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DaveinGermany · 03-02-2010, 19:28

The main reason the Falklands was a "success" was that the political will was there, the people were behind it as part of the remaining "British Empire" was under threat & the Falklanders themselves wanted us there to defend them. Added to that our Armed forces & most of their equipment was equal to the job in hand, at the time (early 80's) there was about 330,000 service personnel in all 3 branches of the forces.

Compare that with the performance of the present day Armed forces which consists of about 240,000 (late 2009/10) lack of military hardware Armour/APC's & Airmobile equipment,overstretched in operational commitments. We are bogged down in a war not of our choosing but another Countries, the people aren't behind it "it's a far away Country & nothing to do with us", the politicians pay it lip service & say it's for our benefit ??? & the people certainly don't want us there, is there any wonder there is such a marked contrast, in results & feelings ???

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	Re: White Wash at Westminster The main reason the Falklands was a "success" was that the political will was there, the people were behind it as part of the remaining "British Empire" was under threat & the Falklanders themselves wanted us there to defend them. Added to that our Armed forces & most of their equipment was equal to the job in hand, at the time (early 80's) there was about 330,000 service personnel in all 3 branches of the forces. Compare that with the performance of the present day Armed forces which consists of about 240,000 (late 2009/10) lack of military hardware Armour/APC's & Airmobile equipment,overstretched in operational commitments. We are bogged down in a war not of our choosing but another Countries, the people aren't behind it "it's a far away Country & nothing to do with us", the politicians pay it lip service & say it's for our benefit ??? & the people certainly don't want us there, is there any wonder there is such a marked contrast, in results & feelings ???