British Official Admits UK Not Capable Of Rescuing Their Own Lost Airmen

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Europe has been dancing on the edge of a knife, flirting with notions of war with a battle hardened Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. As these tensions escalate, questions are being raised about the actual combat readiness and capabilities of countries that have relied on the US for their security for so long.

The primary division between the Trump Administration and NATO countries, the thing that started it all, was the initial refusal of so many of them to pay their fair share for defense. Currently, most NATO members budget around 2% of their GDP to defense under the NATO treaty. When asked to budget 5%, European governments became indignant, only agreeing to meet the target in a decade.

In an interesting recent admission from The Telegraph, Tom Tugendhat, a British MP and former security minister, argues that the UK simply lacks the independent military capabilities needed to pull off a rescue operation of one of their own airman similar to the recent US operation in Iran. He says that if one of their pilots needed to be saved, they would have to ask the US to do it.

“We do not have the platforms, the satellites, the reach or the mass. Our rescue plan, if the airman were British, would be to call the U.S.”

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James Woods: Britain Disarmed Its People, Now It’s ‘Standing on the Edge of the Islamist Abyss’​

Actor James Woods used a Sunday night X post to note that Britain went-all in on disarming its people in the late 20th century and now is “standing on the edge of the Islamist abyss.”

Woods wrote, “Our friends, the Brits, went from relinquishing their right to bear arms in 1997 to standing on the edge of the Islamist abyss today.”

On September 24, 2024, Breitbart News observed that gun control in Britain was instituted in stages, beginning just after World War I and continuing in a reactionary fashion with increasing strictness through the 1990s.

The final phase of the controls was implemented via the Firearm Act of 1997, which was adopted after a man attacked an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, using legally-owned guns. The Firearm Act of 1997 virtually ended handgun ownership and made the acquisition of a certificate to possess a long gun an onerous and time-consuming one.

One immediate result was skyrocketing violent crime. By 2009, twelve years after the Firearms Act of 1997 was passed, Daily Mail Online reported that Britain was “the most violent country in Europe.” They also reported that Britain’s home figures showed “the UK [had] a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and South Africa.”

James Woods: Britain Disarmed its People and Now Nears 'Islamist Abyss'

Actor James Woods used a Sunday night X post to note that Britain went-all in on disarming its people in the late 20th century and now is "standing on the edge of the Islamist abyss."

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Actor James Woods used a Sunday night X post to note that Britain went-all in on disarming its people in the late 20th century and now is “standing on the edge of the Islamist abyss.”

The USA isn't too far behind with regards to an islamic takeover.

 

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My wife an I keep saying we are glad to be getting older so we won't have to see the downfall of the U.S. . Of course, if the Democrats win some elections we may see some bad stuff, but I think even then it would be another 15-20 years before a final collapse. I hate ir for the younger folks, but many are all for the socialist/commie free giveaways which will set the stage for the U.S. as we know it.

 

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My wife an I keep saying we are glad to be getting older so we won't have to see the downfall of the U.S. . Of course, if the Democrats win some elections we may see some bad stuff, but I think even then it would be another 15-20 years before a final collapse. I hate ir for the younger folks, but many are all for the socialist/commie free giveaways which will set the stage for the U.S. as we know it.

I’m we are raptured before anything like that happens.