Is Britain's Government Destroying Its Own Military To Appease Its Enemies?

[Khandro]

Elements of the British establishment in Whitehall think their own soldiers are "bad," and terrorists are "freedom fighters," according to General Lord Richards, former Chief of the Defence Staff and the UK's most senior military officer.

Over several years these ministers, permanent secretaries, generals, admirals and air marshals have been swept aside in pursuit of a corrosive drive to discredit our troops. It is the first time in history that any government has turned on its own armed forces in such a way.

The overwhelming majority are motivated by a combination of greed and anti-British vindictiveness by the Iraqi and Afghan accusers and by their British lawyers, using taxpayers' money.

This can only further undermine our national will to engage in future conflict in defence of our people or to support our allies, including the US, thus weakening the Western world. That of course, is the main objective of the politically driven lawyers and others involved in hounding our troops.

We can be sure that their motive for favouring enemy "freedom fighters" over our own forces is a desire to appease radical Muslims both at home and abroad, which infects so much of Europe's political elite and mainstream media.

It is vital for our country and the world that the Prime Minister ends this cowardly and dangerous cult of appeasement stands up for our Western Judeo-Christian values above all others and defends our soldiers with as much courage as they show in defending us. To achieve this, it is vital that the conspirators General Richards has named are identified and purged from power and influence.

Richard Kemp

[Gromit]

Other selected writings to whip you up into a frenzy

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/articles/

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, ahhh, right. Now 'rambling' has been added to the ever-growing list of 'rudities' (I made that word up). Thanks for telling me. In the absence of an answer to my question I guess I'll have to assume you don't know what you were talking about either.

[Gromit]

// A classic example of the OP not providing a clarifying link. //

If I had realised at the outset that this was the Gatestone Institute, I would not have wasted my time on it. I can't help suspect that the place it was published was omitted on purpose.

[Zacs-Master]

Me neither.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //In the absence of an answer to my question I guess I'll have to assume you don't know what you were talking about either. //

I do know, but all my energy has been used this afternoon on trying to explain to you - unsuccessfully I suspect - the difference between an opinion and a fact.

So I'll just have to leave you wondering, but by all means ask me again tomorrow if it's still on your mind.

[andy-hughes]

Gromit - //If I had realised at the outset that this was the Gatestone Institute, I would not have wasted my time on it. I can't help suspect that the place it was published was omitted on purpose. //

I just clicked on the front page of the site - and clicked right off again - the sight of the headlines to articles was enough to tell me what I need to know!

[naomi24]

Gromit, here's the link. All of this was said during a BBC interview - allegedly.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9181/british-military

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, my post at 14:17 stands.

[Zacs-Master]

Naomi, Gromit already posted that link at 14:12.

[naomi24]

Zacs-Master, I didn't realise I'd duplicated it. I saw the link but, not wishing to be whipped up into the frenzy that Gromit predicted, I ignored it. I've had a quick look for the BBC interview but I can't see it.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //andy-hughes, my post at 14:17 stands. //

Last word-ism rules again!

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - you dropped this particular rant-bomb onto the site - what's your opinion of it?

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "I would be willing to formalise a shared defence system with our allies - but the volume of money poured into our armed forces is, in my opinion, an obscenity " it's small fraction of the WSS budget, now that's an obscenity.

[Gromit]

// [Military Spending] it's small fraction of the WSS budget, now that's an obscenity. //

Defence budget £45.6 Billion
Jobseekers Allowance = £4.9 Billion

I make that fraction 10/1 greater

[whiskeryron]

If we cannot listen to someone as informed as General Lord Richards who in heaven's name can we heed ? It is high time our country was sorted out.
''Great Britain '' Not on your Nellie.

[andy-hughes]

whiskeyron - //If we cannot listen to someone as informed as General Lord Richards who in heaven's name can we heed ? It is high time our country was sorted out. //

General Lord Richards - and the name rather gives it away - has something of a vested interest in the subject of warfare and fighting.

Soldiers train to fight - high ranking officers make a career out of learning how to direct campaigns, battles, invasions, the whole nine yards.

And if they think there is a chance they may not get to do I for real, they get ansty, and start wondering what other provocation they can stir up.

And this sort of thing is what they come up with - to much time, not enough wars.

Of course, that's ideal for the rest of us, but professional soldiers are not happy.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, //And if they think there is a chance they may not get to do I for real//

He's done it for real and he's not expecting to do it again. He's retired.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //He's done it for real and he's not expecting to do it again. He's retired. //

Then he should have the grace to step aside and leave his paranoid stuff for his memoirs.

[Khandro]

andy-hughes; //If first hand experience is a requirement for expressing a view on here, then I must obviously step aside from commenting on the army.//

Why break the habit (of a lifetime)? You self-confessedly know nothing about Islam and yet you have a lot to say about it, and now you tell us you are inexperienced when it comes to the armed forces, so just press on regardless.

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - //andy-hughes; //If first hand experience is a requirement for expressing a view on here, then I must obviously step aside from commenting on the army.//

Why break the habit (of a lifetime)? You self-confessedly know nothing about Islam and yet you have a lot to say about it, and now you tell us you are inexperienced when it comes to the armed forces, so just press on regardless. //

I have spent days explaining to you and others that an opinion can be held by anyone - including Mr Kemp - and anyone can voice that opinion.

Now either you have not read what I have said, or you have not understood what I have said, or you are being wilfully provocative - frankly I don't care which it is.

I have been expressing opinions since before you came on here, and I'll be expressing opinions when you have go.

If you don't like what I post, please do us both a favour and ignore me.