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Britain has become 'semi-pacifist' under Cameron, says retired general as he warns of war…[tr]
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 18 May 2016 • 12:01AM | Tom Whitehead

Posted on 05/21/2016 3:42:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai

David Cameron has made Britain a “semi-pacifist” nation more interested in protecting “welfare and benefits” than adequate defenses, one of the country’s most senior retired generals has warned.

General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, said the UK had “shrunk in to itself” and carries an “increasingly impotent stick”.

He said the country now risked losing its post-Falklands global reputation for military might. …

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Full title: Britain has become 'semi-pacifist' under Cameron, says retired general as he warns of war with Russia

I agree about the risk of becoming weak, but General Shirreff’s old-guard NATO outlook has made his view far too narrow and he is ignoring other, far more deadly threats.

1 posted on 05/21/2016 3:42:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Every Western country has become “semi-pacifist” as their populations are replaced by those with which they might go to war in the future.

How can the US fight a war against Mexico, India, or Red China when we are trafficking so much of their populations here?


2 posted on 05/21/2016 3:45:47 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Olog-hai

The Brits are doing what all of the European nations are doing. They are throwing all of their socialist money into government perks rather than the military. Once the cold war was over, the socialist seized the opportunity to grow the socialist state and their hold on power and money at the expense of the tax payers.


3 posted on 05/21/2016 3:57:17 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Brexit is 18 points behind, last I checked the polling.
4 posted on 05/21/2016 4:05:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: kearnyirish2
semi-pacifist is actually semi-dhimmi. Know your arabic vocab or pay the consequences.

dawah, dhimmi, hijra, jizya, kafir, shaheed, shariah, takfir, taqiyya, ummah

5 posted on 05/21/2016 4:15:33 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Christ is King, Cruz is not.)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s very difficult to imagine a shooting war between Russia and the UK. Meanwhile, the UK is utterly over run with islamists.


6 posted on 05/21/2016 5:03:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s very difficult to imagine a shooting war between Russia and the UK. Meanwhile, the UK is utterly over run with islamists.


7 posted on 05/21/2016 5:03:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s very difficult to imagine a shooting war between Russia and the UK. Meanwhile, the UK is utterly over run with islamists.


8 posted on 05/21/2016 5:03:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m not sure what our purpose was to make the Baltics part of NATO, but not bother giving them any defenses. About the only thing it can accomplish is to provoke WW3.


9 posted on 05/21/2016 5:48:34 PM PDT by BobL
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To: x_plus_one

I understand.

If our overlords weren’t part of this, Mecca would have been flattened decades ago. They envy Muslim regimes their total control of their populations (as they envy the rulers of Red China).


10 posted on 05/22/2016 4:37:24 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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