I saw the army set up their stall on my way to work and was disgusted to see them try and recruit more murderers to their ranks. Sounds like a good action - the chalk on the road was a nice touch too! Perhaps its time to visit their evil lair and protest outside the Army/Navy Recruitment Office, up the road from the Eagle and Child, near Little Clarendon Street?

Scotsman on Sunday

AN ARMY publicity stunt turned into a public relations disaster yesterday when reservists leaving for the Gulf condemned the war against Iraq.

Rather than smiling for the cameras and speaking bravely about doing their patriotic duty, some of the medics ended up in tears as they spoke about leaving behind their families to join the war on Saddam.

One - watched by embarrassed senior officers - angrily condemned the stance taken by US President George Bush and Tony Blair.

The 26 reservists - from all walks of civilian life - are part of 225 Highland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, were put on show at the Territorial Army barracks in Dundee’s Dalkeith Road. They are due to travel to a base in Chilwell, Notts, on Tuesday, before embarking for the Gulf.

Gary McIntosh, 36, only learned of his deployment last Wednesday after his papers were initially sent to the wrong address and he hit out angrily at what he termed "Bush’s war".

The tiler by trade became tearful when he held his three-year-old daughter Charis.

"How do I say to her, ‘Daddy’s got to go away, I don’t know when I’ll be back’," he said.

"I don’t understand why we have to go. This is about Bush wanting to finish off what his father started and us Brits are getting dragged into it because of Tony Blair.

"I don’t really see why I have to be parted from my family for that."

Lieutenant Colonel Sam Rawlinson, the commanding officer of 225 Field Ambulance, told the troops and their families: "There have been a lot of political goings on, a lot of uncertainty and demonstrations. But the public will support you when it is time to go."

Lieutenant Colonel Sam Rawlinson, told the troops and their families: "There have been a lot of political goings on, a lot of uncertainty and demonstrations. But the public will support you when it is time to go."


Ah, Lieutenant, they aren't troops now. It is already time to go - lots of our boys are already in the region and there is bog-all public support - this war is opposed by people from the SWP to the BNP.
And it's not like the regulars are going to be much more keen - but you won't make the PR error of letting that out.
Last time around, some US troops leaving bases in Europe had to be handcuffed to get them on the transports.
The public hate seeing body bags come home so, once again, better put our fallen into fridge containers in the field bases and only let their families have them when it's all over.

Stop your self-pity and snivelling, buckle you boots and get ready to fight! For all the times we've saved your asses from the powers of evil we deserve a partner whose knees aren't knocking like a schoolgirl's.

Death to Islam!

Long live the decent Anglo's of the world. All would be barbarity without us.

'powers of evil'???

What is this, a political discussion or an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

So that's what the pro-war argument boils down to:
'Death to Islam!'

Not sure Bush-n-Blair would thank you for revealing that..