Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

Time to leave, Joe.

Send us a postcard from Odessa.

She's changed her tune.

She was pleading Nd begging him now to go at first. Now she has accepted it and it already processing the grief of him being killed.

She'l be redecorating his room next week.

Joe just had to get the praying in there. Surprised he doesn't have a Padre on call there to ring to give these lads a blessing.

Shut de fcuk up Duffy !

DUFFY POEM!!!!!!!

The Childer who followed their Call of Duty

Cast down, patronising delivery of Paw-Rick Peeerse poetry for Wimmins day.

Bingo!!!!!

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains 
       An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.

Few points :

Joining armies for adventure or to make a living often means adventure or to make a living, at the expense of someone else - usually acceptable to some as the people are far away or foreigners

Irish people and others who join these armies don't seem to realise that you are a legitimate for targetting others

Furthermore, it is not as fun and meritable when it is on your doorstep and your country is someone else's adventure - as what happened in the North

Then they expect the rest of us to worship them as heroes

Certainly a lot of Walter Mitty's out there, if they actually had a problem with injustice of wanted to help humanity, they should join the gardaí or patrol the streets and suburbs of Ireland, they will get all the violence and adventure they want

Can guarantee you, at best they may turn up in Ukraine and have a few photo shots, come home and then exaggerate their involvement same as those in thr British army who went to Iraq and Afghanistan - essentially keybiard warriors spouting a 'woe is me' routine and celebrating Brexit

If that fella really wanted to go, he would not come on the airwaves with his mother - either he subconsciously wants to be talked out of it or is just blowing his own trumpet

In reality, in real wars it is the citizens who fight them, not "professional soldiers/mercenaries"

Joe egging these people on is frankly disturbing, would be rather different if it was on our doorstep or if a power other than Russia was the aggressor

The whole show was just weird, when lukes mother came on initially, she spoke for a minute , then Joe, Goes to a Luke and says, say hello to your mother Luke 🤔 my distinct impression was Luke was practically at the airport, about to fly out, or at the very least not in the company of his mother.

Throughout the conversation this impression continued, then towards the end, Joe goes back to mother, who seems to have gone, but no, Luke suddenly says, I'll get her , unless I missed something, that's the first time it was apparent they were actually in the same place🤔

The Cynic in me thinks the entire call was staged for affect, utterly bizzare.

Joe would never do something like that, Would he? :)