Really so having the SAS kill entire enemy villages, you don't think that was helpful?
You can't compare the British and U.S. military, I've served with them, they are professional soldiers, but they care much less about civilian casualties and will shoot first, they actually protect their soldiers from bullshit criminal charges as well. Larry Lyons wrote: > Um what about the British involvement in Malaysia and Kenya in the 50's and > Aden and Belize in the 60's - those were very successful COIN operations that > used a very different approach than what the US has taken until the most > recent stages of the Iraq conflict. > > I think what it shows is that the Rambo/John Wayne type of tactics that the > US army and marines has been so fond of don't really work all that well > against a determined opposition. > >> I know Vietnam was a completely different conflict...i know that.....but two >> lessons that were very clear from that conflict: >> >> 1) It is extremely difficult to beat a determined local insurgency on their >> own soil and >> 2) You cannot win if you force yourself to fight with your arms tied behind >> your back >> >> So....what have we learned? > > > >> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah it's great, too bad we can't use them. >>> >> -- >> My therapist said not to see you no more >> Said your like a disease, without any cure > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
