Boycott Scotland: US Tourist Protest Lockerbie Bomber Release

Yes we should pull our troops out as they are of little help anyway.  Perhaps they should be replaced with the fine upstanding men of the Kentucky National Guard who abandoned their own countrymen in Iraq when they got lost and were attacked by insurgents.  Brave men one and all.

"Lt Col Al Pavsner" "They're of no great help anyway" Perhaps you would like to say that to the relatives of the Scottish and other UK soldiers who have died there? What a jackass.

Oh and another thing LTCol Pavsner, the Black Watch are over there currently, recently leading a major offensive against the Taleban. Just in case you haven't heard of this Scottish regiment, it is the same regiment that Lyndon B Johnson pleaded with the British Prime Minister to send to help the US forces in Vietnam. It was also the same regiment that was given the honour of piping the lament at JFK's graveside - such is the high esteem held by the US goverment and military. First allied units chosen to cross the Rhine in WWII? Scottish (Black Watch followed by Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, followed 5 hours later by the 15th Scottish division, then followed by the US 39th and 79th divisions). UK commandos? Scottish trained, under Lord Lovat, first on beaches on D-Day, first man on normandy beaches a Scottish piper. Don't want to labour the point, but you have insulted some of the bravest men you're likely to ever encounter, in an obviously rash moment. Of course many US units both army and marine are also of high calibre and I would never be so insensitive or innacurate about their reputation or value. Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

lt/col sir you have a short memory you state scotland has sanctioned terroriesm, not so long ago in your great country there was an organiestion nor-aid who collected money for the I.R.A so the could by wepons to kill our armend forces 30 yrs the british had to suffer this our citys getting blown up and our kids getting killed, people afraid to walk down the street incase they get blown up and it only stopped when america got a taste of terroriesm with twin towers being distroyed so sir do not point your finger at scotland till your own back yard is clear by all means hate kenny macaskill but please dont hate the scottish as we did not want this murder out of jail, and just to close boycots work both ways me and my family and thousnds of others are going to florida next year i wish you well and good luck jim from scotland 

America sactioned terrorism by funding the IRA and the involvement in the release of many Irish terrorists involved in the wars in Ireland. How short sighted and narrow minded you all are! Shame on you all.

Lt Col Ret USMC ??????????????????????? Besides, now that Scotland has officially sanctioned terrorism, by deed, if not by word, you should be a little safer I suppose.   Your phuqen shower, Boston and New Yorks proud citizens donated millions to the scum of the IRA and have the temerity to denounce us. Then the cash your scummy republican killer sympathisers donated was used to buy weapons from GUESS WHO EINSTEIN LIBYA. Spot the irony phuqwit. BTW, "No use anyway" aye right mate. So I take it we should withdraw/ cancel the extra 1,000 scots regiment laddies we are sending out then eh.   BTW remember the name My Lai and Calley and his killers. or even the USS Vincennes. The crew of the USS Vincennes were welcomed home as heroes arsehole. Christ the commander and others actually received medals for their tour. Conveniently overlooking the 299 civvies that died.   Pres Bush Snr stated proudly "I will never criticize the actions of the US military no matter what the facts are" Another example of how  pathetic your shower are. Also Calley was sentenced to hard labour but served about a week before house arrest then freed soon after. Aye right mate your shower have a great sense of justice and compassion but it seems to have an effect on your memories.   Ian Scot and proud      

You sir, are clearly a retard.It's an attitude like this that caused the US to fail in Korea, Vietnam.Nobody gives a crap that you're an old man who used to be in the military. So put away that pathetic excuse for a title and grow a pair.I just love these old gits who have to relive their former glories as though they mean something.

