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2012-06-23 Britain

Get ready to go to Afghan front line, Army tells sacked officers

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Posted by 2012-06-23 06:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Perfidious Albion consumes it's own.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-23 07:19|| 2012-06-23 07:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Treat them like mercenaries long enough and they'll act like mercenaries. Instead of fighting when the time comes, they can be bought as well. Northumberland could sit and watch as much as fight.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-06-23 08:08|| 2012-06-23 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 A suggestion for the British government: it should explicitly announce that it is no longer a world power and cannot be responsible for affairs that occur outside of its immediate geographical location.

After all, that's what they're doing with all these moves to cut their Defence spending, cut personnel, and so on. And what they are doing to these offices now is downright dishonorable.

It's all brought about by the simple fact that the British government (and by extension the people) no longer can bear the burden of involvement in world affairs as a world power.

So stop. Step away from the world leadership role. Announce an intention to be a regional power only with a regional military. Confine one's diplomacy outside Europe to purely consultative and observational statements.

Become New Zealand. Or Ireland. Become a prosperous, middle-weight nation that tends to mind its own affairs. Contribute to UN peacekeeping forces. And otherwise stay quiet.

That's the path you're on anyway, Britain. Why not make it explicit?

Posted by Steve White 2012-06-23 10:11|| 2012-06-23 10:11|| Front Page Top

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