British ******s axe 20% AF, 10% Army, 20% Navy

"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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"Grantland" wrote in message
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To pay for the Iraqi Folly. What utter ARSEHOLES!


Perhaps they would be better equipped to cover their national security
responsibilities if they didn't have a massive welfare state to pay for.

But alas, such is the story with Europe these days; bare-bones military
expenditures in favor of wasteful and unnecessary social programs. Depend
on
the USA to provide most security, then accuse them of 'imperialism'. What
a
joke.



Sorry. Security against whom? I don't know of any protection the US has
provided for Britain in the past 15 years.

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 04:40:45 GMT, "L'acrobat"
wrote:

Why does UK or France need Carriers?

To project force globally perhaps? :-)


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Steve.

"Tuollaf43" wrote in message
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"L'acrobat" wrote in message
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"Tuollaf43" wrote in message
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"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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"Grantland" wrote in message
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To pay for the Iraqi Folly. What utter ARSEHOLES!


Perhaps they would be better equipped to cover their national
security
responsibilities if they didn't have a massive welfare state to pay
for.

But alas, such is the story with Europe these days; bare-bones
military
expenditures in favor of wasteful and unnecessary social programs.
Depend on
the USA to provide most security, then accuse them of 'imperialism'.
What a
joke.

err - the US Carriers, bombers and tanks protect the Europeans from
whom exactly? Who is about to murder the germans, rape the french and
pillage the Brits? For instance I am at a loss to understand who
threatens the physical security of the UK? Why does UK or France need
Carriers?

I see you've not heard of the Falklands...

oh yes, _that_ "Just War".

About as just as they come really. Unless you regard annexing sovereign
territory against the wishes of the inhabitants as the height of justice.

L'acrobat wrote:

"Tuollaf43" wrote in message
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err - the US Carriers, bombers and tanks protect the Europeans from
whom exactly?

Since the fall of the Easten Bloc and USSR - exactly no-one.

Who is about to murder the germans, rape the french and
pillage the Brits?

The Americans ?

For instance I am at a loss to understand who
threatens the physical security of the UK? Why does UK or France need
Carriers?

To look *cool* man !

Hey - those new UK carriers are in the 'Nimitz Class' ! Let's show those Yanks
we can play in their backyard too !

I see you've not heard of the Falklands...

The Falklands fiasco was caused by the cheap erronious 'corner shop mentality'
economics of Margaret Thatcher's ( right wing cost-cutting ) administation that
resulted in the Argies foolishly thinking we didn't care about the Falkland Is
any more.

Big mistake !


Graham

For instance I am at a loss to understand who
threatens the physical security of the UK? Why does UK or France need
Carriers?


And why the US need them?