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| Ben Wallace steps down as UK defense chief |
| 2023-09-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. London , August 31, 2023, 10:24 am - IA Regnum. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has resigned. This was reported on August 31 on the website of the British government. Wallace sent his resignation to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak . “After much deliberation, I have made the decision to ask for permission to step down from my position,” the official letter reads. He also added that, in his opinion, one should not go back to the times when defense spending was considered optional. Over the next decade, instability will increase in the world, he said, so it's time to invest in defense. In July, IA Regnum reported that Wallace could leave his post, which he has held since the summer of 2019. The possibility of his resignation from his post is associated with the reshuffle in the government being prepared by Sunak, with the help of which he intends to present a fresher team to the public before the parliamentary elections. Wallace later said he wanted to retire from politics amid a planned cabinet reshuffle. He said that he intended to return to "normal life" and engage in activities that had nothing to do with either politics or national defense. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 I can think of a number of American officials who, if they had the slightest bit of integrity, would follow Mr. Wallace's example by tendering the letters of resignation. A great deal of instability in the world can be laid directly at their feet. Anyone who had anything to do with Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria or Ukraine should be ashamed of themselves. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-09-01 12:33 |
| #2 From Wikipedia - After training as a cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in June 1991 Wallace was commissioned into the Scots Guards as a second lieutenant, with a short service commission.[13] From 1991 to 1998, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize, and Northern Ireland.[2] In April 1993, he was promoted lieutenant,[14] and later that year was mentioned in dispatches[15] for an incident in Belfast where the patrol he was commanding captured an entire IRA active service unit (ASU) attempting to carry out a bomb attack against British troops.[2][16] The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) later said that no one arrested as a result of the patrol was prosecuted.[17] In 1996 he was promoted captain.[18] Wallace was on duty on the night of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was a member of the party sent to Paris to bring home her body.[19] In June 1998, Wallace transferred from the Active List to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers as a captain, thereby ending his active service and beginning a period of call-up liability.[20] He later explained that he had decided against seeking to become a regular officer and to continue after the age of thirty, as the part of the work he had really enjoyed was commanding soldiers, and this was likely to diminish after that point.[10] Wallace is a member of the Royal Company of Archers, a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland. As such, he participated in the vigil over the Queen's coffin as she lay in state in Westminster Hall on 15 September 2022.[21] |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-09-01 06:26 |
| #1 Live boy or dead girl? Or, did the Brits (under Wallace) plan the Ukrainian "counteroffensive"? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-09-01 03:17 |