You people make me sick who built USA you would still be wearing buffalo hide the true American is Native get a grip I'm a Scot in USA What  I have seen here, Vietnam, my ex spit on by own folk baby killer .they called him and his wee kids standing there crying,so you say ashamed to be Scot Im not while your  older family were running  from our Island with the kilt around there faces to flee Scotland the true Scots stayed and fought Its dim wits like you that should be ashamed what say, we all feel for the families but for God sake stop, you fight every country in world and wonder why folk say yanks big mouths want to rule,Freedom is Scotland man, so leave it alone and its folk, there are more kids on bags shootings murdershere than the war, houses with bars on windows oh yeh you sure look good to the world, you finally want a fight with Scotland .sorry for you all that signs boycottwe all feel fr the families but some dumb ass needs to forgive a little.

Proud American,

Population of Scotland 5m, estimated Scottish contingent in Afghanistan at start of the year(serving in UK armed forces) 2000-3000.  US population 307m , total service personnel (Jan 2009) in Afghanistan 30,000. Do the maths. Follow the links in earlier message and show some intelligence and humility.

You just don't get it do you, Proud American. When we talk about taking our boys home we are saying, "Why the hell should we go on dying in Afghanistan on behalf of a country which hates, despises us and wants to damage the livelihoods of our people" The terrorists have been on our doorstep. All the way from the IRA to Al Quaeda. WE are not terrorists. We do not condone terrorism. We do not support the actions of the Scottish Justice Minister. We deplore the disrespect and hurt caused to the relatives of PA103. BUT to insult our forces and to say the things you have about us is frankly sick. A kick in the guts of every relative of a dead Scottish soldier and a stereotypical reaction from a nation of bullies. Go ahead. Boycott Scotland and all things Scottish, but what happens within these shores will be decided within these shores and not in the USA.  I'm visiting New York as from 9/11. I will go to Ground Zero and pay my respects to all those who died there (including the 300-odd Brits. Oh, were you going to say you wished now that there had been more Scots in the death toll?) I don't suppose I'll be made very welcome and I'm sure somebody will have a real go at me. So be it. Personally my conscience is clear since I never voted for the McKaskill guy anyway. American vitriol will threaten me but I'll still go home knowing I never put a hand in my pocket to fund terrorism in any shape or  form.  Mind you, I don't know what your government will spend the taxes on from the two or three thousand dollars my partner and I plan to spend in your mighty country.        Wha' Daur Meddle Wi' Me

We're all ashamed that you have any Scottish Heritage!3 Scottish soldiers will certainly make a difference. It only took 1 to save the asses of a bunch of cowering US troops.

No, 'wrong with numbers'. over 200 good people dead in a mess that will go down in history as this Labour Governments' "Viatnam".Shame on your former presidents, and their lackey's, for putting the Taliban in control when it suited their misguided policy against the Russians.Shame on the shitebag Blair for arselicking the Texan toerag who canna even spell his own name without a steadying arm on his razor.... Bush! he and he's Faither wouldne e'en knae a a shrub wi'out a pencil draw'n'.Ask yourself who is making the profit out of this supposed "war"!!Moron... ye maik my bled sither!!

P Smith

Lose the war. (The Taleban are thankful there's only 12 skirt wearing soldiers, if there were 20 of them they would be in real trouble)

I hope to God we don't remove the 12 Scottish Soldiers otherwise the US will be like sheep without a sheepdog.It's entirely clear that the US don't value the Scottish input to saving their asses so I'll be writing to my MSP to insist that we extract all soldiers and all backup back home to leave the ungrateful hypocrites to fend for themselves.The problem with the US is the endemic hypocrisy. After the shooting down of the Iranian Airbus, was anyone charged with the deaths of the 290 innocent civilians? No - the halfwit in charge of the ship was given a medal.Is keeping 100s of alleged terrorists in  Guantanamo without charge, without representation and without trial the act of a civilised nation? The US may think that their mighty dollar is the answer to everything but have a good cold hard look at your economy - it's in a death spiral. The dollar has no power any more.So you don't buy Whisky - big deal. Means there's more for us.  We'll of course have to boycott American products:  shit cars, obese loudmouth tourists, McDs and "freedom fries" (that just says it all really), the Disney concentration camps.Let's see who suffers more.