Archive for everythingleeds.myfastforum.org           everythingleeds.myfastforum.org Forum Index -> Current Affairs NE1 Harry? what? Is no-one talking about Harry? Trust the yanks to open their gob! He's a soldier, he was always gonna be a soldier and as such should do a soldiers job. For once I applaud the british media for their part in this. Que - all the stories on telly and in the press now! That bit will be boring after all.....(see line 2) raveydavey Re: Harry? NE1 wrote: He's a soldier, he was always gonna be a soldier and as such should do a soldiers job. So whats to discuss?   Baldy Yanks spilled the beans, over here they are saying that it was the Australian Womans Day magazine   nlag Baldy wrote: Yanks spilled the beans, over here they are saying that it was the Australian Womans Day magazine   That is the Aus Army mag right? raveydavey nlag wrote: Baldy wrote: Yanks spilled the beans, over here they are saying that it was the Australian Womans Day magazine   That is the Aus Army mag right?     nlag Anyway....Back on topic.....He is in the army which I assume means that in times of conflict, he will go to places where he might get shot at. Far be it for the media to give 2 flying fucks about the well being of our troops in search of a front page story. raveydavey nlag wrote: Anyway....Back on topic.....He is in the army which I assume means that in times of conflict, he will go to places where he might get shot at. Far be it for the media to give 2 flying fucks about the well being of our troops in search of a front page story. What I found more surprising is that he's the first royal of any note to be on the front line since Queen Victoria's Grandson in 1915.... (I guess the article meant "front line" in an Army sense, as opposed to Prince Andrew acting as exocet bait in 1982?) wewantourdarbyback that confused me to, those who said he was the first for a long time. For once the british media acted impecably by keeping their traps shut when asked, until the fuggin Yanks sound out Tommo Shoot the YANKS NE1 Interestingly, what would have happened to our 'special relationship' had he been caught if 'friendly fire' from the yanks?! Presumably the yanks were informed where he was at ALL times!   raveydavey NE1 wrote: Interestingly, what would have happened to our 'special relationship' had he been caught if 'friendly fire' from the yanks?! Presumably the yanks were informed where he was at ALL times!   At the risk of going slightly OT (!), if anyone saw the Ross Kemp in Afganistan series, the British ground troops were very defensive of an American pilot who'd mistakenly killed one of their colleagues and injured others in a friendly fire incident. Whilst mouring their losses, they also accepted that it was one of the risks of war and pointed out that other fast jet bombing runs had actually saved dozens of British troops lives. Essentially they were grateful that the Americans were at least putting their asses on the line and doing their bit - which is a damn sight more than many of our so called allies.... wewantourdarbyback raveydavey wrote: NE1 wrote: Interestingly, what would have happened to our 'special relationship' had he been caught if 'friendly fire' from the yanks?! Presumably the yanks were informed where he was at ALL times!   At the risk of going slightly OT (!), if anyone saw the Ross Kemp in Afganistan series, the British ground troops were very defensive of an American pilot who'd mistakenly killed one of their colleagues and injured others in a friendly fire incident. Whilst mouring their losses, they also accepted that it was one of the risks of war and pointed out that other fast jet bombing runs had actually saved dozens of British troops lives. Essentially they were grateful that the Americans were at least putting their asses on the line and doing their bit - which is a damn sight more than many of our so called allies.... Had a talk when i was at school from a group from the RAF reg, they were very bitter about the Yanks, especially about the time they were called in to do a clean up after the yanks had stormed a town, and they had to help clear the bodies of the civilians with american bullets in them, including the young child with one in his forhead. Whilest the USAF is the best air force in the world, their army has a long way to come to reach the standard of ours, a fact that is shown by the presence of many officers from around the world (including americans) trianing to be better by going through the basic training with new recruits at Sandhurst cardboardbox?Youwerelucky I heard a woman   from some magazine / website (might have been the one that broke the story) saying that it was in the interests of "freedom of information" or some bollocks - reporting on someone who would be a high profile target borders on lunacy There would be no difference between this and reporting on a "planned" visit to Afghanastan by Bush, Brown, Rice, a.n.other high profile target including the flight paths, arrival times, destinations and times they will be visiting certain areas FFS   People seem to forget that whether you are in favour or not we are fighting a fucking war over there - and highlighting potential high profile targets for the taliban should see people chucked in jail for stupiditiy - lets release all the ID's of the special forces whilst we are at it just to make their job that little bit harder     nlag cardboardbox?Youwerelucky wrote: lets release all the ID's of the special forces whilst we are at it : No need....Some lefty in the MOD will "lose" their DNA profiles and records soon anyhow. raveydavey wewantourdarbyback wrote: Whilest the USAF is the best air force in the world, I think you'll find that they are the second best air force in the world. The Royal Air Force remain the finest. wewantourdarbyback wrote: their army has a long way to come to reach the standard of ours, a fact that is shown by the presence of many officers from around the world (including americans) trianing to be better by going through the basic training with new recruits at Sandhurst   I don't doubt that for a moment - a fact that is bourne out by the septics now adopting typically British approaches towards their strategies. The Americans are without doubt a fine, well equipped and aggressive fighting force - it's just they don't have the finesse or training our lads do. They also aren't trained to think for themselves in many situations unlike UK forces who are able to adapt to whatever situation they find themselves in. cardboardbox?Youwerelucky Sorry this thread is going slightly off topic but a comment regarding our forces and the american forces..... I have a friend who served in Iraq and the difference in "kit" between the americans and the british is unbelieveable - his regiment(?) would regularly swap stuff with the americans to get a better kit. I think (from a fast fading memory) that the only thing the british had to barter with was their food rations (although I might have this the wrong way around). And this government want to CUT defensive spending raveydavey cardboardbox?Youwerelucky wrote: Sorry this thread is going slightly off topic but a comment regarding our forces and the american forces..... I have a friend who served in Iraq and the difference in "kit" between the americans and the british is unbelieveable - his regiment(?) would regularly swap stuff with the americans to get a better kit. I think (from a fast fading memory) that the only thing the british had to barter with was their food rations (although I might have this the wrong way around). And this government want to CUT defensive spending And that is another New Labour Scandal. Sent to war on a lie without enough kit to do the job. The British Army are known as "The Borrowers" by the Americans for obvious reasons. Nearly a hundred years on and it seems we still have lions led by donkeys. 30 Mill As an ex soldier of 10 years, I like to ask the following What does being in Iraq or Afghanistan have to do with "defence"? nlag 30 Mill wrote: What does being in Iraq or Afghanistan have to do with "defence"? I think the reasoning is that if you call it an "attack" budget, you lose the element of surprise. halfaperson     Oh you are a funny un        everythingleeds.myfastforum.org Forum Index -> Current Affairs Page 1 of 1