What country could Ireland beat in a all-out War

Capt'n Midnight

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Iceland. No army. The FCA could beat them.

The problem is to get there.

They won the Cod War against the worlds second largest navy.

Capt'n Midnight

paky wrote: »

any african country for sure. they wouldnt be able to do much with bows and arrows if even that. the last i heard they still use javellins in war

Niemba Ambush

Nine peacekeepers died.

sparks24

france!! weak chin always folds early

RobitTV

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The problem is to get there.

They won the Cod War against the worlds second largest navy.

Only because Iceland threatened to close the NATO base based on the island.

"Iceland threatened closure of the NATO base at Keflavík, which would, in the military perception of the time, have severely impaired NATO's ability to defend the Atlantic Ocean from the Soviet Union"

Britain would of kicked their ass's but they weren't really allowed because of talk's going on between both of the goverment's, and the threats about the NATO base, these days it wouldn't matter.

if another conflict came along, it would be more easy to actually "win"

Owldshtok

RobitTV wrote: »

Only because Iceland threatened to close the NATO base based on the island.

"Iceland threatened closure of the NATO base at Keflavík, which would, in the military perception of the time, have severely impaired NATO's ability to defend the Atlantic Ocean from the Soviet Union"

Britain would of kicked their ass's but they weren't really allowed because of talk's going on between both of the goverment's, and the threats about the NATO base, these days it wouldn't matter.

if another conflict came along, it would be more easy to actually "win"

There must be something that this country could do/have done to use it's strategic position to such good effect as Iceland

theboss80

The Holy Empire of Deananity

opinion guy

foxinsox wrote: »

Republic of Nauru,formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi). With just over 9,265 residents.

Easy peasy

Oh.. How would we all get there in our eight Navy boats?

Ryanair!

Captain Darling

The French obviously. They're great at surrendering.

RobitTV

Owldshtok wrote: »

There must be something that this country could do/have done to use it's strategic position to such good effect as Iceland

Well i think Britain had bigger things to worry about then, i dont think they were going to do anything big to stop them.

The NATO base was very important then, without it alot of the North Sea and above that would of been unprotected, Britain weren't going to risk the closure of it.

Spread

Inishvickillane. Build a pigsty there and send the Healey-Rae family into exile. A kind of Elba with a bad stink.

Saila

azerbaijan

Spread

Saila wrote: »

azerbaijan

You been at the cooking sherry again Saila? They've got over 100k in the forces.

jjbrien

Sweden as they dont even have an army

bpb101

lads lads, hold on a minute

have the army put the firing pins back in the guns yet....


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you need a job done
called the ira

at lease they dont take the firing pins out of there guns:L

Lone Stone

Japan !

get em while they are weak for the irish empire ! huzzah ... hmm to soon maybe il get my coat

Local-womanizer

jjbrien wrote: »

Sweden as they dont even have an army

Eh?

I hope to feck they do, the Defence Forces train with them at times!

And the Swedes make some great weapons.

srfc19

We could beat Switzerland. Sure their army only has them tiny little knives!!:cool:

johnmcdnl

Democratic Republic of Rockall???

partyndbs

santa clause land

Killer Pigeon

The Holy Empire of Deanianity for sure...

... they're all weak feckers anyway.

IRISH VEGAS

how about ireland its self;)

Fart

The country that that Dean dude from After Hours is setting up on Rockall.

Well... I think his name is Dean.


*ah already mentioned by Killer Pigeon*.

Sefirah

paky wrote: »

any african country for sure. they wouldnt be able to do much with bows and arrows if even that. the last i heard they still use javellins in war

Don't underestimate the machete :O

Superbus wrote: »

The United States of America.

I second that- America can't win wars. Blast the sh!t out of them, sure, but winning is a different story altogether

cocoshovel

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Democratic Republic of Rockall???

Beat me to it.

Capt'n Midnight

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Eh?

I hope to feck they do, the Defence Forces train with them at times!

And the Swedes make some great weapons.

It's very intresting to compare the Saab Draken with the English Electric Lightening. Especially when you consider they both used the same engine type, except the Swedes only needed one Avon.

tallaghtmick

Minister Boyce wrote: »

Paupa New Guinea... for the only reason that i've never, until now, found a question where I could use Paupa New Guinea as an answer:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ireland_%28island%29

these little bastards declared war on us for name rights a few years ago:D

Mike 1972

Ernst Thälmann Island

It was reportedly "gifted" by Cuba to the German Democratic Republic in the 1970's but is not mentioned as a German territory in the 1990 reunification treaty leading some creative interpretations as to its current legal status.

Absurdum

FUNDERLAND

Kev_ps3

With a properly resourced Army and enough soldiers, then id imagine alot of smaller countries.

