tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post747207739634276914..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Now even Blair's generals defy himPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-10661922352417694712006-10-15T18:16:00.000+01:002006-10-15T18:16:00.000+01:00Incidentally, isn't it funny how the Beeb has draw...Incidentally, isn't it funny how the Beeb has drawn the same conclusion about parrallels between Suez and Iraq?<br /><br />Not that their decision to run a documentary revisiting a subject they have covered many times before is in anyway politically motivated.<br /><br />Now that really would be crassly obvious, wouldn't it...MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-58294586927796043912006-10-14T21:50:00.000+01:002006-10-14T21:50:00.000+01:00The history of generals standing up to prime minis...The history of generals standing up to prime ministers isn't new.<br /><br />Indeed, anyone who has read the unexpurgated version of Alanbrooke's diaries might conclude that had it not been for the robust (and often despairing) advice of this wartime CIGS, Churchill might well have been responsible for several more Gallipolis.<br /><br />Alanbrooke went into print (albeit with a few punches MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-44251521229377116212006-10-14T17:07:00.000+01:002006-10-14T17:07:00.000+01:00Any ex MoD people out there who can settle this ar...Any ex MoD people out there who can settle this argument? I can't believe Blair has no say at all in the appointment of generals, even if it is merely as a rubber-stamp.<br /><br />My point about the war was simply that, if they are fighting his war, that makes them his generals.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-74090146812627495222006-10-14T16:54:00.000+01:002006-10-14T16:54:00.000+01:00The Army Board appoints them, overseen, ultimately...The Army Board appoints them, overseen, ultimately, by Her Majesty.<br />Government and the PM have no say whatsoever in the management of military careers.<br />Unlike the Judiciary there is no Lord Chancellor figure in the Cabinet connecting appointments to the Govt.<br /><br />As for the war, well unless I missed something, Mr Blair started the "war" with his friend, Mr Bush Jnr. Did I get Richard Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849882698277474267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-2449083039608463472006-10-14T13:43:00.000+01:002006-10-14T13:43:00.000+01:00Who appointed them, then, Richard? And who starte...Who appointed them, then, Richard? And who started the war that it is (theoretically) their job to prosecute?Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-85410718561145435692006-10-14T10:03:00.000+01:002006-10-14T10:03:00.000+01:00They are not "Blair's Generals".They are not "Blair's Generals".Richard Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849882698277474267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-43046432321560926452006-10-13T18:13:00.000+01:002006-10-13T18:13:00.000+01:00There is a parallel, but it's a contrast.
In Suez...There is a parallel, but it's a contrast.<br /><br />In Suez, the US (in the shape of Ike and Dulles) told us wehere to get off.<br /><br />In Iraq, the US (in the shape of Dubya and Rumsfeld) told us where to get on.MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.com