Military

“Marine A”: are we too flakey with liberal confusion to support our own people?

So, in Sergeant Alexander Blackman’s ill-fated, video’d patrol, what was going on? Sadly all we know about now, after much investigation and even more nonsense in the media and blogosphere, are the defensive posturings of the various factions that this has affected. None of it is helpful. The Court Martial’s official legal line that murder

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We should be remembering Veterans while they’re still alive.

You’ve probably seen this story  – about a WW2 Bomber Command veteran who died without family or friends in a nursing home. This obituary led to a call for people to attend his funeral. The end result was a huge crowd standing outside because the chapel was totally full. There were uniformed Air Cadets, veterans

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A Litmus Test for War: Britain’s National Interests

By accident, the United Kingdom has done “The Right Thing” with regard to Syria.One could argue that this is how democracy operates; by cutting through the politicking to what people really think when it’s important. But we were lucky.  To ensure we learn and achieve something useful from this, the UK must stop trying to

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Consequences of All British Military Action Requiring Parliamentary Approval

After the the bugled debate on whether Britain should take military action against Syria and its chemical weapons,  parliamentary voices are now demanding that the Prime Minister be stripped of his legal right to send British forces into action. They are encouraged by the Prime Minister’s declaration that as Parliament has debated Syria, that’s an

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