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2007-01-01 Britain

Half of Royal Navys ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-01-01 05:33|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If the Queen or that worthless lump Charles were worth a damn, she would use one of her many billions of pounds to create a Caribbean military brigade to protect England from harm, when emergencies threaten.

Since the government has abrogated one of the few REAL duties of a government, national defense, then they have lost their legitimacy.

If a crisis did occur, the Queen could move to Canada, appoint a Lord Protector of England to purge the government of such fools, backed by a mechanized brigade loyal only to the Queen.

The first act of the Lord Protector would be the conscription of a new English Army, followed shortly thereafter by the expulsion from England of foreign individuals disloyal to the crown.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-01 08:39|| 2007-01-01 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Anonymoose: Correct on every point and to the last detail.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-01 10:41|| 2007-01-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile at camp reality,

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-01 14:29|| 2007-01-01 14:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Meanwhile, how much do the British spend paying benefits to people that want to kill them?

Posted by DMFD 2007-01-01 15:00|| 2007-01-01 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe the USN can get together and work with our British friends to save, um...

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-01 15:48|| 2007-01-01 15:48|| Front Page Top

#6 HAITI? see STRATEGYPAGE > ABSENCE OF WAR DOES NOT MEAN PRESENCE OF PEACE article.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-01 23:35|| 2007-01-01 23:35|| Front Page Top

#7 THe headline says it all: Defence cuts DO bite!

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-01-01 23:47|| 2007-01-01 23:47|| Front Page Top

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