The British Army could seize Bruges

[Pop]

You know they aren't.
You're going off on a tangent, we are currently unable to fulfil our obligations as the armed forces have been gutted by politicians playing fast and loose with the numbers. We cut the army by a third and exist the TA to pick up the slack. In the event we did need to deploy troops were by lucky to do anything even approaching Iraq levels of boots in the ground never mind a stand up fight. Senior military people have been warning about this for years and it's only gotten worse.

I'm not, genuine question.

Why did we intervene in Syria but not the Ukraine? If we didn't intervene in Ukraine because they are not NATO members I'm struggling to understand why we intervened in Syria.

 

[Gonzo Mackem]

Shouldn't we just wait until we need to spend on UORs rather than waste money on wars that might not happen?

 

[peil]

I'm not, genuine question.

Why did we intervene in Syria but not the Ukraine? If we didn't intervene in Ukraine because they are not NATO members I'm struggling to understand why we intervened in Syria.

Willy waving, the Yanks asked us, we were up against rather crap opposition.
The second the most pertinent I believe

 

[Luca]

I had a massive genius thought about trident a few years ago. Why can’t we just say we have renewed it. And secretly put the money somewhere else? Who’d know?

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It worked in WWII just make a load of inflatable subs