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Brian Capstick retweeted
Read this powerful article by @thetimes , and reflect on what has been shared..
This is not just “persecution by (extremely clumsy) process” imposed upon active-duty SAS operators fighting to detain vicious ISIS thugs in an active war zone, but also an example of performative self-immolation initiated by the most senior UK Special Forces officer at the time (G Jenkins) as self-serving exercise in what HE calls ‘transparency’……
So, if someone, anyone (quite possibly an enemy) within an active war zone says the SAS killed an unarmed man, then the so-called ‘senior leaders’ (some, as in this case, with near-zero combat experience) within the Whitehall-based ‘UK system’ desperate to demonstrate something that they call ‘transparency’ (or whatever else floats the MOD’s boat), will automatically launch an aggressive RMP operation to detain the SAS men involved….
Not on the basis of any hard evidence (there is no crime scene, no bodies, no bullets etc), but purely on distant, uncorroborated hearsay and remote, delayed analysis of operational reports; all supported by desk-bound, chinless leaders that seemingly care more about how they will (personally) look in an MOD promotion board than trying to properly understand the circumstances faced by the SAS men and defend them accordingly.
What a gift this utterly pathetic weakness, low threshold investigative process and twisted self-defeating system gives to our many enemies….and what an awful message it sends to those that still volunteer to fight on our all of our behalves….
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: How did a secret mission in Syria lead to a crisis within Britain’s special forces?
Insight, The Sunday Times investigations team, can reveal the full story behind an SAS operation in Syria in 2022 — and its aftermath thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
Agreed
I mean wow. Troops engaged in gun battles with the enemy every night and every day.
Night after night.
Week after week.
Month after month (sometimes for years).
Some people fail to realise that we sleep safely in our beds at night because these men and woman are constantly engaged in preventing attacks against this country. We should be focused on the sacrifices and their service not whether they swear at each other. We definitely shouldn’t compare their extraordinary roll to other professions.⬇️
Brian Capstick retweeted
🚨The Telegraph has revealed that Keir Starmer's best mate Lord Hermer pursued British veterans despite mounting evidence that the clients were lying.
He was involved in this scandal for *more than a decade*.
This is absolutely DISGUSTING.
He should be locked up for treason.
Brian Capstick retweeted
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line.
You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war.
Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making.
You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz.
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like.
You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity?
You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …
Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake.
The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure.
The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.
I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.
Brian Capstick retweeted
The news that Gerry Adams was ‘the IRA commander directly responsible for English bombing decisions’ will doubtless come as an enormous shock to lawyers who represented him in financial cases against victims, including Labour Attorney General Richard Hermer (via @Irish_News)
Gerry Adams ‘directly responsible’ for England bomb decisions, High Court told irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Brian Capstick retweeted
Mark Francois is correct. I have made 19 interventions in the @HouseofCommons since January last year in defence of our brave soldiers.
The last of which was viewed over 700,000 times. `
You can watch a selection of them here👇
Mark Francois MP hits out at Reform MPs who didn't turn up to vote on a motion to reverse a Tory-era law that granted conditional immunity to those accused of wrongdoing during the Troubles.
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Brian Capstick retweeted
"An astounding, worrying, and deeply disturbing revelation"
This is Richard Williams. Former SAS Commanding Officer and Iraq war veteran.
Just listen to his views of Keir Starmer's disgusting decision to go after our brave veterans.
Worth a watch.
A deeply impressive man.
Brian Capstick retweeted
🚨ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING 💔🇬🇧
A British War Veteran, personally hounded by Keir Starmer for THIRTEEN YEARS on false charges
Veterans deserve better than this
They are the finest
They are the best
And our disgusting Prime Minister hates them
I was living in Ramadi when the CIA pulled out. I was in the Al Jazeera desert on the Syrian border 2 months before the US Marines arrived. As for Trump…..have any of his family ever served their country?
“We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this and that. And they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines”
I served in Afghanistan. I saw first hand the sacrifices made by British soldiers I served alongside in Sangin where we suffered horrific casualties, as did the US Marines the following year.
I don’t believe US military personnel share the view of President Trump; his words do them a disservice as our closest military allies.
It’s sad to see our nation’s sacrifice, and that of our NATO partners, held so cheaply by the President of the United States.
Brian Capstick retweeted
In 1987, at Loughgall - the greatest single defeat of the IRA by the SAS - eight heavily armed IRA murderers attacked Loughgall police station with a 400-pound bomb and automatic weapons. The SAS shot the eight terrorists dead.
One of the IRA members killed was Patrick Kelly. Intelligence linked Kelly personally to at least five killings, including the murders of two UDR soldiers.
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, has now promised a sister of this same terrorist a new inquest into the events at Loughgall.
One of Patrick Kelly's family have said, "I have never denied that my brother went out to blow up a barracks…. but they were unmanned barracks. He went out to blow up, not to kill."
This is absurd. Immediately after the bomb detonated, they fired battlefield-calibre weapons at the building, no doubt in the expectation of killing any policeman who emerged.
We should not be facilitating attempts to rewrite history by the IRA at the expense of our veterans.
Brian Capstick retweeted
Anthony Hopkins, 87, celebrates 50 years of sobriety.
“50 years ago today I was nearly killed. I drove my car in a drunken blackout- that’s the way it was but I realized at that point I was having too much fun. It was called alcoholism.”
Brian Capstick retweeted
“Those doctors are needed there. We should be training young people here to do the work, not relying on taking medical staff from countries that haven’t run out of sick people.”
In this clip, @jimmycarr discusses the problems he sees in the UK relying on foreign-trained doctors, arguing that the country should expand medical training at home rather than pulling essential healthcare workers from nations that need them just as much, if not more.
Brian Capstick retweeted
‘We felt alone, my son felt alone, and we don’t want people to feel alone.’
Former England football Captain Terry Butcher explains how his son died from a PTSD-linked heart condition in 2017 and the importance of a newly published book that aims to raise awareness for PTSD.
Brian Capstick retweeted
"Im not here to be held to account by a convicted terrorist."
Strong words from Paul Givan of the D.U.P.
Brian Capstick retweeted
'Labour have to show they can grow the economy. They can't do that if their only answer is to tax people more and spend more government money!'
Economics Expert @LiamHalligan issues a dire warning on the state of Britain's economy, which he says Labour has made worse.
Brian Capstick retweeted
If you're cheering on Kneecap today, remember these faces and names: Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball. Innocent little boys, murdered by Kneecap's terrorist heroes the IRA, the day before Mother's Day, 1993, in Warrington. Look at their sweet faces and be ashamed of yourselves.
Brian Capstick retweeted
For Waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of Cautley Spout in the Howgill Fells. Our free walking app now features a 10-mile circular walk that visits Cautley - if you're looking for a more challenging walk!
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Brian Capstick retweeted
My amendment calling for a continuity of mental-health care for released prisoners. No point in the government boasting about having a new Mental Health Bill if ill prisoners receiving medication IN prison are then dumped into the community without support. It will lead to ex-prisoners' health deteriorating and the presence of very ill people in the community - a risk to themselves and others.