Britain commemorates events marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War with a ball for LGBT soldiers

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Although exactly 70 years have passed since the beginning of the Korean War, it is still not actually completed. In honor of this event, which took place on June 25, commemorative events were held in a number of countries that took part in hostilities, including in the UK.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace last night, along with South Korean Ambassador to London Enna Pak, laid wreaths at the monument. The ceremony participants commemorated those who died in the Korean War and expressed gratitude to all its participants.



A message about this appeared on the official Facebook page of the UK Department of Defense.

Ben Wallace, arguing about those events, said:

Losses were high, the Republic of Korea made a great sacrifice, but now the nation is thriving as free.

The Minister mentioned that in the Korean War, 80 British soldiers and officers fought in the UN peacekeeping contingent on the side of South Korea. Of these, over a thousand years of war more than a thousand people died.

On the same day, the British military held another solemn event. Sergeant Alastair Smith-Weston has his own unique perspective on honoring veterans. He organized a ball for military personnel (including former) who are members of the LGBT community. The event was also reported on the UK Department of Defense Facebook page. The fact is that the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of war in Korea coincided with the 20th anniversary of Britain’s refusal to dismiss non-traditional military personnel.

This event added new colors to the discreet palette of a memorable date.

Sergeant Alastair Smith-Weston has his own unique way of honoring veterans of the UK Armed Forces. He is the organiser of the LGBTQ + Veterans Ball. 20 years since the ban on serving LGB personnel was lifted, the Ball has been a source of community for many veterans who were excluded when they served. #ArmedForcesWeek

Submitted by Ministry of Defense Thursday, June 25, 2020


True, not entirely appropriate, but you can’t do anything for the sake of tolerance.
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  2. +7
    26 June 2020 13: 31
    Let these tolerant ones remember, they will grab the lyuli with the entire coden, as in 1812-1814. and 1941-1945 in Russia (USSR), as in 1953-1953 in Korea, as in 1965-1974 in Vietnam and so on ...
    1. +4
      26 June 2020 13: 39
      burn the Lord ...! roll into the Abyss ...
      I guessed about the USA ...
      1. +3
        26 June 2020 13: 54
        Rolling, rolling ... blue car!
        1. +7
          26 June 2020 16: 14
          Quote from Uncle Lee
          Rolling, rolling ... blue car!

          In a children's song of that time, it was implied that the firm train "Quiet Don" in which the cars were blue or blue. "Baikal" is really blue, well, and others ..., yes, it is quite possible that brown-iridescent trains traveled on a common basis in such trains, but again this is more in error in relation to the total passenger traffic. The song also sings about a wizard in a blue helicopter - you know at the time of the creation of the cartoon and the writing of the song .. there was a large number of Mi-4 helicopters in Aeroflot, which carried a red-blue (blue) color
          and who were really magicians — for example, when in the spring autumn there was a sludge, or ice turned on the Ob, then these helicopters were the only wizards who brought us mail, food and other ... Yes, and when we remember the past we sing ... BLUE POOR, BLUE CHEVRONS- we got to serve in the Air Force ... Somehow no one has any bad thoughts comparing us with rainbow-brown hi laughing
          1. +3
            27 June 2020 02: 07
            Quote: Fitter65
            no one has bad thoughts

            We too ! it now the rainbow was taken away from the children!
          2. 0
            30 June 2020 09: 33
            In the children's song of that time, it was implied that the firm train "Quiet Don" in which the cars were blue or blue.

            - In fact, until 1917
            The cars in the then "Russian Railways" were divided into CLASSES.
            And the most "simple" / worker-peasant (3rd grade) - painted in GREEN.
            And the cars of the upper classes (1st and 2nd) - painted in YELLOW and BLUE.
            As Nekrasov wrote
            "The yellow and blue were silent,
            in green - wept and sang ... "
            Well, after 1917 - "yellow and blue", of course - "abolished".
            Although later, ess-quietly and quietly, there appeared compartments and SV ...
      2. 0
        26 June 2020 14: 06
        Quote: Dead Day
        I guessed about the USA

        There is no need to guess, the blue flag and the US state flag hang together. It is not for nothing that African-Americans put them on "fertoing" and on their knees.
        1. 0
          30 June 2020 12: 30
          ut and no need to guess, the blue flag and the US state flag are hanging together.

          - and here for some reason they "filter" the word "pin-do-sia"
          And they are proud of this word!
          - Really, the State Department has its own pride ...
          8-))
      3. +1
        26 June 2020 15: 50
        Vestimo, WHO rules the ball there.
      4. -2
        26 June 2020 16: 19
        Quote: Dead Day
        I guessed about the USA ...

        That the USA, that England is one brother .. They will ever play it out, but in principle it has already begun (pogroms, etc. are on their knees, then they will take off their pants ..))))
      5. 0
        30 June 2020 09: 27
        Dudes! - who is there closer to this nest of debauchery.
        - ON THEIR WALL
        OIL PAINT - write:
        "P..DOR-ASY"
        Or
        "NEST P..DOR-ASOV"
        8-)))

        - Well, I'm very sorry.

