Join the British Army

By | January 25, 2009
6 Comments

I saw an advert by the British Army: In the Army you start with 16k. Notice the word start?

And I thought to myself, Someone finally got rid of the idea of appealing to nationalistic ideals?

6 thoughts on “Join the British Army”

  1. Kiran

    Hey Olu…
    My apologies, this is my first comment on your wonderful plus good-looking blog.

    Now, nationalism as you refer might be true. But, I do differ.
    Nationalism when compared with patriotism … the two sound absolutely identical. Whenever one talks about army … I would place patriotism first. And, money is a good incentive (among other) to instigate patriotism/nationalism to action.

    It is always a pleasure reading your thoughts/blog.
    Cheers and beers
    Kiran

  2. Kiran

    Hey Olu…
    My apologies, this is my first comment on your wonderful plus good-looking blog.

    Now, nationalism as you refer might be true. But, I do differ.
    Nationalism when compared with patriotism … the two sound absolutely identical. Whenever one talks about army … I would place patriotism first. And, money is a good incentive (among other) to instigate patriotism/nationalism to action.

    It is always a pleasure reading your thoughts/blog.
    Cheers and beers
    Kiran

  3. loomnie

    Thanks Kiran. It is very interesting that being a member of the armed forces is now treated like any other job. Since you know much more about the ‘war on terror’ than I do, would you say this is another consequence of that war? There is a short supply of troops so armies have to appeal to some other sentiments in order to get recruits?

  4. loomnie

    Thanks Kiran. It is very interesting that being a member of the armed forces is now treated like any other job. Since you know much more about the ‘war on terror’ than I do, would you say this is another consequence of that war? There is a short supply of troops so armies have to appeal to some other sentiments in order to get recruits?

  5. Kiran

    Absolutely Olu, your are spot-on. There are not enough people from two contexts: One, mere or absolute numbers (which I believe, you’re referring to); and two, shortage in terms of … how a country would (like US – no idea about UK – probably UK too, I would “safely” guess) prepare for the future unknown combats … more precisely, can a country even plan or be ready regarding unknown future wars/enemies – which could possibly arise out of present mistakes or result from newer reasons/midtakes/complications (that’s the reason almost every country has it’s own defense). What US/UK have learnt is that they cannot blindly enter into a battlefield that could/would prolong for years – it takes a lot of people-on-the-warfield, lives, time, money, etc. So, I think you are right. I would just add “cost of war” to your observation (time, patience, public support, army, degree of victory etc).

    Kiran

  6. Kiran

    Absolutely Olu, your are spot-on. There are not enough people from two contexts: One, mere or absolute numbers (which I believe, you’re referring to); and two, shortage in terms of … how a country would (like US – no idea about UK – probably UK too, I would “safely” guess) prepare for the future unknown combats … more precisely, can a country even plan or be ready regarding unknown future wars/enemies – which could possibly arise out of present mistakes or result from newer reasons/midtakes/complications (that’s the reason almost every country has it’s own defense). What US/UK have learnt is that they cannot blindly enter into a battlefield that could/would prolong for years – it takes a lot of people-on-the-warfield, lives, time, money, etc. So, I think you are right. I would just add “cost of war” to your observation (time, patience, public support, army, degree of victory etc).

    Kiran

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