British Army has "mosques" in firing line!

Just as the General Election hots up and gets into first gear we hear of another idiocy from the high command of the British Army. A Muslim group has demanded an apology from the Army after it emerged that replica mosques were being used on a North Yorkshire firing range. In response, a spokesman said, "We have no intention of offending religious sensibilities."

But I think this beggars belief. Did it not occur to some bigwig to think first? Maybe a question like "If we build replica mosques on a firing range and get squaddies to take aim at them, will that be a good idea?". Something along those lines. Maybe it was never discussed. Or if it was, some Corporal Colonel Square boomed out and those with doubts were silenced immediately.

When it comes to election time, idiots and their idiocies are never difficult to find. It just makes me wonder if the part of the human race that occupies the British Isles will ever learn. I've long thought the wrong people get to the top.

One simple question would have been to ask whether it would look good if the Saudi army had done a similar thing with churches. An Army spokesman went on, "Providing the best training facilities for our armed forces ahead of deployment to operational theatres is a priority for us. Facilities at Bellerby have been upgraded in response to operational feedback from Afghanistan as it is crucial that our armed forces train at ranges that replicate the environment they will be deployed to." Sounds good, but those cardboard cutout mosques hardly replicate the environment. And in any event, such an enterprise just creates more problems, as this one has done.