irish army.
just wondering if anyone else find it hilarious, that ireland is taking charge over in kosovo. not sure what the full story on that is.
we are going to be shooting something other than sheep, (anyone trained in irish army knows how annoying sheep are). i wonder whats going to happen when we go to lebenon in november.
just wondering if anyone else find it hilarious, that ireland is taking charge over in kosovo. not sure what the full story on that is.
we are going to be shooting something other than sheep, (anyone trained in irish army knows how annoying sheep are). i wonder whats going to happen when we go to lebenon in november.Aye, but you already are in Lebanon.
Aye, but you already are in Lebanon.
left in 2001. but we seem to be everywhere, i dont really see a point to it.
left in 2001. but we seem to be everywhere, i dont really see a point to it.I'm pretty sure the guy I saw commenting on the dead UN soldiers in Lebanon wasn't an Ivorian with the flag sowed on upside down ;)
New Burmesia
23-09-2006, 17:05
just wondering if anyone else find it hilarious, that ireland is taking charge over in kosovo. not sure what the full story on that is.
we are going to be shooting something other than sheep, (anyone trained in irish army knows how annoying sheep are). i wonder whats going to happen when we go to lebenon in november.
Nothing wrong with the Irish Army. At least when compared to the Canadian national dinghy and girl guides. :D
Nothing wrong with the Irish Army. At least when compared to the Canadian national dinghy and girl guides. :D
i dont get what you were trying to say.
the irish army is better trained than american army, the problem is it is too small and not enough funding for decent weapons or tanks. although, we may be getting new guns soon to bring to simular quality of other countries. but the reason why the army will be staying small, is simplythat we dont need the army very much. just defense.
Meath Street
23-09-2006, 17:22
I'm glad that our armed forces are in the world serving the purposes of peace and prosperity.
I'm glad that our armed forces are in the world serving the purposes of peace and prosperity.
i just dont see a point untill the army gets alot bigger. i also dont like with other countries affairs. unless the are eu. cause that effects us.
Psychotic Mongooses
23-09-2006, 20:24
I'll try to be brief as possible as I'm typing with a broken index finger.
just wondering if anyone else find it hilarious, that ireland is taking charge over in kosovo. not sure what the full story on that is.
we are going to be shooting something other than sheep, (anyone trained in irish army knows how annoying sheep are). i wonder whats going to happen when we go to lebenon in november.
Why is it hilarious? The fact that a small traditionally unbiased state is taking a proactive stance on a trouble spot in Europe- and is seen to be favouring neither one side or the other? The Irish military is not one for wars, conflicts or major operations (just like other European states). It is one however, for peacekeeping, conflict control and de-escalation of tensions in historically complex and difficult places and situations.
i just dont see a point untill the army gets alot bigger. i also dont like with other countries affairs. unless the are eu. cause that effects us.
The "point" is doing something that doesn't just benefit the state. Small countries cannot afford to adopt that type of reasoning.
although, we may be getting new guns soon to bring to simular quality of other countries. but the reason why the army will be staying small, is simplythat we dont need the army very much. just defense.
The Irish Army uses some of the best "guns" in the world, like a lot of the larger militaries. The standard issue for infantry is the Steyr AUG and has been since 1988. It is a weapon well loved by the troops that use them and was only chosen after 2 years of exhaustive technical testing (against such luminaries as the Colt M16A2, Beretta AR 70/90, the HK G41, the IMI Galil).
The IDF do not employ heavy machinery towards operations as the wealthier European militaries can do that instead. The IDF deploys specialist units (like the Rangers in East Timor or engineering corp in others) to particular arenas where they are most needed.
Don't disparage their contribution to global situations merely because you fail to know their history.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-09-2006, 20:26
If anybody can introduce alcohol into muslim society, it's the Irish. :)
If anybody can introduce alcohol into muslim society, it's the Irish. :)
If it's the Irish Army they're more likely to induce laziness and non-fatal-overweight-ness.
Sel Appa
23-09-2006, 20:35
For some reason I keep thinking of potato cannons...:P
For some reason I keep thinking of potato cannons...:P
What nonsense. We use rocket propelled potato launchers(RPP) launchers. And of course there's our stockpile of PMDs.
Dobbsworld
23-09-2006, 21:28
left in 2001. but we seem to be everywhere, i dont really see a point to it.
No doubt it's to popularize the penny-whistle worldwide.
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9901/13/wb.celtic.one/paddy.jpg
Todays Lucky Number
23-09-2006, 21:50
just wondering if anyone else find it hilarious, that ireland is taking charge over in kosovo. not sure what the full story on that is.
we are going to be shooting something other than sheep, (anyone trained in irish army knows how annoying sheep are). i wonder whats going to happen when we go to lebenon in november.
the best thing about sheep is, it doesn't fire back. So don't be so anxious to go to lebenon :p
New Lofeta
23-09-2006, 22:20
the best thing about sheep is, it doesn't fire back. So don't be so anxious to go to lebenon :p
Unless they're in the NORTH of Ireland.
Everything fires back here...
Todays Lucky Number
23-09-2006, 23:33
Unless they're in the NORTH of Ireland.
Everything fires back here...
Well I just remembered Monthy Python and The Flying circus 7- Atilla The Hun, somewhere in the middle of show there was a robber sheep with an eyepatch and a gang :D Just love sheep in any comedy.
Greyenivol Colony
25-09-2006, 00:08
It's about time you guys helped out with something. After 'staying neutral' in WWII just to snub Great Britain, which ever way you look at it that's pretty reprehensible.
Psychotic Mongooses
25-09-2006, 00:37
It's about time you guys helped out with something."About time you guys helped out with something..."?
Apart from the Congo in the 1960's (including the famous Siege of Jadotville), Cyprus, the Sinai, Lebanon, the Iran/Iraq border, Kuwait, Eritrea, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Liberia and Northern Ireland border patrols... yeah you're right. I guess it's time to get up and "help".
After 'staying neutral' in WWII just to snub Great Britain, which ever way you look at it that's pretty reprehensible.
Reprehensible?
Do you mean the secret smuggling of Allied downed pilots from internment camps across the border into the United Kingdom, while keeping the Axis sailors/pilots securely locked away until 1945?
Or the head turning over frequent violations of neutral airspace by the Allies, but the interception of German U-boat messages off the South coast in the hunting grounds and relayed to London?
Or when Plan Kathleen was discovered in 1941 by police,
in a residence where German agent Hermann Görtz had been staying the Irish promptly passed copies to MI5 in London who in turn forwarded them to the RUC in Belfast. Joint plans of action were then drawn up between the British & Irish intelligence services and military under Plan W?
The acceptance of over 2000 British women and children evacuated from London due to "The Blitz". These evacuees included over two hundred children orphaned by the bombing. ?
Or the mobilising of over a dozen fire brigade units from Southern cities to aid in the fighting of the fires during the Belfast blitz at a moments notice?
Shall I go on? Because I have many, many more examples.....
New New Lofeta
25-09-2006, 01:22
Just love sheep
Changed from Turkish to Welsh then?