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That makes sense. It looked quite dramatic. The guys were standing in the open door of the helicopter looking down as they were landing. First looked like they were searching for sth but maybe just to help with navigation for landing

dbboy Wrote:

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> Your country needs you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Recruiting for

> the Royal Navy I'd guess.



Definitely - it needs you to join an organisation which offers amazing opportunity, superb training, world class leadership and responsibility, travel across the world and an exceptionally good pay and benefits package, as well as getting to get transferable skills that benefit you in later life.


A full/spare time career in the RN is a great way to get ahead in life.

And the chance to help kill people.




jimlad48 Wrote:

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> dbboy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Your country needs you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Recruiting

> for

> > the Royal Navy I'd guess.

>

>

> Definitely - it needs you to join an organisation

> which offers amazing opportunity, superb training,

> world class leadership and responsibility, travel

> across the world and an exceptionally good pay and

> benefits package, as well as getting to get

> transferable skills that benefit you in later

> life.

>

> A full/spare time career in the RN is a great way

> to get ahead in life.

If anyone is interested, the Quakers and the charity Forces Watch have campaigns challenging militarism in public life and particularly in schools. Find out more here:


Forces Watch (focuses on militarism in schools) - https://www.forceswatch.net/


Quakers Challenging Militarism Website - https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/peace/challenging-militarism-1


Briefing Paper: https://quakers-production.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/store/ad773bc324db6aacbd11526a24d9268b4c8431260273f5d0fc2c452989ca


Video 'The Unseen March' (5 minutes)

jimlad48 Wrote:

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> I am grateful we live in a society where people

> are free to challenge like that. Given the world

> we are in, the Forces will need recruits to keep

> the nation free to enjoy such freedom of speech

> for many years to come.


Is that why we are bombing Syria, to be safe in London?

Chick Wrote:

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> jimlad48 Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I am grateful we live in a society where people

> > are free to challenge like that. Given the

> world

> > we are in, the Forces will need recruits to

> keep

> > the nation free to enjoy such freedom of speech

> > for many years to come.

>

> Is that why we are bombing Syria, to be safe in

> London?



Having worked in aspects of targeting, I can assure you that we do not indiscriminately bomb at random. We leave acts of barbarity like that to the Russians.


Syria is a hugely complex situation, which can have repercussions here in the UK and elsewhere. So yes, it is to keep us safe.


The sad reality is we live in a challenging, difficult world and its not always possible to live it without having to do difficult things.

Chick Wrote:

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> Except it wont keep us safe, do you think the

> terror attacks we have had are just coincidence?

> And I remember the war in Bosnia, with targeted

> attacks that were so accurate the missiles land in

> the wrong country.


We're not going to agree on this, so I suggest it is probably a fairly pointless discussion to have.

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