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British Army Demands the Right to be British: Race Gestapo Upset

September 27, 2008 - By BNP News

The British Army has formally requested the right to remain British through the introduction of a top limit on the number of non-British soldiers in its ranks — and has incurred the wrath of the Race Gestapo for daring to suggest such a thing.

The odiously-named “Equality and Human Rights Commission” says there are “large issues of principle” with the Army’s request that foreign recruit numbers are capped to safeguard ‘Britishness’ within the ranks. (Image alongside: A ‘British’ soldier in Iraq.)

Army chiefs have demanded a 15 percent limit amid fears the soaring numbers of foreign troops would “dilute the force’s cultural identity.”

They also fear that foreign countries could ban their own citizens from fighting Britain’s wars, seriously hampering key operations.

The critical problem is that the illegal and immoral wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which were created by both the Tory and Labour parties, have severely sapped the number of young British people wanting to join the army.

The lack of recruits is reflected in the fact that the Army is now dramatically undermanned as young people refuse to join up to fight wars which have nothing to do with Britain — and which were started on the basis of a pack of devious lies generated by the government and supported by the Tories in parliament.

The Army chief’s call for a cap on foreign recruits was apparently made two weeks ago, but was put on the back burner after the taxpayer-funded Race Gestapo organisations objected.

Some branches of the Army are already at the planned 15 percent limit. Commanders admit the overstretched military could no longer function without the growing numbers of troops from Fiji, the West Indies, South Africa and elsewhere.

The current 6,500 foreign soldiers now account for almost 7 percent of Army manpower, up from just 0.3 percent in 1997. Almost two-thirds of all applicants wanting to join the Army in London are now foreign. Across the whole Army the figure is almost 20 percent.

Classified Ministry of Defence papers warn that the nation must maintain “Armed Forces which are predominantly British and whose members reflect and share the culture and values of British society.”

According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the 15 percent cap “would breach the Race Relations Act by treating foreigners less favourably.”

News of the move drew fierce reaction from the public, with one serving soldier writing in to a daily newspaper as follows: “I am a serving soldier in the British Army and this issue is becoming a serious one which all ranks are concerned about. If I wanted to serve with foreigners I would have joined the Foreign Legion or become a gun for hire.

You now have the ridiculous situation where some very famous Scottish Regiments are full of Fijians and Africans and the Jocks are leaving in droves. What politicians need to do is pay and value the Army more, then maybe we would not have so many leaving the service. — Simon Roberts, Wales.”

The BNP says: Get out of all foreign wars which have nothing to do with Britain, and young British people will once again be prepared to join up with the Army. The British-origin of the British Army is precisely that which made it great, and even a 15 percent cap is far too high. It must be drastically reduced so that the ‘Britishness’ of the armed forces remains completely intact.





Nick Griffin MEP

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