Well If This Is This Generations Ww2 Mr Cameron, Isn't It Time We Had A Home Guard Once Again?

[anotheoldgit]

/// Mr Cameron said: ‘I am afraid to say that this struggle against Islamist extremist terrorism, this is the struggle of our generation. It is about protecting ourselves in our streets, in our homes, in our towns.’ ///

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2779019/British-PM-Cameron-arrives-Afghanistan-meet-unity-govt.html

[Gromit]

AOG

Don't Panic! Don't Panic!

[janbee]

They don't like it up 'em Sir. Put them lights out!!!

[janbee]

Don't tell them Pike.

[askyourgran]

If Pike and Mainwaring were still guarding the coast we wouldn't have them foreigners working in the petrol stations.

[janbee]

The Home Guard would be more effective than our current "leader"... a.k.a Mr Useless Jelly spine.

[stuey]

I thought that the purpose of the Home Guard during WWII was to have a "token" defense force on English soil whilst the Regular Army was overseas. Since the large majority of the British army is not overseas, why do you need a Home Guard?

[whiskeryron]

stuey, you have your Department Of Homeland Security ( US). Don't be greedy I want one.

[stuey]

Divebuddy, I know what the propose of the Home Guard was; however, I was saying that if most of the Regular Army is still based in the UK then you don't need a Home Guard: let the regular guys perform that function. Whiskeryron, the power of the DHS doesn't extend above the border. Anyway, who would want to invade Canada? It's a vast cold mass of land filled with igloos, French-Canadians, and stupid hockey players:)

[maggiebee]

Not sure I'd want to "invade" Canada stuey, but it's a beautiful country and I have been there once on holiday. Just made me want to go back and sample some more. Maybe one day. Sorry to have gone a bit off topic folks.

[whiskeryron]

My apologies Stu, I was under the impression you were one of our U.S cousins.

[maggiebee]

My father had a word for people like DC - Galoot - think this comes from Gulliver's Travels?

[New Judge]

The most effective way to protect ourselves "in our streets, in our homes, in our towns" is to prevent undesireable foreigners entering the UK, to eject those already here or if they are home grown, to lock them up when they spout hatred and threaten violence.

We are prevented from doing this most of the time and fannying about in Afghanistan or Iraq will achieve nothing. So I'm afraid we must remain unprotected.

[shoota]

Back in the day when I was an active and moderately successful pistol shot I was approached by a group of men who tried to recruit me to their organisation whose raison d'etre was the defence of the homeland should the day ever arrive when there were public beheadings and a serious (violent) threat to the 'British' way of life.
I declined their offer but did state that should that day ever arrive I would be there on the barricades, six gun in hand, alongside them.
After Dunblane etc that option is no longer available as pistols have we none....

[anotheoldgit]

divebuddy

/// within 24 hours of the idea being announced there was 250,000 volunteers. within a couple of months there was 1.5 million. ///

I wonder how many would hasten to volunteer these days?

[anotheoldgit]

stuey

/// Since the large majority of the British army is not overseas, why do you need a Home Guard? ///

At the moment, at the moment.