What’s to become of the British Army?

DoD Buzz  "The British Army defeated Napoleon, the Kaiser 
and Hitler, but it was no match for David Cameron."
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"And even though the British Army of 2020 will be about 41 percent the size of the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940 — our math, not the MoD’s — the official view is that for its size, it shall be the best damn army in the world."
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"At most it may kick in a few brigades to join another U.N. or NATO crusade somewhere down the line, but only as a supporting power. The painful lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan and to a lesser extent, Libya, will probably stay with European and American leaders for a long time."

Wikigallery: Tribute To The British Army. This painting is not for commercial use, but since I do the Tunnel Wall for

 absolutely nothing,  I trust we're all on safe ground here. The Tunnel Dweller.

God bless the British, who stood alone against the Axis in WW2 for years, desperately needing help from her allies, which was a long time coming. Just as the pacifists in the UK prevented the British Army from preparing for the coming war, so too did Roosevelt face some similar obstacles. 

There will be fewer troops in the British Army than there were on this beach at Dunkirk:

Imbedded reporter and blogger Michael Yon posted this report on the British Army in Afghanistan;  "The soldiers are living like animals at a little rat’s nest called FOB Gibraltar. They call it “Gib.” Named after the lynchpin of British naval dominance in the Mediterranean, this cluster of mud huts in the middle of hostile territory is more like Fort Apache, Afghanistan. The British soldiers from C-Company 2 Para live in ugly conditions, fight just about every day, and morale is the best I have seen probably anywhere." more...
Who is Michael Yon?


Please know, Brits, that here in the colonies there is so much more respect for Winston Churchill throughout the land than has been exhibited by the current occupant of our White House.
If you plan to have your troops try burning Washington again any time soon, we'll make sandwiches for them.( I offered tea once, but one Brit said our tea was pretty bad and that he preferred we just serve coffee.) The Tunnel Dweller