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Comments by "John Allen" (@johnallen7807) on "Boris Johnson resigns: What his tenure meant for defence" video.
God does that man waffle! An army of 72000 with a population of 68 million, Finland with a population a tenth the size can mobilise nearly 900000!
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@_james_8753 How? it takes 2 yrs to train an infantry soldiers. Even if you recalled ex service guys who left in the last 5 yrs you wouldn't have millions, you need to think before you make stupid comments.
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You are joking of course? An unprovoked invasion, murdering of civilians, shelling of houses, schools, hospitals and civic buildings and you talk about opening trade with Russia, what country do you live in?
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@bdcopp But they cannot be in two places at once. The RAF has been cut to 7 front line squadrons, the RN to 17 major surface units and only 4 submarines. As Afghanistan, Iraq and the Falklands showed to win and hold you need boots on the ground.
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@simmo.261 5 million? You wouldn't get that number if you called back everyone who has left the Army in the last 50 years! It also takes 2 years to train an infantry soldiers and any reserves would need at least 6 months refresher training to get up to standard.
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War monger? you must belong to the Adolf Hitler fan club!
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@ripsnorter185 So?
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@ripsnorter185 Man for man as a rule of thumb you would be right but Finland even has more tanks as well as 10 times the numbers!
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@noname1148 I did 17 years in the British Army, what did you do?
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@arfon2000 Basic training is I think 13 weeks but I was referring to the time before they are fully integrated in the battalion.
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@arfon2000 It's called "on the job training", ask his NCO's.
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@antel704 Your figures are way out. The TOTAL population of the EU is estimated at 447.3 million and you are saying nearly half of them could be soldiers??
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@simmo.261 I didn't say they did, I'm talking about the time needed to be effective. As the Ukrainians are showing real training starts on the battlefield. Conscription would not be accepted
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@AbuHajarAlBugatti In the UK our population has grown by nearly 10 million since 2000, 84% of that is due to immigration, hundreds cross the Channel every day and the government does nothing. How can they be asylum seekers when they come from France? Ok I hate Macron but???
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