Britain needs a war leader

[Bootneck]

Not since the Second World war has Britain been in such urgent need of a war leader.

But instead the country has Gordon Brown – a man so lacking in the interest of the armed forces that while British troops were fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, he appointed a part-time defence secretary, putting Des Browne in charge of running the military and Scotland at the same time.
It was a wholly disrespectful and calamitous act but one which should not come as a surprise from a man who has neither the gumption or intellectual ability to be a wartime leader.
Britain is locked in an intractable conflict in Afghanistan which will come to define this generation.
Hundreds of British soldiers will die and thousands more will be injured before the last serviceman or woman steps foot on the last plane out of Helmand.
Yet we have a government which still has not grasped the enormity of the challenge in Afghanistan and that is the direct fault of Gordon Brown.

Britain needs a war leader - Telegraph

 

[publicprotector]

Err no the UK does not need a war leader, what we need is a person untainted by the filth of corruption and greed who can see right from wrong. A person that has the backbone to recognise illegal wars and bogus wars on terror thats what this nation and others need. A person with the will to resist the bribes and threats coersion of others whom continually break the law for power and greed.

No one needs to be dying in Afghanistan, Iraq or anywhere else, most wars and conflict can be avoided but not when power and profit mad devils are in charge.

 

[xotoxi]

Not since the Second World war has Britain been in such urgent need of a war leader.

But instead the country has Gordon Brown – a man so lacking in the interest of the armed forces that while British troops were fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, he appointed a part-time defence secretary, putting Des Browne in charge of running the military and Scotland at the same time.
It was a wholly disrespectful and calamitous act but one which should not come as a surprise from a man who has neither the gumption or intellectual ability to be a wartime leader.
Britain is locked in an intractable conflict in Afghanistan which will come to define this generation.
Hundreds of British soldiers will die and thousands more will be injured before the last serviceman or woman steps foot on the last plane out of Helmand.
Yet we have a government which still has not grasped the enormity of the challenge in Afghanistan and that is the direct fault of Gordon Brown.

Britain needs a war leader - Telegraph

Here's your chance, Bootneck.

 

[Modbert]

The UK doesn't need a war leader, they need a Statesman. They need someone who can help improve their economy, intelligently help place troops where they need to be while making sure they have the necessary equipment, and put a halt to the "Big Brother" policies that are putting it's hold on the UK.

 

[tigerbob]

Err no the UK does not need a war leader, what we need is a person untainted by the filth of corruption and greed who can see right from wrong. A person that has the backbone to recognise illegal wars and bogus wars on terror thats what this nation and others need. A person with the will to resist the bribes and threats coersion of others whom continually break the law for power and greed.

No one needs to be dying in Afghanistan, Iraq or anywhere else, most wars and conflict can be avoided but not when power and profit mad devils are in charge.

That wasn't the point. If British servicemen and women are in harm's way they should be as well trained, well equipped and well supported as they possibly can be. A "war leader" is someone who is prepared to make potentially unpopular decisions in order to prioritize the safety (clearly a relative term) of those who are sent into war zones.

Whether or not you agree with the political decision that sent them there in the first place is an entirely different matter.