Comments by "John Allen" (@johnallen7807) on "UK troops exercise with Finnish allies amid Russian threats" video.

Interesting especially as yet more cuts to the British Army will reduce it to 72000 personnel, smaller than it was at the time of Waterloo when the UK population was only 6 million not the 68 million it is now! Don't our politicians ever learn??
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@davidhouseman4328 I missed a 1, approx 16 million including the whole of Ireland. You don't wait for a war before you prepare for it, what the *** do you think Putin is doing?
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@davidhouseman4328 Not so sure about "neighbours are allies", the French take our money while letting thousands cross the Channel! You have never been in the Forces have you? Just one example it takes at least 2 years to train an infantry soldier. more to train a fighter pilot. You cannot "turn on a tap" and produce more trained people when you need them. Afghanistan for example, 10000 troops tried to hold Helmand, even 30000 US marines couldn't do it although, admittedly we were fighting with both hands tied behind our backs!
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@davidhouseman4328 They are also a member of NATO but it didn't stop them dropping out of the command structure under De Gaulle! Article 5 of the North Atlantic charter states" an attack on one will be treated as an attack on all" why do you think we are there in the first place?
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@davidhouseman4328 On paper they are but, just as they showed with Vichy, I would not want to rely on them.
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