Acky - Your comment please

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  1. Gue

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    Guest, Apr 13, 2006
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  2. nezbfc

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    My comment....

    Depends on if he has refused another deployment.

    If this was his "1st assignment", he could be one of the many that chickens out, and thought he would be their for the piss about and never be needed.

    If he has been in a similar deployment elsewhere, but only refused this one. Then you can say, he has is views.

    All in all, he signed up, and knew that he would be required to "go to war" if he was required. irrespective of his views of the situation.
     
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  3. Ali

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    Was his third

    deployment to Iraq
     
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    nezbfc Well-Known Member

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    I know, I read it again, but couldn't be arsed to correct it...

    But at least I tried to give an allround view of it.

    If this, If that.. but overall...


    still.

    thats it really
     
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  5. E.I. Addio

    E.I. Addio Well-Known Member

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    What an arrogant tw@t. I can imagine my Dad during WW2 - Right then Addio, off to Eygpt with you and the 8th Army.
    Nar, dunt fancy Eygpt - too hot like. Ev yer gorrowt int Seycelles or Bermuda Sarge?
    What about the defence of your country then Addio?
    F*ck 'em.
    Right! Mind yer fingers!!


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    But no. It's not PC to defend your country and fight for it's interests.
    If, or rather when Abdullah comes knocking I for one whould like Her Majestys Britsh Armed Forces to show him the way back to his sand pit.
     
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    He'd already been twice

    so it wasn't that he didnt fancy it. He just thought it was illegal and immoral to kill iraqi people with (in his eyes) no justification.
     
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    Nope, sorry.

    Take the Kings shilling and all that goes with it.

    As it was pointed out to me when I first joined. The RAF can't make you do anything you don't want to - They can only make you wish you had.
     
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  8. Gue

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    Wastrel

    Whining little wastrel throughout the tour, there's a dirty job to do patching everyone up, nope rather be in my clean gp surgery dealing with constipation
     
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  9. Gue

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    If he'd done that in the First World War he would have been shot as a coward. Not that I'm justifying shooting him, just pointing out how times change over the years. One of the horrors of World War I was when the old guys suffering from shell-shock were sent back to the front line.
     
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  10. Ady

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    One rule for one..

    In the same news it showed a guy from the SAS who did exactly the same and got  an honourable discharge. </p>

    But i agree once you stick the uniform on you cant pick an choose, my son goes to Iraq in November and i'm more scared then what he is, in fact he has no fear what-so-ever. </p>
     
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  11. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    So as Acky is keeping quiet

    My thoughts

    Once you sign up (which is a voluntary act) you have to obey orders. The War in Iraq (which I opposed by the way to start with) was a decision taken by the British Government and once you are committed to serve you cant pick and chose your wars.

    The one exception is when your orders are to behave in a manner against international law and would be guilty of committing a war crime - eg if asked to torture prisoners then you can justifiably refuse. There is no question of ordinary British soldiers being accused of a war crime for fighting in Iraq so refusing to go is just wrong.
     
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  12. Gue

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    Coward

    I think sums it up, when you sign up you know what may come your way.
     
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    He knew what he may come across.....

    When he signed up for the RAF. There seems to be quite a few members of the armed forces moaning about the Iraqi conflict. Surely; when they sign on the dotted line, they are aware that they may have to indulge someone in conflict and risk their lives at some point?
     
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  14. Gue

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    They gave this guy the opportunity to do the same but

    he chose not to.
     
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  15. Shy Talk

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    What does he think the RAF is FOR?
     
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    EastStander, Apr 14, 2006
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  17. Gue

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    I like the bit about lookin down at the 5'10" 200lb (14st 4lb) yeah ....

    what a scrawny little sod, probably is by yank standards though!
     
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    Y wa he in the army

    if he didnt want 2 go 2 war!!!

    thats wot its all about!
     
    Mido, Apr 14, 2006
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  19. Gue

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    RE: I like the bit about lookin down at the 5'10" 200lb (14st 4lb) yeah ....

    Is that big to you? Are you Cornish?
     
    Guest, Apr 15, 2006
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  20. Gue

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    That's fat (not big) to me, too many Cornish Pasties maybe.
     
    Guest, Apr 15, 2006
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