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British men and women should be prepared for a “whole-of-nation undertaking” when war with Russia starts, warns the head of the British army, General Sir Patrick Sanders.
NEWS FLASH: Tory Government is getting ready to enlist all able bodied UK chatters aged between 16 and 66.
It is a Gammon and GB News viewers dream, of course they will be the first to sprint to the enlistment office/s.
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The Next War - Wilfred Owen
War's a joke for me and you,
While we know such dreams are true.
Siegfried Sassoon
~~~~~~
Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death, —
Sat down and eaten with him, cool and bland, —
Pardoned his spilling mess-tins in our hand.
We've sniffed the green thick odour of his breath, —
Our eyes wept, but our courage didn't writhe.
He's spat at us with bullets and he's coughed
Shrapnel. We chorussed when he sang aloft,
We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe.
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed, — knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags.
.
As the country deals with both war in the Ukraine and a potential conflict in Yemen, it is vital that we ensure people younger than myself realise their responsibilities as citizens.
It would be a privilege for the young to serve their nation through compulsory National Service, because compared to my generation, they are immoral and lazy.
National Service and enlistment could be military or civilian. When I was young, I would have jumped at the chance of getting up at 6am to be shot at, or to wipe old people’s arses, but unfortunately, as a youth, I had to settle for snorting loads of gak in warehouse parties and a job in an office where nobody much cared what I did.
Today’s kids lack the discipline and work ethic of my generation, and instead hang around in bus stations and outside Subway making me feel uncomfortable and a bit scared – when they could be enjoying the chance of manning the Estonian border in case Vladimir Putin decides to have a go.
To ensure the widest possible field of candidates, I’d suggest a cut-off date of my last birthday, as many people even just slightly younger than me could also benefit from the short, sharp shock of discipline which being required to work for their nation would bring.
They will thank us for it, mark my words.
TY@NT
NEWS FLASH: Tory Government is getting ready to enlist all able bodied UK chatters aged between 16 and 66.
It is a Gammon and GB News viewers dream, of course they will be the first to sprint to the enlistment office/s.
.
The Next War - Wilfred Owen
War's a joke for me and you,
While we know such dreams are true.
Siegfried Sassoon
~~~~~~
Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death, —
Sat down and eaten with him, cool and bland, —
Pardoned his spilling mess-tins in our hand.
We've sniffed the green thick odour of his breath, —
Our eyes wept, but our courage didn't writhe.
He's spat at us with bullets and he's coughed
Shrapnel. We chorussed when he sang aloft,
We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe.
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed, — knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags.
.
Opinion:
by Ray Cyst, 67 - 'We should definitely bring back national service now that I’m too old to have to do it myself'.
As the country deals with both war in the Ukraine and a potential conflict in Yemen, it is vital that we ensure people younger than myself realise their responsibilities as citizens.
It would be a privilege for the young to serve their nation through compulsory National Service, because compared to my generation, they are immoral and lazy.
National Service and enlistment could be military or civilian. When I was young, I would have jumped at the chance of getting up at 6am to be shot at, or to wipe old people’s arses, but unfortunately, as a youth, I had to settle for snorting loads of gak in warehouse parties and a job in an office where nobody much cared what I did.
Today’s kids lack the discipline and work ethic of my generation, and instead hang around in bus stations and outside Subway making me feel uncomfortable and a bit scared – when they could be enjoying the chance of manning the Estonian border in case Vladimir Putin decides to have a go.
To ensure the widest possible field of candidates, I’d suggest a cut-off date of my last birthday, as many people even just slightly younger than me could also benefit from the short, sharp shock of discipline which being required to work for their nation would bring.
They will thank us for it, mark my words.
TY@NT
