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THEY are the most drastic cuts in the armed forces since the Second World War. Some reasonable people might think this was perfectly understandable. After all, the Cold War is over. Western Europe is at peace.
If we have a large standing army, it will only encourage the Prime Minister to have another of his megalomaniac wars.See the full content of this document
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We Need to Get a General in No 10
Instead of a standing army of a little more than 102,000, would not many of us settle for a few hundred decoratively-clad Guardsmen taking it in turns to stamp up and down outside Buckingham Palace for the sake of the tourists? And yet, and yet ...
As one watched Geoff Hoon announce the cuts, and the...See the full content of this document
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