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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.


2 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!")
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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.


3 posted on 04/07/2007 8:10:58 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: mkjessup
The sun isn’t setting, it’s 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!

7 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.)
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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.


16 posted on 04/07/2007 9:11:26 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: mkjessup
[ The sun isn’t setting, it’s already nighttime for the U.K. ]

If what you say is true.. Then not only has Americas schools dumbed America down greatly the dumbing down has been all over the western countrys.. For it appears that "the People" don't even know this has happened.. Charlotte Iserby's book "The Dumbing down of America" is true on a wider sense..

22 posted on 04/07/2007 10:53:52 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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