[managusta]

British tactics have enabled Muqtar Sadr to set up a massive militia financed by Iran in the Basra area.

The same British tactics the author espouses were wasted on 30 yrs of warfare against the IRA, despite having a spy in every meeting of the IRA general council.One missile could have saved hundreds of lives.

The British military way, I am sad to say,has turned into the way of the pussy....I know I served for 24yrs in the organization.

Most folks do not know that British NCO's carry upto 18 colored cards. Which they have to refer too when confronted by an incident.

Each card lays out the details of :- use of armed response(yellow card), use of non lethal weapons (pink card),use of CS gas(white card),powers of arrest(blue card),vehicle control(green card),use of an ATGW(red and white card),use of a SAW,etc, etc.

Remember folks, the 20 yr old kid in charge of a "Brick" (four man patrol) who is taking incoming fire HAS to respond within the constraints imposed on him/her by the attorneys and set in stone on those cards.

Thomas Atkins deserves far better leadership than the current sad generalship.

Thank God American Generals are not falling for this crap.

[Lost Humanist]

"The same British tactics the author espouses were wasted on 30 yrs of warfare against the IRA, despite having a spy in every meeting of the IRA general council.One missile could have saved hundreds of lives."
And make a bunch of Marxist devils into martyrs that creates a thousand new IRA terrorist at the outrage of the incident, and we would still be cleaning up the mess to this day. Instead, they are locked in political discourse where they cant do any more harm. It might not be flash, but its effective.