Originally posted by Soarhead2
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What has been missing in Ireland since the formation of the State is a proper discussion on the purpose of the Defence Forces. There have been individual articles written by some prominent people but nothing concerted. In the last year or so this has started to happen and now hopefully we will get a proper Commission on Defence to ask the questions and find the answers to our future defence. Everyone knows what should be spent on defence, the current Tánaiste is even on record stating the amount.
The reality is something fundamental has to change, if things continue they way they are today there will be a long slow decline in the Defence Forces. No-one want to join an organisation that they only ever hear negative headline about. Many see thereforethe proposed Commission as a chance to enable this change. What it will deliver we do not know yet, we still await to see who will chair it. But we have already seen some change in the DoD, the new SecGen is an outsider, so a chance to reset the relationship between the department and the forces. Hopefully a sign of willingness to move in a different direction than the one we have had up to now. Will it all change at once, no, it will be an on-going action which hopefully will continue positively for the Defence Forces.
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