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In a 'doomsday' situation the Vampire in the museum cannot be made operational. It has been stripped clean. It is an airframe hanging from the ceiling.
I presume the parts that were stripped are still in military custodianship.

These aircraft were maintaind to a v.high standard.and little used.

There is no apparent reason therefor why in a doomsday situation they could not be refitted and made operational.
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I presume the parts that were stripped are still in military custodianship.

These aircraft were maintaind to a v.high standard.and little used.

There is no apparent reason therefor why in a doomsday situation they could not be refitted and made operational.
You're funny.
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You're funny.
Thank you.
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It is hard for people to understand as the modern world doesnt work from the people up, it works from the politicians down.

If the TV, Media and Politicians fall down to their knees in event of an EU demand then so will the people.

The majority of people are gullible fools who suck up tabloid nonsence and state run Television.

They're easily controlled and they will always be the majority.

People voted yes to the Lisbon treaty without ANY obvious benefits to themselves, this is because they were told to, this is how it works.
Please quote the line in the Lisbon Treaty - or in of the other EU treaties - that gives 'Brussels' the power to conscript any EU citizen.

This also trumps any bid by 'Brussels' or the French or Germans to drag Ireland into any war.

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War shall not be declared and the State shall not participate in any war save with the assent of Dáil Éireann.
Also, you have little regard for the intelligence of the Irish people if you view them in such contempt.
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I presume the parts that were stripped are still in military custodianship.

These aircraft were maintaind to a v.high standard.and little used.

There is no apparent reason therefor why in a doomsday situation they could not be refitted and made operational.
Marshall Mitty, maybe you can fly it so. Then the plane can join you in the clouds.
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Its not Irish people, it's people in general.

The majority of people buy trashy tabloid papers, they're easily manipulated by scaremongering and always will be.

If people were gullible enough to fall for the Lisbon treaty and the promise of jobs, then what makes you think they wont be manipulated by tales of terrorism and scaremongering about war?

The hard part has already been done, they have their treaty.

The whol of gullible Europe allowed this to go through with hardly anyone getting a vote.

Face it, the vast majority of people do what they're puppet masters want.
The elite are in full control and Ireland will do what its told.
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Its not Irish people, it's people in general.

The majority of people buy trashy tabloid papers, they're easily manipulated by scaremongering and always will be.

If people were gullible enough to fall for the Lisbon treaty and the promise of jobs, then what makes you think they wont be manipulated by tales of terrorism and scaremongering about war?

The hard part has already been done, they have their treaty.
More paranoia. When was the last time conscription was introduced in Ireland?
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I don't think we should be concerned with the Air Corp's squadron of mothballed museum pieces.

By Air Marshal's logic, however, we should be sh*tting ourselves about all those dinosaur bones on display in the States. Theoretically, in a Doomsday/Jurassic Park scenario...
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Who said conscription?


Irish army, gathered up in a big bunch and sent into Gassyoilymuslimland to get blown up by an invisable undefeatable enemy.

The Taliban have killed more British troops than in the Falklands war, and the Taliban doesnt even need to fire a shot at them or face them.

If the EU wanted, Irishmen and women will be drawn into one of these stupid suicide missions.

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Please quote the line in the Lisbon Treaty - or in of the other EU treaties - that gives 'Brussels' the power to conscript any EU citizen.

This also trumps any bid by 'Brussels' or the French or Germans to drag Ireland into any war.



Also, you have little regard for the intelligence of the Irish people if you view them in such contempt.
War shall not be declared and the State shall not participate in any war save with the assent of Dáil Éireann.

Yeah well that's great news that is

- one slight flaw is that outside of this State nobody else is legally bound by it.

If an EU State attacks an outside power (almost inevitable this will happen sooner or later) then we as an EU State are going to get dragged in like it or not.

We will be involved in a war situation if the target of the attack decides to retaliate

- its highly unlikely that we will be viewed as anything other than a hostile State in such a scenario

- even if we do nothing from a military point of view.
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