tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post3102024062610371518..comments2024-03-28T23:24:22.359-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: The RAF Scrambles!LSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-78666954761752423282015-02-21T05:49:46.338-08:002015-02-21T05:49:46.338-08:00Yes, it is unfortunately correct.Former defence se...Yes, it is unfortunately correct.Former defence secretary Michael Heseltine - who was all for building up weapons to nuke the Russians in the 1980s - was caught out on British TV the other night trying to simultaneously justify the fact that Britain's army has dropped from 300 000 in the 1980s to less than 100 000 (so hardly qualifying as an army) while admitting that Western Europe had a common cause with Russia in trying to protect what he described as its "soft underbelly" from the rise of radical expansionist Islam from the south. If the UK hasn't got a capability of its own then one can see a scenario in the future that Russian jets would have to protect West European air space, since the USA is packing up and closing its Mildenhall base in the UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-55080310110000364562015-02-20T18:31:33.727-08:002015-02-20T18:31:33.727-08:00Unfortunately. Yes.Unfortunately. Yes.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-41591616047076583642015-02-20T14:52:04.820-08:002015-02-20T14:52:04.820-08:00All that is believable.All that is believable.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com