"Unlike the American troops, we look the Iraqis in the eye"

The Daily Telegraph U.K. ^ | 4-05-03 | Not attributed

[Happygal]

The tone of the article is snide, and this isn't the first time the so-called conservative Telegraph has printed such. That is what is objectionable

AGAIN, I ask you Waterdragon...CITE the examples. To date there is a very positive artlce which Pukka found offence with, but most Freepers had no problem with. And the other was a thread you yourself posted, with got ..eh ONE reply.

Please...please...please...show consistency in how the Daily Telegraph is not Conservative. For those TWO (crap, articles), I'll give you at least five articles that are posted daily from the DT!!!

But because YOU say it's true Waterdragon/PukkaPuck.it has to be so, eh?

[WaterDragon]

It's the liberal-thinking disease -- never see what's as plain as the nose on your face because what you see proves you dead-wrong.

[Fred Mertz]

Dude, you ain't gonna live this one down if you continue.

This is a public forum, you know?

[WaterDragon]

Sit back and learn, Fred.

[Happygal]

Pukka..if your physical attributes match you ego you are 'big' as all hell.

But every gal knows, those who talk about it, never reach expectations!

[edsheppa]

"I'm not going near that lot," one marine said. "I don't feel safe anywhere near them, unless I am behind a whopping big tank."

I'm sure that's a direct quote from an American soldier - NOT.

[WaterDragon]

Precisely!!!! But it is probably how a moronic Brit reporter THINKS Americans talk. LOL.

[Pukka Puck]

No one is saying that the DT is not conservative.

I am saying that the article is crap. That such a crappy article is published by a conservative newspaper is objectionable.

Is that so hard to understand?

[arm958]

We are rather dogmatic in our force protection schemes. In this instance, the British have pushed the decisions down to the lower levels whereas our approach is a lot more dogmatic. There is much to be said for the British approach.

I agree. Peacekeeping and war fighting are two very different things. You have to take the Kevlar off and mix it up with the locals. They have to see us as people if we are to be sucessful in winning the peace.

[Pukka Puck]

No worries.

Faint heart never won fair lady!

[Pukka Puck]

Well, you have a look and then tell me, OK?

[Happygal]

HAVE you bothered to read this thread?

Holy Shit!

I never said I liked this article from the outset?

(You need to be beaten across the head with a wet trout!!)

[Happygal]

No thanks. It would ruin the enigma! ;-) (ye wanker! *L*)

[Pukka Puck]

I've read every post in this thread.

So we agree that the article was crap and the DT passes for conservative in Britain.

Now can we agree that you want me to send you a picture?

[Pukka Puck]

OK.

I'll save the e-mail that I had ready to send you as a draft, in case you change your mind. It has been my experience that women have a tendency to change their minds.

It is, afterall, their prerogative.

Good Night.

[Happygal]

Pukkapuke! I don't give a diddly ass squat what ye look like.

I didn't like the article. But the DT is more balanced and conservative than the Washington Post.

[Pukka Puck]

The Washington Post is a terrible liberal newspaper. Talk about damning with faint praise.

I am very curious as to what you look like.

[Happygal]

I'm very selective to whom I give my picture.

This face is copyrigthed!

[Happygal]

Did I confuse the Washington Post, with the Washington Times?

Sorry, forgive me!

[onehipdad]

Is it possible to show patriotism for one's own troops without the need to put down your allies? Americans manage that. Probably has to do with our lack of an inferiority complex.

Ok, I'm only saying this because I take issue with the label of an inferiority complex, on the Brits: English history is rife with a self-perception of superiority over anyone not British: The Irish, the Scots, and Indians to name a few.

The fact that this inherent cultural trait is displayed now and then in a British tabloid should not be considered extraordinary...