'You'll Be Home Soon' - Former PM Sir John Major Recalls First Gulf War
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- In January 1991, the UK was part of a 39-nation coalition that went to war with Iraq.
It was to be one of the first major tests for Sir John Major, who had just become Prime Minister following Margaret Thatcher's resignation.
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I don't like Major, but he commited to this with dignity. The second Iraq operations on the other hand under Blaire government was criminal. Disgrace. He should've gone to jail.
Yes, two very different wars.
Thank you Brits, for being such great allies.
By the way, little or nothing like this has been posted by an American source....
Its interesting to see world leaders from that era talk about that time, interesting point of view
John Major in my opinion was probably the best Prime Minster that the Tories ever had
As decent a person as any Prime Minister since WW2, along with Clement Attlee, Jim Callaghan, and Alec Douglas-Home. Men with very different backgrounds and beliefs, but all with great integrity and compassion. Perfect? No, they were not just humans, they were politicians!
@@Myndir Yes even Churchill had some very negative views on Jewish people but overtime he learned to accept Jewish people for they are
If I had not had a load of BS from the RAF I could have been there ! Later on I joined the army and had a GREAT time with the men and women of 63 Sqn. Thank you
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the start of the 100 hour ground war.
Frrom this PM to the one we have today? How a nation has Fallen!
Soldiers were not well equipped, the US was kind enough to donate lot's of kit to the UK. That is the Major who signed our sovereignty away at Maastricht, never forget that !
You can see and hear the emotion at 10 mins when his voice cracks.
John Major was anti war, anti NHS privatisation and pro EU- and he considered himself a proud conservative.
See how far the right British politics has shifted?
Shame Major didn't win in 1997. There'd be no IDS, Hague, or Michael Howard.
I like Major, he was a gentlemen and much better than the rubbish Politian's we get today.
That's why he suffered the biggest Conservative defeat of the century?
@@aaronb2779 no the reason he lost is 3 reasons:
- Party civil war that was quite irrelevant at the time
- All the millennials who had been brainwashed by schools got old enough to vote
- Major didn’t attack Blair enough even with a good campaign.
The British Army was at its best until the 1st Gulf war ended. Ever since then its been ever descending
Numbers down yes, but the equipment has improved dramatically.
@@VanderlyndenJengold well thats just a product of time. The kit was as ace as it could be back in the late 80s/early 90s, especially whilst the troops were still using SLRs in the early 90s
Back when we had the might to do something.
@phooogle You guys still have it in you. Not on the cold war level that's for sure, but you still have military that most nations dreamed of.
@@marillomontano6604 This is true, I sometimes forget that. What we have is great, though there are gaps in our capability - logistical mostly, and the numbers we have are worrying. We tend to have high capability items, but low numbers, and numbers have a capability of their own.
@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK What you are saying is true. Your Type 45 destroyers are very impressive (even considered the *best* AAW ship by many including myself) but 6 is simply not enough. But things are changing now, the upcoming Type 31 is cheap enough to be produced in significant numbers in the future. Not to mention the Type 32 that your government have mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Your upcoming Type 26 are great ASW ship but they are too expensive to procure. The gigantic HMS QE and POW are also a testament of your power at high seas. Like I said, you still have it in you. Be proud and have faith in your government and military.
@@marillomontano6604 Aye, I am looking forward to the Type 32 getting more detail. This is a major area we lack at the moment in the Royal Navy - cheap (relatively!) frigate class ships to monitor shipping lanes, deter low power but numerous foreign aggressors, and so forth. As you say there's the 45s and 26s are great, but as an asset they're too expensive to produce en masse and deploy in large numbers. Frigates for the win. :)
Sir John the conflict was well planned but poorly executed,something that will follow in Croatia and Bosnia......
..and then he lost his mind, marbles and dignity over Brexit. Sad really.
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What are you saying?
Is there possibilities of another war in iraq?
As long as they are sitting on oil I would think yes.
As long as China needs oil then YES !
If there was no oil nor religious strife they'd still be those vying for power to knacker the middle east.
It will ultimately come down to Iran’s micro management of its proxies in and around Iraq, very delicate balance
@Scott Tulpin will be interesting to see what the Americans eventually do in the region during Biden’s presidency. It also seems North Africa could be a future breeding ground for insurgencies, seems like there’s growing interest in places like Mali and Algeria
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