[Sandreckoner]

"This is just silly. I met a few Generals in Iraq. The description given here by the Brit doesn't fit any of them. In fact, it seems he's adopting the Hollywood stereotype, or that he is seeing the US BG's through that preconceived notion. At any rate, his opinion will certainly play well with many of the readers in the UK."

Exactly. You can see similar in stories in the British (especially the British) press about China and America, as the story in today's Independent (linked on the front of Drudge for more of the world to consume) underscores quite well.

[7thson]

the "newsreel antics" of General Douglas MacArthur, famed by the post-war occupation of Japan, and P This is the line that galls me. Newsreel antics indeed! Famous for occupying post-war Japan! What a crock!

[Brit1]

The Independant has the lowest circulation (under 200,000) of all our national papers is well known for its anti American bias is always only a couple of editions away from bankruptcy but it does help by 'keeping the sheep within their pen'....... Genesis, 'Firth of Fith' track 3 of 'Selling England by the Pound' Circa 1973.