24-01-2007, 12:36
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Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces.
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Originally Posted by mr flibble
i did mention i was in the raf, i just dont see how long i was in or why i left is important.
anyway what is it tennyson said
'Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die'
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Tennyson was talking about an era when the soldier was considered as canon fodder for the generals to gain their war medals. The days when the generals sat behind the front line, well out of harms way, pushing bits of timber around a map committing their troops to slaughter whilst shedding crocodile tears for their loss are quite rightly long gone.
This is the 21st century and people who VOLUNTEER to serve in the armed forces deserve the very best equipment that the country can provide regardless of cost. And that statement comes from someone, me, who served for 13 years in the Royal Navy. Our troops have been let down by a government that prefers to spend billions on plush new offices, subsidies to private companies and foreign aid to despots who just keep the money for themselves.
We, with the Americans, invaded Iraq on an outright lie and since then both governments have quietly ignored that FACT and tried to justify the invasion by its effect.
Having said that we should stay to finish the job but give the troops the tools to do so.
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