Recent content by GK .Dundas

Apparently not that smart as he thought. Sometimes being the smartest guy in the room isn't enough.

Actually the the A4 has at least a claim on belonging on the flight deck. We did test then and the Navy were requesting funding to purchase 21 of them around 1963-64 .

When you get right down to it at the end of the day if the Prime Minister decides that he disagrees with his advisors. He can , that's his privilege. At the end of the day He's the boss. What ticks me off , is the way he threw his people under the bus belittling them as he did so. He is a...

And now apparently the Israel has just struck Iran . Just fecking Marvelous....

Anytime I've worked around something that required some sort of briefing or meeting to discuss an issue. I made damn sure I both read any written material and listened to any information given verbally. Because someone always misses something in the either written material or during the...

Question , does anybody actually read reports anymore ?

I seem to recall reading that first we weren't even going to deploy ground troops. Then it was a Brigade and then a Division . The Government of the day was apparently blindsided by the depth of public support for the war. In some cases they actually seemed baffled by it .

There's a theory that was floating around that if we'd been able to manage an Army Group we might have gotten a seat on the Security Council. I don't buy it myself.

Harper didn't have a choice and it looked good to the electorate. Political expediency is the deciding factor. For all our political parties. When the war started to get unpopular with the voters , DND became just another Department that was causing him problems. Defence issues don't win...

My thoughts exactly .

At this current point in time the Americans simply can not be trusted. They are so embroiled and consumed by their domestic politics. That they are unable to view the world outside their borders except for how it fits into their current ideological infighting to the exclusion of anything else.

The sad part is if you look at our country's history. You see that we keep doing this. Over and over. What's the definition of insanity again ?

I for one believe in the great turtle A'Tuin .

Stupid people gotta stupid.

Sorry that was incredibly badly written. What I meant that unless it's built by the London plant it most likely will not be purchased for the Army. So until they produce a tracked vehicle. And as long as the Government party considers those area ridings important to retaining their position. I...