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I worked with some British RAF in Saudi during Desert Storm and had nothing but the utmost respect for them.

They treated me at least as good as my own troops did and always offered any help they could give - and I did likewise.

My son is (still) in Iraqi Freedom and all the Brits from his area have vacated now for at least two weeks.

He felt the same way I did - "Great Blokes to have around in a pinch!"

I observed the Brits working with the Saudis, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Lebonese, etc. and their "soft-hand" approach really does go over very well in that part of the world.

We could learn a lot from them.

Thanks for your comments

Im not going to reply to the comments here critising the uk military efforts,. The people making those comments are understandably annoyed by the report, although i certainly hope people do not believe the troops took basra methodically outof fear!!. However our press is often making up stupid stories such as this, people in the uk generally have learnt to ignore most of these reports with a pinch of salt.

Instead to show the true relationship between the forces working out there ill simply post one comment by a serving USMarine and one by a serving royal marine. It is these people i prefer to take at their word

BY A USMARINE
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Possible seperation at birth, United States Marines & British Royal Marines
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BY A SERVING ROYAL MARINE

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I left New Delhi feeling very impressed by the US Marines. They were incredibly friendly and they did exude confidence, decency and efficacy.

My limited time with them was one of the reasons I applied to the Royal Marines.

I look forward to working with the USMC in the future.

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We could learn a lot from them.

Oh boy, now you've gone and done it. Expect the armchair generals here at FR to label you a collaborationist traitor any minute now...