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Old 17th Oct 2010, 17:35
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seniortrooper
 
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The Defence budget is being cut by 8% now and not the suicidal 25% everyone was talking about last month. Brings it down to 2.3% GDP which still makes the Uk the 4th BIGGEST MILITARY outfit in the world after USA/China/France.
What's the problem? What arms race are we trying to win?
What's NATO all about? Does anyone out there genuinely believe the UK can take ANYONE on in a conventional war currently, never mind after the SDSR?
We were defeated in Basra for gawd's sake
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