queennie to the rescue

Byline: the first woman to lead an army since

Boadicea or Joan of Arc.

[pic: anyone for martyrhood?]

Hey, warmongers!

Just when you thought that Britain just couldn't take watching any more

soldiers coming home in body bags,

along comes a queen to bribe spouses with a hunk of precious metal

in the form of a cross (they ain't POPSICLE STICKS)

with her name on it.

no, not him/her. Queen Elizabeth Windsor, numbskull.

Isn't that just what we need. More women surrendering their beloved house-husband layabouts.
More martyrs for the cause.

oil, that is.

See the Queen? Look at the pawn. That's you if you support the war,

or are unlucky enough to need a job in the army.

Sure, it's a career! riiiiight!
At least the government is saving on a lot of nasty, expensive pensions. You gotta get to 65 to collect.
I'm not betting on any soldiers reaching that milestone.

UPDATE ! [this story came up 5 days later. I swear, I feel like a prophet!]
The Queen of England has started to take her job as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces seriously. From Aol.com:

Queen 'furious' at troop shortages
The Queen has reportedly raised her concerns with Prime Minister Gordon Brown over equipment shortages in Afghanistan, a historian has claimed.

Andrew Roberts told Tatler that the monarch, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales were all worried about alleged sub-standard resources for troops serving in the war-torn country.

Mr Roberts, who once chronicled the modern monarchy in his book The House of Windsor, wrote: "I've now heard the same thing from a minor member of the Royal family, a serving general and a recent ex-Cabinet minister, so I'm certain it's true and worth passing on."

He continued: "The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles are all furious with Gordon Brown over sub-standard equipment in Helmand, principally the under-armoured armoured cars and the lack of helicopters, and have been making their views known to him in no uncertain terms."

---the end

And I thought she was just satisfied giving out Elizabeth Crosses. Maybe she's also trying to embarrass the government by highlighting all those deaths.

Watch out for the royalist coup, folks! Prince Harry is boning up on strategy, over in Afghanistan (in other words, his fellow soldiers are being paid to protect him). Prince Chuckles is sounding out MI5 (the ones who recorded him whispering sweet nothings to his bird over the phone). You can't control the country without the spies on your side.

Costick67 (8^P
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