"Evan Brennan" wrote in message
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"John Mullen" wrote in message
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But the Challenger II is another fine, battle-proven piece of
hardware.


We don't see any reports to prove it.

Before the war, the Challenger II was criticized for not being combat
ready. One reason the British were given an objective close to the
start line is because your tank was unproven -- along with your SA-80
rifle which is a piece of dung by anyone's standards.

The BBC reported on a host of other equipment that was giving problems
before the Limeys deployed to Iraq.



But, as I said, as a military, the US armed forces are second to none
by a
wide margin. You can make all the snide remarks you like, but it won't
change anything. The envy, however, is palpable.

It just may not quite be the time for this accusation. Unless you want
to
provoke laughter that is.


If we wanted to provoke laughter, we can talk about the British Army.



Publicly exposed as having tortured POWs.


Well at least Americans are more humanitarian than the UK.

Yeah. So what? My dad is bigger than your dad.

Your scumbag Queen pinned medals on British paratroopers after they
shot 27 unarmed, innocent civilians in Derry. Unfortunately for John
Mullen, both the shootings and the awards ceremony were 'caught on
film' as well.

As you may be aware, there is an enquiry currently going on about that. I
totally agree with you that this was an awful event, all the worse for
having been covered up at the time.

'Don't use troops for crowd control' would appear to be the motto here.

Thus Mullen shows a common affliction of so many Brits: his head
appears to filled with nuclear waste.

It only appears that way to you because your head is filled with doggy poo
poo.

I don't see the grounds for envy there, personally.


The US usually learns valuable lessons from their mistakes, which is
more than we can say for the British. Their dead empire is the proof.

And your empire is doing well just now, would you say? All that learning
from mistakes should let you roll up the trouble in Iraq and Afghanistan
fairly quickly. After all, you guys learned *so much* from getting your
asses kicked in Nam.

Particularly, after My Lai, I am sure no US forces would ever mistreat
civilians again for example.

Should be easy, eh?

(In case you don't get it, I am laughing my ass off here at your last
paragraph. Thank you so much for the entertainment!)

J