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2023-02-22 Britain
'Spend big to send Putin a message': Admiral Lord West calls for a massive boost to defence spending as the 'cupboard is bare' and the Royal Navy's only seaworthy aircraft carrier set sail without any fighter jets on board
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 
In order to spend big, Parliament will have to give up spending on other things, like welfare for illegal migrants, gender surgery for children, and policing the thoughts of those who enjoy Shakespeare and the old “Yes, Minister” show. Not likely any time soon, unfortunately.


...TW,

You hit the nail right on the head. The European NATO governments pretty much wrote off any idea of The Threat coming back, so they diverted all that defense spending to social spending and then brought in immigrants to pay for it, believing that if the worst happened the US would ride to the rescue one more time.

Friends of mine over there said that for a brief moment, President Trump put the fear of God into them about raising defense spending and they were grateful he lost. After all, they had deals with that nice Mr. Putin, and they could trust him.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-02-22 06:39||   2023-02-22 06:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Another reason why the US should not be involved like it is in Europe. Their circus, their monkeys.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-22 06:59||   2023-02-22 06:59|| Front Page Top

#3 By that he means "spend Uncle Sugar's dime big."
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-22 07:13||   2023-02-22 07:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I watch reruns of the Benny hill shows.

Am I safe?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-02-22 07:37||   2023-02-22 07:37|| Front Page Top

#5  I watch reruns of the Benny hill shows.

I watched the Amazon Clarkson's Farm and just really laughed until I cried at the austere English humor and stifling bureaucracy.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-22 10:55||   2023-02-22 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 But nobody call Ukraine a weapons spending dangle.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-02-22 11:05||   2023-02-22 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 #5 - Skid, I really enjoyed that show
Posted by Frank G 2023-02-22 12:03||   2023-02-22 12:03|| Front Page Top

#8 So the USMC F-35 Squadron is no longer onboard?
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-22 12:41||   2023-02-22 12:41|| Front Page Top

#9 #4 Welcome brother! Way back in the day, I got Pappa Mundi into Monty Python as it came on before Benny - and likewise, he got me into Benny for the same reason. A true coming together of generations.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-02-22 12:45||   2023-02-22 12:45|| Front Page Top

#10 So the USMC F-35 Squadron is no longer onboard?

Not enough pilots to meet diversity quotas?
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-02-22 12:55||   2023-02-22 12:55|| Front Page Top

#11 If there were USMC F-35s on the British ship, they were only there for an exercise of some kind.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-22 13:18||   2023-02-22 13:18|| Front Page Top

#12 https://seapowermagazine.org/marine-f-35b-squadron-completes-historic-deployment-on-hms-queen-elizabeth/
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-22 13:52||   2023-02-22 13:52|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Thanks for article link NMBS. 2 things come to mind after reading: 1.HMS HOOD and 2.RAF/RN counterparts to VMFA-211 were the "Dam Busters", the movie of which was just flagged in UK as being "culturally problematic".
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-02-22 15:55||   2023-02-22 15:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Not enough pilots to meet diversity quotas?

RAF chief admits women are currently unable to fly the air force's advanced F-35 Lightning fighter jet because they are not heavy enough to safely wear the pilots' £325,000 high-tech helmets

Need fat girls and more neck exercises.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-22 16:06||   2023-02-22 16:06|| Front Page Top

#15 'Accept food rationing and expenses doubled to send Putin a message.'

Dam Busters....madness.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-02-22 16:24||   2023-02-22 16:24|| Front Page Top

#16 Our Stacey's an ace cake partaker
Ground shaker sound barrier breaker...
As soon as we make her
A new Martin-Baker
That takes up an eighth of an acre.
Posted by Angeretle Clirong9498 2023-02-22 16:52||   2023-02-22 16:52|| Front Page Top

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