"There are weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands. I know it because the Captains, in Iraq, are my friends, and they told me that these weapons of mass destruction have been moved to Syria. I know them very well. They are very good friends of mine. We trust each other. We are friends as pilots. Up to 2002 in summer they [wmd] were in Iraq, and after that when Saddam realized that the inspectors are coming on the First of November and the Americans are coming, so he took advantage of a natural disaster in Syria, a dam was broken. He announced to the world he was going to make an airbridge. Then Special Republican Guard brigades loaded materials onto the planes, including yellow barrels with skull and crossbones on each barrel. The pilots said there was also a ground convoy of trucks."

 - Georges Sada, who served as military advisor and the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force.

Reservist ready to refuse call-up

RAF doctor stands by decision to refuse to serve in 'illegal' Iraq war

Telegraph | News | Those who wear the Queen's uniform cannot pick and choose which orders they obey

Okay so lots of people consider the war with Iraq to be illegal and immoral.  I'll give my view on that in a minute but first let's consider what joining the Armed Forces means.

 Here is the first requirement made plain to all those wishing to join our second to none British Army:

Pretty clear really.  It does not mean making up your own mind about whether a particular war or skirmish is valid; it means following orders presumably approved by your Queen whom you have sworn to serve.  Now I suppose that if one feels strongly enough that they no longer like the job then they are entitled to leave.  Such a person would be a liability to his team if he had such a poor attitude anyway.  However such people are breaking contracts and should pay whatever penalty is deemed fit for the loss of faith and they should be stripped of any pension rights and given a dishonourable discharge.  Anyone not resigning, yet refusing to obey orders, should be court marshalled.  Not that long ago they would have been shot for refusing to obey orders - war time at least. 

Now, with regard to the validity of the war, it is my contention, not entirely original, that the decision to invade Iraq was a military one, taken by Bush's military advisors.  Their plan being to draw Islamic militants out of the woodwork, on Muslim soil instead of our home territories, and engage them there, Iraq being a more level playing field than Afghanistan had been.  Their plan worked, to a point.  I think they may have underestimated the amount of radical Muslims there are, and how many impressionable youths would be swayed by the Qu'ran bashing virgin promisers, but there has been much combat engagement with insurgents and, whilst I wouldn't dream of trivialising the death of even one of our brave men, casualties from our allied troops have been very light in comparison.

The real issue is about the lies told by Bush and Blair to convince the public to become engaged in this war.  They couldn't have said 'We'll fight it in Iraq because we can depose Saddam (whom nobody likes) and if some Iraqis get wiped out well c'est la vie.'  Well, they could have said that but they didn't think the general public would like it much.  So instead they invented this elaborate deception about WMD being available to wipe us out in 45 minutes.  Now they've been caught out they have a different dilemma, especially as those who loathe them, REALLY loathe them.  Whilst I applaud the war in Iraq as a fight against Islamic terrorists, whose desire is world domination, the total annihilation of all Jews (where have I heard that before?) and death to most, if not all, Westerners, I also loathe Blair, so anything that might disabuse him of the notion he is God is okay with me.

 However, we should make NO mistake about the fact that we are fighting a war, a major war, far greater than anything the IRA threw at us.  Islamic Fundamentalists are everywhere and their goal is our destruction.  We have engaged them directly in Iraq.  Maybe we'll engage them in Iran too, who knows, but those sworn soldiers who refuse to fight them are traitors.  And those who are deliberately depleting our Armed Forces are traitors too, whether they are the pathetically correct brigade, expecting our soldiers to ask a couple of dozen questions before firing on the enemy, and the anti-war lobby, together diminishing the Forces appeal to suitable recruits and causing the resignation of too many serving men; or those in government who are reducing numbers until all we have left is a couple of Guardsmen to have their photos taken outside Buckingham Palace. 

Despite the enemy, the traitors, the appeasers, the ignorant and the cowards we, the free West with right on our side, WILL win this war against these maniacal religious terrorists.  Think about it you conchies, you anti-war liberals, you appeasers.  If you're wrong, and I believe you are, what are the consequences for your children and grandchildren?  Look around you at what has happened already in the name of Islam and what is happening almost daily, even in the town where you live maybe.  Make your decision. 

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