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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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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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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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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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