Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "RAF joins 70 aircraft in largest US-led readiness exercise ever" video.

  1. If your forces aren't preparing for war, they aren't doing there job.
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  2. @meme4one  of course not. Defence including our allies and interest. It's not like there's no wars going on so you can claim there's no need for our forces.
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  3.  @colonelangus8247  The UK military is active across the world, training and combat, not the typical role of a parade military.
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  4. @colonelangus8247  no it couldn't, though its army might. But it wouldn't matter either way. It isn't a big military, but it is a fighting military, so not a parade military.
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  5. With a global economy the whole world is our area. The Straits of Malacca for example sees a large part of our trade.
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  6.  @meme4one  it's run independently of the MoD, but it is run by people that care about the British armed forces. So it will include criticism of of the MoD but will generally be pro Britain.
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  7. @meme4one  if you've ever watched the BBC you'll know it spends plenty of time criticising the government.
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  8. @meme4one  exactly what our interests are is an open debate but the obvious one is keeping our trade routes.
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