Comments | ron_broxted: Can you really (really) trust the Territorial Army?

ron_broxted

Can you really (really) trust the Territorial Army?

Oct 13, 2009 11:52

A conspiracy theory or valid insight? The reason why the T.A are (in effect) being stood down for six months is that the Brown administration are not awfully keen on these chaps wandering about with rifles and live ammunition. Is the government ( Read more... )

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reinertorheit October 13 2009, 14:39:57 UTC

There's something clearly fishy behind this decision. They've been touting the TA heavily, and now they do a u-turn?

I wonder when we will find out what really happened?

Ja doch... ron_broxted October 14 2009, 10:27:28 UTC

The strange thing is the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Auxilliary Air Force are untouched. Numbers game? (They are far smaller).

Re: Ja doch... reinertorheit October 14 2009, 10:35:02 UTC

Genau :)

I was wondering if there has been some element of "crossover" between the TA lads, and, ehem, people like the EDL? I'd find that quite credible. And they would need to jump on that like the ton of bricks they have, indeed, jumped with.

I haven't seen this Government scrimping when it comes to military expenditure, and there have been TA units deployed in the Middle East to bump-up numbers there and enable some r'n'r for the "regulars". That whole military adventure is a holy-of-holies for which Broon and chums have infinitely deep pockets. So there would have to be some horribly awful problem to stand-down the TA just when they need them most? Mmmmm?

I wonder what our friend Neil would say, had he not been off-modded yet again for daring to mention the political affiliations of the Foreign Sec?

Re: Ja doch... ron_broxted October 14 2009, 10:46:23 UTC

When I did basic training with the T.A it was like "Platoon" inasmuch as half the section were rednecks, the rest more liberal. T.A unit deployment is a farce, a medical hospital was sent then ordred back (!) It depends on what one does. Medics are virtually certain to be deployed. There is a lot of backfilling too.

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Re: St Albans ... ron_broxted October 14 2009, 10:28:08 UTC

I did a bit of courting in St Albans, 2004.

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Re: St Albans ... ron_broxted October 14 2009, 16:14:03 UTC

I hide behind the Japanese Zen concept of "there is neither winning nor losing"!

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