Ingrijorarile sale vin in contextul avertismentelor similare ale sefului Royal Navy, amiralul Mark Stanhope, din 13 iunie.
Potrivit unei note obtinute de Daily Telegraph, generalul Simon Bryant, seful operatiunilor de lupta, spune ca angajamentul britanic in Afghanistan si in Libia pune o presiune "enorma" asupra resurselor RAF.
Moralul pilotilor este "fragil" si numeroase sectoare sunt "sub presiune", potrivit acestei note adresate decidentilor politici.
"Doua operatiuni concomitente (Libia si Afghanistan) pun o presiune considerabila asupra echipamantelor si a personalului", scrie el. "Daca operatiunea Ellamy (din Libia) ar trebui sa se prelungeasca dincolo de data prevazuta, capacitatea viitorului contingent va fi, dupa toate probabilitatile, erodata", adauga generalul.
Generalul Bryant evoca si "o lipsa de conducere strategica ce reduce increderea in comandamentul superior".
Angajatii sunt din ce in ce mai putin satisfacuti de "conditiile de remunerare si inghetarea salariilor continua sa se faca simtita", adauga el, referindu-se la taierile salariale impuse bugetului Apararii.
Nota a fost trimisa deputatilor in luna mai, inainte de criticile similare formulate in 13 iunie de seful Royal Navy, amiralul Mark Stanhope.
Amiralul afirmase ca Marea Britanie trebuie sa-si revada prioritatile daca operatiunea declansata de NATO in Libia va dura mai mult de sase luni, deplangand faptul ca tara sa nu mai dispune de niciun portavion operational.
In cadrul reducerii cu 8% a bugetului Apararii pana in 2015, HMS Ark Royal (si avioanele sale de lupta Harrier), s-a intors definitiv la baza in decembrie, lasand Marea Britanie fara nicio nava capabila sa transporte avioane pentru urmatorii zece ani.
Premierul David Cameron oferise asigurari, saptamana trecuta, ca armata britanica va dispune de mijloacele necesare pentru a-si continua misiunea din Libia "atat timp cat va trebui" si ca, in ciuda masurilor de austeritate, Marea Britanie dispue de "al patrulea buget de aparare din lume".
Alegeri SUA
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Situatie ingrijoratoare si f serioasa. Exista riscul ca fortele lui Gaddafi sa fie scapate de sub control, sa treaca Mediterana , Canalul Manecii si sa invadeze Regatul Unit. Si poti ca sa stii ? Sa treaga peste Atlantic si sa ajunga la Casa Alba !
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/louis-farrakhan-obama-murderer-assassin_n_880973.html
Farrakhan Blasts the "Coalition of Demons" attacking Libya (June 15, 2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_703974&v=qNLqQ2cN-PA
Operation El Dorado Canyon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgqDT2mlENo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Libya to receive reparations for Reagan air strike
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=72368
German TV exposes CIA, Mossad links to 1986 Berlin disco bombing
http://100777.com/node/101
The Halifax Gibbet
http://midgleywebpages.com/gibbet.html
The Guillotine (Halifax gibbet)
http://www.guillotine.dk/Pages/gibbet.html
Coetzee, laureat Nobel Literatura, in Lecture la decernarea premiului se refera si el la Legenda ghilotinei din Halifax UK.
He and His Man
http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=555
[ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2003/coetzee-lecture.html ]
"In Halifax, writes his man, there stood, until it was removed in the reign of King James the First, an engine of execution, which worked thus. The condemned man was laid with his head on the cross-base or cup of the scaffold; then the executioner knocked out a pin which held up the heavy blade. The blade descended down a frame as tall as a church door and beheaded the man as clean as a butcher's knife.
Custom had it in Halifax, though, that if between the knocking out of the pin and the descent of the blade the condemned man could leap to his feet, run down the hill, and swim across the river without being seized again by the executioner, he would be let free. But in all the years the engine stood in Halifax this never happened ... "
Fregata Regele Ferdinand ... ramane si ea ... cat va fi nevoie ?
PM rebuffs military chiefs over Libya
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62bbbada-9c32-11e0-acbc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1PwVANUf9
David Cameron has lashed out in frustration at comments made by the heads of the armed forces over the UK’s role in Libya, insisting on Tuesday that Britain could continue military action for as long as needed.
The prime minister delivered the latest in a series of public rebuffs to his military chiefs after a warning by a senior Royal Air Force figure that the armed forces are under pressure because of the need to fight simultaneously in Libya and Afghanistan.
Asked what he thought about the comments at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Cameron said: “There are moments when I wake up and read the newspapers and think: ‘I tell you what, you do the fighting and I’ll do the talking.’”
Mr Cameron insisted the UK would be able to sustain its operation for as long as it takes. “Time is on our side, not on [Col Muammer] Gaddafi’s side,” he said.
But despite the prime minister’s confidence, senior officials at the Ministry of Defence believe he will face difficult decisions if the Nato-led operation fails to dislodge Col Gaddafi and continues through the summer and into autumn.
In their view, Britain may have to transfer military aircraft from its Afghanistan operations to ensure that the operation against Col Gaddafi continues after September. It may also have to transfer ships from other roles such as home defence ...
William Hague, ministru de externe UK, spune ca razboiul cu Gaddafi nu ar fi aparut fara solicitarea Ligii Arabe iar seful acesteia, Amr Mousa, spune ca cererea a fost o eroare si cere oprirea bombardamentelor dar Hague nu vrea sa le opreasca pentru ca trebuie ucis Gaddafi la cererea Pentagon-ului. Ministrul de Finante si sef al trezoreriei, George Osborne, refuza sa spuna cat costa acest razboi, care pentru UK ar putea ajunge la $1,5 mld.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9514783.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/21/arab-league-chief-libya-air-strikes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jun/21/george-osborne-refuses-reveal-cost-libya-operations?intcmp=239
Muammar Gaddafi Speech To United Nations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOo5LK22sg
Complete Transcript
[Historic Speech of Gaddafi to UN General Assembly, 2009]
http://metaexistence.org/gaddafispeech.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P88FAtAhbcY&feature=relmfu
Crackdown on Bahrain opposition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12769273
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12753727
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13872206