William Black
7/31/2009 6:38:00 PM
Iapetus wrote:
> William Black wrote:
>> Chris X wrote:
>>> "William Black" <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:h4uih6$eg1$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> Chris X wrote:
>>>>> "William Black" <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:h4sual$fkl$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>> Chris X wrote:
>>>>>>> "William Black" <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> I'm afraid that's not his decision to make.
>>>>>>>> He took the money and signed the papers and seems upset that he
>>>>>>>> isn't spending all his time skiing...
>>>>>>> Maybe he thought he might have joined up to defend this nation's
>>>>>>> borders.
>>>>>> Why should he?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> None of the others did.
>>>>> Proof ?
>>>> It's reasonably self evident.
>>>>
>>>> We haven't faced a realistic military threat to these islands since
>>>> the late and unlamented Soviet Union took early retirement on the
>>>> grounds of ill health...
>>>
>>> The armed forces are there to defend our borders from outside attack
>>> and invasion. Afghanistan is not capable of launching an invasion of
>>> this nation. Nor are most countries in the world - and their business
>>> and their sovereignty must remain their own. It's really that simple,
>>> so stop spewing your globalist Zionazi propaganda - there's enough
>>> blood on your hands from supporting Moronica and "Israel"'s illegal
>>> wars as it is !
>>
>> The oath sworn by soldiers is quite specific and doesn't mention
>> borders at all:
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true
>> allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors
>> and that I will as in duty bound honestly and faithfully defend Her
>> Majesty, her heirs and successors in person, crown and dignity against
>> all enemies and will observe and obey all orders of Her Majesty, her
>> heirs and successors and of the generals and officers set over me.
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> That's it.
>>
>> No nonsense about borders or defending these shores, just 'Go where
>> we send you and kill who you're told to kill'.
>>
>> It's couched in language even you can understand.
>>
>
> Did the Queen actually order the troops to go to Afghanistan all by
> herself? Or did Bush order Blair to order the Queen to order the troops in?
Did the words
"obey all orders of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors and of the
generals and officers set over me."
>
> Oh, and "obey all orders of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors and of
> the generals and officers set over me." no longer applies, the Nuremberg
> trials sorted that one out.
See you in court.
That rule only applies if you lose.
> I'm surprised some government hasn't changed it to "obey all orders of
> the Prime Minister and the American President". :-)
So am I some of the time, but the soldiers can't complain they didn't know.
--
William Black
So I looked at the script
It was six weeks filming in the desert.
No girls, no dialogue, just guys with guns.
They said "Do you want wages or a percentage?"
It looked like a certain turkey.
When they came the second time I was ready.
I haven't had to work since...
Eli Wallach on his roles in
"The Magnificent Seven"
and "The Good the Bad and The Ugly