Monday 13 July 2009

Poweromics - Failing our People, and our Nation ...


"There can be no greater abdication of the duty of government than to send a nation's troops into battle insufficiently equipped to fulfil the strategic goals set for them by politicians. As the death toll mounts in southern Afghanistan, there is a widening gulf between ministerial assurances that the Army is properly resourced and the consistent claims by senior officers that this is untrue. Who is the country to believe?" [Telegraph 13/7/2009] ... 

... I don't think this question is a hard one to answer but if you need convincing take a look at the Telegraph article ... I was also interested to read all the comments by its readers, including this one ... "Brown is a poweromics person: that means he only invests in creating a social/industrial state that will vote for him: the NHS, Education, BBC, Civil Service. No Labour votes in the British Army" [Jamal Akhbar] ... a great explanation, and example ... let's hope we start to get some ethical 'leadership', and quick ...