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Army chief says people of UK are ‘prewar generation’ who must be ready to fight Russia
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why would anyone fight for a country that's repeatedly fucked them over for a decade? I'd sooner shoot myself in the fucking head than shoot another person.
The country is more than what's happened in the last 12 years or so. There's our way of life, our culture and identity that would all be under threat.
But if you've family and friends who are being bombed or having to live under an oppressive occupier who's turned everyone's lives upside down then I can see why people would be motivated to fight.
I'm hoping this guy is trying to light a fire under the governments arse to improve the recruitment process and also make a u-turn on the reduction of numbers they've been facing.