems like he misses his position of power over the natives

[@businesshomeschooling]

The looter forgets his history

[@mericet39]

There's no known cure for being a Daily Mail reader.

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

Guardian guzzlers are the deluded and indoctrinated. 🐑

[@Nomad-wv4oe]

U.K. invaded Afghanistan and bombed it for years and promised to stay and protect the people.

[@Human_Herbivore]

All this discussion about people fleeing Afghanistan is absolute proof that our invasion was a shameful failure. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't help those fleeing when we can.

[@janetlove3719]

The news tells people what to think

[@craigoneill2216]

Makes you wonder are English people thought anything about their own past in school

[@petelawless811]

What past what did the caller do in his past ?

[@nileniale]

I noticed how he wasn't sure about Hong Kong refugees either. Would've been great to hear him expand on that too 😂