17/09/2016 00:00
British generals, admirals and air marshals have the habit of rather shooting themselves in the foot. Every senior military officer, as soon as he or she retires, goes on record in the media saying that the military couldn't defend Britain from a major attack because of defence cuts.
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I sincerely apologise for the prunting errors below which are due to fat fingers on a tiny screen. There is no edit facility but I think you'll get the gist of it.
Jason you have the solution - if our admirals, generals and air marshals really are shooting themselves in the foot they beed to stop right now to save bullets and hospital bills! Seriously though, if a country loses the ability to properly defend itself there will come a time when anotger country will take what they have by force: that's human nature as displayed violently through tge centuries. If good politics and systems of sharing the world's resources fairly can be achieved then people rarely wish to fight BUT sometimes events out of your control lead to others wanting to take what you have, however fairly it may have been earned. When that happens you must figgt effectively to preserve what you value. It is therefore vital to have the weapons and systems that do the job and our economy must be used to preserve that advantage. Essentially Jason I therefore agree with you and the democracy that gets the balance right will prevail. Bad men DO often win and we need to keep that focus.
The high ranking Commanders, have investments in Company's with Government Contracts. Technically they are not allowed to speak out during their time in service. Which is a an anomaly for them, and their invested interests. I spent 25 years in the RAF. I left , when the defence cuts put nearly everything in jeopardy. Cutting in this way, is a fase economy, and puts safety at great risk. The " TYPHOON " was 10 years obsolescent when it went into service, at £159 million pounds each. It still had to be modified , when it was of no use to fighting terrorism.
Jason, your simplistic and uninformed comments clearly demonstrate that you have no idea about how the UK military operates.