As a famous American President once said:
'Our people are so stupid and gullible that they will believe anything we say. Tell them 1 million and they will gasp, tell them 10 million and they still will gasp. Therefore let's make the numbers higher because they will never know.'
Brave female officer?
Yeah right.
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*Originally posted by mAd_ScIeNtIsT: *
AAG, you over look the fact that most of the British troops are equally young. They're also mainly in their early 20s at most, kids who joined the army (many enlisted at the age of 16, though Britain has a policy of only sending soldiers 18 or over into battle to avoid accusations of using child soldiers). For example In a recent tank accident, the only person not to become a casualty out of a 3-man tank crew was the 18-year old driver. He had already been a professional soldier for 2 years.
And yet the difference between the level of professionality of British troops and American troops is staggering, as made clear in the Guardian article. Just compare the number of civilian deaths at checkpoints by emotional gung-ho ill-disciplined American troops, versus the figure of absolutely zero known civilian deaths at checkpoints inflicted by British troops.
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Well I think the gung ho American troops are a little bit more at risk on a supply line or making their way to Bagdad. Especially sinse it was the Americans who were exploded by a suicide bomb. And its the Americans the rest of the world blames this war for, rightly or wrongly.
In the case of friendly fire? It was each other shooting at each other.
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Something I thought was neat about this also and deserves as much credit as the Special Forces Guys who took her out of there.
I heard (rumors) an Iraqi passed a note to a journalist/or someone saying she was still alive.
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Here is how NPR's "The World" reported this last night. The Iraqis had withdrawn a day earlier, and the US troops came in. The doctors told them that they had an american prisoner that they were treating like any other patient and the US troops took her away.
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Here is how NPR's "The World" reported this last night. The Iraqis had withdrawn a day earlier, and the US troops came in. The doctors told them that they had an american prisoner that they were treating like any other patient and the US troops took her away.
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mufakkar,
At least they (the Iraqi's) didn't leave her to die in the field. They brought her to a hospital for medical care was my point. They were honorable just as I believe U.S. soldiers are honorable.
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mufakkar,
At least they (the Iraqi's) didn't leave her to die in the field. They brought her to a hospital for medical care was my point. They were honorable just as I believe U.S. soldiers are honorable.
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Your emphasis seemed to be on the special forces who took her out, which reported in press was a heroic effort. Anyway, good to know she is alive and not "butchered", "executed".
Re: Re: Black Hawk down over Karbala - 7 US soldiers killed
Believe it or not Changez_like, some people feel that way. Especially the ones that were harmed by 9/11 even though Saddam has no known ties causing that.
I forgot if Saddam said something nice afterwards or not.. Do you remember?
I doubt he did.
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...I forgot if Saddam said something nice afterwards or not.. Do you remember?
I doubt he did.
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Does it matter? Did you expect it from him?
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Believe it or not Changez_like, some people feel that way. *Especially the ones that were harmed by 9/11 even though Saddam has no known ties causing that. *
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thats it??? Thats how you will justify everything to the world, by showing the scars from 9/11?
So Black Hawk coming down was yet another “accident” according to the American’s instead of the Iraqi’s bringing it down. 