Re: [sg] More on the Gurkhas

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From: Derk Groeneveld <derk@cistron.nl>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [sg] More on the Gurkhas

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> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Ryan Gill wrote:
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> > At 9:32 AM +1000 6/30/01, Derek Fulton wrote:
> > >Sorry missed the url, but the Gurkhas are definately a product of
> > >their enviroments, before and after enlisting. But this all could
be
> > >a moot point sometime last year Beth caught a news story saying
that
> > >the British were either stopping recruitment or cutting back,
> > >keeping a small core and sending the rest ( and their families)
back
> > >to Nepal. Can anyone shed light on this?
> >
> > Wow, first amalgamation, now this.
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> As far as I know this happens every time labour gets into power -
until
> they realise there's no way Britain can meet it's obligations without
> these little guys.
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> Cheers,
>
>    Derk
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I thought that due to defence cutbacks, several regiments had been
amalgamated and one of these was the gurkhas (could be wrong though).
Could
you see any government getting rid of a group of soilders that cost less
in
pay than any other regiment they have? (just being cynical here).

BIF

"Yorkshire born, yorkshire bred,
strong in arms, thick in head"