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Be nice to see something about any Irish deployment from Irish media bar the usual 10 minute fluff piece at Christmas/St. Patrick's Day on the RTE news.
I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
There are another two parts to that report over on BFBS.Irish Lt interviewed aswell(Nice new UBACS and 5.11 ball cap also)
"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
Patronizing. stirring it, taking the piss .... hows' the chip doing?
? as an Irishman and ex member of ONH myself, how about my genuine appreciation in praising the British Forces Broadcasting Service for including the Irish out of over 20 other nations involved in the mission in their media report.
although i haven't seen an Irish media report give the British in Mali much airtime if that is what you are referring to.
so no chips here mate, sounds like you need some ketchup to sweeten yours though, unless it is an inferiority complex I detect perhaps?
let's get back on topic.
as ropebag referred to on another thread - what both the British and Irish are doing in Mali may set the stage for a similar model mission in CAR, if the UN call for it, although I feel there is a lot more to be done there before we reach that stage.
British soldiers: It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do
Irish Officer: The British are great
French Officer: The British are great.
Female "Reporter": It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do, and everyone else thinks we are great.
If that isn't patronising I don't know what is.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
British soldiers: It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do
Irish Officer: The British are great
French Officer: The British are great.
Female "Reporter": It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do, and everyone else thinks we are great.
If that isn't patronising I don't know what is.
You say that as if a Defence Forces video would be any different.
"It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke
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