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Originally posted by Lump
Isn't Ireland neutral? Why spend money on defence when we can leech off other countries...... surely it would be a better idea to soend the money on roads, rail etc...... instead of on jets, tanks, big METAL FÚCKING DICKS in the middle of dublin etc.....


John

Actually technically we arent neutral and never have been.

In our constitution, we have a "neutral defence and foreign policy", its only policy and not law, I.E. we aint muckin around in other countries wars unless our own interests are at risk.

To be a grown up western neutral power we need our OWN defence, and its TIME irish people understood that.

I stated 0.2%GDP is spent on defence, I meant 0.9%, thats not a lot of cash, the gov probably blows more on printer paper in the DAIL in a year. TANZANIA, SAO TOME MOLDOVA and MAURITIAS are other places that spend that kind of money on defence, SWEDEN is neutral and spends 2.1% GDP, FINLAND spends 2% and is also neutral, FOR GOD's SAKE, Latvia spend 1.2% and they cant even win the EUROVISION! we are the laughing stock of europe.

NEUTRALITY works both ways, you dont need a big enough military to invade someone else,

but you DO NEED enough military to be happy and secure where you are,

we should be able to patrol our own skies without asking for the brits to help (which we do)

we should be able to rescue people at sea without asking the brits to help (which we do) or by renting choppers from a company at extortionate rates which we will NEVER own in the long run (which we do, see big red and white coastguard chopper??? not ours....)

we should be able to patrol the largest surface area of territorial seas owned by ANY other european power to stop drug smuggling, illegal fishing etc. YES WE DO own the most sea!! but we have the smallest EUROPEAN navy, 7 ships, which are all underpowered, underfunded and undermanned. Each time there is a storm and a fishing boat or merchant ship gets into trouble it is the Naval Service which is called to go to the rescue. Despite one of the largest territorial waters in the EU, we have one of the smallest naval services. One officer writing in An Cosantóir said that with just seven vessels, it is like the Garda trying to patrol the whole country with one patrol car.

We should have a large and well equipped enough army to take advantage of the economical job of peacekeeping in future beneficiary countries which when peaceful again will have built up a relationship with ireland and will in turn possibly invest here as they remember how we helped them, we are currently accepted by ALL UN partners to be the world leaders in Peacekeeping and we benefit by providing some of the best soldiers on the planet to do the worst jobs.

We currently train other UN countries in peackeeping every year, this is a lucrative business for the army and local towns where the peacekeepers are based. We should respect how our soldiers work long hard hours without the benefits of other civil powers like the gardai.

Im not looking to take cash from hospitals or roads, im looking to invest money in our SECURE future, we should encourage homegrown defence industrys, CORK shipyards should be used to build our own vessels, the plans are easily available for existing UN Standard vessels which could be produced in ireland, as could our Armoured vehicles.

Anyway, I HATE peeps who shoot down the army ranting about other ways to spend their money, believe me you would be surprised how much cash they DONT get. I wish i could paint a simple picture to irish people, but most dont believe we need any sort of military force, Im not talking huge, just a little bigger and better equipped.

Lets hope we NEVER pay for NOT having one.:(

I HATE
anti globalisation people too..
y dont they call themselves hippies cos thats what the majority of them are, and i HATE hippies

i hate my daily routine and missing the train cos i cant get up

i hate the whole im dressing like avril lavine and linkin park and im a skater dood people, i was a sk8r in the 90's when it WASNT as fashionable as now, unless you had MTV, or a tony hawks video.

I paid 140 pounds irish for a hand built board in 1990. Im 26 now, i cud STILL sk8 my ass off way better than these trendy types carrying cheap tesco's boards around now, BUY A REAL BOARD, learn some interesting tricks... hmm i shud dust off my deathbox and use it to catch said trains.... :rolleyes:

I HATE mushrooms and pepperoni and salami on pizza, I hate not being a pilot and not being in the army or aircorps cos im TOO F*CKING OLD!!! :mad:

I hate that i cant get up the courage to join the british army...