Threat to Akrotiri..?
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ARE we building up Aki? If we seek to be a little more discriminatory about how and where we get stuck in, if we're aiming a little closer to home..
BBC News - 'East of Suez': Are UK forces returning?
.. then it might be a good idea to bolster it. It would be somewhere to strategically stockpile too, lots of gear we're recovering from Afghan, instead of selling through Witham Sales, conveniently, just up the road.
ARE we building up Aki? If we seek to be a little more discriminatory about how and where we get stuck in, if we're aiming a little closer to home..
BBC News - 'East of Suez': Are UK forces returning?
.. then it might be a good idea to bolster it. It would be somewhere to strategically stockpile too, lots of gear we're recovering from Afghan, instead of selling through Witham Sales, conveniently, just up the road.
Last edited by Al R; 29th Aug 2013 at 16:13.
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Do you still have to `arrive` at AKR before lunch,siesta,so `handbrake/scribblies` can go home/leave....? should be `fun` going around the Armoury,Ops,Mess toting big bags full of NBC kit/Naps tablets/3-4 to a room....
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When I was first posted in, we landed mid afternoon and the place was deserted (1984). My informal arrival however, resulted in me being incapable of speech after just a couple of quick hours. Being beasted up and down Cardiac Hill at 0615 the next day taught me a valuable lesson about Keo.
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Rick,
I dont think so - there is more at Akrotiri than a few Brits and a helicopter.
Cameron may not be committing troops/aircraft/ships etc but that doesn't mean he wont offer support in other ways too.
I dont think so - there is more at Akrotiri than a few Brits and a helicopter.
Cameron may not be committing troops/aircraft/ships etc but that doesn't mean he wont offer support in other ways too.
Last edited by Spanish Waltzer; 30th Aug 2013 at 10:57.
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Using Akrotiri for any ops against Syria is mad. Such a thing would allow Assad to justify an attack upon Cyprus. All of it puts the civilian population of Cyprus as risk. Totally mad and totally wrong.
Last edited by Broadsword***; 30th Aug 2013 at 18:31.
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Originally Posted by Broadsword***
He could easily use America's ongoing utilization of the SBAs as a pretext for attacking Cyprus, whether the UK were involved in military action against Syria or not. And since when did he need any justification to attack civilians?
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Musing about Akrotiri
While the bogeyman in Damascus might well fancy a pop at Akro, I fail to see how that could possibly assist his continued survival. Would that not invoke a NATO response of quite some significance, which would rather defeat the object - if there is one ?
I find myself wondering if there's an element of 'Good cop - bad cop' in play, for if M. Assad finds he wants an 'out', I'm confident he'd rather have Britain as an intermediary than someone from China or Russia.....and so might his wife.
This is getting close to the last opportunity for Bashir al-Assad to cut a deal, and I do hope he's rather more rational than Gaddafi.
"...The members agreed that an armed attack against any one of them in Europe or North America would be considered an attack against them all..."
This is getting close to the last opportunity for Bashir al-Assad to cut a deal, and I do hope he's rather more rational than Gaddafi.
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I think its stupid to give Assad any excuse to hit Cyprus.
Does the government of Cyprus not have some considerable say in what we/the US can and cannot do from the bases there?
Does the government of Cyprus not have some considerable say in what we/the US can and cannot do from the bases there?
