why is "cut defence to EU average"
unthinkable?
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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:43,
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'cos way more people hate us than the rest of Europe.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:46,
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ok
and you don't think you'll have enough bullets or bombs for the people you believe hate you if you lower military spending a bit?
strikes me as a very american way of thinking
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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:54,
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Sorry - forgot the "satire" tags.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:00,
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hahaha
sorry
silly me :)
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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:01,
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Not that WE think it's unthinkable, but that the toffs in suits think that it is
partially because Britain is one of the biggest weapons manufacturers in the world, and partially because all the MP's fathers got rich in the arms business. They'd never cut it, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot, to pun.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:48,
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ah
righto
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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:50,
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because then the arms industry would lose some profits.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:08,
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I suspect also
that there is a world of bad publicity involved with soldiers losing jobs or getting cut pay. The Daily Mail will literally eat its own face.
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whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:11,
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Here is an interesting Grauniad article
It puts military budgets of different countries into better perspective (I'm not saying I support the spending, just thought it was interesting)
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/apr/01/information-is-beautiful-military-spending
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Herman Blume is unique, just like everyone else, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:30,
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Whoa that's ace, cheers.
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whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:40,
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Because we'll all look silly when Belgium invades us.
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:39,
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