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Originally Posted by Welshchris
no u didnt pick on me its just that u happened to SUDDENLY make the thread all about me when i posted and u didnt do it to anyone else yeah fair comment i believe u
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My apologies if you felt that way, I've been 'picking' on Arthur throughout the thread though and making it about me also as that's the best way I can think of to phrase my argument on this issue. It's a big issue however most of us will feel the impact most keenly as individuals and things are sometimes best phrased as such.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
It just goes to prove how thick and stupid this government is, when they are considering a u turn on defence cuts.
This country MUST have the armed services at full strength, otherwise we can be targeted at any time, We now have the Libby thing, when you think that it had hit this country twice, Firsly our armed services are in several countries, now we have them in Libby.
And then we have the police services on stanby in case of any aggro in this country.
I think what the government have done is open there gob before thinking.
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Depends, you could consider it as opening the gob before thinking or doing something most unusual for recent politics and listening to people and experts and taking their opinions on board.
We are not going to need the armed forces at full strength else we could be targeted at any time, we are a member of NATO and a nuclear power, the biggest threats to us are, by far, from terrorism. Any country that declares war on us by default declares war on a huge swathe of the free world with masses of conventional forces and over 12,000 nuclear weapons as we have a mutual defence pact with them.
Spending less isn't always bad you know. Depends entirely on how it's spent.