ImpossibleDuck

HerrScheisse wrote: »

Maybe Monaco if the French would turn a blind eye. Though with all their luxury yachts with fat guys and high tech navigation they would have a much larger Navy than Ireland.

It would be 100% worth it for that glorious race track *drools*

ImpossibleDuck

jjbrien wrote: »

Sweden as they dont even have an army

I met a Swede once that said, although they don't have an "army" almost every male over 21 in the country spent X amounts of weeks training in the army. If ye know what I mean. Everyone in the fupping place is a soldier

Logical Fallacy

Superbus wrote: »

The United States of America.

Well, traditionally the Armed Forces of the United States have failed to get the job done against enemies whom they outnumber and outgun.

So yeah, i reckon i'm with you.

Doyler92

foxinsox wrote: »

Republic of Nauru,formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi). With just over 9,265 residents.

Easy peasy

Oh.. How would we all get there in our eight Navy boats?

9,266?

Kess73

paky wrote: »

any african country for sure. they wouldnt be able to do much with bows and arrows if even that. the last i heard they still use javellins in war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI

IRISH VEGAS

Kess73 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI

last time the irish army got in the **** in africa was the congo they were some shot dead and few were BBq after the fire fight:eek:

paky

Kess73 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI

ah the good old days of colonization. i often wondered had ireland ever got independence would it of colonised any part of africa

dpe

Costa Rica. No army, no navy.

opinion guy

dpe wrote: »

Costa Rica. No army, no navy.

Are you kidding me ? The beautiful scenery, beautiful weather and beautiful women would entice our army into laying down arms and settling down instead:D

dpe

opinion guy wrote: »

Are you kidding me ? The beautiful scenery, beautiful weather and beautiful women would entice our army into laying down arms and settling down instead:D

All the more reason to invade then. I'm sure the local lovelies are just dying to be liberated by a bunch of ginger blokes.

Orando Broom

IRISH VEGAS wrote: »

last time the irish army got in the **** in africa was the congo they were some shot dead and few were BBq after the fire fight:eek:

That skirmish gave us the word 'baloobas'. Baloobas were the tribe that attacked the UN soldiers.

Nowadays it is used to refer to a high state of inebriation. I was baloobas last night!

Manic Moran

jjbrien wrote: »

Sweden as they dont even have an army

The Swedish military could take on pretty much any country in Europe and win. Like Switzerland, they take the concept of neutrality seriously. With no allies obligated to help them, they understand that they are on their own for their own security.

Then again their plan to receive massive reconstruction aid from the US did backfire.

Only because they won.

NTM

Poccington

RobitTV wrote: »

Ireland's weapons of mass destruction -

We have 8 navy boats
7 Spitfire's
around 8,000 troops to 9,000

Our soldiers are of high quality Example:
http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00160/bigwill_160602b.jpg

:pac:

Wanna give us a proper defence budget for buying kit?

dpe

Manic Moran wrote: »

The Swedish military could take on pretty much any country in Europe and win. Like Switzerland, they take the concept of neutrality seriously. With no allies obligated to help them, they understand that they are on their own for their own security.

Except the UK. Or France. Who have nukes.

Chuck Stone

Whatever about a war we'd be like Afghanistan for any miltary invader imo i.e. impossible to hold in the long term.

sagat2

80,000,000 people of Irish descent in the world probably more if we factor in the illegitimate children inhabiting every town with an Irish pub. If we could somehow draft the useful ones we would be a force to be reckoned with (in terms of numbers, it's not like we've any cash to buy them guns and ammo).

Manic Moran

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Manic Moran

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Whatever about a war we'd be like Afghanistan for any miltary invader imo i.e. impossible to hold in the long term.

So as evidenced by past experience, 'long term' means something greater than, oh, 700 years, then?

NTM

Chuck Stone

Manic Moran wrote: »

So as evidenced by past experience, 'long term' means something greater than, oh, 700 years, then?

NTM

It's bit more complicated than just '700' years. Like most places in Europe we were invaded by the Vikings, Normans (as was England IIRC) and then the English.

England really didn't tighten it's grip on the 'Country' (if we thought of ourselves as a country at all) until the plantation of Uslter.

There were significant rebellions and counter insurgencies against England ever since they tightened their grip.

Dionysus

sunflower27 wrote: »

Malta - 122 square miles - This island is just south of the Italian island of Sicily. It became independent from the United Kingdom in 1964 and the British military were completely gone by 1979. The population is 400,000.

Having been to Malta and it's red British post boxes and its "royal" this and "royal" that in the past couple of weeks, I'd rather Nigeria - at least the Nigerians changed the side of road that they drive upon after the British were thrown out!


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Burky126

The Republic of Molossia