Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A Standing Army

Army officers could be parachuted into the highest police ranks as part of a major Government shake-up. [More]
As in "military coup"? What could go wrong?
[W]e are interested in radical proposals for the future of leadership and training in the police service...
Trust me on this, fellas--you're really not.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Makes sense to me: Mexico is, for all intents and purposes, a "failed state"....

Oh, wait, this is the UK?

Yeah, they're f***ed.

Kevin said...

"The police protect the People. The military protects the State. When the military becomes the police, the People become the enemies of the State." - Admiral Adama, Battlestar Galactica

It might have been only a TV series, but those are wise words.