Insulting our heroes!
There’s something that is sickeningly hypocritical about virtue signalling politicians and one of the worst of these is Sir Keir Starmer.
Starmer has branded Donald Trump ‘insulting and frankly appalling’ as he led a chorus of fury over the US President’s alleged slur against British soldiers who fought and died in Afghanistan.
He said the US President should apologise for remarks belittling Nato’s role in the conflict in a television interview that worsened the deepest transatlantic rift in decades. Politicians and military veterans reacted with outrage after the President told Fox News that Nato troops, including those from Britain, stayed ‘a little off the front lines’ during the war in Afghanistan. Some 457 British service personnel were killed in the conflict in Afghanistan, fighting alongside the US, and countless more were severely wounded.
Here’s my problem with Starmer. He lectures Trump about belittling the sacrifices of British soldiers but it is Starmer who has enabled primary legislation that will allow the persecution of British soldiers who served honourably in Northern Ireland. Trump may have insulted British soldiers but it it Starmer who is putting them on trial. It is Starmer who puts meek compliance to the human rights legacy vultures before protecting our brave soldiers. His outrage about Trump’s alleged remarks would carry more weight if he was not guilty of betraying our military himself.
Furthermore, President Trump did NOT specifically mention British troops when it comes to the Afghanistan situation. Whilst I accept that Trump may have mis-spoke I cannot abide the chorus of UK politicians who treat our military with contempt when it suits them and then posture as their savours. So spare me their piety.
It’s NOT President Trump pursuing our veterans through the Courts.
It’s NOT President Trump providing our military with below par equipment.
It’s NOT President Trump allowing our veterans to die alone on the streets
I couldn't agree more with this. It makes me sick when I see politicians at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, laying their wreaths, bowling their heads and looking solemn, whilst they under resource our military and turn against them when it suits. Where is the logic in treating your own so despicably whilst giving the murderous IRA a free pass. WHO benefits from this? I would love to know.
I served in the Fleet Air Arm, although was never deployed on active service.
And I have no issue with what Trump has had to say.
I have a big issue with the faux outrage deployed to conceal the facts.
David is right - Starmer is a nauseating hypocrite. The son of the toolmaker is quite happy to prosecute our soldiers whilst pardoning terrorists; nay, actually IMPORTING terrorists like al Fattah.
What Starmer's self righteous virtue signalling deliberately obscures is the sickening reality that for thirty years or more, the UK has spent less and less in real terms every year on every aspect of our defence to the point that now, they are hollowed out, have low morale, are issued with ineffective and unserviceable kit and are probably at their lowest ebb for hundreds of years.
But I suppose at least the RAF has vegan friendly uniforms . . .
The point Trump makes is correct - the UK and Western Europe have sheltered under the American umbrella for decades. The UK has not met its spending commitments other than by sleight of hand - for example, including things like pension contributions and MI6 'intelligence' costs as part of the MOD.
The UK is almost certainly unable to meet its NATO commitment in terms of soldiers, guns, tanks etc - reports from 2024 and 2025 have noted an "expanding gap" between the UK's stated commitments to NATO and its capacity to deliver them in the land domain.
There have also been warnings regarding the UK's reliance on the US for critical capabilities like intelligence and logistics.
The USA has done most of the heavy lifting and unsurprisingly, has incurred the higher numbers of deaths and injuries. That is a simple fact.
Were I an American taxpayer, I would be asking why I was incurring costs in blood and treasure that my 'brilliant allies' are unwilling to match.
Thank God that President Trump is shaking up the weaselly woke West and their pathetic politicians.