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1 posted on 04/30/2008 6:58:12 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: uksupport1
Britain aside, no European country has taken its UN-mandated obligations to fight the war in Afghanistan seriously. But the British experiences both there and in Iraq have been utterly demoralising. The British army has been defeated in Basra. It can no longer take on the Mahdi militia in the city. Indeed, its rule extends solely to the perimeter of the single air-base from which one day soon it will make its ignominious, Saigon-style vertical exit, to be replaced by the US Marine Corps.

ouch.
2 posted on 04/30/2008 7:09:42 PM PDT by steel_resolve (Operation Chaos is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

The Brits, as well as the Western countries, have yet to learn that in order to preserve civilization in the face of murderous fanaticism, it takes civilized men doing very uncivilized deeds in order to preserve their way of life.

They cherish their civility and only when their backs are at a wall will they then defend their countries to the death...They need to learn that the time to act is now while the enemy is weak and uncoordinated, rather than later when they have nuclear weapons and the reckless abandon to use them to conquer the weak Western countries...

But these civilized people will never learn until it is too late..That is one advantage the US military has: it can take ordinary citizens and turn them into fighting machines who know how to get the job done...The Brits and the world can thank their lucky stars the Yanks are there fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan..The Canadians and Australians have learned well and are fighting alongside our troops..


7 posted on 04/30/2008 7:52:39 PM PDT by billmor
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