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Is The Sun Starting To Set?
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| 6 April 2007
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Posted on 04/07/2007 8:00:30 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival
In an earlier age, sailors and marines of Her Majesty’s armed forces would have fought to the last man and chosen death before dishonor, rather than to bring such disdain and stain to the United Kingdom.
How is it that such de-evolution has occurred that allows soldiers to rationalize that it is more important to do anything and everything to preserve their own lives, instead of fighting to the death in defense of their honor, their fellow soldiers, and their Nation?
This sad spectacle bodes nothing good for Britain, Sir Winston will see from on high his words again come true, ‘you have chosen dishonor over war. you shall have both.’
The sun isn’t setting, it’s already nighttime for the U.K.
God Save the Queen.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:05:10 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(If Reagan were still with us, he'd ask us to "win one more for the Gipper, vote for Duncan Hunter!")
To: mkjessup
Agreed. I find this incident more sobering than anything the enemy itself has done. It’s illustrative of where the West finds itself.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:10:58 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Kitten Festival
It was simply a very public test of the UK strength and their will, and no one needs to be told how badly the UK failed which puts them at the same level of all the other Euroweinies who occupy the continent. The EU will not stand up to the Islamo-fascists within their borders or outside their borders.
To: Kitten Festival
Would it be so different if it happened to American soldiers?
Perhaps American training is different.
But are the leaders any different?
I have a hunch we'll soon find out...
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:18:49 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Izzy Dunne
With our present congress, we would find ourselves in the same predicament. The Dems proposed a “waiting period” on military actions. This isn’t just a UK problem, it is a larger problem of the West - spineless pinkos have, for the most part, neutered once powerful and confident nations.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:23:49 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: mkjessup
The sun isnt setting, its already nighttime for the U.K.God Save the Queen.
I didn't know you were that big a fan of Tony Blair /sarc>
Cheers!
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:26:55 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Kitten Festival
Time to stop bashing the Brits. I pray we all have learned something from this and will not let it happen again. The US has a way of sitting back and being complacent until we get our teeth kicked in. Being the rebellious offspring of the UK at one time may suggest that they arent much different than us.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:34:13 AM PDT
by
DogBarkTree
(Whatever happened to wars of attrition? Screw islamo hearts and minds. We need more heads on pikes.)
To: Kitten Festival
I wonder if the British have a version of this:
The Code of Conduct
I am an American fighting in the forces that guard my country and our way of life, I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.
Should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies.
I will never forget that I am an American fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
Of course, the operative phrase could be "prisoner of war". Not having a declared state of war could have slowed the British chain of command's thinking process until it was too late to react.
I don't know how I would react I were in uniform and in a similar situation.
To: grey_whiskers
You’re a funny fellow, LOL
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:44:21 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(If Reagan were still with us, he'd ask us to "win one more for the Gipper, vote for Duncan Hunter!")
To: Biblebelter
American Hostages held in Iran.
And how did we respond to this action by NK?
We apologized.
Take it easy on the Brits.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:45:36 AM PDT
by
KDD
To: Kitten Festival
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:48:52 AM PDT
by
steel_resolve
(They hate us because they do not rule us)
To: KDD
Who was President when this happened? You know it was a white flag waving democrat surrender monkey!
To: Kitten Festival
europe ceased to be important after ww 1,
when france insisted upon unreasonable reparations from germany.
the despair of germany produced hitler.
ww 2 finished the goths and angle saxon tribes et al off.
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posted on
04/07/2007 8:54:24 AM PDT
by
ken21
(it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
To: KDD
All that happened in another time. Now we are faced with annihilation or conversion. Very different times.
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posted on
04/07/2007 9:09:53 AM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: mkjessup; Kitten Festival
“How is it that such de-evolution has occurred that allows soldiers to rationalize that it is more important to do anything and everything to preserve their own lives, instead of fighting to the death in defense of their honor, their fellow soldiers, and their Nation?”
These characteristics now belong to the Al Quaeda and Islamist soldiers, like it or not.
These latest events reemphasize how close we in the west are to unconditional surrender without a fight.
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posted on
04/07/2007 9:11:26 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: KDD; pissant; All
The reason America was taken for a 444 day ride by the Assahollah Khomeini and his thugs in 1979 was because America didn't have a President with any stones at all, they had a mealy-mouthed, yellow-stained, jelly-for-a-spine, cowardly weasel sitting in the Oval Office by the name of Jimmy STP [that's 'Screw The Pooch' for those just tuning in)
Carter and Carter precipitated that hostage seizure with his own betrayal of what WAS a U.S. ally, the Shah of Iran.
As for the Pueblo? No question there should have been more military backup for what was basically an unarmed old Liberty Ship, even the presence of a frigate would have prevented the seizure of that ship by those North Korean runts.
AND, you're talking about an event which took place nearly 40 years ago, in a time in which an overly aggressive response against North Korea could very likely have resulted in a second Korean War, with first the North Koreans, then the ChiComs swarming over the the 38th parallel, possibly bringing a Soviet response either in the Far East or in Europe, all while we were knee deep in Vietnam. The seizure of the Pueblo occurred while Johnson was still in office, and that crisis was inherited by Nixon.
While I personally think that a stronger response to Pyongyang was needed, they were, and are a pissant today (w/apologies to our own
pissant), Iran is in a position to create chaos in that region and the UK's lackluster response will only embolden Iran to raise the ante at some future point.
Will you be telling us to 'take it easy on the Brits' when Iran dictates surrender terms to London?
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posted on
04/07/2007 9:37:13 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(If Reagan were still with us, he'd ask us to "win one more for the Gipper, vote for Duncan Hunter!")
To: Kitten Festival
The sun began to set sometime during WW I.
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posted on
04/07/2007 9:39:04 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(3 May '07 3:14 PM)
To: Army Air Corps
Our military has orders to engage immediatly. The UK and Iran just had a screw-up. Nothing to go to war over. A lot of stupid crap goes on. Usually whatever military force is told to go away. The problem in that area is piracy and hijacking of merchant ships. And the reason for ship-to-ship communication is they can’t stop on a dime.
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posted on
04/07/2007 10:09:49 AM PDT
by
BobS
To: aquila48
“These latest events reemphasize how close we in the west are to unconditional surrender without a fight.”
The three choices of Islam: Convert, death, or dhimmi. It would be prudent for readers of our board to start pondering... just in case.
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posted on
04/07/2007 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
Harrius Magnus
(Pucker up Mo, and your dhimmi Leftist freaks, here comes your Jizya!)
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