AIBU to rejoice at the recent proposal to reduce the size of the armed forces even further? This was reported in a shock horror way, saying that the numbers of professional soldiers proposed would be the smallest since the Boer War. If you look at any world map from 1899, half it was coloured red. If they could manage with that number of soldiers at the height of the British Empire, surely we could cope now that Empire is no longer. While I appreciate that this will affect military families directly and the local economy and jobs in garrison towns indirectly, it might make our gung-ho politicians think twice before embarking on foreign military adventures. I'm tired of seeing old men send young men (and women) to die. There were seven "wars" under Tony Blair's leadership, Afghanistan is still a mess after ten years, the military is still in Iraq and David Cameron authorised the bombing of bits of Libya.
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Good Morning Thursday 25th April 2024