Discussions on the military

Today I had the opportunity to talk to an acquaintance about the benefits and advantages of life in the Army.  A bit of explanation about the fact that nobody is ever made redundant in the military and that it’s a guaranteed income was supposed to convince her to give it a try.

She then went off on the same ol’ looney left liberal spiel about shooting people is always the last answer.  The same infuriating blinded point of view that is seen in so many stupid people.  It makes me want to smack people around when they spout all that bullshit about war isn’t necessary and shooting people is not the answer.

I told the person I was talking to that her point of view would get her about five feet in the deserts of Afghanistan against a murdering suicide bomber.  I explained that my point of view would get me considerably further and give me a much greater chance of living than hers would give her.

Trying to impress upon someone that serving in the military is an act of citizenship, a display of a sense of duty and caring towards innocent fellow human beings, is enough to make almost anyone want to slap somebody.

We both agreed that there will never be peace in the world and there will always be bad people.  She said Read more...

Gordy’s Got To Go

Gordon Brown is a twat. A spineless jellyfish.  I realise that his problem is common for most politicians, but it particularly bothers me in Gordy.  One reason is he simply doesn’t have the charisma or charm needed to make people stand up and pay attention.  He never has had that skill and public perception is hugely important for a politician.

In this recent news story about Lt Colonel Rupert Thorneloe – the most senior British officer to die in Afghanistan – it says Lt Col Thorneloe wasn’t happy about the amount of trips British troops are taking on the ground in Afghanistan.  Some memos by him were published in the Daily Mail in which he warned about the increasing danger to British troops and the shortage of helicopters fit for ferrying troops around. Read more...

Classic case of a lying government

According to General Dannatt, the former head of the British Army… the British Prime Minister refused to send an extra  two-thousand troops to Afghanistan.

General Dannatt stepped down in August 2009 basically because he couldn’t handle the bullshit the British government was dishing out.

In this news story, Downing Street has denied refusing a request for the two-thousand troops.  So here we have a classic case of one party’s word against another;  a British Army General or a bunch of politicians.  I would bet everything I have on that General Dannatt is telling the truth and the government politician sleazebags are lying. Read more...

Women in combat

I’ve always been a fan of beautiful women. I’ve also never understood why many militaries in the world seem to have an aversion to putting female soldiers in the line of fire. As was the case with Canadian Captain Nichola Goddard who was an extremely competent Forward Observation Officer who was killed in the line of duty in the area of Kandahar, Afghanistan… female soldiers are extremely competent – without a doubt just as efficient killers as men are.

The women in the photo at the top are all members of the 2-147th Assault Helicopter Battalion, National Guard based in Minnesota. All of them have flown combat missions in Iraq and taken fire – not just transporting groceries around the safer parts of the country.

Check out this video of Captain Andrea Ourada talking about the mission in which she was flying the Blackhawk helicopter when they started taking fire.

You can read this news story from the MinnPost about their combat mission in Iraq.

There’s also a video featuring Chief Warrant Officer Nicole Schuman  – an Apache attack helicopter pilot with more than 1000 combat hours.

With the amount of female soldiers in America’s armed forces they could add hundreds of thousands of extra combat troops to their arsenal if the Yanks would just get over their fear of seeing female soldiers being killed in combat.

What it comes down to is sexism.  It’s the same kind of predjudice that stopped black folks from being American fighter pilots in World War Two.    It’s about time militaries from all over the world stopped discriminating against females and gay people.  They can fight just as hard as anyone else!

Random stuff again

I’m convinced that this video of a suicidal bridge jumper in China being pushed off the bridge by an irritated old man is possibly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.  I have no doubt that if I was that old I would do the same thing hahahahaha.

Concerning the issue of Israel’s colonisation of Palestine, I’m delighted that the U.S Secretary of State has stated that the U.S position on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is that Israeli settlement in Palestine must cease with NO EXCEPTIONS, such as ‘natural growth’ as the Israeli Prime Minister stated would be allowed to happen.

World peace took a definite turn for the worse when that bastard was made Israeli Prime Minister with the support of the biggest racist bastard Israel has ever seen – Avigdor Liberman.  It was Liberman’s party that is currently trying to ban Israeli Arabs from marking the ‘Nakba’ – the founding of and independence of Israel, which Israeli Arabs view as a catastrophe in which 700,000 Arabs fled Israel or were forced out of their homes.

I’m delighted that France has opened a permanent military base in the United Arab Emirates.  A Western nation that isn’t pro-American having military personnel stationed in the Middle East is definitely a good thing.  In the news story it says:

An aide to Mr Sarkozy is quoted by AFP news agency linking the base to an alleged Iranian threat: “We are deliberately taking a deterrent stance. If Iran were to attack, we would effectively be attacked also.”

A big challenge which basically says ‘come on and try it you bitches’ to Iran.  I wish more nations would do that.  Gotta respect French President Sarkozy for stepping up!