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2006-12-24 Britain

British Admiral: 'tinpot' armed services

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Posted by mrp 2006-12-24 10:16|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not just Britain; IIUC, french armed forces are mostly operational around an hardcore of "projection forces" (marines, special operations command, a few alpine and dragon units) used as a foreign policy tool, think "africa", while the army by itself is not really able to fill its national defense role due to underfunding and lack of proper personel.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-24 10:28|| 2006-12-24 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Does Britain have the budget to support two carriers? Functional, working carriers, I mean.

Posted by SteveS 2006-12-24 10:31|| 2006-12-24 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes. The question is does it have the will.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-24 10:41|| 2006-12-24 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 It seems that Britain could actually *save* money if it created a bunch of military field training camps, rounded up its unemployed hoodies, ASBOs, chavs and hooligans, and sent them there for some training under the paternal eye of Ghurka NCOs.

Not only would they empty out a lot of their jails and slums, but instead of paying unemployment, they would pay a low military wage. Large tents instead of ghetto housing.

The emphasis could be on discipline training and "conservation and improvement" projects, under military discipline. If they showed improvement and a good attitude, they might even become eligible for regular military service.

Last but not least, everyone, especially new immigrants, would qualify for participation in this new programme.

Which would undoubtedly mean a LOT fewer immigrants to Britain.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-24 11:09|| 2006-12-24 11:09|| Front Page Top

#5 This is what happens when the socialist/communist/democrats take over a government. The down turn occurred here during the duration of Blow Job's term. It will begin again on Jan.4. And, we'll be in real deep shit if Hildebeest ascends to the throne in Jan 2009.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-24 12:12|| 2006-12-24 12:12|| Front Page Top

#6 'Moose, I read through the comments section last week in the Sun newspaper about why so many Britons are leaving Britain. There were 28 pages of comments! No. 1 Complaint: too many immigrants, most of whom had no desire to assimilate. No. 2 Complaint: taxes too high. No. 3 Complaint: tax money spent to fund and aid the non-assimilating immigrants and the yobs and chavs. No. 4 Complaint: crime through the roof and no effective police worthy of the name.

It truly sounded like most of the people writing didn't feel like Britain was their country anymore; somewhere since the end of Thatcher's government it had started heading down a multiculti slope leading to the cesspit and they saw the change picking up pace with every passing day. Bitter, bitter people, and I believe with good reason.

Posted by mac 2006-12-24 14:17|| 2006-12-24 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 somewhere since the end of Thatcher's government it had started heading down a multiculti slope leading to the cesspit

Margaret Thatcher was a truly great leader, but unlike Ronald Reagan, she only cared about the social and economical battleground in her struggle against the Forces Of Progress.

The cultural and societal (does this word even exists in english?) fields were left wide open for the marxists, gramscists, and assorted memetic warriors, and they changed british society as deeply as they did in other european countries, even while Thatcher reformed the economical structures (and ironically salvaged the UK, allowing the left not to be blamed for its past and inherent mismanagement).

Ronald Reagan, on the other hand, was a product of a real conservative intellectual trend dating back to the 50's IIUC, and he was a really coherent, deep and well-thought ideologist himself, a far cry from the simpleton portrait made of him by the Enlightened Elites.

Thus, the "Culture war" (IE the relentless assault againt the western civilization by the Forces Of Progress) is still being fought in the USA, but it has been lost in Europe, including the UK.

My 0.02.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-24 15:14|| 2006-12-24 15:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, they wanted their armed forces to be able to integrate with the Europeans, so they need to be just as worthless.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-24 20:17|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-24 20:17|| Front Page Top

#9 That's hardly new
"Money spent on an Army or Fleet
Is homicidal lunacy. . . ."
Kipling Natural Theology

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-24 21:11|| 2006-12-24 21:11|| Front Page Top

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