And now they are kicking out the Gurkhas

[sasguru]

Your arguments defy logic alexi, I think I know now why SKA might not be working for you.

I'm beginning to think you're not very bright Lucy - who's your creator?
Come on Luciferbox we know it's you

[expat]

What is this about these men (mostly) served Britain in Hong Kong, and now it doesn't suit the Brownsmen to have them here anymore, what madness and ingratitude.

What do you call someone who fights for money, for a country other than his own?

[AtW]

What do you call someone who fights for money, for a country other than his own?

What do you call citizens of the country that have to hire others to fight for them in exchange of money?

Those guys were fighting for this country very well - I think their unit never fallen back without order, excellent service during which many of them died. There are very few of them and I think they certainly deserve British Citizenship with pension (however misely it is) more than many of existing British citizens, and in that I include myself - they should have certainly gotten it way before me.

[Diver]

What do you call someone who fights for money, for a country other than his own?

PSF's - Private security force these days.
Soldier of fortune from the late 60's
Mercenary
Immigrant
Vassal
Colonial soldier
NATO troops
UN troops

[Diver]

What do you call citizens of the country that have to hire others to fight for them in exchange of money?

Those guys were fighting for this country very well - I think their unit never fallen back without order, excellent service during which many of them died. There are very few of them and I think they certainly deserve British Citizenship with pension (however misely it is) more than many of existing British citizens, and in that I include myself - they should have certainly gotten it way before me.

Hear Hear!

[AtW]

What do you call someone who fights for money, for a country other than his own?

By the way, in the age of professional army locals are also paid to fight for their country - I somehow doubt Gurkhas are paid as much as other elite units in the UK, like SAS for example.

Those people were unlucky to be born in some 3rd world country - they have chosen to fight for your country and by doing so they certainly saved lives of locals. Sure they had to be paid, but how else they would provide for their families left in 3rd world? I don't think they are classic "merceneries", and even if they were then getting UK passport should be a bare minimum for good service that they provided.

[expat]

What do you call citizens of the country that have to hire others to fight for them in exchange of money?

Those guys were fighting for this country very well - I think their unit never fallen back without order, excellent service during which many of them died. There are very few of them and I think they certainly deserve British Citizenship with pension (however misely it is) more than many of existing British citizens, and in that I include myself - they should have certainly gotten it way before me.

How charming! Citizenship as reward for the deserving.

Face it, most British Citizens are Knuts but they fit the rules so this sceptr'd isle is theirs. And as for American Citizens, don't get me started.

Look, I know who the Gurkhas are. On one contract I was on, I was sitting over pink gins with a English colleague, bemoaning the local and American proteection. He reminisced about havin been on a rubber plantation in Malaya during the emergency. As manager he had a personal bodyguard of 2 Gurkhas. "So you had a spare", I said, and he nodded. 1 Gurkha is enough for most deadly emergencies.

[Diver]

The Gurkha ex servicemen and their immediate families have more right to become resident citizens of Britain than any of the scrounging self serving immigrants that this country grants right of citizenship to every day.

[AtW]

As manager he had a personal bodyguard of 2 Gurkhas. "So you had a spare", I said, and he nodded. 1 Gurkha is enough for most deadly emergencies.

Well, I don't know about that - I don't think Gurkhas specialise in personal protection, though obviously they are tough boys, but job of a professional bodyguard (not just a tough guy) is very different from their designation which I believe is elite infantry unit.

I certainly think that British citizenship should be given to the deserving - obviously not in those case when it has to be granted automatically. I'd say anyone who serves in the military for this country for 3-5 years in my would qualify for that.

[wobbegong]

The Gurkha ex servicemen and their immediate families have more right to become resident citizens of Britain than any of the scrounging self serving immigrants that this country grants right of citizenship to every day.