Gurkhas win right to settle in UK
I was pleased to see that, at long last, it has been agreed that Gurhka veterans with four or more years service should have the right to settle in the UK.
People who are good enough to risk their lives for a country are good enough to be allowed to live in that country.
People who are good enough to risk their lives for a country are good enough to be allowed to live in that country.
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The French Foreign legion has a respected and notoriously difficult mental and physical stamina test for would be recruits. This test is designed to pick the Creme de la Creme from around the world. The British recruit malnourished kids from the slums Nepal.
Why do people think malnourished kids from the slums of Nepal make good fighting soldiers? What is wrong with malnourished kids from Uganda, Niger or Bolivia? No wonder the French have the Neutron bomb and we don’t! We are a totally daft nation that deservedly won’t last the century.
It isn't a matter of the individual soldiers, it is the tradition which the Gurkha regiment has built up.
I don't believe any intelligent person can study military history for any signifiant time without realising that a huge factor in the effectiveness of most good military units is the esprit de corps which they have built up, often over decades or even centuries. This is not something which can be put together in five minutes. Many years ago someone said that if you wanted to field a force of archers who could dominate a medieval battle, start by training their grandfathers.
That tradition has been created in Nepal for the Gurkhas and we would be silly to throw it away.
GO CHRIS!
Make that three aspirins
You show him what for!