Phil
@BO3673
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Personal interest in defence, risk & military history. Views strictly my own: likes & RT ≠ endorsement. I occasionally write blogs on defence issues.
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined June 2017
“Hamas, they think they won”. And of course the argument is if only the campaign had been harder, purer, more aggressive, killed more Hamas. Spencer offers nothing here
“We don’t need U.S. troops, we can handle this (@netanyahu). What they needed was leadership because war is a contest of will and if you’ve seen the recent videos of Hamas, they think they won...the Americans will put their political leadership behind what needs to be done. Move civilians out of harms way. Kill /capture Hamas and then redevelop it.” my comments @NEWSMAX this morning.
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It’s a self licking lollipop and always has been.
How fair is the honours system? Few of the top honours go to people in the north or to people from poorer backgrounds, despite being framed as for ‘unsung heroes’.
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@plichta_marcel @TheEdwardHowell Of course it is. It’s always the same. People think the curriculum should reflect their personal interests and beliefs - it must teach critical thinking but “not like that”.
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@RJohnsonCCW1 Yet there’s Haddon Cave. One must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water if they have problems with this recent judgement.
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Handsome ships.
County-class destroyers HMS Glamorgan (D19) and HMS Fife (D20). Source: Hampshire Prints
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@devil_n_details Yes potentially. Just mobilise them though. Give them 12 months in the rear and then send them to fight for a period with some sense of when they’ll get another assignment in the rear.
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RT @CorbettAndy: @BO3673 We never did that thing that didn’t happen and we definitely weren’t there when it didn’t happen… Peter Hennessy…
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An opportunity to tell the old joke “why do the royal pioneers have a rifle and shovel as their cap badge? To remind them what they look like”. I’m here all night folks.
In the infantry, there are several roles you can undertake, including being an Assault Pioneer. These are infantry soldiers who provide combat engineering support to other troops on the frontline.
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