Thread: News: We should stop fooling ourselves. Our armed forces are no longer world class.
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Old 19-05-2008, 09:04 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I consider the armed forces to be vital to defending the realm and defending British interests abroad.
Defence perhaps but "defending our interests abroad" means sticking our nose in other people's business and usually causing more trouble than it is worth not to mention being a menance to our own liberty.
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