Posted on 06/19/2022 1:59:13 PM PDT by blam
The incoming commander of the British Army has reportedly told his troops to prepare to fight a land war in Europe, citing Russia as a significant threat to peace.
General Sir Patrick Sanders, the British Army’s newly appointed overall commander, is said to have told his troops to prepare for potential deployment in Europe in order to counter the threat of Russia.
According to a report by the Daily Mail, General Sanders — who only assumed full command of the UK’s army last week — told his troops that they are now facing the possibility of having to fight a war on the European continent, an eventuality that they now have to be prepared for.
“I am the first Chief of the General Staff since 1941 to take command of the Army in the shadow of a land war in Europe involving a continental power,” the senior army officer reportedly wrote.
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underlines our core purpose – to protect the UK by being ready to fight and win wars on land,” he continued. “It is my singular duty to make our Army as lethal and effective as it can be.”
“We are the generation that must prepare the Army to fight in Europe once again,” Sanders is also reported as saying. “There is now a burning imperative to forge an army capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle.”
German Chancellor Says West Will Support Ukraine ‘as Long as Necessary’https://t.co/r77n6QP85y
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) June 19, 2022
The incoming commander’s comments come as leaders across the Western world steady themselves and their nations for what now looks like it could be a long war, with the chief of NATO telling German publication Bild that the current conflict in Ukraine could last years.
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oh boy
I heard that Russia does not want to end the war with Ukraine because they are making a killing off of selling their oil
Given the russian aggression and threats i would hope the leaders of european military would be preparing for such. It would be negligence to do otherwise.
Sure...
Like we can believe that the British would fight for anything other than perversity...
This isn’t the 1940s British...
Tea leaves
I’m sure the purpose of speech was to motivate troops into the mindset that they better have their lit in order.
It probably wasn’t taken as a suggestion either.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
“UK Army Commander Tells Troops to Prepare for a Land War in Europe”
Was he standing next to a cannon (which is likely more advanced that anything Europe has these days), wearing a Neapolitan Uniform?
The neocon globalists in the US and UK seem to want WW3 bad, but I don’t see the rest of Europe going along with it.
Pun intended
The memory of how WW 1 began was once (say 1965) carefully studied by US and NATO military and civil leadership as how a huge war can occur inadvertently. That sobering thought seems to have vanished from contemporary strategic thinking.
Fake blood? Says who? I wouldn’t put it past this baby murdering group. This needs to be examined a little closer.
Wrong thread
Thank the Lord Gen. Wesley Clark is retired.
5.56mm
When he kicks the queers and political hacks to the curb, we'll know we're about to see the green light.
Oh, great, so now we’re gearing up for “WW3 in Europe, without nukes, we hope!”
>>Let’s compare and contrast. Take 6 minutes of your life.<<
Spetznaz recruiting video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su00rJ5kqCw&ab_channel=MilitaryReport
U.S. Army recruiting video (give her an English accent, they are just as “woke” across the pond)
Watch it all, but freeze it at 12 seconds. Who is NOT shown? Who is the Army NOT trying to recruit??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIYGFSONKbk&t=81s&ab_channel=GoArmy
This General is suicidal...or, rather, he’ll be safe at home, but his troops will be led to slaughter
When was the last time the British fought a land battle and won?
Troops in Europe, including American troops, have been preparing for a ‘land war’ since the end of World War II... If not, then what the heck have they been doing for the past 77 years?
I guess these don’t count as European land conflicts to this guy:
Greek Civil War (1946–1949)
Northern Ireland (1968–1998)
Basque Conflict (1959–2011)
Cyprus (1955–1959)
Hungary (1956)
Czechoslovakia (1968)
Cyprus (1974)
Nagorno-Karabakh (1988-present)
Yugoslavia (1991–2001)
Georgia Civil War (1991–1993)
East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)
Transnistria (1992)
Chechenya (1994–1996)
Chechenya (1999–2000)
Albania (1997)
Georgia (2008)
Ukraine (2014–present)
And let’s not forget:
Berlin 1949
Berlin 1961
Or just this, in general:
Cold War (1946-1992)
“The neocon globalists in the US and UK seem to want WW3 bad, but I don’t see the rest of Europe going along with it.”
Actually I don’t think Biden or the Pentagon have any interest in this. Sure they want a war down to the last Ukrainian; but I don’t think they want to face the Russians in a land war.
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