Reply to: General DANNATT

[ratewhore]

General Dannatt has the support of his army. I doubt any member of the Labour party even has the support of their own constituents right now. That speaks volumes, as does the turnaround from 'Lord' Malloch-Brown...

[Menelaus]

Thankfully the government of the day kept us out of that nasty American war .....

There were about 10 UK blokes there who were attached to US units at the time; I used to know one of them. (RIP, JD).

[expat]

Yep. The only year since WW2 in which UK forces were not engaged in active service somewhere in the world was 1967 (I believe).

Thankfully the government of the day kept us out of that nasty American war .....

[Netraider]

OH flip - read the ******* question. I read is General Danatt a ..., not George boll*ck breath so voted incorrectly.

If the head of the Army cannot speak up for his troops, who can?

BTW - arn't we on active service somewhere in the world constantly - GW1, Balkans, Siera Leone, Afganistan, Iraq, etc.

Next time I will read the question ...

WHS

[Menelaus]

In case anyone doubts that General Dannatt is sincere, and justified in his demands, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) emphatically and publicly agrees with him, and the CDS agreeing with the CGS (Dannatt) is apparently somewhat like Osama bin Laden and George Bush being of one accord!

(The CGS, formerly CIGS, is the head army honcho, and the CDS is one of the heads of the MoD i.e. deals with all services, formerly War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry.)

Thanks for the clarification and yes, for clarity:

CGS = Head of Army (formerly Chief of the Imperial General Staff)
CDS = Head of Forces (currently Sir Jock Stirrup (ex-Chief of the Air Staff)).

[OwlHoot]

In case anyone doubts that General Dannatt is sincere, and justified in his demands, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) emphatically and publicly agrees with him, and the CDS agreeing with the CGS (Dannatt) is apparently somewhat like Osama bin Laden and George Bush being of one accord!

(The CGS, formerly CIGS, is the head army honcho, and the CDS is one of the heads of the MoD i.e. deals with all services, formerly War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry.)

[Menelaus]

Apparantly Mandy went to north Norwich (by election) but the labour candidate was down with swine flu and the rest of the labour staff refused to meet anyone in case they were 'infectious'.

He is a Machievellian **** , like a billy nomates.

fixed that for you.

HTH.

[ace00]

You should have option: "Military Coup please - quick"

[Coalman]

Bring out Mandelson ... "how'd you like 'dem apples, bitch?"

Apparantly Mandy went to north Norwich (by election) but the labour candidate was down with swine flu and the rest of the labour staff refused to meet anyone in case they were 'infectious'.

He ended up wandering around Norwich like a billy nomates.

[Menelaus]

There's a good chance that labour will go from holding the seat to coming 4th or 5th. Can't wait to see some muppet from the government try to explain that one on Friday morning!

Bring out Mandelson ... "how'd you like 'dem apples, bitch?"

[PM-Junkie]

True.

In Browns press conference this morning he concluded by saying that he believed "voters in the by elections will make the right choices for the UK economy".

Oh, I do hope so.

There's a good chance that labour will go from holding the seat to coming 4th or 5th. Can't wait to see some muppet from the government try to explain that one on Friday morning!

[Coalman]

Yep. The only year since WW2 in which UK forces were not engaged in active service somewhere in the world was 1967 (I believe).

Summer of Love - any coincidence?

[Menelaus]

OH flip - read the ******* question. I read is General Danatt a ..., not George boll*ck breath so voted incorrectly.

If the head of the Army cannot speak up for his troops, who can?

BTW - arn't we on active service somewhere in the world constantly - GW1, Balkans, Siera Leone, Afganistan, Iraq, etc.

Next time I will read the question ...

Yep. The only year since WW2 in which UK forces were not engaged in active service somewhere in the world was 1967 (I believe).

[Menelaus]

Is there any point? I think most people came to realise ages ago that if person A takes one position and person B takes another position ,and person A is labour MP or stooge....then you don't need to know anything about either position to know that person B is, by definition, right?

True.

In Browns press conference this morning he concluded by saying that he believed "voters in the by elections will make the right choices for the UK economy".

Oh, I do hope so.

[Coalman]

OH **** - read the ******* question. I read is General Danatt a ..., not George boll*ck breath so voted incorrectly.

If the head of the Army cannot speak up for his troops, who can?

BTW - arn't we on active service somewhere in the world constantly - GW1, Balkans, Siera Leone, Afganistan, Iraq, etc.

Next time I will read the question ...