Posted on 01/16/2006 10:49:18 PM PST by Dallas59
A SENIOR British officer has launched a scathing attack on the United States army and its operations in Iraq.
Brigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster accused the Americans of "cultural insensitivity" that amounted to institutional racism and "moral righteousness" which led in extreme cases to distorted military judgments.
Writing in the US army-published Military Review magazine, Brigadier Aylwin-Foster, who was the deputy commander of a programme training the Iraqi military, said the failings may have spurred the growth of....
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EXACTLY!
Is not wanting your head cut off cultural insensitivity these days?
I wonder if he would say that the US soldiers who occupied Germany after saving Britain's a** were "culturally insensitive" to the Nazis they defeated.
A flippant comment, yes, but how on Earth do his comments do anything other than hurt our effort?
Can one take seriously anything said by a man named "Brigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster"? Oh, I'm sorry, is that racism???!
Also, what the heck is wrong with "moral righteousness"? That's a GOOD thing, right?
We all have folks to be embarassed of. Wish the ghost Edward I would come back to hang, draw, and quarter this poofter.
A painful topic for Edward I, given his son, Edward II -- but less painful than for Edward II himself.
a pot calling a kettle black , I would say , eh wot?
I would swear to God that this artical was here last night, or night before. (Searched, with no find).
OPINION: Foster obviously is is a contortionist and has his head up in a dark space. One can't think well there.
OK, basically same thing from the Gaurdian- Different article, same statement from Nigel.
Well, if people called you "Longshanks", yet your son was a Three Dollar Bill, how would you feel?
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And how many Indians did his countrymen tie to the front of cannons?
When I was in in the UK one night while watching tv, they had a report about an accident on the M4. It involved two cars and a delivery van. The report said that four people were hurt aslo, two dogs in the van were hurt which was owned by a pet store and the driver, one pakistani national. In that order.
ANd who are the racists?
cue manly bluster by Murricans
My friends (UK Army) that served in Iraq had a few comments about the US Army. The main concern was not racism but that all the multi-national forces had different rules of engagement, causing a lot of problems.
The second concern was that the Americans had their own mobile McDonalds in the middle of Iraq, which everyone thought was strange but also they were quite envious.
Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
The winding-sheet of Edward’s race.
Give ample room, and verge enough
The characters of hell to trace.
Mark the year, and mark the night,
When Severn shall re-echo with affright
The shrieks of death, thro’ Berkley’s roofs that ring,
Shrieks of an agonizing King!
She-Wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs,
That tear’st the bowels of thy mangled Mate.— Thomas Gray, The Bard.
This was article written by a senior British officer to be read by senior British and American Officers to discuss and debate on the current strategy in Iraq
The magazine was a American military periodical.
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