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British Army admits Russia could destroy their only remaining fighting unit...
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:18 pm
... in one afternoon.
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It's like I've long said, NATO is a hollow shell of it's former self that's been left to rot for the past twenty years plus. Time has come for Europe to start pulling their weight in NATO.
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Defence cuts means the only remaining fighting unit in the British Army could be completely destroyed in an afternoon by a 'competent enemy' such as Russia, a new report has warned.
An army think-tank has said years of reduced budgets means Britain's ability to remain an effective fighting force has been 'effectively removed'.
They also say that cuts have resulted in a 'hollowing out or depletion of the army's capabilities', especially when faced with a severe threat.
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It's like I've long said, NATO is a hollow shell of it's former self that's been left to rot for the past twenty years plus. Time has come for Europe to start pulling their weight in NATO.
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Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:22 pm to Darth_Vader
They'd have to get to the home islands first
Also, British infantry would royally wreck Russian infantry
Also, British infantry would royally wreck Russian infantry
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:23 pm to Darth_Vader
Isn't the royal navy getting its shite together somewhat with the two new fleet carriers?
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:23 pm to Darth_Vader
Which will take some time. Which is unfortunate. To your credit you've been warning everyone about Russian antagonism for years. 
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:24 pm to Darth_Vader
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Time has come for Europe to start pulling their weight in NATO.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:24 pm to Darth_Vader
Sounds like Europe's problem.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:26 pm to Darth_Vader
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Defence cuts
What happens when you open your borders to 150,000,000 uninsured foreigners and your country is going broke.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:32 pm to Darth_Vader
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Time has come for Europe to start pulling their weight in NATO.
way past time, time for us to come home
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:41 pm to Darth_Vader
They thought they would have us protecting them forever.
Back in the day they were really good. I trained with the SAS in the 70s, was hospitalized over there ... it's where I met my first wife.
Liberalism destroys militaries intended to defend the country and builds militaries intended to control the citizenry on behalf of the internal power brokers.
We should send a strong signal to NATO that we're not carrying their asses anylonger because Italy, Belgium, France, Spain ... they are all pitiful shells of what they used to be militarily.
Back in the day they were really good. I trained with the SAS in the 70s, was hospitalized over there ... it's where I met my first wife.
Liberalism destroys militaries intended to defend the country and builds militaries intended to control the citizenry on behalf of the internal power brokers.
We should send a strong signal to NATO that we're not carrying their asses anylonger because Italy, Belgium, France, Spain ... they are all pitiful shells of what they used to be militarily.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:56 pm to Darth_Vader
NATO needs the US a hell of a lot more than the US needs NATO. We spend 2x as much on defense as the other 27 NATO members combined and the majority of NATO doesn't spend the recommended 2% of GDP for their defense budgets. Only 4 NATO countries besides US spend at least 2% of GDP on military.
Hopefully Trump and Mattis tell NATO that the US won't continue to carry 27 other members on our back and that if they don't step up their military spending and stop relying so heavily on US to do everything, that we may need to reconsider the US' NATO membership
Hopefully Trump and Mattis tell NATO that the US won't continue to carry 27 other members on our back and that if they don't step up their military spending and stop relying so heavily on US to do everything, that we may need to reconsider the US' NATO membership
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:15 pm to Darth_Vader
We should absorbe them. They are basically our territory anyway.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:25 pm to Darth_Vader
What reason would Russia have to want to go to war with England?
Posted on 1/23/17 at 9:07 am to Darth_Vader
Good to see you back, Darth, with military posts!
Posted on 1/23/17 at 9:54 am to Darth_Vader
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Darth_Vader
Seriously, get your heart working all good again and don't die.
Mom Jeans aside, your "army stuff" knowledge is invaluable to the ignorant fricks like me on the OT.
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Posted on 1/23/17 at 10:32 am to Darth_Vader
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It's like I've long said, NATO is a hollow shell of it's former self that's been left to rot for the past twenty years plus.
I think this is even being generous.
The non-U.S. members of NATO - collectively - spend between 1/2 and 2/3 of the U.S. defense budget - and for that money, they buy about 1/10th the combat power.
So, not only are they hollow, "parade ground" military forces, they are inefficient ones.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 12:38 pm to Darth_Vader
We should turn NATO into a modern day protection racket and force member nations not contributing enough to pay us. Compensory with the landmass, population, and GDP of the nation. So tired of the US exporting it's wealth by means of protecting foreign nations that gladly cut military spending at our expense.
Want us to protect your borders? Fine, pay off or debt and make our military men some of the higher paid members of society.
Want us to protect your borders? Fine, pay off or debt and make our military men some of the higher paid members of society.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 1/23/17 at 1:39 pm to Darth_Vader
good thing russia will never frick with them
Posted on 1/24/17 at 8:32 am to Darth_Vader
This coincides with what Trump has been saying.
American taxpayers are paying to protect European countries who aren't paying their fair share.
American taxpayers are paying to protect European countries who aren't paying their fair share.
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