Re: couldn't resist sharing

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 4/16/07, David Lodge <dave () cirt net> wrote:

> What I found interesting about this situation - is that nobody agrees with
> UK on it: the Americans think we should have attacked the Iranians (and
> sparked off a massive, pointless conflict);

I don't think the UK should have attacked the Iranians - and most
others don't either. However, I do believe those seaman and marines
should have defended themselves. I have no doubt in the UK's soldiers
being able to handle themselves, if they try. I also have absolutely
ZERO doubt in Iran's unwillingness to go down the same road as
Afghanistan and Iraq.

> whilst the Europeans are going
> on about how "American" and inefficient the British military services have
> now become...

Inefficient? That's a new one for me. I can see the BS about not
finding Osama yet, but really, there isn't anything ineficient about
our military - too efficient at times perhaps...

I think that if there is a problem with any military currently engaged
on our side right now, its probably that their generals pay as much
attention to public opinion polls as our politicians do. You can't
fight a war like that, not every bomb is "smart" and not every
bystander is "innocent". In other words, the bulk of our military's
problems have nothing to do with their ability to do their jobs.
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