        I would write it myself - but there are simply no embassies in our city ...
        8- (
    2. +1
      26 June 2020 15: 53
      Quote: mark021105
      Let these tolerant ones remember, they will grab the lyuli with the entire coden, as in 1812-1814. and 1941-1945 in Russia (USSR), as in 1953-1953 in Korea, as in 1965-1974 in Vietnam and so on ...

      "Roosters" - soaked, soaked and woke to soak - TV channel Rain - LGBT we soak (we drip like a shower from clouds and clouds with water - this is for moderators) only you ... Well, I apologize to the chicken men, work quietly in the villages and villages with alarm clocks until the time comes. hi laughing drinks
      1. +2
        26 June 2020 16: 31
        Quote: Fitter65
        Quote: mark021105
        Let these tolerant ones remember, they will grab the lyuli with the entire coden, as in 1812-1814. and 1941-1945 in Russia (USSR), as in 1953-1953 in Korea, as in 1965-1974 in Vietnam and so on ...

        "Roosters" - soaked, soaked and woke to soak - TV channel Rain - LGBT we soak (we drip like a shower from clouds and clouds with water - this is for moderators) only you ... Well, I apologize to the chicken men, work quietly in the villages and villages with alarm clocks until the time comes. hi laughing drinks

        I am joining! drinks But first, to clean their own in the country, their darkness divorced ..
        1. +1
          26 June 2020 16: 38
          Quote: Golovan
          But first they would have to clean their own in the country

          This is not ours, definitely ... drinks But. wash your hands, you still need drinks
    3. +1
      28 June 2020 10: 50
      We have a word that goes beyond its definition - we emphasize with it the negative human characteristics of a person, even if he is of a normal orientation! In this case, my stupid "friends" Anglo-Saxons themselves emphasize that they are .... The American Embassy has hung a rainbow flag under its national flag - as a sacred sign that all Americans are ....! The British are doing it! That is, what I knew all my life and told everyone about it - they themselves confirm! laughing And if you dig further my arguments that the Anglo-Saxons are a race from the devil, then please - Sodom and Gomorrah (England and the USA) continue to go against the Creator! And I just can’t understand our Israeli comrades here on the site, who convince me that I’m wrong, but the rainbow flag themselves at their embassies drape with a rag on the sly ... Jews, such Jews! laughing
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  4. 0
    26 June 2020 13: 47
    And what about the principle of subordination? It is in the civilian world everyone can. And here is only a superior in rank of a subordinate? That is, the sergeant general can, but rather already a violation? Then where is the tolerance? On the other hand, in peacetime, the sergeant general is playing. Everything is fine. What if the war? Or what check, but the sergeant did? To give a sergeant to punish privates? Everything is somehow confusing. We need a special regulatory document.
    1. 0
      26 June 2020 15: 06
      So for them this is not a punishment.)
    2. 0
      26 June 2020 16: 46
      Quote: sergo1914
      And here is only a superior in rank of a subordinate? That is, the sergeant general can, but rather already a violation?

      The sergeant general cannot; he has enough colonels.
    3. 0
      26 June 2020 20: 52
      Quote: sergo1914
      Everything is somehow confusing.

      Finally there was confirmation of the words:
      "... From the point of view of frogs, ugh you - Koreans, all British ..."
  5. -1
    26 June 2020 15: 09
    It is said that when the British shot the sepoys, they shouted to the executioners: p.i.de.r.a.sy .. words turned out to be prophetic ...
    1. -1
      26 June 2020 17: 16
      Quote: parusnik
      It is said that when the British shot the sepoys, they shouted to the executioners: p.i.de.r.a.sy .. words turned out to be prophetic ...

      Yes, already most countries in the world shout at them like that ... hi
    2. 0
      26 June 2020 22: 57
      Quote: parusnik
      It is said that when the British shot the sepoys, they shouted to the executioners: p.i.de.r.a.sy .. words turned out to be prophetic ...


      Today they’re having a holiday at VO ... Solid minuses ... Oops ... I forgot ... Today, they are "sub-caliber" conversations ... What are they all the same ... predictable ....
  6. +2
    26 June 2020 15: 29
    During the Korean War, Kinsey published a book, “Sexual Behavior of a Human Female,” which nearly led to riot by US soldiers.
    1. 0
      26 June 2020 16: 33
      Quote: Pavel57
      Kinsey published a book - “Sexual Behavior of a Human Female”

      Curious. Thanks for the tip.
      For completeness, I note that this is a dilogy, and the first, so to speak, part is called "Sexual Behavior of a Human Male".
    2. -1
      26 June 2020 17: 14
      Quote: Pavel57
      During the Korean War, Kinsey published a book, “Sexual Behavior of a Human Female,” which nearly led to riot by US soldiers.

      And what are they there each other or something after reading ..? wassat
  7. 0
    26 June 2020 17: 18
    In general, it’s quite logical if you look at what they celebrate ...
  8. -1
    26 June 2020 17: 31
    So I do not understand, is this a striped embassy or a brothel for perverts opened there?
  9. +1
    26 June 2020 20: 26
    "Ball for LGBT servicemen" ...
    What an abomination!
    The embassy hangs a homosexual flag next to the state!
    West turns into a real "Garden and Gamora"
    Lord, where are your arrows of fire? Why didn't you burn this satanic event?

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