To: Poohbah
Problem is, the Kosovo contingent was from the airborne forces--the best-trained troops in the Russian Army (the airborne divisions all have the "Guards" honorific). I know intelligent, successful and highly trained people who smoke "reefer" too or are womanizing. I guess that the concept of military discipline can differ from one culture to another. (I heard about some problems in US or West European military too). You test soldiers during the actual fight, not when they are iddle and bored.
525 posted on
09/23/2004 8:55:41 AM PDT by
A. Pole
(Madeleine Albright:"We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.")
To: A. Pole
I know intelligent, successful and highly trained people who smoke "reefer" too or are womanizing. I guess that the concept of military discipline can differ from one culture to another. (I heard about some problems in US or West European military too). You test soldiers during the actual fight, not when they are iddle and bored.Soldiers smoking reefer was part of the experience in Vietnam...on both sides, oddly enough.
It makes for lousy results. The VC and NVA started imposing death sentences for possession or consumption.
532 posted on
09/23/2004 9:00:09 AM PDT by
Poohbah
(If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
To: A. Pole; Poohbah
I know intelligent, successful and highly trained people who smoke "reefer"....
Openly while on guard duty in a hostile environment? Any military that permits this is no threat.
537 posted on
09/23/2004 9:06:58 AM PDT by
wtc911
(I have half a Snickers...it was given to me by a CIA guy as we went into Cambodia)
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