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You're in the Army now (LYING BBC reporter who joined to expose bullying may be sent to war)
The Sun (U.K.) ^
| September 19, 2008
| John Kay
Posted on 09/19/2008 9:08:40 PM PDT by Stoat
You're in the Army now
Undercover ... Russell Sharp in training
BBC/Kent News and Pics
By JOHN KAY
Chief Reporter
A BBC reporter who joined the Army to expose bullying may be sent to war, it emerged yesterday.
Russell Sharp, 25, did 15 weeks before lying so he could quit on “compassionate” grounds.
And last night after furious top brass found out who he was they threatened to haul him back to complete his training — and send him into action.
Senior officers hit the roof because Sharp, whose TV film Undercover Soldier was screened on Thursday, had only a week left of the 16-week course at Catterick, North Yorks, when he said his “girlfriend” was expecting.
She turned out to be a fellow undercover Beeb reporter who was NOT pregnant.
One of the officers demanding Sharp be held to the four-year stint he signed up for stormed: “It cost £19,000 to train him and now we are one soldier down. It would teach him a lesson.”
Sharp’s programme did not show any filmed evidence of ill-treatment, though he claimed to have witnessed it.
The MoD refused to comment but a senior source confirmed: “The Army could bring Private Sharp back to finish his training. We could even consider options to deploy him to Iraq or Afghanistan.”
j.kay@the-sun.co.uk
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: army; bbc; britain; fakesoldier; greatbritain; journalist; uktroops; unitedkingdom
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To: GauchoUSA; wideawake
Personally, I would make him a cook on a submarine and tell him to take a good look at the sun because he is not going to see it again for three years and 37 weeks.
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posted on
09/19/2008 9:32:21 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Obama '08 - No, You Can't.)
To: Stoat
This would make for a perfect movie plot if the guy gets deployed, sees the light, and becomes a great soldier then wins medals, ect. I don’t expect it to happen, but it would make for a great story.
42
posted on
09/19/2008 9:33:36 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Barack Obama Must Be Stopped!!!)
To: Stoat
He doesn’t need to serve 4 years, he needs to be sentenced to 15 months in military prison and the force of the civilian legal system brought down on his accomplice, with restitution gained from them and a 6 month sentence for her.
43
posted on
09/19/2008 9:36:25 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(There will be more than one "October surprise" this time. Count on it.)
To: Stoat
This sorry little bleep gives sorry little bleeps a bad name.
44
posted on
09/19/2008 9:42:01 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid ... even by congressional standards.)
To: Stoat
IYAM, the British Military could always use another guy doing mine sweeps with sticks.
45
posted on
09/19/2008 9:42:46 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(One animal actually eats its own brains to conserve energy, we call them liberals.)
To: gaijin
Let The general dicide what to do with him. Perhaps whitewash the Great Wall or something...
46
posted on
09/19/2008 9:53:34 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Stoat
Lots of other good suggestions for his job in the Army, so here's mine: medical corps VD inspector. 4 years of checking genitals for sores.
47
posted on
09/19/2008 9:54:02 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The break-in of Gov. Palin's email account is the equivalent of the Watergate break-in.)
To: Stoat
DO IT, DAMN IT! Make an example of this miserable bag of puss.
Send this media jackass into the smoking breach... fling his condescending soul right into the devil’s maw. I hope the “dogs of war” devour his mocking flesh, and then excrete the pulp into the earth from whence it came.
48
posted on
09/19/2008 9:59:54 PM PDT
by
US34
(It's a long walk home)
To: Ronin
Somebody has to clean the toilets at St. Helena.
49
posted on
09/19/2008 10:03:21 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("Ah! but it was something to have at least a choice of nightmares.")
To: Stoat
Put ‘im on a goat path in the Scottish Highlands where they still do NOT fondly recall The Fourty-five. He’ll live through it all right, but he’ll have a damn rough time of it, LOL.
50
posted on
09/19/2008 10:06:31 PM PDT
by
GLH3IL
("Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician." General George S. Patton Jr.)
To: GLH3IL; All
Put ‘im on a goat path in the Scottish Highlands where they still do NOT fondly recall The Fourty-five. He’ll live through it all right, but he’ll have a damn rough time of it, LOL.YouTube - Scotland the Brave
51
posted on
09/19/2008 10:16:31 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: DanielRedfoot
bbwwwaaahhhhaaaaahhahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!
I almost fell out of my chair laughing..... my sides hurt picturing that......
52
posted on
09/19/2008 10:30:25 PM PDT
by
coincheck
(Pray for my oldest son, he is in Iraq. Keeping us free.)
To: US34
Next time, try not to be so nice and tell us how you really feel. ;)
53
posted on
09/19/2008 10:35:14 PM PDT
by
coincheck
(Pray for my oldest son, he is in Iraq. Keeping us free.)
To: Centurion2000
Most people would call this the ass end of nowhere. Of course BAS Rothera might be even worse.
54
posted on
09/19/2008 10:40:03 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
We are NOT amused.
55
posted on
09/19/2008 10:41:04 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
To: Centurion2000
Yeah Good Call,
There’s that nifty little spot just to the northeast of Powell Island that doesn’t have a name yet...it can be
Sharp Island. Sharp in name if not by nature.
56
posted on
09/19/2008 11:56:49 PM PDT
by
justkate
To: Stoat
To: Stoat
Don't deploy this pos to any combat zone. Would you want YOUR son/daughter's life to be on the line next to him?
That said, deploy him to a sh*thole area and assign him some really, really nasty jobs with no chance for promotion for the duration of his hitch.
58
posted on
09/20/2008 12:11:45 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(No trees were killed in sending this message but a lot of electrons were terribly agitated)
To: Stoat
He is more than qualified to be a PLO.
(Permanent Latrine Orderly)
59
posted on
09/20/2008 12:36:49 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Tom Manion USMC '08!!)
To: SandRat
$hit burning detail. My thoughts exactly. No point risking the lives of real soldiers. I hope they do haul his ass back.
60
posted on
09/20/2008 1:04:34 AM PDT
by
Brucifer
("The dog ate my copy of the Constitution." G W Bush)
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