Originally posted by Pervius
The British Empire's seizing of land around the world has been shameful. Diego Garcia and kicking off all those islanders and stealing that island
for a military super base.....
What about the Spanish Empire (Ironically the very reason Argentina even exists)?
The French Empire?
The German Empire?
The Russian Empire?
The Japanese Empire?
Even the USA got involved in colonialism!
It is simply disingenuos to try to paint out that only the British are evil empire builders when everyone else was doing the exact same thing.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
Shame on England.
It's the UK, not England. There are 3 other countries in the Union and, for factual accuracy, the islanders are descended from Scottish settlers, not
English.
Muppet.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
they have more admirals then ships.
Nopt true. There are around 40 odd
serving Admirals, not including retired as they keep the title anyway, and there are over 100 ships in the
Fleet and Fleet Auxiliiary.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
they have scrapped the carriers.
The UK hasn't had a carrier since 1986 and we've done alright. In two years there will be a new one bobbing around the Solent, which is the largest
warship ever constructed by the Navy.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
the harriers were scrapped also!
About time. They were brought in during the 1970's and are ancient, although capable, little planes. The JSF and new UCAV's being developed, such as
Taranis, will be more than a fair replacement.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
they spend £4 billion on 9 air reconnisance planes which did not work then they spent £200 million scrapping them!
I'll give you that one, but the project was so buggered up from the start it would have simply been to costly to be worth it. That said, the Sentinel
is a far cheaper and almost as capable as the Nimrods.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
they spend 3 billion on helicopters which cant fly in cloudy weather!
That is an old problem and was solved years ago.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
their ships have no weapons apart from a few guns!
What?
Obviously, you don't really know what you're talking about but are simply parrotting media hype. I assume you're referring to the Type
45 Destroyers, not the whole Fleet and again, you're quoting old news which refers to a problem with the Astor missiles which has been resolved
during Sea Trials, which is precisely why they have them.
I can tell you now, the Type 45's in service are fully operational with all weapons.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
a report indicated the m.o.d wastes 60% of the budget and has no clear accountability chain hence the waste.
"A report"? Show me. I do get annoyed when people quote "reports" or "studies" and don't produce them.
Originally posted by nobodysavedme
so the UK is totally impotent now and cannot repeat what they did before.
Actually the Fleet in 1982 was in a far worse state than now. The only carrier available, the HMS Hermes, was in mothball and had to be refit en
route, troops were transported by liner and cross channel ferries and most of the warships didn't have CIWS systems, leading to many being lost to
those damned Exocets.
One thing the BRitish are good at is doing the seemingly impossible with the £5,87 in change they had in the back pocket, a small ball of string and
some gum. Don't ever underestimate us. We built the worlds largest Empire with an Army barely bigger than it is today.
! I just wanted to correct some falsehoods, namely that the "Great" in Great Britain is not some sort of
National arrogance, but rather just geography. 
