Posted on 03/11/2006 5:43:21 PM PST by blam
Relative of John Kerry?
That seems kind of odd for a member of the SAS.
Next time the British Isles get invaded you are on your own lad. We pulled your country's bacon out of the fire twice and are still trying to pick up the pieces after your empire collapsed.
But probably not for one who intends to enter politics...
I Guess he not manly enough to live up to the SAS motto: He who dares first wins
He's Gay.
Has he been reading the NY Slimes? Or reporting for it?
To say the least. I've read several books on the SAS and he doesn't sound like any of them.
If only our administration had a clue how to diffuse a controversy as well as this. Send the guy on his way with a pat on the back and a letter of recommendation! What class!
FYI - I think the dude is off his rocker.
Fine. Better he's out of there rather than undermining efforts from within.
As for his apparently unqualified statements as to the goings-on in Iraq, one has to wonder why it sounds so familiar and similar to the anti-war talking points and comes without evidence to support, or specific instances to be refuted or challenged. Vague assertions of illegal activities are hard to disprove, and the assertions themselves do not constitute proof.
Thus leaving the U.S. to prove a negative.
Benny, will soon be starting as the "catcher" in the sequel to Brokeback Mountain......Brokeback Commandos.
Britain has never been defended from an "Invasion" on British soil by American forces.
Dont mean to be technical, and I dont mean you any disrespect. But I dont like gung-ho blowhard fallacies being touted as fact.
Whether or not American intervention prevented such an eventuality is a different matter.
And the "collapse" of the "British Empire" was a good thing. Indeed the creation of the United States was but a part of that process, and I for one am fairly pleased about it.
This guy's story smells like last week's milk. I don't know what really happened with him, but my BS meter is pegged.
It's called "establishing fire superiority". Basically, you don't let the other guys believe they have a chance to prevail. ;-)
"He said he had witnessed "dozens of illegal acts" by US troops"
And he did not report any of this to his superiors at the time of the alleged acts?
"He added that many innocent civilians were arrested in night-time raids and interrogated by American soldiers, imprisoned in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, or handed over to the Iraqi authorities and "most probably" tortured."
If this guy knows who is innocent and who is guilty ... I wonder why doesn't he just point out the bad guys who are creating and planting the IED's?
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