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Old 2nd Sep 2013, 03:59
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parabellum
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No Pontius, wasn't thinking of provision of aircraft and won't mention the TSR2 otherwise pr00n will be along to give us a lecture!

I was thinking more about Aden, giving the Russians the warm water port they so desperately desired, remember, the first people into Aden after the British left were the STASI, who then presided over a bloodbath of biblical proportions, (that somehow didn't get fully reported in the UK), and prepared the way for the arrival of the Russian navy, equally badly reported in the UK. Additionally it was Wilson who forbade the use of the main armament on the Saladin armoured car in Aden on the day that twenty one British soldiers were killed. If you pick through the history of that time there are, sadly, many incidents where you would be forgiven for wondering just who was giving the orders.
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