RAF Typhoons confirmed gunless?

In article , Paul J. Adam
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In message , Dave Eadsforth
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Tirade number two over :-)

applause

Just throw money!

Dave

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Dave Eadsforth

In article , Peter Kemp
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:42:10 +0100, Dave Eadsforth
wrote:

I agree with most of what you said except...

3. Be distinctly more robust when dealing with the anti-military.
Instead of just shrugging, tell them that the majority of people in the
country do not want to be victims of their lamentable judgement - a weak
military capability has NEVER served ANY population in recorded history.

Hasn't bothered Iceland in the last thousand years or so, no is New
Zealand at much risk despite their woeful military. On the flip side,
having a military too strong has damaged dozens of countries around
the world, whether from sheer overinvestment crippling the economy
(USSR in times past, NK now), the miltary having too much political
power, either through constitutional means or via coup d'etat
(Pakistan, Liberia, etc ad nauseum), or simply soldiers terrorising
their own civilians at the leaders behest (Iraq, Sudan etc etc etc)

Yup, I'll accept those points - I was thinking of adequate military
capability as opposed to overlarge for purposes of aggression or
subjugation. Iceland and NZ do benefit from particular geopolitical
profiles, but any island still needs a bit of reach if it is to avoid
unwelcome infringements. Iceland did benefit from having an adequate
and determined coastguard service as it was able to enforce a fishing
settlement against the UK (setting the moral debate aside, they
calculated Britain's response - and won...).

Tirade number two over :-)

A worthwhile tirade. I for one wished more election campaigns
addressed more than schoolsandhospitals, and included things like
foreign policy and defence.

(Personal political position - an Extreme Centralist...)

I'm slightly to the middle of that position myself :-)

That should keep the canvassers occupied...

Peter Kemp

Cheers,

Dave

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Dave Eadsforth

On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:42:10 +0100, Dave Eadsforth wrote:

In the coming decades we are virtually certain to have to undertake more
military operations around the world.

While Britain may well do so, I question whether we will have to. We
didn't have to in Iraq, for example.


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In article , Paul J. Adam
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In message , Dave Eadsforth
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Tirade number two over :-)

applause

Just throw money!

Dave

Just put a 20mm or 30mm gun on if they don't want the Mauser.... I am sure
they can rig a gun pod if they have to.... right?

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