Military Covenant Part2

The people that serve in the Armed Forces in this country deserve not only our respect but our help. In recent times our Forces have incurred loss of life and injuries to personell during service in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are continuing to serve us and our country in progressively difficult political times, and in one of the most difficult finacial times in recent history.


Often are Armed forces have been victimised in one way or another. We have had scandals on up to date and amounts of eqiupment to prevent loss of life whislt in a volatile theatre of operations, we have had failures of planes and Helicopters who have been transporting soldiers, we have had the ever increasing number of troops killed by I.E.D's, even the amount of troops who have been killed by blue on blue, friendly fire, and The disgusting pay outs and aftercare which some have suffered.
The Armed forces do not choose where or when they are to see service they do as the politicians in this country deem necasary. The politicians who make these decissions are put into these postions of power by us, the British people.


The Military Covenant is a term introduced into British public life to refer to the mutual obligations between the nation and its Armed Forces. Whislt recognition of a special bond of mutual obligations between the state and its Armed Forces dates back more than 400 years, it was not until 2000 that the Army published 'Soldiering - the Military Covenant' which set out the obligations on the soldier to make personal sacrifices in the service of the nation, and stated that the armed forces must be sustained by the nation. Although the term "covenant" implies some form of legal guarantee or contract, there is in fact no basis in UK law, custom or history for such covenant.

The Covenant reads as follows;


“Soldiers will be called upon to make personal sacrifices – including the ultimate sacrifice – in the service of the Nation. In putting the needs of the Nation and the Army before their own, they forego some of the rights enjoyed by those outside the Armed Forces. In return, British soldiers must always be able to expect fair treatment, to be valued and respected as individuals, and that they (and their families) will be sustained and rewarded by commensurate terms and conditions of service. In the same way the unique nature of military land operations means that the Army differs from all other institutions, and must be sustained and provided for accordingly by the Nation. This mutual obligation forms the Military Covenant between the Nation, the Army and each individual soldier; an unbreakable common bond of identity, loyalty and responsibility which has sustained the Army throughout its history. It has perhaps its greatest manifestation in the annual commemoration of Armistice Day, when the Nation keeps covenant with those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives in action.”



In recent times we have seen protests against the troops, not the usual type of protester either, not an Anti-War protester, but by Religious Fanactics who are allowed to both verbally abuse the troops, but break the Military Covenant as well. This is not all though, as when these protests have taken place, both in Luton an Barking the soldiers friends, families, an the public have all been present. All have severly offended and insulted by the Islamasist, anti-British protesters have been allowed to shout and scream abuse and hold placcards which have described British Soldiers as rapists and murderers.

Armistace Day 2010, the eleventh hour, the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Renemberance day, Poppy day, are all the same thing, they are the special time in this country where we renember and pay tribute to our war dead, lost friends an members of families, not just from the first an second world wars, but from our current conflicts. Our country has a history steeped in military cultures and traditions, it is a part of our country very much so.
Do I need to remind anyone whaty happened on this day in 2010? The Islamasist Anti-British protesters surfaced their heads again, they screamed,
"British Soldiers burn in hell" throughout the silence, and burned poppies to add to the insult. Did anyone try to stop them ? yes, members of the English Defence League, some of who where arrested for trying, however the police and government not only protected the protesters but allowed this to go ahead.
This incident was a gross incident of outraging public decency and again a breach in the Military Covenant. The punishment that was awarded for this is a complete joke. A £50 fine for a public order offence.


Emdadur Choudhury, who was convicted for burning poppies on armistace day, said he “couldn’t be bothered” to turn up in court, boasted: “A £50 fine? I will wear it as a badge of pride.”
And he insisted he wouldn’t pay the paltry penalty.
“The whole fiasco around it has been a bit of a laugh,” he said. “The biggest joke of all was the slap on the wrist from the judge.”
The extremist told how radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary had offered to foot the bill, adding: “He’s a good friend of mine. He called me up and said ‘Don’t worry, I’ll pay it’. We were having a bit of a laugh about it.”
He went on to attack British society saying: “There’s nothing I like about this country.”
Choudhury refused to condemn the suicide bombers who brought carnage to the streets of London in 2005
Chillingly, he added: “Who knows when you will see me again? You’ll have to wait and see.
“We have 2,000-3,000 who are willing to do much more than peaceful protest.”
His .co-defendant Mohammed Haque, 30, was cleared of the charge. Asked for his views on British soldiers killed and maimed in conflict, Haque said: “They deserve it.”


As to how or why they are allowed to get away with behaviour like this in our country, the country which is paying their benefits is amazing (Choudary is in recent of several hundred pounds of benefits a month). This behaviour should be punnished properly an dealt with on a par to how anyone would be punnished for verbally abusing an burning something to represent Islam. This however is not the case, have no illusions if someone who was 'White- British' (The Accepted Term) was to stand and say that all the Muslims being killed in Afghanistan deserved it, an burned say a Koran to add to insult, what would happen? They would be Outrage from within the Muslim population over allegations of Racism etc, they would be charged with something more than a public order offfence an I very much doubt that a £50 fine would be the punishment. I am sure everyone can cast their minds back to when a Dutch paper printed cartoons which depicted Mohammed, world wide outrage and protests...

Why do we allow this to happen in our country? That I cant really answer, it is not suprising though, as a nation we are more concerned with being politically correct and not offending others.
How do we stop this happening again? This is easier, The Military Covenant should be enshrined into British Law, then these incidents could be dealt with accordingly as it would/could be a serious offence against British society. Many politicians including David Cameron have talked about doing it, of course around elections, but none of actually done anything about it.


DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said the idea was widely welcomed by veterans and armed forces charities, but that there was concern the covenant, which details the government's obligations to the military, would not be made law.
During an opposition debate on 3 March 2011, he said he wanted Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify his comment that the covenant should be subject to "referencing properly in law"
Speaking for the government, Defence Secretary Liam Fox assured MPs the coalition was committed to rebuilding the military covenant, but stopped short of saying it would be enshrined in legislation.


As our country seems to be prepared to bury its head in the sand an wait for all this to stop and the politicians seem to be more concerned on how it may make them accountable for decissions made regarding the armed forces, we, The members and supporters of English Defence League will do what we can to help and support the Armed Forces. We actively help to promote charities an partake in collections for them. We also have made a commitment to have an attendance at every Home coming parade for our forces. If these Islamasist idiots wish to continue to oppose our troops, we will be there to stand in front of our boys an girls. We will do our bit, we support the men an women of the armed forces. We will uphold our part of the Military Covenant, will you?