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Soldiers secretly join pacifist group that forbids bearing arms in remarkable breach of military law
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 20:20 EST, 31 May 2014 | Mark Nicol

Posted on 06/01/2014 2:19:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Serving members of Britain’s Armed Forces have secretly joined a pacifist organization directly opposed to war and the carrying of weapons, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

In a remarkable breach of military law, members of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy have joined Veterans For Peace UK, which campaigns against armed conflict.

It also campaigns to stop the UK Government “intervening in the internal affairs of other nations”, and has organized protests at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day as well as visits to schools to teach pupils the “true nature” of armed conflict.

Last night, there were calls for the Ministry of Defense to launch an investigation over fears the group’s members will seek to undermine discipline in the Forces. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britisharmy; raf; royalnavy; veteransforpeace

1 posted on 06/01/2014 2:19:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Oh, what a pleasant world it would be if only there were no need for weapons or military conflict.

It doesn’t seem quite likely however.

Those who embrace the pacifist fantasy probably shouldn’t enlist in the first place.


2 posted on 06/01/2014 2:28:34 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Olog-hai

Right. Out you go....


3 posted on 06/01/2014 2:28:37 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: Kozak

While the guardians of conservatism have become raving socialists, the socialists are becoming more conservative.

We are living in Bizarroworld.


4 posted on 06/01/2014 3:25:36 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: Jack Hammer

Funny how these f@gs see nothing wrong when British cops disarm their citizens or the BLM attacks ranchers.

These people are traitors.


5 posted on 06/01/2014 3:29:19 AM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Olog-hai

But I assume they still want to collect their military paycheck and pension.


6 posted on 06/01/2014 3:29:24 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Olog-hai

Good! send them into a firefight with the muzzies


7 posted on 06/01/2014 3:41:53 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Kozak

Not realizing they are playing right into the hands of the Muzzies who probably set the organization up for said purpose in the first place. The Muzzies are probably shaking their heads in incredulity at the gullibility of the white and black people as the use their propaganda type tactics and see thm falling for it en masse. They are probably thinking a Muslim would never fall for such utter bull$hit...


8 posted on 06/01/2014 4:28:51 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kozak
Right. Out you go....

Ha. One of my favorite MP skits.

9 posted on 06/01/2014 4:38:33 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: lavaroise

It’s because their years of indoctrination in schools in the MSM have converted them into immoral metrosexual mushheads with no spine or sense of what is right or wrong. You can lead livestock much larger and deadlier than yourself when you break them, put a bit in their mouth and lead them witha simple tug.


10 posted on 06/01/2014 4:40:38 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai
In WW2, the US accommodated many pacifist Quakers by having them serve as medics. They got their wish about not having to bear arms. They were still on the front lines and getting shot at, but they got their wish about being unarmed.

Similarly, the Brits can tell their new pacifists: "Right-o, mate! We're putting you to work clearing minefields and disarming IEDs. You won't have to shoot at anybody. You are unlikely to survive your next deployment, but you won't have to carry a gun."

11 posted on 06/01/2014 4:48:03 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Olog-hai
Veterans for Peace UK

Most soldiers and veterans ARE for Peace... but they're also brave enough to go into battle when called upon. Apparently, some have decided to not be so brave anymore.

In another age, they would be hanged or shot for treason or desertion.

12 posted on 06/01/2014 5:02:24 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Olog-hai

islamist tools


13 posted on 06/01/2014 5:12:41 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Olog-hai

(future) Prime Minister Farage might a thing or two to say about this stunt.


14 posted on 06/01/2014 6:38:14 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Olog-hai

Veterans for Peace is a communist front group. We’ve faced off with them many times over the years.


15 posted on 06/01/2014 6:43:29 AM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: Olog-hai

Time to throw them out. I wonder how many young males in the Farage, Clegg or Cameron families have served within the last twenty years.


16 posted on 06/01/2014 8:19:29 AM PDT by MSF BU (n)
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