For all of the flag waving jingoistic nonsense in the British media, the act of serving in the British Army â or the Armed forces of any nation - does not in itself make military personnel âheroesâ. Heroism is based on individual conduct of a higher or noble purpose â sadly, when it comes to the killing of unarmed civilians there are far too many in the British Army who lack even the moral courage to speak out against these injustices, such as Father Peter Madden, the padre for the Queens Lancashire Regiment, who witnessed the shocking torture and abuse to Iraqi prisoners and did not have the courage to try to stop it. The fact is moral cowardice is just one aspect of so many cases involving the killing of civilians by British Army personnel. Far too many British soldiers have been willing to withhold and fabricate evidence, and even lie under oath in order to ensure that their guilty colleagues are never held accountable for their crimes.
to take on the migt of russia, then USA and its allies, poorly armed, not afraid to die for their cause hmm, if the BA was anywhere near as brave it would still be GREAT Britain
And...without wanting to sound like Eddie as it's his thing...supplied by the CIA against Russia...poorly armed my balls.
Defending the Taliban who are responsible for more human rights atrocities than all the British armed forces put together
Not so long ago, I used to actually care about current affairs, now because of constant threads like this I am filled with apathy.
you would be suprised at how 'lenient' they were/are compared to who they replaced and the yanks want in remember the advocating of spousal rape etc?
yeah but we know that because you just want to be with the 'in' crowd can you actually come to your own conclusions?
