Heres Your British Army

Are they not talking to them at the moment?

 

Bring back the romans

 

If you were going to pick places to extoll the virtues of the British Army, I'm surprised you picked Cyprus, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone.

Concentration camps in Cyprus in the 20s ran by HM Forces along with several well-known massacres.
Colonial massacres in Afghanistan
Facillitating slave trading and more colonial civilian routs in Sierra Leone.

Pretty poor examples

 

You do realise that they are one and the same?

Armies are not simply cobbled together to "occupy" lands, the serve a variety of functions like the BAOR who "occupied" post war Germany. Should they simply have pulled out in 1945 and let the Russians take over all of Germany?

 

That's called "History" for a reason, it was a long time ago. Next thing you know we will be saying that they were to blame for the Indian Mutiny.

 

Dev, you just used an example from 1945 in the previous answer

If someone appeared in my country wearing the same uniform as the guy that shot my grandfather, I'd be pissed off to ****.

One of the better aspects of Britain's army as opposed to the US Army (mentioned recently on the BBC) is the fact that the regiments (except the defunct Scottish ones) are old with long histories and this, apparently, means that our soldiers are better behaved than the US ones as they have this history associated with them.

There's barely a conflict in the world, where you can't blame the British - Cyprus, Afghanistan and civil war in Sierra Leone included.

 

Yes, they are talking, which is the only way to resolve anything in the end. But there wouldn't be any talking going on if UN forces hadn't either invaded or liberated (depending on your point of view) Afghanistan in 2002, and remained there trying to keep the peace ever since.

 

All we need is Jeremy Kyle to sort it out

 

The British Army in Afghan would look pretty stupid if they turned up in red coats and bearskins, toting flintlock muskets.

 

That **** can sort himself out because hes the **** of all ****s that ever ****ed

 

Cyprus? I thought we were peacekeeping under the UN banner there?

Afghanistan? When? The frontier wars of the 19th century?

Sierra Leone? You'll have to explain that to me.

 

Dev, don't deliberately play funny buggers - my mate was there as part of the UN force, I know full well about that.

Before the Turks invaded, Greek Cypriots were annexed to the Empire - there were TONNES of horrific incidents - you have access to the internet, go look it up. I was in a museum in Pathos dedicated to one of the uprisings that resulted in slaughter (I think it was in 1953)

Afghanistan - yes, the wars in the 19th Century.

Sierra Leone - another colony, massacres, the world's largest slave trading port - look it up - everything does not stop and start with the last twenty years.

 

I won't bother if it's all the same because I have no idea (nor interest in) of the points you are trying to make.

Some men from the British Army did some bad things in the past, tell me an army that has'nt.

 

I dont kniw about the moon but i know youre brain is turning into green cheese, you speak of intelligence yet show none in youre replies.

You always spout UN etc when it suits, well why not check their reports/investigations into child prostitution and soldiers involvement.

In the late 1990's an investigation was ordered by Boutras Boutras Ghali where the allegation was of UN soldiers using child prostitutes while on 'peacekeeping' missions. There was evidence that this had gone on in at least 12 countries at the time. The report also said all the UN did was sent the soldiers home but couldnt discipline them as that was up to their countries. It also didnt give numbers

These child prostitutes are used because the soldiers think a young virgin will mean less chance of AIDS/HIV.

other times it is brothels visited by soldiers, these brothels use women forced into it as captives

In somalia (admittedlt not british but canadian) a whole regiment was sent home due to continuous abuse of child prostitutes. Read the case of 16 year old Shidane Arone, a 16 year old somali tortured and raped continuously. 1 yes 1 soldier was sentenced and court martialled. 2 paratroopers were also in the dock

Neither the UN or the country in question had right to punish, the power is in the hands of the national governments of where the troops are from, and prosecutions like the ones above are an exception from the rule.


now my initial point was addressed to you as it is no secret you were a soldier. It was not 'having a go' at you. it was to see if you had come across any incidences in your time

Your reply is a typically 'defensive' when, albeit youhad no cause to be as the whole army isnt you. or is it?

you are what you accuse eddie of being. no wrong can be attributed to the military. it seems you are still brain washed

 

FWNN I'm not interested in anything you have to say.

 

Do we like wwe?
I don't

 

The Cornish Republican Army

 

well why respond then dimwit?

you usually throw similar strop when proved wrong.

as you know i am not one for abuse and swearing on forae, and at the risk of ridicule from ST as i believe swearing on internet is done by many to act hard, but you sir really are a stupid ****.

and that is in no way to act hard, merely an observation

 

The usual cop out from the blinkered ex squaddie.