From: the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid   
      
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4grjxl4w06o   
      
      
      
   The government is to announce new powers making it easier to mobilise tens of   
   thousands of former armed forces personnel to prepare for war.   
      
   The election of US President Donald Trump have put pressure on the government   
   to ramp up defence spending and readiness for action.   
      
      
      
   Though America has long been the world's Number One Rogue Nation I don't think   
   anyone really expected her to become a bigger existential threat to the west   
   and the world than Russia and China.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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