The Army has been taken over by PC dreamers who are putting lives at risk

The ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and PC-addled senior officers have led the British Army is a source of real concern to every citizen of the nation.

In the face of external threats and massive budget constraints, the latest very public direction from the Army is to drop the use of "sir" – or indeed "ma’m" when answering the telephone, for fear of giving some offence to the person at the far end. This comes alongside notices not to use language like "mankind", "chaps" or "gentleman's agreement" from the Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion unit, nicknamed the “Jedi”.

It is merely the most obvious manifestation of a lack of leadership that time and effort are given to such trivia in the face of crisis.

The Armed Forces are at the same time both failing to recruit new members and capping recruitment of Gurkhas, Commonwealth volunteers and the Irish in favour of recruits...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/05/army-has-taken-pc-dreamers-putting-lives-risk/

And Trump assures that our (US) soldiers are worthless, and our admiral/general staff is "rubble".

Why did Russia stop at Ukraine? They should'a kept on driving.

Original Quill wrote:And Trump assures that our (US) soldiers are worthless, and our admiral/general staff is "rubble".

Why did Russia stop at Ukraine?  They should'a kept on driving.

Nobody gives a rats arse about your views on the US military

This is about the UK, you retard

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:And Trump assures that our (US) soldiers are worthless, and our admiral/general staff is "rubble".

Why did Russia stop at Ukraine?  They should'a kept on driving.

Nobody gives a rats arse about your views on the US military

This is about the UK, you retard

There you go again, drifting off course! I said that they were Trump's views, not mine. And you wonder why your "points" are sloppy and get ignored?

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:

Nobody gives a rats arse about your views on the US military

This is about the UK, you retard

There you go again, drifting off course!  I said that they were Trump's views, not mine.  And you wonder why your "points" are sloppy and get ignored?

I could care less what you think

This thread as well as others, is not about your obsession, Trump.

This is about the UK Military, not Trump. If you want to bore people about Trump, then start your own boring thread.

I am sick to death of you derailing every thread with your obsession with Trump

I think I've made a fair point. One of the areas of concern, if the UK military is being pc-restricted, is how strong is NATO and Europe.

So, Trump's opinions, as the leader of the other bigly-nation, is quite relevant, if questionable.

Didge wrote:The ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and PC-addled senior officers have led the British Army is a source of real concern to every citizen of the nation.

In the face of external threats and massive budget constraints, the latest very public direction from the Army is to drop the use of "sir" – or indeed "ma’m" when answering the telephone, for fear of giving some offence to the person at the far end. This comes alongside notices not to use language like "mankind", "chaps" or "gentleman's agreement" from the Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion unit, nicknamed the “Jedi”.

It is merely the most obvious manifestation of a lack of leadership that time and effort are given to such trivia in the face of crisis.

The Armed Forces are at the same time both failing to recruit new members and capping recruitment of Gurkhas, Commonwealth volunteers and the Irish in favour of recruits...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/05/army-has-taken-pc-dreamers-putting-lives-risk/

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Didge wrote:

Didge wrote:The ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and PC-addled senior officers have led the British Army is a source of real concern to every citizen of the nation.

In the face of external threats and massive budget constraints, the latest very public direction from the Army is to drop the use of "sir" – or indeed "ma’m" when answering the telephone, for fear of giving some offence to the person at the far end. This comes alongside notices not to use language like "mankind", "chaps" or "gentleman's agreement" from the Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion unit, nicknamed the “Jedi”.

It is merely the most obvious manifestation of a lack of leadership that time and effort are given to such trivia in the face of crisis.

The Armed Forces are at the same time both failing to recruit new members and capping recruitment of Gurkhas, Commonwealth volunteers and the Irish in favour of recruits...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/05/army-has-taken-pc-dreamers-putting-lives-risk/

Bumped to get the thread back on track and on topic

I've made my point and moved on.

Is this demonstration some sort of editorial comment?

Didge wrote:The ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and PC-addled senior officers have led the British Army is a source of real concern to every citizen of the nation.

In the face of external threats and massive budget constraints, the latest very public direction from the Army is to drop the use of "sir" – or indeed "ma’m" when answering the telephone, for fear of giving some offence to the person at the far end. This comes alongside notices not to use language like "mankind", "chaps" or "gentleman's agreement" from the Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion unit, nicknamed the “Jedi”.

It is merely the most obvious manifestation of a lack of leadership that time and effort are given to such trivia in the face of crisis.

The Armed Forces are at the same time both failing to recruit new members and capping recruitment of Gurkhas, Commonwealth volunteers and the Irish in favour of recruits...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/05/army-has-taken-pc-dreamers-putting-lives-risk/

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You're just perpetuating the antagonism. Move on.

Didge wrote:The ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and PC-addled senior officers have led the British Army is a source of real concern to every citizen of the nation.

In the face of external threats and massive budget constraints, the latest very public direction from the Army is to drop the use of "sir" – or indeed "ma’m" when answering the telephone, for fear of giving some offence to the person at the far end. This comes alongside notices not to use language like "mankind", "chaps" or "gentleman's agreement" from the Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion unit, nicknamed the “Jedi”.

It is merely the most obvious manifestation of a lack of leadership that time and effort are given to such trivia in the face of crisis.

The Armed Forces are at the same time both failing to recruit new members and capping recruitment of Gurkhas, Commonwealth volunteers and the Irish in favour of recruits...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/05/army-has-taken-pc-dreamers-putting-lives-risk/

Bumped to get the thread back on track and on topic