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[Mark J]

Islamic State have a magazine called Dabiq. In issue 15 they had an article entitled 'Why We Hate you and Want to Fight You'.....

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Ther're fascists. That's how fascists carry on. Everyone of those points you took from that 'magazine' would be right at home in a combat 18 magazine with a few words changed round.

[matelot]

Ther're fascists. That's how fascists carry on. Everyone of those points you took from that 'magazine' would be right at home in a combat 18 magazine with a few words changed round.

 

Well half the time you are on this forum making excuses for Islamic State...

[Mark J]

Of course he's incensed, who wouldn't be?

 

Whilst there has always been arrangements for military aid to civil authorities (floods, BSE, Olympics, fire strikes, prison officer strikes, fuel tanker strikes etc...)

 

It is an acknowledgment that that department is unable to manage their area of responsibility - nobody is ever going to "like" that.

 

But, and it's a big but, outside of periods of sustained / large scale military ops, there is a public resource that can, and perhaps should more often, be called into effect.

 

I have absolutely no doubt that the ACPO etc will use this an attempted justification for budgetary uplift.

 

It's not entirely necessary whilst there already exists a cost effective alternative. In fact, like the fire strikes, it will be seen that the military can provide considerably BETTER VfM than the organic resources.

 

It's embarrassing, that's why he might be incensed.

 

 

 

984 soldiers were deployed yesterday. Since 2010 when Theresa May was Home Secretary 1,337 trained firearms officers have seen their jobs cut.

 

The Police Officer Who Told Theresa May What Cuts Would Lead To - LBC

Edited May 25, 2017 by Mark J

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

984 soldiers were deployed yesterday. Since 2010 when Theresa May was Home Secretary 1,337 trained firearms officers have seen their jobs cut.

 

The Police Officer Who Told Theresa May What Cuts Would Lead To - LBC

 

 

 

Why don't you look at the capitation rate of a trained police firearms officer and compare it with the capitation rate of a private soldier then come back and talk about VfM rather than cuts.

[Mark J]

They're trained for different roles in entirely different organisations. There should be no comparison.

Edited May 25, 2017 by Mark J
Spolling.

[Gary Prentice]

984 soldiers were deployed yesterday. Since 2010 when Theresa May was Home Secretary 1,337 trained firearms officers have seen their jobs cut.

 

The Police Officer Who Told Theresa May What Cuts Would Lead To - LBC

 

Only 984?

 

I'd like to see more?

[Mark J]

I'd like more police myself.

[WesD]

If the police managed there money better there could be more police. Do they really need BMW X5's for a start?

[Gary Prentice]

I'd like more police myself.

 

Talking to a serving police officer, a client, a few evenings back and he claimed most of his working hrs were consumed with;

a) paperwork and report writing,

b) domestics - many regulars where it's a peacekeeping mission

c) mental health issues - with no place of safety to take them to, same old, same old.

 

He reckoned the above amounted to three quarters of his working week:001_rolleyes:

 

Just to throw a question into the mix. If terrorists are fighting a war with the west, should we really be relying on those not trained to fight a war?

[matelot]

This is a petition that some of you might like to sign.

 

"Imprison or Deport the 3000 on the terrorist watchlist"

 

"Our countries Security level is at an all time high of "CRITICAL" And troops are being deployed due to the threat of terrorism. Our security agencies currently have 3000 suspected terrorists under watch & costing taxpayers millions of pounds per year. Our security organisations are overstretched & unable to stop these already "KNOWN" Terrorists who are attacking & killing our people, including children. Put them in confinement or deport them to save lives & ease pressure on our security services. If a new law needs to be made to do this, Then it should be made. If you can make laws to convict people & imprison them for up to 10 years for using a Kodi box, Then the least you can do is change the law for peoples safety."

 

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-imprison-or-deport-the-3000-on-the-terrorist-watchlist?source_location=minibar