Minister for Defence, Micheal Smith, was interviewed on The Pat Kenny Radio Show today about Ireland's readiness to deal with any terriorist attacks.
He said our emergency services were well prepared to deal with any such attacks - "the plans are in place", he said.
(I suppose he would say that . wouldn't he !)
Then Pat Kenny read out the comments of three callers -
- one said that the money for Bertie's new jet would be enough to purchase fixed-wing aircraft to defend our airspace and that it was shameful that our airspace is undefended
- another stated that the government should be purchasing fighter jets instead of a VIP jet
- another said that it was a disgrace that the RAF would have to be called upon to defend us in the event of a terrorist attack.
Smithy's response was -
"on the very day I would announce the purchase of such jets, people would be complaining that the money should be spend on education ..... A government's job is to priortise what the country's needs are...."
Typical politicans answer.
So there we have it, in case we needed official clarification, a jet for Bertie & Co. is more important than defence of this country
He said our emergency services were well prepared to deal with any such attacks - "the plans are in place", he said.
(I suppose he would say that . wouldn't he !)
Then Pat Kenny read out the comments of three callers -
- one said that the money for Bertie's new jet would be enough to purchase fixed-wing aircraft to defend our airspace and that it was shameful that our airspace is undefended
- another stated that the government should be purchasing fighter jets instead of a VIP jet
- another said that it was a disgrace that the RAF would have to be called upon to defend us in the event of a terrorist attack.
Smithy's response was -
"on the very day I would announce the purchase of such jets, people would be complaining that the money should be spend on education ..... A government's job is to priortise what the country's needs are...."
Typical politicans answer.
So there we have it, in case we needed official clarification, a jet for Bertie & Co. is more important than defence of this country
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