Discuss 25% Cull Of 1* and above in Current Affairs, News and Analysis on The Army Rumour Service; the 'what if' excuse for keeping so many is getting rather lame now. the answer to 'what if' once they have finished destroying capability is simple. no need to set up a working group just ...
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About LinkBacks- 19-08-2012, 23:06 #11Senior Member
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the 'what if' excuse for keeping so many is getting rather lame now. the answer to 'what if' once they have finished destroying capability is simple. no need to set up a working group just give the task to a corporal.
what the world needs is an enema, make that two - just to give it a sense of purpose.
US electoral democracy is just a structured system of legalised bribery.
a senior Chinese officer has said, “all the great nations in the world own aircraft carriers – they are symbols of a great nation”. That’s why China has just commissioned its first. By the same token, to opt for a “carrier gap” of some years is to abandon your responsibilities.
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Fingerz - fair point. In my defence i'm stuck away from home on business and no keyboard and using iPhone to type. This makes it hatd to type angry rants without lots of fun typos. When i'm back i'll post a more reasoned piece. My link was to try and show myviews in a hurry.
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http://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.c...capabiliy.html - The NAO report into the CVF project and why things look frankly terrifying for the RN in future...
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Something along the lines of "head count reductijns sound great, but who will do the work which still needs doing?", you mean?
Originally Posted by Mr_Fingerz 
Once you've stopped patting yourself on the back, do you have a comment/view that you'd like to share? Originally Posted by jim30
Your post really contributed something to the thread though, thanks.ashford_old_school likes this.Try not to die a virgin. When you get to heaven they make you fuck a suicide bomber.
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How long can this no-story run for? Nothing new here - it was all set out in Levene and the SDSR.
In a minute we will see a story about cuts in senior officers' perks..... oh yes that was last Sunday.
Get with the programme guys - this is August A QUIET MONTH FOR NEWS, so anything that can be recycled will be, and the MoD is no exception.
A far more significant outpouring from our SofS, and has almost passed ARRSE by is this little gem from a couple of weeks back:
Op Olympics Teaches Hammond "Contingent Capability"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
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