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Presumably he was a workshy mug with no prospects and some sort of Rambo complex before he joined up. Pork Pie has a clear opinion that.

One of my pals is a Major in the Paras and he said the same thing. There is little in civvy street for the guys to get on with. Those fellas often get into drinking and all kinds of trouble when they are out. He reckons that all of them should go to a halfway house to get acclimatised to non...

Hmm. You might want to read back through the thread to see who comes across as ignorant and stupid. Cant be arsed to put up a poll...who is the biggest Bellend? Pork Pie or TranmereGull?...but I bet I could guess the result. You are of course right about Birkenhead...Thankfully I live in the...

True enough. :cool:

Perhaps it has escaperd your attention that the conflict in Iraq, as far as our forces fighting Saddam, is over. Our role there is supporting a new country with new leaders as it pulls itself back together. If she was machine gunning kids or dropping napalm on Hospitals I would agree with you...

Honour? Tradition?, Bravery?, wanting to do something for your country? I kind of get your point but that its kids from low income and low social status with little hope of a job etc. Mate you should try living in Birkenhead, the Army have a massive tent in the middle of the shopping precinct...

If she joined the RAF in the belief that she would only be called on in an emergency means that she didnt read the small print. You might have noticed that Government cuts to the forces means an increased reliance on the TA to fight AND do all the other rear eshelon stuff. Look at it this way...

The army isnt a democracy. They are on a mission that has been ordered by the British Government and NATO whether or not you agree with the politics or relevance to you of this particular war is completely irrelevant. You said that anyone who joins the army is either desperate for a job or a...

I think his point is that he would fight for his own country but doesnt see why the British are fighting andd dying in Afghan. My point is that soldiers dont get to decide where they go and fight and die they go where they are asked to by Her Majesty the Queeen and do their duty. To call them...

Well, mainly because I think that you are an ignorant dickhead.

Quite right too. In the majestic words of Mr. Kipling..... went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy...

That is waaay off the mark. The British Empire was dashed against the rock that was Nazi Germany. We expended all of our wealth and colonial prestige in a life or death struggle against them. I say that for the Britsh empire to be destroyed in such a noble cause is almost justification for its...