Where is Great Britain?

Rockstar · 04-15-15, 07:03 AM

Though it was part of the spearhead to overthrow Gadaffi it ducked out shortly afterwards leaving Libya to extremists and in a state of chaos.

Then the biggest thing to happen in Europe since the Cold War when Russia annexed Crimea and supported the war in Ukraine. The major players to travel to Russia for negotiations were only France and Germany.

Last I heard there was news of people having a good laugh about a prime minister using a knife and a fork to eat a hotdog and thats been about it.

leo01 · 04-15-15, 07:04 AM

gather

Eichhörnchen · 04-15-15, 08:04 AM

Our armed services are just spread too thin now; instead of bolstering US forces with brigades of our own, for example, we're now compelled to attach our soldiers to American forces to operate within, rather than alongside, them. This is what I hear on the news, anyway.

Maybe our politicians are having to admit we're no longer the great player we ought to be...

Jimbuna · 04-15-15, 08:12 AM

Nothing much left of the 'Great' anymore but still doing its best punching above its weight for fear of becoming an isolationist.

August · 04-15-15, 09:25 AM

I was listening to an NPR report the other day that basically said Britain is stepping off the world stage. Hope it's not true. John Bull has been a force for far more good than bad and his loss will be keenly felt.

XabbaRus · 04-15-15, 10:00 AM

To be honest I think there are other priorities that need to be tackled now.
I was once a staunch defender of Trident and the armed forces but seeing what we have got ourselves into of late I wonder is it worth it. Being a father and with my daughter now in secondary school and my son following a few years later I think the money saved on defence could be better spent elsewhere. Free education for one thing, including a first degree. Does that mean Britain can't have world beating defence technology companies, would it meant BAe Systems would wither and die? Of course not. Sweden doesn't have a huge defence budget but she sure as hell exports a lot.

The fact is a lot of European countries look at the UK and how she is kind of in Europe but not and think she isn't worth it. That is why France and Germany have led the negotiations and the process regarding the Ukraine. The UK needs to make a commitment to the EU one way or the other. But we just antagonise people. Ergo - no one really wants us involved.