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| The land of fair play |
| 2012-07-24 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna Lance Corporal Bale Baleiwai has spent his whole adult life in the British Army. He has a glowing service record, a row of medals and a starring role in Army recruitment advertising. His reward is a deportation notice. After 13 years fighting for Britain, it has given him three weeks to leave the country. "When I had the uniform on, I was a British soldier," he says. "Now I have taken it off, I'm just a problem they want to get rid of." L/Cpl Baleiwai was British enough for two tours in Iraq, dodging the bullets on escort duty. He was British enough to patrol Belfast and Bosnia. In Afghanistan, he was British enough to spend seven months as a gunner in a brigade recce force, under daily Taliban fire that killed three of his comrades. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 For it's Beleiwai this, an' Beleiwai that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Beleiwai this, an' Beleiwai that, an' anything you please; An' Beleiwai ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Beleiwai sees! |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-07-24 15:49 |
| #6 This sort of behavior is demoralizing for the ordinary soldiers and citizens who are trying to lead normal, simple, unexceptional lives. I think things are difficult enough as it is without these emotional people rocking the boat. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-07-24 14:25 |
| #5 Besoeker gets it. Thank you for your service, Lt. Morant, here's your bullet. The Brits have always treated their military people poorly. The ones who aren't native English or Scots they treat worse. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-07-24 07:34 |
| #4 Itsa magic. Now you're British enuff, mow you ain't.In any case, if he were British, he may be getting a pension and that would take welfare money away from some more deserving muslum imam. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2012-07-24 05:52 |
| #3 "Shoot straight you bastards." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-24 04:00 |
| #2 Yes? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-07-24 02:45 |
| #1 Service guarantees citizenship. Do you want to know more? |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-07-24 02:21 |