I was a soldier once.
I grew up with serviceman, who was the son of a serviceman, and I went to Sandhurst following the example they set.
I followed, led and listened to men of all ranks, regardless of being an officer or leader, and I have retired after more than twenty years in the army and was glad to bugger off. I went to Yugoslavia with IFOR as an intel officer in '94 and stayed there through all the ********** and changes of command and ideology.
We were dragged through the muck of the whole Balkans and I lost my stomach for war.
As for Afghanistan - I've been part of so many Herricks, I hate the place - we should never have been there, and it is my opinion that we have not only lost the conflict, lost our ability to inspire loyalty in our commands and lost our way militarily, but also ruined the ethos of our ability to command loyalty from our troops.
As I said I'm retired - they cannot touch my pension, ( if I ever receive it), and so sod them.
Don't bother with Syria.
Leave them to it, they are literally half a world away and the history and culture is anathema to us.
I was just a soldier and every day in every Op. a bullet or bomb or stupid accident could have taken my life and from Kosovo to various utterly forsaken barracks in Germany, (just kidding), and the deep pit that is Afghan, my good fortune is that I returned with enough sense to hate the place and its awful people, (a probably undeserving bit of racism).
We should turn away from the east and look to the resurgent Russian bear.
I'd like to hear what you think about this issue.
I grew up with serviceman, who was the son of a serviceman, and I went to Sandhurst following the example they set.
I followed, led and listened to men of all ranks, regardless of being an officer or leader, and I have retired after more than twenty years in the army and was glad to bugger off. I went to Yugoslavia with IFOR as an intel officer in '94 and stayed there through all the ********** and changes of command and ideology.
We were dragged through the muck of the whole Balkans and I lost my stomach for war.
As for Afghanistan - I've been part of so many Herricks, I hate the place - we should never have been there, and it is my opinion that we have not only lost the conflict, lost our ability to inspire loyalty in our commands and lost our way militarily, but also ruined the ethos of our ability to command loyalty from our troops.
As I said I'm retired - they cannot touch my pension, ( if I ever receive it), and so sod them.
Don't bother with Syria.
Leave them to it, they are literally half a world away and the history and culture is anathema to us.
I was just a soldier and every day in every Op. a bullet or bomb or stupid accident could have taken my life and from Kosovo to various utterly forsaken barracks in Germany, (just kidding), and the deep pit that is Afghan, my good fortune is that I returned with enough sense to hate the place and its awful people, (a probably undeserving bit of racism).
We should turn away from the east and look to the resurgent Russian bear.
I'd like to hear what you think about this issue.
via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=265045&goto=newpost
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire