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2005-03-31 Britain

Cutting UK Forces 'stab in back for servicemen'

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Posted by Bulldog 2005-03-31 2:44:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.

Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy how's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-31 10:02:15 AM|| 2005-03-31 10:02:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country," when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
But Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!

Posted by Steve 2005-03-31 10:38:24 AM|| 2005-03-31 10:38:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bravo!

Posted by Howard UK 2005-03-31 10:39:35 AM|| 2005-03-31 10:39:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem is not merely the cuts in the military, it is tha those "dividends of peace" will be used not in cutting taxes but in welfare and in public employemnt. And since those are difficult to reduce in a hurry, it means if a time comes where it is necessary to increase the Defence spending then only solution will be to raise taxes to an unsustainable level, one who will destroy economy.

Posted by JFM 2005-03-31 2:01:32 PM|| 2005-03-31 2:01:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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