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Was talking to someone I know who is an officer in the army
She said that its not the fact they are using the army it's more the fact that it is so lae in the day.....the army would be fine if they had planned it yrs ago!
O and apparently it's the young newly trained people who ideally should e on field training
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.*London Olympics(Original post by TheHansa)
Good good. British soliders belong in british defending the british olympics. -
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.I would be a bit more worried if they had a bomb instead(Original post by Azaro)
yawn. do they really believe this will prevent certain individuals from a certain religion traveling to london with a bimb in their rucksack?
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.(Original post by HomoSapiensSap)
There are around 9,000 British soldiers currently in Afghanistan. We have recently heard that there will now be around 17,500 soldiers stationed in London (due to the G4S shambles) - and this figure was set to rise to more than 20,000 as Lord Coe mentioned reserves and was still deliberating whether 17,500 is still enough.
Does anybody else find it funny (if not strange) that we now have more troops for the Olympics than there are in Afghanistan (where we're currently at war)?
They shouldn't be in Afghanistan! -
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.Then your friend was giving you duff info, perhaps deliberately, perhaps because she didn't know better.(Original post by superpig22)
Was talking to someone I know who is an officer in the army
She said that its not the fact they are using the army it's more the fact that it is so lae in the day.....the army would be fine if they had planned it yrs ago!
O and apparently it's the young newly trained people who ideally should e on field training
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There is always a contingency plan. It's what the MoD runs on. And no, the bigger concern/aggrievance is that they're using members of the Armed Forces who've either just returned from Afghanistan and should be on R&R, servicemen who are about to go to Afghanistan and should be on work up or people who've just been given their redundancy notices and won't be best motivated to give up their free time for nothing. -
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.It does make sense I guess.
I feel a bit like I'm in a war zone though! They're installing missiles a few minutes away from me and I see soldiers and G4S people walking around every time I go out. Feels so strange. -
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Well her section is something to do with hr and put of the blue was asked to name however many it was of a certain rank (low down, new.y trained) within a few days!(Original post by Drewski)
Then your friend was giving you duff info, perhaps deliberately, perhaps because she didn't know better.
There is always a contingency plan. It's what the MoD runs on. And no, the bigger concern/aggrievance is that they're using members of the Armed Forces who've either just returned from Afghanistan and should be on R&R, servicemen who are about to go to Afghanistan and should be on work up or people who've just been given their redundancy notices and won't be best motivated to give up their free time for nothing.
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.Learn to spell before making a stupid post.(Original post by Azaro)
yawn. do they really believe this will prevent certain individuals from a certain religion traveling to london with a bimb in their rucksack? -
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.I don't really see what the problem is. For once, we have our troops majoritively protecting our own citizens on our own land, ensuring our safety as opposed to doing god knows what in a foreign country with no visible benefit to our national security.
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.bomb(Original post by Dhaal_Chawal)
Learn to spell before making a stupid post.
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.Our trouble is that we're spoiled with what a safe, sheltered society we have here. There are a lot of countries around the world where the current militarised situation in London would be regarded as an eerily quiet reduction in hostilities.(Original post by Boom.Squish)
It does make sense I guess.
I feel a bit like I'm in a war zone though! They're installing missiles a few minutes away from me and I see soldiers and G4S people walking around every time I go out. Feels so strange.
Yes. I'm not disgusted because 1) it is normal practice for an event of this size and 2) they're not protecting us from Muslims, they're protecting us from terrorists. There's a difference.(Original post by Bronze Thistle)
Is anyone else not disgusted that we have to have all these soldiers to protect us from Muslims in Britain ? -
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Re: More British soldiers for London Olympics than in Afghanistan.This is excellent news anyway troops are being brought it because the contractors have failed to fulfill their obligations. Police and army personnel will do a much better job of protecting these events than teenagers given a crash course in looking into people's bags and patting them down.
