UK armed forces would last just ‘five days’ in a war, senior MP warns

Financial times ^ | 2/11/23 | George Parker and John-Paul Rathbone

[laplata]

“Remember Dunkirk! If it weren’t for us they would have been history”,

The United States had nothing to do with Dunkirk.

[MinorityRepublican]

The next POTUS needs to either cut them down to size or expose the British as operators for the US “Deep State” with all this warmongering.

Our influence will eventually wane because we will be too woke.

[DownInFlames]

Re #41. Correct. Dunkirk evacuation was 100% British.

[Leaning Right]

> The United States had nothing to do with Dunkirk. <

Right. What really saved the British at Dunkirk was the heroic delaying action of the outnumbered French First Army at Lille. Surrender monkeys? I think not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lille_(1940)

[laplata]

Correct.

And the Panzers were halted to re-fit and rest.

[butlerweave]

What does he know he’s only a Member of Parliament

[Jim Noble]

And the thing is, whenever you bring this up, the response is “sink a carrier, we incinerate 200 million women and children”.

This is complete nonsense. Sinking a military target in the open ocean with zero collateral damage is NOT going to cause nuclear retaliation.

NOT.

[cgbg]

“Sinking a military target in the open ocean with zero collateral damage is NOT going to cause nuclear retaliation.”

Agreed.

Our weakness is dangerous, though, because it encourages attacks and increases the risk of nuclear conflict.

Our woke military is not just dangerous for us, it is dangerous for the entire world.

[The Sons of Liberty]

UK armed forces would last just ‘five days’ in a war

Ours' probably won't last much longer, but at least we'll go down being WOKE.

[BlackbirdSST]

If NATO is in such bad shape, then Putin had no credible fear that NATO would use Ukraine to invade Russia.

It's a really bad time for you neocons to be exposed to the inept NATO Alliance. Right when you need them most. K Sarah Sarah!

Yes, Russia and most of the rest of the world see it as well.

[ScottfromNJ]

“Chinx would sink all our large ships within 36 hours with their standoff missiles. Aircraft carriers, destroyers etc sunk or disabled within 36 hours.”

Carrier groups have multiple layers of defenses that can handle Chinese anti-ship missiles, including the SM-6 system, and electronic jamming systems that disrupt the missile’s flight trajectory.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Carrier groups have multiple layers of defenses that can handle Chinese anti-ship missiles

Let's hope, but I wouldn't bet on it.