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2006-06-19 Britain

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In this regard, the Brits are strictly Euro, requiring soldiers to play out their leaders fantasy in charm school warfare.

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-19 00:59|| 2006-06-19 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Read Melanie Phillip's "Londonistan." She gives Tony Blair praise where it is due, but she is not too happy with either his politically correct war-making or internal dhimmitude. Can you believe that UK cops have to remove their shoes when they raid a mosque?

Melanie for PM!

Non-Brit readers might consider buying her book for info on escalating Muslim demands, when their overseas community's grow. Forewarned is forearmed.

Posted by Shurt Angaimble9728 2006-06-19 01:35|| 2006-06-19 01:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Buying equipment like this costs serious money, and the Brits have not been willing to put serious money into the upgrades. They do better than some of the other Euro nations, but as I recall they're still under 2% of GDP, whereas we're about 4% or so.

They're doing some useful things -- a carrier task force is no easy undertaking -- but unless they're willing to put a few billion pounds more into defense each year they simply can't afford to equip their troops like we do. And that means their troops pay the price when in a tough battle environment.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-06-19 02:19|| 2006-06-19 02:19|| Front Page Top

#4 It really doesn't matter how much they spend if they spend it on a Euro force. British forces can no longer fight with American forces because the radios don't work together. By Euro design. Too bad. The Brits have truly joined the French, Italians and Germans in being good troops led by idiots.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-19 07:09|| 2006-06-19 07:09|| Front Page Top

#5 You have no idea how much this depresses me. I'll say it again, and again - this man is no good for Britain.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-06-19 15:17|| 2006-06-19 15:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Tony (UK): From what I see, the alternatives look worse.

Posted by JSU 2006-06-19 17:14|| 2006-06-19 17:14|| Front Page Top

#7 The variables in combat:

Money Blood Time

The more you spend of two the less you spend of the other.

As an example, the Chinese were short on Money and Time in Korea so they paid a horrific cost in blood.

In recent times, Britain has shorted itself on money, and time is fixed - so blood cost goes up.

US leftists will short us on time, and staple the money shut - leaving our cost in blood to go up.

ONly by putting sufficient money and being patient with the time factor can we avoid large amouts of costs being paid in blood.

Thus it alwayd has been, and likely always will be - the unholy trinity of combat costs.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-06-19 22:31|| 2006-06-19 22:31|| Front Page Top

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